Springfield Youth Club football roundup

80-Pound JV Gold
Cougars 12, 69th Street 6
The Cougars hosted 69th street on homecoming weekend on Sept. 30 and left North Avenue field with a 12-6 victory.
QB Matthew Ellison had a 35-yard run, landing just one yard short of a TD. Running back Matt Gagliardi finished the job and scored the first six points of the game.
The 69th street team answered back with a touchdown. However, defensive line backer John Hennessy and Nico Santini pounded the 69th street offense to impede any further gains. Alex Kline, Andrew Ensley, and Todd Garrett also came up with strong hitting key tackles. Gavin Von Berg, Nick Staud, Brandon Peters, Jerry Coia, Tymier Dark-Barnes, and Nolan Huntley showed their muscle on the defense line by holding the 69th offense back. Stephen Graney had a key interception when the 69th offense attempted a pass play.
The Cougars offensive line returned to field with center Ben Kaminski leading the drive. RB Brett Gougler and Arthur Minchin gained yardage for the Cougars.
The offensive line of Connor Roche, Ethan Johnson, Nathan Fox, Daniel Ryan, Nicholas Impriano, Victor Stafford, and Ryan Convery trampled over the 69th defense. Graney’s interception and the muscle of the offensive line set up Gagliardi in position to maneuver into the end zone once again, cementing a 12-6 victory.
80-Pound Varsity
Marple 22, Springfield 14
The Cougars lost another hard fought game against the Marple Tigers on Homecoming on Oct. 1.
The Cougars struck first thanks to the blocking of Nick Cariola, Colin Renning, Thomas Dougherty, Brian King, Logan Chambers and Danny Tommarelli. The hard work of this line gave Dominick Alfonsi the hole he needed to ramble off a 45-yard touchdown. The PAT was good due to a great second effort with Jake Eden shedding two would be tacklers to cross the goal line.
The Tigers drive was moving well when Alex Williams intercepted a pass and ran it back for the Cougars second TD. The PAT was good due to a great fake by QB Nicky Donegan that allowed Alfonsi to score. The Tigers scored at the end of the half to cut the lead to 14-8.
The second half was not as good for the cougars, Despite the hard work of Tommy Ward, Alex Sciarrino, Kieran Morse, Brian Layton, Darnell Curtis, Collin Renning, and Tommarelli, the
Cougars defense could not stop the tigers from scoring and taking the lead.
The Cougars couldn’t move the ball effectively despite the hard running of Cole Rhodes, Williams, Sciarrino, Eden and Alfonsi.
Although, the Cougar defense never gave up, line backers Alfonsi. Eden, Ward, Sciarrino and safety Williams just could not corral the Tigers runners. Marple scored for the final time to end the scoring and the game with the Tigers on top 22-14.
100-Pound JV
Springfield 7, Marple 6
The Cougars hosted the Marple Newtown Tigers on Homecoming on Oct. 1.
The game opened up with a tremendous run by Tanner Robinson to the two. Chris Brolley made a strong block allowing Jimmy O’Neill to score a quick TD. Terence Kelly then passed to Franco Tommarelli for the extra point.
Marple’s fumbled kick-off was recovered by Joe Pontano.
Michael Eberhardt and Chris Rich made excellent blocks while Paul Conlin had a sprinting carry up field.
Marple gained possession before the end of the half. Jake Vaughan and Nick Finizio made several fierce tackles, assisted by Garrett Cooley, Vince DiVario, and Jake Bush, stopping Marple’s attempt at gaining yards. A solo tackle by Khalid Holman-Dark gave the Cougars possession.
A pick-off by Marple gave them possession, ending the half at 7-0.
The second half showcased the Cougars D-line. Jarring tackles made by Patrick Dougherty, Matt Santarelli, Carson Shaner and Dylan Laffey stopped Marple for most of their possession until a “Quarterback sneak” gave them a TD, but Jake Vaughan’s solo tackle denied them the extra point. The fourth quarter started with a well-executed snap by Aiden Hoopes, allowing a completed pass by Kelly to Aidan Shandley for a first down.
The Cougars’ D-liners Kevin Rechner, Danny Albany, Ethan Scott and Jake Quatrani held Marple still. Tackling by John McCormick and Kyle Holstein stopped Marple on their final drive, giving the Cougars a Homecoming 7-6 win.
100-Pound Varsity
Cougars 14, Marple 0
The Cougars celebrated Homecoming with their third shutout victory this season, defeating Marple 14-0 and leading the Bert Bell Central Division.
The defense continued to dominate with the hard hitting by Klaus Gable, Ethan Crowther and Pat Clemens.
The offense picked up many yards. Good, hard, solid running by Patrick Marley Jr., Jack Spence and Jack Psenicska. Anthony Rightley racked up over 100 yards in rushing, an all time high for the team. Cougar's Quarterback Patrick Toal put up the first six points with a quarterback sneak, behind the blocking of center, Jimmy Donegan. Rightley added the extra point by busting through to the end zone. The Cougars led at halftime 7-0.
Rightley added to the lead by scoring the second touchdown of the morning. Quarterback Toal's throw to Zack Broomall for the extra point put the Cougars up 14-0.
A touchdown saving tackle by Jeff Biancaniello kept the Tigers off the board. An interception by Rightley put the Cougars offense in control once again. Scrambling to avoid a tackle quarterback Toal threw down field to Broomall for a 35-yard pass completion for a first down. Clemens quieted the Tigers with a huge sack to seal the victory.
Cougar stand outs: Colin Ellis, Dom Addona, Liam DiFonzo, Pat Curran, Pat McCann and Courtland Miller contributed to the shutdown of the Tigers.
The Cougars travel to Downingtown to take on the Young Whippets this weekend.