We were thrilled to see all five Bills Squads in the TCYFL playoffs. Our JV team enjoyed a bye week, our PAC Middleweight traveled to Huntley, while our 3 Big10 squads played their playoff at home last week.
Continue reading the blog to learn of the outcomes.
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WEEK #10 GAME REPORTS
Junior Varsity | Coach McGrath
BYE WEEK
Bills JV enjoyed a bye week and worked to prepare for their week2 playoff opponent the Wauconda Bulldogs. Our team has worked hard all season. We look forward to getting back on the field to flex our skills!
Middleweight | Coach Sibo
MW Big 10 win at home!
Middleweight Big10= 26 vs Huntley= 6
Week 10 and the playoffs begin. The Big Ten Middle team played Kenosha and came away with a 26-6 victory. Crawley did it by land and air accounting for 3 TD’s. Staub put one in too. Defense was fierce dominating the game. Coming up in the semi-finals is a rematch in Crystal Lake against the Raiders. Game highlights are:
• Staub started the scoring with a 50-yard TD run
• Next was Crawley to Suren for the 30-yard TD pass
• Showing he can run too, Crawley with the 2-yard QB keeper for the score
• Crawley to Baker for the nice 30-yard pass
• Crawley to Suren again for another 30-yard TD pass. AIR SIBO!!
• Sure saying Crawley a lot this week, way to go kid!
• Welcome back to Finn Kenny. We missed you and need you now more than ever.
• Defense comes up with more turnovers this week. Let’s get some more at Crystal lake
• The team has worked very hard all season and it shows with their play. Good Luck in round 2!!!
Middleweight | Coach Guccione
PW PAC lose on the road.
Middleweight Pac10= 13 vs Huntley=28
Middleweight Pac10 team lost in the first round of the playoffs this week.
Huntley started with the ball and was hitting the wall of the Bills defense until a long pass brought them to the 17-yard line. The Bills defense continued to limit the run attempts to a few yards. Offense for the Bills took over on downs and lost the ball on a fumble a few plays later. Huntley then drove up the middle to put 6 on the board. After a successful extra point attempt, the score was 7-0 Huntley.
The Bills offense had a rough start as the ball was fumbled again a few plays later. Huntley took over and tossed up the ball, which was intercepted by Reptak. With the offense getting the ball back we hit the Huntley defensive wall. The possession of the ball went back and forth between the teams, however Huntley was able to gain the edge to the outside and scored another TD.
13-0 Huntley. The Bills offense began to piece together successful runs to march down the field and exploit the middle of the defense but could not hold onto the ball. Huntley's offense continued to move the ball toward the end zone, however had a few set backs by our defense penetrating the back field and sacking the quarterback. However, a fresh set of downs from a face mask gave Huntley position to pound in the ball for 6 points with another for the extra point attempt. 20-0 Huntley to end the half.
Offense for the Bills started the second half with the ball and looked like a new team. Dumiak kept spinning the 18 wheels for 50 yards to the 1-yard line. The offense completed the attempt and scored a touchdown by McCasey. And to finish it off the 2-point attempt team successfully executed the failed snap play to gain the extra point. Practicing this play for the past several weeks certainly paid off this week. 20-7 Huntley. Huntley continued to pound the ball into the defense with little gain. Another bad throw led to another Reptak interception and gave the ball back to the Bills. Offense came out fired up and fought of every yard they could gain. After punting the ball, Huntley continued to burn time on the clock and gave up the ball on downs.
The Bills offense took over and working the ball into the fourth quarter meant this was do or die time. Some solid runs by Dumiak and McCasey brought the ball to mid-field. To finish the touchdown, a pass was called to Sohi and he turned on the speed to the goal line. 20-13 Huntley.
Our Bills had another chance and mounted an impressive drive. However, Sohi made an impressive catch but ran out of real estate on the sideline which the officials called out of bounds. This allowed Huntley to take the ball back and work the ball down field to score once more to make the score 28-13. Unfortunately the Bills offense didn't have enough time on the clock to fight all the way back.
The score on the scoreboard does not reflect the fight and effort that the Buffalo Grove Bills put into this game not only during the game time, but prepping for it on all levels. Getting a chance to be in the place-offs was an honor and working with this team was an honor! Friendships built for life! Bills-4-life!
Featherweight | Coach Hooge
Feathers win at home!
Featherweight= 17 vs Schaumburg: 6
What a great way to kick off the first round of the playoffs with a dominating victory over the Schaumburg feather team. This game was over in the first quarter with the offense showing their dominance from play one. The offensive line opened massive holes for our backs to take to the house and never looks back. The defense played stellar as well only letting up one score on a busted played when the game was already in hand. It was a total team effort and leading these boys to their 4th straight win and on a roll as they head on the road to take on the number 2 seen North shore. This team has pulled together to show the dominate force they always have been, finishing the fight each and every play.
We have one round of this championship fight behind us now we look to take the next step with a lopsided victory over North shore.
I saved this for last. I have been involved in Bills football for 6 years and coach Pond for 10 years. Ryan Driscoll accomplished a first for any Bills team that we have been part of by kicking a 22 yard field goal with time expiring in the 2nd quarter. Well done Ryan for making coach Pond's dream come true while giving the team a 3 score lead into half time.
Bantam | Coach Duff
Bantam win at home!
Bantam= 9 vs Kaneland=0
Bantam had a shaky start to the post-season, as the Kaneland Knights visited Emmerich for the last home game of the season.
Once again, terrifyingly relentless defense kept the Bills going, while the offense tried to find a way to score. Jake Blair, Bowie Richmond, Jax Baker, and Esteban Plata, each made critical tackles, preventing long gains. Phil Pelts led the defense in tackles, and forced a fumble, which was recovered by Artur Cara. Raizo Ruiz also forced a fumble, which was also collected by Cara. Caden Albrecht was a monster, breaking up Knights plays in the backfield.
In the 3rd quarter, the Bills made an adjustment, and started moving the ball down the field. Pelts and Albrecht made HUGE holes, and Duncan Suren scampered through for a 4th and inches conversion, then - with the same play - a touchdown, AND an extra point!
Late in the 4th, the defense capped off their amazing performance with a safety!
Next week, the Bills travel to Woodstock, to face the McHenry Jr Warriors in the semi-finals! Let’s hope to keep the mojo, found at the end of this game, going into next weekend!
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