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Sr. 'Skins hand Giants first FLY loss of season
LEWISTON - The Lisbon St. Getty Mart Sr. Redskins climbed into a tie for first place in FLY football, handing the Twin's Variety Sr. Giants their first loss of the season, 12-6, in a rain-soaked, double-overtime thriller.
Jeffrey Clark scored the first Redskins touchdown on a 17-yard run in the second quarter. After a scoreless overtime and a huge goal-line stand in the second OT, Joey Gonzalez punched in the winning score from three yards out. The offensive line provided splendid blocking in the poor weather conditions.
Lily Fundis and Gonzalez each had 11 tackles to pace the Redskins defense, which also received superb games from William Adams (five tackles, fumble recovery), Aldean Porter and Austin Greeley. Jason Gonzalez picked up a key fumble to set up Clark's TD. Clark came through with an interception to stop the Giants in the first O.
Quintarian Brown scored the Giants' TD in the final minute of regulation. Logan Lavoie put the Giants in scoring position with some tough runs up the middle. Defensively, the Giants' leaders were Eli Cady, Colin Mannon, Zach Abisalih and Josh Knight.
Defense also reigned in the other Senior contest, with Sam Francis State Farm squeaking out a 6-0 win over Bath Iron Works Steelers. Tim Robinson scored the TD for the Lions, who received a great effort from the entire offensive line. Defensive stars were Nathaniel Patterson, Sharif Myles, Isaac Cote and Dominick Adams.
Curtis Kaplinger had 70 total yards for the Steelers, with James Flynn adding 23 more on the ground. Kaplinger led the defense with nine tackles, while Flynn made six stops, Shammond Thomas added four and Michael Williams forced a fumble.
In the Junior division, the Grimmel's Gas-Up Giants blanked the Gee & Bee Redskins, 21-0. Gage Cote threw a 40-yard TD pass to Brock Belanger on the first play from scrimmage. Caden Begos kicked the extra point. Cote and Belanger also rushed for scores behind an offensive line of Dale Brown, Devin Lavoie, Sheldon Landry and Chris Dillingham.
Noah Jalbert (three tackles, interception, fumble recovery), Landry (fumble recovery) and Eddie Turgeon (six tackles) led the Giants defense.
For the Redskins, Adaryan Ray led the rushing attack with 24 yards while Nasir White, Jayden Wilson and Connor Jewett pitched in. Defensive stars were Tanner Cortes, Grant Hartley and Keyshawn Green, who combined for four fumble recoveries. Green also made four tackles. Also playing hard for the Redskins defense were Damon Gagne, Gordon Beckwith, John Mathon Jr. and Antonio Beaupre.
The Sabattus Disc Golf Jr. Steelers won a nailbiter over the Softlight Studios Jr. Lions, 7-0. Garrett Poussard scored the lone TD behind big blocks from Deon Sands and Ben Bolduc. Jaznel Burns added the extra point. Shawn Gagnon, Nick Kelly and Bryan Wagg all pitched in with multiple tackles to keep the Lions out of the end zone.
Josh Kobel, Julian Raines and Miles Teague led the Lions offense. Durrell Jackson, Tyson Cote, Desmond Jackson, Kobel and Stefan Porter all fought hard for the defense.
Sunday's schedule: Junior Division, Steelers vs. Giants, 8;30 a.m.; Lions vs. Redskins, 11:30 a.m. Senior Division, Steelers vs. Giants, 10 a.m.; Lions vs. Redskins, 1 p.m.
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Let me start by saying this
Let me start by saying this is one of the most unfair leagues I have ever signed my children up for. Now I know why many of the kids did not come back. A few problems with this league is the fact that if you are not "good enough" you do not play in the game, their are kids who hardly ever play in the games because it is their first year or some other reason, whatever the so called reason these kids should all play the same amount so they can all advance thinking they are somebody. How can they expect these kids to get better if they dont even play. It is not all about winning, it is about making good football players out of these kids. We pay $75.00 a kid for this and the sit on the sidelines every game. Also the league is very clicky and and if you are not part of a certain team you are looked down upon, you are talked about, and you are just not liked. Every team deserves as much attention as the other teams, every kid deserves as much attention as the others. And as I keep seeing in these articles the coaches and assistant coaches kids are always put in the spotlight. How about putting everyones name in the paper at least once to make them feel important. Their are kids who have done more tackles and better on offense and never get mentioned.
The equipment that is being used is old and needs replacing.
These kids are treated like they play for the NFL, and the coaches need to realize that they dont.
I hope that someday they will change the rules so that parents of the children cannot coach. It is not fair to the others when their kids play all game and other kids do not. If you notice all the younger kids just stand on the sides all game and this league soaked $75.00 out of the parents pockets for that, it just isnt right.
There is also a huge smoking issue with this league, people keep smoking in their cars and hiding around corners on school grounds to smoke. So many of them still driving in smoking in the car with kids, which by the way is against the law. Yes the president has tried to fix the problem but its still there. There is a lot of swearing and fighting on the sidelines.
There was a coach who pushed one of the kids on the seniors team during a game, there was a coach who called a player on the juniors team a "wimp" because he got injured. There are so many things going on that are uncalled for and that make these kids self-esteem crap.
I also saw the post where these people were praising a coach on a certain team for doing such a great job being a coach. Im sorry but making signs and shirts about the team you are playing against is not good sportsmanship and should NEVER be allowed at this age group.
The cheating is also a huge problem their are coaches who are doing illegal things that they know are illegal and just dont care. Maybe the refs will start picking up on more of these.
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