The Bills program is pleased with the results of week 7 for the 2018 season with another 3 victories and 3 losses. This puts our program at 32-16 on the season thus far.
This week's blog is sponsored by: Timothy O'Tooles
O'Toole's Pub Group now celebrating over 20 years in business, is a family owned pub with four Chicagoland locations. Each location offers an impressive beer list, endless HD flatscreens, and an extensive menu of pub classics including nachos, burgers, wraps and award winning wings. With outposts in both downtown Chicago, Libertyville, Gurnee and Lake Villa, O’Toole’s is a perfect spot to watch the big game or grab a pint with friends.
GAME REPORTS
Junior Varsity | Projansky
Bills win at home!
Junior Varsity= 28 vs Lake Villa= 0
This week’s game was a division battle versus a talented Lake Villa squad that knows BG very well and came in prepared and confident. LV coaches and crowd believed this would be the day.
With a full coaching staff the offense immediately drove into the red zone behind the running of Diego Giles. M. Projansky hit his favorite target G. Kim for a 24 yard TD strike for their 7th hook-up of the season. Martinez made the 2 point conversion for 8-0 lead. After a defensive stop, Martinez took an 11 yard spinner run for a 14-0 lead to end the 1st quarter.
Lake Villa tested the defense, mixing some runs and some “just missed” passes to post both positive yards rushing & passing for the first time this season. But, in the end the Defense prevailed and posted its 7th consecutive scoreless game, its 6th shutout of the season while the offense posted its standard 4 TDs.
Offensive Highlights
• Over 200 yards rushing and 2 TDs: Martinez (70 yards & 2 TDs), Giles(70 yards), Yamato, Kim, Delevitt, Projansky and Castro.
• Projansky with over 100 yards passing & 2 TDs: Kim (73 yards & 2 TDs), Giles and Delevitt
• Offensive line continued dominance without 2 starters: Stefanov, Shultz, Jimenez, Herrejon, Carrigan & Duff, Welcome back from Washington DC Tamer and Blake.
Defensive Highlights
• 6 tackles and 1 sack for loss by Shultz, Yamato & Earl
• Defensive line pressure by Stecuik, Babbo, Luca, Shultz, Jimenez, Earl & Carrigan
• Great pass coverage by Kim, Martinez, Hensley, Delevitt, St-George, Giles, Castro and Rubino.
• Interception by Delevitt and a forced fumble and recovery by Carrigan
Another Great team effort!
Lightweight | Hooge
Bills lose at home.
Lightweight= 0 vs Lake Villa= 24
What a tough week to be down 6 players. The boys welcomed a stout Lake Villa team. It was a rough game but the boys kept fighting throughout the game. There was no quit in this team. The score remained close till the 4th quarter only a one score game.
The coaches have a great respect for the fight in this team even in the toughest games. We will learn from this defeat and move forward towards the playoffs.
Frezza broke us down right at the end of the game on his own. We are more than just a team we are a family! We are in this fight till the end. This was the best way ee could have ended a tough contest.
"Family on three"
Good teams move on Great teams rebound! We are looking to rebound against another tough opponent this weekend as we make the short trip to Lake Zurich Saturday.
The boys will be ready and whole as we take the fight to them and get back to our winning ways!
Middleweight Gold | Sibo
Bills win at home!
Middleweight Gold= 30 vs Waukegan=0
On a wet cloudy day, Sibo’s Middle Gold team took on an undefeated Waukegan squad and came away with a 30 – 0 victory. Both sides of the line dominated again, controlled the line of scrimmage and the ball. The team moved to 7-0 and will face Libertyville this weekend. Week 7 highlights were:
• Sibo spreads the love. Four different young dudes go for TD’s. Jack McGrath, Donovan Robinson, Alejandro DeLeon and Jack Staub all ran for TD’s.
• Staub scoring on a beautiful 40 yard QB keeper. Jack earned that touchdown with his play all year!
• O Line plugging in 3 new guys this week due to class and family trips and still rolling along. Patel, Croce, Hensley, Nelson, Branas, Osborne keeping the offensive machine humming! We wouldn’t be able to do what we do without you!!
• Paulauskas going 3 for 4 on PAT’s. Those points are HUGE!
• Defense with another shutout and 2 turnovers
Middleweight Black | Schumi
Bills win at home!
Middleweight Black= 12 vs Schaumburg= 0
This weekend, the boys came out ready to rock! This was by far our best performance as a unit. On the Defensive side of things, the boys held Schaumburg to a shut out. They were swarming to the ball, holding their offense to very little all game long. We made some changes this week on the Defensive side, and the boys executed as planned. Shoutout to the entire Defense, as they controlled the game out on that field. Aiden Crawley came up with a big 4th down interception and a return of 25 yards right before the half. On the Offensive side of things, we looked great. We started off slow, going into halftime 0-0. We started with the ball in the second half and started to take over from there. Our offensive line looked great, giving our backs chances to make some big plays with the ball in their hand. Isiah Hall had great runs, making kids miss left and right which set up Andrew Langerman's touchdown early in the second half. Jack Palzet cut and ran his way for his only touchdown of the day, with 1:45 left in the game, making it 12-0 Bills. Jayden Palzet connected with Jonah Belden on a 25 yard pass and catch, making that Jonah's first reception of the season. I am so proud of this team. Day after day they show up ready to fight and ready to learn more of the game.
Offensive MVP: The entire Offense
Defensive MVP: The entire Defense.
B4L
Featherweight | Delevitt
Bills lose at home.
Featherweight= 0 vs Lake Villa= 6
It was another tough battle for the Bills Feather Big Ten Team, as they came up just short in a 6-0 loss to Lake Villa. The defense definitely held up their end of the bargain. Anthony White came up with a big fumble recovery. Ryan Harris contained the edge and put pressure on the Lake Villa backfield. Miles Tyer continued his strong play at outside linebacker, getting in on multiple tackles. There is no doubt this team is battle tested as they look to finish the regular season strong.
Bantam | Duff
Bills lose at home.
Bantam=19 vs Lake Villa=34
A short roster, and key injuries snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
The Bills offense was marching down the field, at will. Keeping the football for 6 of the 8 minutes of the first quarter, and Bowie Richmond and Dylan Nelson each scored on the first two possessions. Matthew Ravenscraft had strong runs, shedding tackles like a pro, all game. After a fantastic run on the keeper by Nelson, it only took 2 plays for Richmond to find the end zone once again, and a third time for the PAT.
On Defense, OLB Jake Blair and MLB Dylan Nelson terrorized the Lake Villa backfield, and CBs Anthony Alvarado and Esteban Plata each made tackles for loss. DE Eli Sigal broke up a reverse as well, giving Lake Villa another smack in the mouth. But it came at a cost, as Sigal left the game for good with an injury.
Lake Villa made some adjustments during halftime that the Bills just couldn't answer. Due to injuries, players were asked to play positions they don't normally play. Unfortunately, Lake Villa knew how to exploit that fact, and rattled off 4 unanswered touchdowns in the second half. The iron men, playing both ways, just ran out of gas on defense, and the offense was shut down in the half.
As angry, hurt, and frustrated as these boys got, they still refused to quit. They played hard right until the end. This was a hard loss, but I think we all will learn from it, and be better players as well as coaches, in the future, because of it.
This week's blog is sponsored by: Timothy O'Tooles
O'Toole's Pub Group now celebrating over 20 years in business, is a family owned pub with four Chicagoland locations. Each location offers an impressive beer list, endless HD flatscreens, and an extensive menu of pub classics including nachos, burgers, wraps and award winning wings. With outposts in both downtown Chicago, Libertyville, Gurnee and Lake Villa, O’Toole’s is a perfect spot to watch the big game or grab a pint with friends.
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