Game  Re-Cap

The Yellowjackets traveled to see the Mighty Spartans of Amity.  The Mighty Spartans have been slaying there opponents with ease.  It was more of a case of David vs Goliath.  Well on this day David started the fight by taking right to the Giant.  The open kickoff saw the Giant stumble at the goal line an fumble the ball.  With the Easties backed up at there own 5 yard line Ryan Spano took out his sling shot and shot one over Goliath's head for what was almost a 95 five yard catch an run to Gabe Longley, but Gabe was caught at the one by the Giant. With the Luzzi cousins leading the way Jay Donaldson walked into the end-zone for an easy TD.  Extra point featured Ryan throwing an out pass to Mathew Biel for the extra point.  The giant was awake now, and started to show some signs of there potent offense as they drove down the field for there first score, but the giant did not get down the field easy.  This eastie team show the giant they are here for the long haul.  (For a bunch of 4th graders there was some serious hitting going on).  David was not ready to bow to the Giant and decided to run around the Giant for another TD with Jay Donaldson.  Extra point failed. 13-6.  The giant was taking these blows in stride.  The giant took one long stride and was in the end-zone just like that the giant was ahead by a foot 14-13.  On the next eastie drive which looked like David was going to take out the knee from the Giant, but the big Giant caused a fumble with a 1 minute or so left in the half.  The Giant with little time left in the half struck again and the half-time score was 20-13.  That drive seemed to take some the steam out from David.

The second half began with the easties fumbling the ball away, which seemed to be the down fall for David.  The Giant was awake now and began to assert its power.  The only score in the third Quarter was by the Giant.  The fourth quarter started with the might Giant scoring again and seemed to put David away for good.  The easties did not help there cause in the second half with sloppy tackling.  With time running out Amity scored one last garbage TD.  The might easties would not go down after that TD which really stung.  They decided to mount one last drive.  Jay Donaldson ran a sweep with Andrew and Anthony clearing a path for the speedster he burst-ed out to the 50 yard line.  The easties tried the same thing to the right side with Andrew Luzzi, but he got hit in the backfield and did all he could just to hold on to the ball.  Then Ryan Spano with the entire eastie team a little mad at the giant to out there sling shot a shot one out to Jay Donaldson in the slot and with Gabe Longley with a key block, Jay did what his does best, which was sprint to the end zone to close out the scoring for the day.

EH 19 Amity 38

Game 3 Re-Cap

AH at last a home game for the young fourth graders.  Not only did these young men have to learn how to play tackle football, figure out how to put all this equipment on, they also opened up their first two games on the road.  They hosted the Tri-Town Warriors, the only good thing that happened to the Warriors is that they won the coin toss.  This Eastie team was mad after they had lost their first two games by a combined 7 points.  They were not going to let this happen again.  They started out with another long run for a TD by Jay Donaldson for a touchdown to start the scoring.  The offensive line of East Haven had a great day allowing the Easties to build a 20-0 half-time lead.  This line consists of and starts with the anchor Seth Proto,  he is guarded by his two guards Zachary Anstasio, Joe Pappacoda,  next two the guards are the tackles Christian Cunningham.  Ours ends did a great job sealing the deal on the outside those guys our Devin Perkins, Frank Camera, Matt Biehl, and Gabe Longley.

In the second half with the Easties pitching there first shut out of the season saw this defense having fun, they were making tackles all over the place.  Ryan Spano had a interception late in the third quarter for a TD, but that was called back by a clipping penalty.  The Easties kept driving right a the heart the Warriors defense with dive plays from Ryan Celentano, and Gabe longely.  Finally Gabe longely ended the scoring with a 15 yard run right of the gut and ended the game with that.  EH 26 Warriors 0

Game 2 Re-Cap

Game 2 showed a liitle bit of the first game a nail bitter all the way down to the end again with the North Branford Thunderbirds.  This game went back an forth all day with a lot of long runs for TD's.  The Easties open the scoring with a long run by Jay Donaldson.  The T-birds answered with a long run of there own.  The Easties showed off a new weapon Ryan Spano's throwing ability.  He was hooking up with Jay and Gabe longely all day as they choose only to single cover them.  Jay and Gabe both had long catches that lead to touchdowns for the Easties.  Anthony Luzzi kept the T-Birds honest by pounding away at the middle of the T-Birds defense.  I am not sure either team had a good defense that day as the offense keep scoring at a unbelievable rate.  Andrew Luzzi took a hand off from Ryan Spano up through the tackle end hole for a 42 yard scamper to the endzone.  He was helped out on this long run by his full back, who lead the one.  Joe Bohen sealed his tackle and Devin Perkins kicked out the end for a hole that was might big for Andrew to get through.  The T-Birds would get the last long run of the day.  This run sealed the victory with 3:00 minutes left in the game the easties could not mount one last attack and fell to the T-Birds 32-26.

Game 1 Re-Cap

The East Haven Grade 4 Youth Footbal team open their season against the Cheshire Rams.

This was the debut of the entire 4th grade team and it was a beauty.  East Haven won the coin toss and the battle was on.  East Haven's took its first drive deep into Ram territory but came away empty handed.  The Rams took over on downs and drove the ball right at the East Haven defense.  The eastie defense was a little confused and let up an easy touchdown.  On the next possession the Easties offense ran toss sweep to Jay Donaldson, and before the Rams knew what was going on Jay was dancing in the endzone.  The ram offense went on a scoring spree with two touchdowns.  There second touchdown was surrendered with 30 seconds left in the half which left the East Haven offense little time to punch back.  On the first play of after the kick the easties offense ran toss sweep left to Jay again, and with some great blocking from Joe Bohen who had the toughest day on the line, lined up against Cheshire's best defensive player put another touchdown on the board half-time score was 20-12.

After the half this East Haven Defense woke up and was led by Andrew and Anthony Luzzi. (As the Cheshire anouncer said the Luzzi Cousin's).  These two were leading and the rest of the East Haven defense followed.  The Ram offense was put on ice.  Meanwhile the Eastie offense put up two more scores.  There first score was yes again by Jay Donaldson, but he was help on this play by Andrew Luzzi and Gabe Longley who sealed there end and allowed Jay to run free again.  On the extra point try the R and R connection hooked up for a nice pass into the flat.  (Ryan Spano QB - Ryan Celentano Rec.) End of 3rd Quarter.

The fourth quarter started with the East Haven defense not giving up much and getting the ball back.  On this possession feature Ryan Spano doing an excellent job of faking a dive and keeping the ball around the left end, beating the cornerback for the go ahead Touchdown.  EH 25 - Rams 20.  The East Haven special teams came up big and recover and excellent onside kick called by the Kicker Ryan Spano and the easties unit recovered.  On the first possession the East Haven offense coughed up the ball to give it back to the Rams.  The Ram offense was still being put on ice by the Luzzi cousins on the first two plays each came up big with Andrew sacking the QB for a five yard loss.  The next feature Anthony coming from is LB spot and chasing the RB down for a 3 yard gain.  Then it was like a black cat walked by the East Haven defense and the misfortunes begin.  There was defensive penalty costing the defense 5 yards.  Giving the Ram offense 4 and about 6, with not timeouts left with the clock around 2 minutes left in the game.  A big stop here would seal the game, but they gained 7 on there next play.  On there first down play they sent two receivers out and sailed a pass over the head of a defense that played great the entire half for a touchdown.  Final score Rams 26 EH 25.

The kids and the coaches played great, they showed a lot of heart.  Tough loss.