Palatine Pioneers Festival recap
Arlington 14, Deerpath 0
The Stallions improved to 2-0 with a 14-0 win over Deerpath.
Zach Niro scored the first try for the defending junior high champions. Liam Watters capped the game with a 75-yard run up the middle in the 50th minute.
"I think out ball movement and our communication ended up being the factor," said third-year coach Dan Bartlett. We're lucky to have a couple runners Watters and Edmond Hogan) that can really break the game line. When they get through we do a pretty good job of supporting them. So it's very fortunate to have guys that are willing to hit the game line like that.
Deerpath coach Tony Palbicke pointed to another Arlington strong point as a deciding factor.
"They were passing the ball pretty well," said Palbicke. "When you pass the ball real well like that off the set pieces, like the rucks and the mauls and the scrums, they had good forward movement. We were back on our heels, forced to make a lot of tackles. Fortunately our backs were pretty quick on the tackle and we stopped their really solid winger Hogan. We kept him from scoring and that was no small feat.
"I felt our forwards were pretty evenly matched, but the backs for them were definitely the difference maker.
Tight head prop Matt Harmon was designated the Man of the Match for the second straight week for the Braves (1-1).
"He's a really big, strong kid. He plays physical and is really starting to show ideas about what to do when he's playing," said Palbicke. "He's just a monster. Ten, 12 tackles a game, he runs straight ahead, straight up the field."
Arlington roster
Eddie Pacquer
Luke Szulszinski
Chris Collins
Zach Lingen
John Stills
Gabe Gros
Zack Niro
Aaron Cunningham
Jack DeBlasio
Winston Derby
Alex Glynn
Liam Watters
Griffin Surdo
Edmond Hogan
Zach Kaminski
Zac Jehn
Bobby Webber
John Sinard
Carter Mau
Deerpath roster
Jack Cummins
Phillip Frenzel
Gabriel Guzman
Matthew Harmon
Max Joyce
Will Laskero-Teskoski
John Lekburg
Robert McCaffrey-Boss
Yasin Mekki
Trevor Morcott
William Ryan
Daniel Smith
Colin St. Amand
James Vermillion
Trent Williams
Mark Johnson
Tommy Kienzie
Spencer Klavsons
Nicholas Kyriacou
Anthony Palbicke
Joseph Pollard
Erik Wasser
St. Charles 28, Naperville team one 19
St Charles dominated the first half and built an 18-0 lead at the break. Naperville team one fought back with a streak of its own to take a 19-18 lead in the second half. St. Charles answered with the final run of the game, 10 unanswered points, to claim the victory.
Naperville team one roster
Zane Jackson
Ian Morris
Lillian Bramlet
Matt Callahan
Matt Paolucci
Robbie Hazen
Nathan Ip
Ryan Johnson
Ryan Minick
Mike Krug
Ben Sweetnam
Will Bennett
Philip DeConning
Ty Collins
Sebastian Laskowski
Jared Prosapio
Jake Sweetnam
W. Suburban Barbarians 46
Palatine Pioneers 0
Photo for Premium Preps by Marianne Burton.
Brian Burton slips the ball to Patrick Andriesen as he is gang tackled by the West Suburban Barbarians.
Wing Will Belden got the Barbarians on the board early with a try off a scrum just outside 22 meters. A failed conversion kept the score at 5-0. Good rucking by both teams kept much of the play between the 22s. The Barbarians improved getting players in support position as the game progressed.
Commitment to the ruck led to consistent second-phase balls, which led to tries by flyhalf Gareth Jones and fullback Christian Musil. Mike Masterson showed his athleticism with five tries on the day. Jones made two of his conversion attempts, and solid tackling and good team defense helped keep the Pioneers out of the try zone. An overall good performance by the Barbarians at a great event hosted by the Palatine Pioneers.
The young Palatine side was up against it versus the Barbarians. The Pioneers showed strong desire and fought on despite early lapses. Palatine threatened to score in the final moments as time ran out.
The Pioneers named the Barbarians inside center their opponent’s Man of the Match. For Palatine, Patrick Andriesen made his debut at scrum half and was named the Pioneers MVP.
Palatine roster
Austin Tipper (Captain)
Jimmy Langford
Alex Kunstbeck
Tony Jucha
John Hoeck
Shane Hartnett
Luke Donavan
Brian Burton
Patrick Andriesen
Sam Ayers
Matthew Drew-Caffin
Jack Mann
Bret Ciesielski
Joel Krueger
Andrew Zerfas
Sam Langston
Matt Wang
Jonathan Jacobsen
West Suburban roster
Dan Fiszer
Jorge Hernandez
Damien Hanson
Cody Melka
Garrett Hanley
Tim Walsh
Mitchell Ciszewski
Dan Lockie
Jacob Hulten
Gareth Jones (Captain)
Joe Okkema
Mike Masterson
Charles Heimke
William Belden
Christian Musil
Ryan Jay
Jack Weyer
Tom Weiler
Emmet Ferguson
Kevin Kuchler
