Springfield Youth Club football teams perservere

80-Pound Varsity
Springfield 0       
Coatesville 25
The Cougars traveled to Coatesville to face first-place Kid Raiders. Even though the day did not go well for the Cougars, they hung in there with a very good team on foreign turf.
QB Matt Gagliardi filled in for Matt Dickinson, who was unable to attend and did a nice job running the offense. James Toal, Brett Gougler and Michael O’Donnell ran hard all day, gaining tough yards against a stingy Kid Raider’s defense. 
The offensive line of Bryan Seavey, Connor Roche, Joey Alfonsi, Ethan Johnson, Victor Swafford, Nick Impriano, Matthew Shandley and Colton Moleski, battled all day long.
The Cougar defense held Coatesville to only one score in the second half and was led by Gagliardi, Toal, Gougler, Alfonsi, Shandley, Seavey, Roche, Johnson, Colin Crawford, Luke McKee and Luca DiMarcantonio.
Next week the Cougars are on the road again as they travel to the Brandywine Warriors and try to get back to their winning ways. 
Springfield JV Gold 100-Pound
Springfield 26
Coatesville 0 
The Cougars smoked Coatesville’s Kid Raiders 26-0.
The defensive line of Nico Santini, Todd Garrett, Devin Destefano, Robert Day, Tommy Gabel, Danny Albany and Joshua Wright were on fire. Eddie Cullen stripped the ball from Coatesville to start a roll of turnovers.  The Cougars capitalized with six huge fumble recoveries. Aiden Hoopes and Nicholas Finizio had two recoveries; and, Kieran Morse and Colin Renning had each had one. Renning also created another turnover with an interception. 
The fierce LB team of Marcus McDaniel, Kieran Morse, Colin Renning, Alex Williams and Nicholas Finizio made tackle after tackle. Riley McCarry and Alex Klein let nothing get by. 
The offensive was led by center Aiden Hoopes and QB Matthew Ellison. The hard- hitting OL of Alex Hudyma, Jake Quatrani, Darnell Curtis, Danny Albany, Daniel Ramani and Chris Rich held the Kid Raiders. 
RB Marcus McDaniel speed left, leaving the Kid Raiders in the dust. McDaniel tallied well over 250 yards, resulting in two TD and an extra point. 
QB Matthew Ellison threw two impeccable pass plays resulting in a TD and an extra point. Ellison also ran thru the middle for an extra point. 
RB Chris Rich racked up some good yardage with a 70-yard TD. Todd Garrett broke through the middle for the last TD of day.  The Cougars displayed a complete team effort and are undefeated at 4-0
100-Pound Varsity
Coatesville Kid 6
Springfield 0       
The Coatesville Kid Raiders hosted the Cougars in a battle of two undefeated teams.  A first quarter long Raider TD run would prove to be the only scoring as both teams held each other in check all day long. 
The Cougar defense played solid all day.  Khalid Holman-Dark, Klause Gabel, Jimmy O’Neill, Patrick Marley, Michael Eberhardt, Patrick McCann, Jack Psenicska, Malik Edwards, Tanner Robinson, Garrett Cooley, Brendon Weaver and Aiden Shandley led the defense. 
The Cougar offense moved the ball the entire game but could not cross the goal line. QB Marley captained the offense and completed several passes to Psenicska throughout the game. Running backs Edwards, Dominick Alfonsi and Robinson compiled tough yardage all four quarters.  The offensive line led by Gabel, Jake Vaughan, Holman-Dark, Jake Bush and Kevin Rechner paved the way for the running back trio.
In the end, the Cougars fell just short of their third consecutive victory, but they played well and will carry their good play into next week as they travel to play the Brandywine Warriors.
120-Pound Varsity
Coatesville 13
Springfield 12       
In a matchup of two undefeated teams, the Cougars travelled to Coatesville and lost a nail biter this past weekend. 
Phil Shovlin recovered the opening kickoff fumble and the Cougars went to work.  They controlled most of the first quarter with a ground assault led by Shovlin, Luke Palumbo and Jaden McKenzie.  QB Vince Puppio connected with Jason Estep for a long pass, which set up a Puppio to Chris Finizio six-yard TD pass.  The extra point failed and the Cougars held a 6-0 lead.
The Cougar defense shut down the Kid Raiders for the entire first half, led by Palumbo, Vincent DiMichele, Jimmy Clark, Mike Psenicksa, Trevor Robinson, Chris DiRenzo, McKenzie, Scott Weaver, Estep, Finizio and Puppio.
A long TD run and extra point conversion gave Coatesville a 7-6 lead early in the third quarter. 
Late in the third quarter, a vicious hit by DiRenzo resulted in a fumble recovery and 60-yard TD run by Puppio down the right sideline. The extra point again was no good, but the Cougars regained the lead 12-7. 
A second Kid Raider long TD run stifled the Cougar, crowd and Coatesville took a 13-12 lead after the extra point was stopped.
With four minutes left in the game, the Cougars drove down field with Estep and McKenzie running behind the offensive line of Chris Alfonsi, DiRenzo, Jeff Biancaniello, Psenicksa, Jimmy Donegan and Clark.  The Cougars came up just short however, when the clock ran out.
Also contributing were Liam DiFonzo, Max DiFonzo, Jack Spence, Matt Santarelli, Frankie Lambert, Chris Brolley and Andrew Johnson.
The Cougars travel to Brandywine next week for a matchup with the Warriors.