The Bills program was pleased to kick-off the 2019 season with 3 victories and 2 losses. We were also very proud to see our program well represented in the 2019 Buffalo Grove Days Parade. Thank you to the many players, cheerleaders, Coaches and Parents for coming out to march with the program.
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WEEK #1 GAME REPORTS
Junior Varsity | Coach McGrath
Bills lose on the road.
Junior Varsity= 12 vs Wauconda= 22
The Bills JV team lost a tough one 22-12 to Wauconda. Some injuries and turnovers made for a long day. Donovan Robinson and Jack McGrath each scored a TD. Donovan was a beast all day on both sides of the ball. Brady Martin with some nice pancake blocks on the O-line.
Ethan Aghakhan with some stellar play in the trenches on both sides of the line. Jack McGrath with a blocked PAT. Ben Fawcett with the long ball to Veer Patel. Tyler Gleyzer and Carson Oloman running sideline to sideline all game, tracking ball carriers. Mac Jones steady play up front and filled in on D. Need to get back on track in week two, get healthy, and back into the W column.
Middleweight | Coach Sibo
Bills win on the road!
Middleweight Big10= 25 vs Wauconda = 0
The Big Ten Middle team started off the season rolling with a 25-0 win over the Wauconda Bulldogs. In a balanced attack the defense scored as many times as the offense. The boys went full out from the opening whistle, never letting Wauconda into the game. The Middles look to keep it going this week against Barrington.
Game highlights are:
- Crawley opens the scoring with the QB sneak. Those Crawley’s have QB in their blood
- Guzman gets the defense on the board with a pick 6 in the 2nd quarter
- Not to be outdone Staub gets a pick 6 of his own
- Finn goes through the 5 hole for 78 yards and the touch down. He also had over 100 yards rushing. Are we sure that this is his first year of tackle football?
- Crawley to Baker for the completion. I think we may see a lot of this combo this year.
- O Line controlled the line of scrimmage all game. Can’t do it with you guys.
- Defense with its first shutout of year and dominated all game
Middleweight | Coach Guccione
Bills win on the road!
Middleweight Pac10= 24 vs Cary=19
The 2019 season kicked off in Cary with a nail bitter. Our boys started off on offense and looked strong as they marched the ball down field. After an unfortunate turnover, we continued to trade blows with Cary. They got on the board first with a slow but solid drive. The Bills answered back with a 25 yard touch down run, sprung by Drew Langerman. However, the play was called back due to a hold. The Bills did not delay and scored again on the next play with a 30 yard reverse by Sohi. Beckstrom followed up with the boot to put the Bills up on the score. Bills went to the half leading 8 to 7.
The second half offered some challenges as Cary was able to score twice more, putting them up 19-8. It was the 4th quarter when the offense moved the ball down field once more. Belden connected with Sohi on a short pop pass which Sohi broke loose on for a 53 yard TD. Trusty Beckstrom added another 2 points with another successful extra point. Now it was do or die. With Cary leading 16-19 and only about 5 minutes remaining in the game, Coach Guccione rolled the dice by opting for the onside play. He asked Offensive Coordinator, Matt Larsen to select a play that could earn 10 yards so we could maintain possession. The offense did just that! Larsen ordered up a half back screen pass, and Belden and Langerman delivered, earning 13 yards for the first down. The Bills were able to maintain possession and continued to grind the ball down field with carries by McCasey, Belden, Sohi, Langerman and Jaden Palzet. The Bills put the cherry on top with a 20 yard TD scamper by Langerman and another 2 point kick by Beckstrom. Beckstrom's foot was good for 6 on the day.
The game was not over, Cary still had almost 3 minutes to respond. Now it was up to the defense to win the game. O'Hara and Becker moved to play defensive ends. We saw pivotal tackles by O'Hara, Becker, Alexis, Dumaik and the rest of the crew. This halted Cary's ground game. With time running out, Cary had no choice but to pass the ball and would regret it dearly, as Mikaere pulled down a 4th quarter interception to seal the victory for our Bills.
Offense totaled 200 yards on the ground and 85 through the air. Defense gave up a bit more than we would like against the Cary offense, but after making some adjustments they stood their ground and came through in the end. Silent hero's were, the offensive line: doing their jobs and hanging tuff! Great win for the team, savor it briefly. Now it is time to focus on Barrington and look forward to a new opponent and a new set of challenges.
Featherweight | Coach Hooge
Bills lose on the road.
Featherweight= 19 vs Wauconda= 20
Week one was absolutely incredible the Feather team came out of the gate with a score in the first quarter against a very good Bulldog team. It was a tough run by Vogler that got the scoring started. He would continue his hard running throughout the game getting big first downs as the game went on. The DF was not to be outdone in the first half only letting up 6 points to a very good offense. Kaput did what he was told to shut the door at end this week. He even took on the pulling guard, shedding him to make a big third down stop. The second half was much of the same ground an pound of the first half that lead to a 38 toss and and a Fawcett touchdown. Our stingy DF kept working hard but we found ourselves needing a touchdown with 1:40 left in the game. Nelson ran the offense to a perfect 2 minutes offense like clock work as another Fawcett touchdown with just 15 ticks left on the clock. As we lined up for the 2 point kick we could hear the fans cheering this team to victory and it was awesome to hear the excitement. Unfortunately we came up just a little short.
We could not be more proud of this week one performance. The offense looked great with our line getting a great push. Our DF kept a great offense in check most of the game other than a couple big plays they played awesome.
We not have to put the work in this week for a very good Barrington team. We need to WIN THIS PLAY all game long. We in more plays we win the game. Time to look to defend our house and beat the Broncos.
Bantam | Coach Duff
Bills win on the road.
Bantam= 7 vs Wauconda=0
The Bantam Bills took the field with purpose last weekend. The defense was unstoppable, and the offense could only be defeated by themselves.
After a mistake-laden first half, with 3 touchdowns called back, and fumbles behind the line, which could have been MUCH worse, if it weren't for the incredibly stingy defense, the offense finally got it together.
Jax Baker and Jake Blair terrorized the Wauconda backfield, while Bowie Richmond cleaned up the few plays that made it through the brick wall of Jackson Boundy, Caden Albrecht, Phil Pelts, and Declan Haack. Esteban Plata and Billy Hicks made sure the sweeps were contained.
Jake Blair, Bowie Richmond, and Jax Baker each made it to the endzone, but only Jake, who made it twice, had it stick. The o-line of Raizo Ruiz, Caden Albrecht, Jonah Duff, Phil Pelts, and Aiden Noe, made huge holes, all game long. Great blocking by tight ends Matthew Owens, and Duncan Suren made sure sweeps worked, and the offense had their way with the unprepared, and undersized Wauconda defense.
A win is a win, but Bantam will need to work on focus and discipline, if they want to beat last year's 4A Super Bowl champion Barrington. The coaches believe only this team can beat THIS team.
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