Springfield Youth Club week 3 recaps

80-Pound JV Gold
Springfield 22
Clifton 6
The Gold team defeated Clifton on Sept. 19 at Clifton’s home field. The ferocious offensive line of Connor Roche, Brandon Peters, Ethan Johnson, Daniel Ryan, Victor Swafford, Xavier Wendel, and Ryan Convery enabled the cougars to put points on the board early in the game.
RB Matt Gagliardi and QB Matt Ellison had impressive 60-yard runs, both scoring TDs for the Cougars. Gagliardi struck again to score a second touchdown and Ellison scored the extra point.
Other offensive highlights: Arthur Minchin’s successfully receiving a 25-yard pass from Ellison; Brett Gougler also gained notable yardage for the Cougars; and center Anthony McBride snapped the ball impeccably.
The defense line of Nick Staud, Andrew Ensley, Luca Forgione, Nolan Huntley, Gavin Von Berg, John Hennessy, Tymier Dark-Barnes, Todd Garret, Jerry Coia, Ethan Johnson, Nick Impriano and Nico Santini pushed Clifton backwards on the field. Alex Kline put two more points on the board for the Cougars with a powerful defensive safety. The Cougars took the lead at half time 22-0.
In the second half the Cougars mixed things up, and Nick Staud did a strong job at quarterback, and Nick Impriano played center skillfully. Stephan Graney ran the ball for tough yardage. Connor Roche and Ethan Johnson were often in the Clifton backfield on defense.
Clifton did manage to score one TD in the second half. The Gold team had a well-deserved 22-6 victory of 22 to 6.
80-Pound Varsity
Darby Township 7
Springfield 0
On Sept. 24, the Cougars hosted another undefeated team in their division, the Darby Township Eagles.
The Eagles ran off tackle for a touchdown of the first plat of the game. The PAT was good and the Cougars were down early again.
On the Eagles next possession, the awesome defensive play of Brian Layton, Kieran Morse, Cole Rhodes, Nick Cariola, Colin Renning and Brian King stopped the Eagles in their tracks.
In the second quarter, the Cougars’ QB Nicky Donegan got the ball rolling using a hard count to pull the Eagles offside.
The hard hitting of offensive linemen Thomas Dougherty, DJ Curtis, Michael Leon, Renning, Cariola, King Logan Chambers and Danny Tommarelli gave the Cougars some nice holes to run threw.
The Running back corps of Dominick Alfonsi, Alex Sciarrino, Hake Eden and Alex Williams had their work cut out for them against a very fast Eagles’ secondary. The Cougars managed to get to the Eagles’ five-yard line as the first half ended.
The second half began with a controversial holding call that negated a 65-yard touchdown run by Williams, causing the Cougars lost momentum.
The line backing crew of Tommy Ward, Eden, Alfonsi and Sciarrino swarmed the running backs to keep the Eagles out of the end zone.
With time winding down, the Cougars still had one last chance to tie this game but came up short when a pass to Eden was intercepted with not time left.
100-Pound JV
Downingtown 13
Springfield 6
Springfield hosted Downingtown on Sept 25. The game opened with Cougar D-liners Paul Conlan, Dylan Archer, Vince DiVario, and Kyle Holstein stopping Downingtown, quickly giving the ball to the Cougars. Tanner Robinson completed a 25-yard pass to Aidan Shandley to the 10-yard line. Terence Kelly handed the ball to Jimmy O’Neill for a touchdown putting the Cougars up 6-0.
Franco Tommarelli’s kick-off was fumbled, and recovered by the Cougars.
Michael Eberhardt, Chris Rich, Chris Brolley and Aiden Hoopes blocked hard, but the Cougars opportunity to score was lost. Kevin Rechner and Jake Bush made well executed solo tackles while Jake Quatrani, Matt Santarelli and Ethan Scott’s defense held Downingtown for most of their possession until an outside run earned Downingtown a TD and extra point – ending the half at 7-6.
In the second half, Joe Pontano recovered the second fumbled kick-off by Downingtown.
The Cougars’ O-line fought hard up field, but was unable to score. Nick Finizio, Jake Vaughan, Carson Shaner and Dylan Laffey jarred Downingtown with strong solo tackles. John McCormick, Garrett Cooley, Pat Dougherty and Danny Albany fought hard with aggressive tackles. However, another outside run by Downingtown proved successful, giving them a TD, but were denied the extra-point. The hard-fought game ended with Downingtown leading 13-6.
100-Pound Varsity
Darby Township 20
Springfield 7
The Cougars suffered their first loss of the season against a tough Darby Township on Sept. 23. The team's record is now 3-1; they still hold a lead in the 100-pound Bert Bell Central Division.
Previous Games - Week 1
Springfield 19
BYC 0
The Cougars traveled to Brandywine to take on the Bulldogs. Springfield’s defense was lead by Claus Gable, Pat Clemens and Jeff Biancaniello, as well as Conlin Ellis, Ethan Crowther, Dom Addona, Liam DiFonzo, Pat Curran, Pat McCann and Courtland Miller. They held BYC to one first down. Offensively, Jack Spence set the tone by running the opening kick off back to give the Cougars the lead. Zach Broomall had two receptions thrown by Quarterback Patrick Toal. Patrick Marley Jr. had a TD run. Anthony Rightley, Marley Jr. and Biancaniello continued to pound the holes for first downs.
Week 2
Springfield 14
Clifton Heights 0
SYC traveled to Clifton for the "Prime Time" night game, and handled the Ram's with ease, winning 14-0. The Cougars offensive line dominated the Ram's defense with help from Jimmy Donegan, and Jack Psenicska. Rightley's touchdown gave the Cougars a 7-0 lead. Toal's completion to Broomall put the Cougars over the top 14-0.
Week 3
Springfield 21
Rose Tree 6
Springfield hosted the Rose Tree Colts. The defense continued to play tough, Toal's touchdown pass to Broomall, a quarterback keeper by Toal, and a quick sweep by Rightley sealed the deal for a victory.
The Cougars homecoming is this Saturday; they will host the Marple Tiger at 11 a.m.