October 30, 2005 New Hartford Bears vs. West Utica Jaguars
Due to poor field conditions at the Notre Dame High School Football field this game was played at Thomas R. Proctor's D'Alessandro Stadium. It is without a doubt the best field either team has ever had the privilege to play on. There was a rather strong easterly wind but it was a bright and sunny day with temperatures in the high forties and a great day to be playing football. It was a perfect setting for the high scoring contest day that was about to be played.
The Bears started the game on defense. Bryce Hobin, Zachary Shipley, Nicholas Mercurio, Chris Faro and Nicholas Dischaivo were on the line. Tom Giglio, Tyler Kallasy and Vinnie Servadio were the linebackers and Matt Smith, Michael Szczesniak and Derek German were in the secondary. Jaguar player, Richard Pete, quickly demonstrated his elusiveness with a long breakaway play to the Bear's 5-yardline. The defense did not give up. They stopped the Jaguars for three plays to force a fourth and 1 situation for the Jaguars. Richard Pete, with great second effort, did break the plane of the goal line as the Jaguars scored to take a 6 -0 lead.
Ryan Strassberger, Chris Faro, Michael White, Zachary Shipley Nicholas Mercurio, Tyler Kallasy and Bryce Hobin were on the line as the Bear offense took the field. Vinnie Servadio, Tom Giglio, Matt Smith and Michael Szczesniak were in the backfield. Ben Zalewski was the messenger. The Bears scored on the second play. It was a beautiful 58-yard power play as Kallasy and Hobin opened the hole, Giglio make an excellent lead block and Szczesniak carried the ball in. Servadio passed to Giglio for the extra point and the Bears had a 7 - 6 lead.
The Bear defense quickly put the Jaguars in a very bad punting situation. They were deep in their own territory with the wind in their face. A hard rush by the Bears forced the Jaguar punter to hurry his kick. It was a very high kick that was caught by the wind and did not travel far. As the coaching staff was shouting, "stay away from the ball, stay away from the ball", it rolled backward to the Jaguar 13-yard line. When it stopped rolling, Tommy Giglio noticed that the confused and bewildered Jaguars did not attempt to cover the ball. He alertly picked it up and carried it in for a TD. Servadio kept the ball on an option play to score the extra point and the Bears had a 14 - 6 lead.
The Bear defense, with the help of Michael White, Zachary Champoux and Sabastian Torres, held the Jaguars to 3 plays and a punt. Lyle Beane, Conner Benincasa, Jeff Sutera, Jared Bowman, Marc Toczala, Michael Maugeri, and Kyle Masi entered the game to play offensive line. Ray Sardelli, Ben Herring, Daniel Mahaffy and Tony Karam entered the game to play offensive backfield. This unit made a 1st down and ran seven plays before giving up the ball. The Jaguars did not capitalize on the situation, as their 1st play was a pass intercepted by Vinnie Servadio. Back on offense for the second time, the above unit ran four plays before giving up the ball on the Jaguar 12-yard line.
Once again Richard Pete demonstrated his elusiveness as he ran 88 yards through the Bear defense to make the score Bears 14 Jaguars 12. However, the Bear defense shutdown the Jaguars for the rest of the 1st half as the Bears scored two unanswered touchdowns. The first TD was a 41-yard run by Giglio through the right side of the line. The second TD was scored on pass from Servadio to Giglio who ran down the left side of the field behind excellent blocking by Matt Smith, Tyler Kallasy, Nicholas Mercurio and Zachary Shipley. Servadio also passed to Giglio for the extra point as the 1st half ended with the score Bears 27 - Jaguars 12.
The Bears started the second half on offense. They were held to 3 plays and a punt. The Bear defense responded by holding the Jaguars to 3 plays and a punt. Servadio then hit Giglio on a curl pass for a TD. Kallasy ran in the extra point and the Bears had a 34 - 12 lead. Lyle Beane, Marc Toczala, Jason Bowman, Conner Benincasa and Michael Maugeri entered the game to play defensive line. Kyle Masi, Daniel Mahaffy and Jeffery Sutera were at the linebackers and Tony Karam, Ben Herring and Raymond Sardelli were in the secondary. Richard Pete demonstrated his elusiveness for the 3rd time with a 65-yard TD run to make the score Bears 34 - Jaguars 18 as the 3rd quarter ended.
Each team scored two TDs in the 4th quarter. Giglio scored the Bear's first TD. It came after Bryce Hobin softened the defense with a hard 10 yard run up the middle. It was Giglio's 5th TD of the day and came on a blast play through a monstrous hole opened up by Nicholas Mercurio and Tyler Kallasy and behind a fine lead block by Vinnie Servadio. Giglio's five touchdowns were truly a remarkable accomplishment. Not the fact that he scored 5 TDs but how he scored them. One was on defense, two were running plays and two were pass plays. All four offensive TDs were big plays that started outside the forty-yard line. They were not smash mouth scores near the goal line. They were the long scores that resulting from Giglio's athleticism and the execution of his teammates that gave him the scoring opportunities.
Michael Szczesniak ran for the Bears' second fourth quarter score. It was his second TD of the day and it was scored on the same beautiful power play that he scored on in the first quarter. Kallasy and Hobin opened the hole, Giglio make an excellent lead block and Szczesniak carried the ball into the end zone. Jaguar running back Richard Pete also had a great performance as he scored four of his teams five TDs.
Lyle Beane, Conner Benincasa, Jeff Sutera, Jared Bowman, Marc Toczala, Michael Maugeri, and Kyle Masi were playing offensive line when the game ended. Ray Sardelli, Ben Herring, Daniel Mahaffy and Tony Karam were playing offensive backfield. Nicholas Dischiavo and Zachary Champoux were filling in on the line as Coach Esper was using all his skills and cunning to direct the Bear offense. He even utilized Michael Maugeri, Jeffrey Sutera and Sabastian Torres to help move the ball. However, time ran out as the game ended with the score Bears 46- Jaguars 32.
After the game, the coaching staff congratulated the players for another strong performance. Coach Hobin was proud of the way the offense executed. Coach Strassberger was proud of the Bear defense and how strong they played when the chips were down. Coach Esper had nothing but praise for the second offensive unit and the way they preformed. . Coach German said, "Boy! This was really a fun day. It was even better than last week." and Coach Mercurio said, "Yeah. It really was."
October 23, 2005 New Hartford Bears at North Utica Raiders
Team captains Vinnie Servadio, Tom Giglio, Matt Smith and Tyler Kallasy won the opening toss and deferred to the Raiders who chose to start on offense. The Bear defense had Bryce Hobin, Zachary Shipley, Nick Mercurio, Chris Faro and Nick Dischiavo on the line. Tom Giglio, Tyler Kallasy and Vinnie Servadio were the linebackers and Sabastian Torres, Matt Smith and Derek German were in the secondary. The first half was a defensive battle as neither team scored.
Ben Zalewski, Chris Faro, Ryan Strassberger, Zack Shipley, Nick Mercurio, Tyler Kallasy and Bryce Hobin were playing offensive line as the second half started. Vinnie Servadio, Tom Giglio, Matt Smith and Derek German were in the backfield. This unit executed perfectly as the Bears drove down the field. Matt Smith plunged in from the 7-yard line and the Bears scored the first TD of the game. The Bear defense, with the help of Michael White, continued to control the tempo of the game.
Lyle Beane, Michael Maugeri, Jeff Sutera, Jared Bowman, Marc Toczala, Zachary Champoux and Kyle Masi entered the game to play offensive line. Ray Sardelli, Ben Herring, Daniel Mahaffy and Tony Karam entered the game to play offensive backfield. They did an excellent job of playing error free football as the Bear defense continued to dominate the game. In fact, on their third offensive series they set up the second Bear TD . It was on a perfectly executed miss-direction play that allowed Raymond Sardelli to skirt 51 yards around his left end to the Raider 3-yardline. Matt Smith then scored his 2nd TD of the game behind excellent line blocking by Bryce Hobin and Tyler Kallasy and strong lead blocking by Servadio and Giglio.
After the game, the coaching staff congratulated the players for their strong performance. Coach Strassberger was very proud of the defense and their shut out performance. Coach Hobin was proud of the way the punting unit performed and Coach Esper was Proud of the way the second unit performed. Coach German said,"It was a fun day for all" and Coach Mercurio said, "Yeah".
October 16, 2005 East Utica Panthers at New Hartford Bears
Vinnie Servadio, Tom Giglio, Matt Smith and Tyler Kallasy who were elected game captains by their teammates won the opening toss. They deferred to the Panthers and the Bears started the game on defense. Bryce Hobin, Zachary Shipley, Zachary Champoux, Chris Faro and Tyler Kallasy were on the line. Tom Giglio, Nicholas Mercurio and Vinnie Servadio were the linebackers and Daniel Mahaffy, Matt Smith and Derek German were in the secondary. This unit did a good job of stopping the Panthers first drive.
Ryan Strassberger, Ben Zalewski and Sabastian Torres entered the game to play offense. After trading possessions Tom Giglio scored the first TD of the game as the Bears took a 6-0 lead. The Panthers came right back on their next possession to tie the score at 6-6. Lyle Beane, Connor Benincasa, Jeff Sutera, Jared Bowman, Marc Toczala, Nicholas Dischiavo and Michael Maugeri entered the game to play offense line. Kyle Masi, Ray Sardelli, Ben Herring and Daniel Mahaffy entered the game to play offensive backfield. They were unable to move the ball but did an excellent job of playing error free football.
A key Bear player was injured as the Bears gave up the ball late in the 2nd quarter. Unfortunely, there was a substitution error as the Bear defense took the field and they ended up with 10 men on the field. The Panthers quickly took advantage of the situation and scored on their 1st play to take a 13-6 lead as the first half ended.
The second half belonged to the Panthers. The Bears could not stop the Panthers from running the ends. The Panthers scored twice as the game ended with the score Panthers 25 - Bears 6.
After the game, Coach Esper told the players how proud he was of their efforts. He stated, "Injuries to key players really hurt us today. The field conditions were horrible but no one complained. Each of you played your hearts out. You gave your best. I am very proud of you. I want you hold your heads high and be proud of yourselves. You have nothing to be ashamed of".
October 9, 2005 West Utica Jaguars at New Hartford Bears
Game captains Raymond Sardelli, Michael Szczesniak, Zachary Shipley and Ben Zalewski lost the opening toss and chose offense when the Jaguars deferred their choice until the second half. Ryan Strassberger, Michael White, Chris Faro, Zachary Shipley, Nicholas Mercurio, Tyler Kallasy and Bryce Hobin were on the line. Vinnie Servadio, Matthew Smith, Tom Giglio and Michael Szczesniak were in the backfield. Ben Zalewski and Sabastian Torres were the messengers. The Bears executed a very nice six play drive as Szczesniak scored from the Jaguar six yard line on a power play off right tackle. Giglio ran around the right end for the extra point and the Bears were ahead 7-0.
Derek German entered the game to play defense and the Bears held the Jaguars to four plays and out. Lyle Beane, Connor Benincasa, Zachary Champoux, Jared Bowman, Marc Toczala, Nicholas Dischiavo and Michael Maugeri entered the game to play offense line. Kyle Masi, Ray Sardelli, Ben Herring and Daniel Mahaffy entered the game to play offensive backfield. This unit could not move the ball even with the help of Sabastian Torres and Jeffery Sutera on the line. After exchanging possessions several times, Tom Giglio scored the second Bear touchdown on a toss play around the left end. Servadio's pass to Smith for the extra point was good and the Bears had a 14-0 lead.
Just when it looked like the Bears were going to dominate the game, the Jaguar offense, lead by Richard Pete, struck back. They marched down the field as Pete scored on a run around his right end. The Jaguars did not make the extra point and the first half ended with score Bears 14 Jaguars 6.
Tyler Kallasy blocked a Jaguar punt in the second half that helped the Bears score twice and take a 26-6 lead. Servadio scored the first TD on a 1-yard QB sneak and completed a 28-yard pass to Giglio for the second TD. However, the Jaguars did not quit. They marched down field as Richard Pete scored his second TD of the day. The game ended with the score Bears 26 Jaguars12.
After the game, the coaching staff congratulated the players for their victory. However, they also cautioned them that the next three games would be the most challenging games of the season. They were reminded of the two TDs that were called back today because of a blocking in the back penalty and a holding penaty. They were told, "You must keep pushing for improvement at each and every practice session. You must concentrate one each and every play. You must work to improve your blocking and tackling techniques and to eliminate penalties that can be very costly. You must prepare yourselves to step up to the next level of play".
play.October 2, 2005 New Hartford Bears at North Utica Raiders
Game captains Derek German, Nicholas Mercurio and Michael White won the opening toss and deferred their choice until the second half. The Raiders chose offense and the Bears defensive unit took the field. Bryce Hobin, Zachary Shipley, Nicholas Mercurio, Chris Faro and Ben Zalewski were on the line. Tom Giglio Tyler Kallasy and Vinnie Servadio were at the linebackers and Matt Smith, Michael Szczesniak and Derek German were in the secondary. They held the Raiders to 3 plays and a punt setting the tone for the entire game.
Ryan Strassberger and Michael White entered the game as the Bear offense executed a beautiful 12-play drive that allowed Michael Szczesniak to score around the left side of his line. Szczesniak also scored the extra point behind great blocking by the right side of the Bear line. The Raider offense responded by a drive of their own and scored on a pass play from Rocco Grande to Anthony Schirripa, the left end who had lined up as the widest receiver. Grande then completed a pass to the widest receiver on his right, Jordan Wright, for the extra point as the Raiders tied the score at 7-7.
After both teams traded possessions, Tom Giglio scored the Bear's second TD behind excellent blocking up front by Tyler Kallasy and Bryce Hobin and excellent lead blocking by Matthew Smith and Michael Szczesniak. Vinnie Servadio passed to Ben Zalewski for the extra point as the half ended with the score Bears 14 Raiders 7.
As the second half started, Lyle Beane, Connor Benincasa, Jeff Sutera, Jared Bowman, Michael Maugeri, Nick Dischiavo and Kyle Masi were on the line and Ray Sardelli, Tony Karam, Ben Herring and Daniel Mahaffy were in the backfield.This unit did and excellent job of protecting the ball and playing penalty free ball. The Bears and the Raiders traded possessions three times as Marc Toczala played defensive line. On the Bear's fourth possession, a pass play for an apparent TD was called back because of a holding penalty.
The Raiders then started to move the ball downfield. They were inside the Bear 20-yard as time ran out and the game ended with the score Bears 14-Raiders 7. After the game, the coaching staff congratulated the players for their victory over a good team. However, they also stressed that the team must work very hard at future practices to eliminate the type of mistakes made in the game. We must improve each week if want to have a successful season. This will happen only if we are all committed to having meaningful practice sessions.
September 25, 2005 New Hartford Bears at Clinton, NY
Game captains Tyler Kallasy, Chris Faro and Ryan Strassberger won the opening toss and deferred their choice until the second half. The Clinton Warriors chose offense and the Bears started the game on defense. Ben Zalewski, Zachary Shipley, Nicholas Mercurio, Chris Faro and Ryan Strassberger were on the line. Tom Giglio Tyler Kallasy and Vinnie Servadio were at the linebackers and Matt Smith, Michael Szczesniak and Derek German were in the secondary. They held the Warriors to 3 plays and a punt setting the tone for the entire game.
The Bear offense fumbled and lost the ball on the first play of their first possession; however, the Bear defense, spear-headed by Tyler Kallasy, continued to dominate and it was 4 plays and out for the Warriors. The Bears then drove the ball downfield behind very strong lead blocking by Tom Giglio and excellent running by Michael Szczesniak. Tom Giglio punched it in from the 3-yard line and the Bears had a 6-0 lead.
After stopping the Warrior offense for a third time, Michael Maugeri, Connor Benincasa, Kyle Masi, Jared Bowman, Marc Toczala, Nick Dischiavo and Lyle Bean entered the game to play offensive line Ray Sardelli. Tony Karam, Ben Herring and Daniel Mahaffy entered to play backfield. This unit could not move the ball but the Bear defense, with the help of Sabastian Torres, Zachary Champoux and Michael White, continued to shut down the Warriors. Late in the second quarter Sabastian picked up a fumble on the Warrior 48-yard line and carried the ball to the Warrior 1-yard line. With 1.9 seconds on the clock Tom Giglio carried the ball in and the half-ended with the score 12-0.
The duo of Szczesniak and Giglio lead a Bear charge down the field on the opening possession of the second half. Tom Giglio scored to put the Bears ahead 18-0. The Warriors answered back with a 65-yard TD run by Jeff Osdrander. They also made the extra point and the score was Bears 18 Warriors 7. Defense then dominated the game until late in the fourth quarter when Michael Szczesniak scored on a pitch play as guard Michael White made an excellent block on the nose-guard.
On the Warriors' final possession of the game, Ben Herring made a great open field tackle to prevent a Warrior TD. On the very next play Ray Sardelli, with the help of Tony Karam, intercepted a pass and the game ended with the score Bears 24 Warriors 7.
After the game, Coach Esper congratulated the players for a very nice victory. He also cautioned them that they can not afford to become complacent. We have five more games to play and must improve each week to have a successful season. This wll happen only if we have good practice sessions.
September 18, 2005 New Hartford Bears @ East Utica Panthers
Dan Bowens and Ararel Patterson led the West Utica Panthers to a decisive 20-7 victory over the New Hartford Bears. New Hartford game captains Bryce Hobin, Tyler Kallasy and Zachary Shipley lost the opening toss and the Panthers deferred to the Bears who started the game on offense. Michael Szczesniak, Chris Faro, Michael White, Brice Hobin, Sabastian Torres, Zachary Shipley and Ben Zalewski were on the line. Vinnie Servadio, Tommy Giglio, Matt Smith and Tyler Kallasy were in the backfield.
Dan Bowens excelled on the defensive line as the Bears were held to 3 yards and a punt. Patterson demonstrated his elusiveness and speed as he returned Szczesniak's punt from his own 30-yard line to the Bear 26 yard line. Ryan Strassberger, Zachary Champoux and Derek German entered the game to support the Bear defense; however, the Panthers quickly marched downfield to score their 1st TD. The extra point kick was wide and the Panthers were ahead 6-0.
Bowen continued to dominate the line of scrimmage as the Panther defense prevailed. Early in the second half Ray Holliman scored on a long breakaway run through the right side of the Panther line to give them their 2nd TD. They then kicked for the two point conversion and took a 14-0 lead. Kyle Masi, Mike Maugeri, Jeff Sutera, Connor Benincasa, Jared Bowman, Marc Toczala, Nicholas Dischiavo and Lyle Beane entered the game to play line with Ray Sardelli, Daniel Mahaffy, Tony Karam and Ben Herring in the backfield. They could not move the ball.
Late in the game Michael Szczesniak ran for 30 plus yards to set up a Bear TD. Tommy Giglio punched it in from the 5-yard live, Vinnie Servadio ran in the extra point making the score Panthers 14 Bears 7. The Panthers then scored on a long pass play to Patterson, who lined up in the backfield and ran a delay route aroound his left tackle. as the game ended with the score Panthers 20 Bears 7.
After the game the coaching staff stated, "We missed too many blocks on offense and too many tackles on defense. We permitted too many big plays on defense and could not sustain a drive on offense. We really need to improve in these areas."
September 11, 2005 Central New York Giants @ New Hartford Bears
Game captains Tom Giglio, Vinnie Servadio and Matt Smith won the opening toss and the Bears started the game on offense. Michael Szczesniak, Chris Faro, Michael White, Brice Hobin, Nick Mercurio, Zachary Shipley and Ben Zalewski were on the line. Vinnie Servadio, Tommy Giglio, Matt Smith and Tyler Kallasy were in the backfield. The Bears proceeded to march down the field as Sabastian Torres supported the offensive line. Giglio then scored the 1st TD behind excellent blocking by Mercurio and Shipley. Giglio also ran in the extra point and the Bears were ahead 7-0.
Ryan Strassberger and Derek German entered the game as the Bears defensive unit took the field. It was 4 plays and out for the Giants. The Bears quickly took a 13 point lead as Servadio connected with Giglio in the end zone for the Bears 2nd TD. The Bear defense then held the Giants to another 4 play possession.
As the Bears offensive unit took the field for the 3rd time Michael Maugeri, Connor Benincasa, Jeff Sutera, Jared Bowman, Marc Toczala, Nick Dischiavo, and Lyle Beane entered the game to play offensive line. Raymond Sardelli, Tony Karam, Daniel Mahaffy and Ben Herring entered to play backfield. With the support of Kyle Masi, Zachary Champoux and Sabastion Torres this unit played the rest of the game.
On their first offensive series Sardelli completed a pass in the end zone to Lyle Beane to give the Bears a 19-0 lead. On their next possesion Sardelli scored on a quarterback sneak as the Bears took a 25-0 lead. Tri County Central rules state the if a team is ahead by 24 or more points, the other team will stay on offense until they score or the game ends. The New Hartford second defensive team did an excellent job of shutting down the Hamilton offense and did remain on the field for the rest of the game as it ended with the score Bears 25 Giants 0.
After the game the coaching staff told the players, they executed well on both sides of the ball; however, we will be playing a much stronger team next week and can't stop to congratulate ourselves. We still have a long way to go. We need to keep working hard at each and every practice session so that we improve for each and every game. We must all stay commitmented to having very serious and meaningful practice sessions.
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