Watchung Hills Pop Warner Teams Dominate Against Maplewood

Blue Flag
The Wolverines put in a great team effort on offense with Jake Checchio (3 carries for 45 yards), Luke Freijomil (3 carries for 45 yards), Tyler Marion (2 carries for 15 yards) and Elhanan Wilson (1 carry for 40 yards) each scoring a touchdown.

The defense was led by the Freijomil brothers, Luke and Vincent, who combined for 9 flags and Jake Checchio who added 3 flags.

Gold Flag
The Wolverines battled the Tigers of Maplewood in an evenly matched game. The offense was led by Aqili Holmes who rushed for 85 yards and two scores. Dylan Kelly ran for 50 yards
and set up a 5 yard sprint for a touchdown by Matthew Dahl. John King added 30 yards rushing.

On defense, Aqili Holmes stymied the Tigers by grabbing eight flags. Colin Archbold grabbed two while Timothy Marshall, Lorenzo Percario, Dylan Kelly, Matthew Dahl and Dylan Braunstein each grabbed one.

Junior Flag
Buddy Steen fired up the Wolverine offense by scampering 37 yards on the opening play. That run was capped off by Dalton Rosenfarb's 3-yard dash for the score. Quentin Tao sprinted 15 yards for a touchdown while Chase Miller and Joseph Vecchio added 15 yard runs of their own.

The Wolverine defense was led by Travis Jelmert who grabbed four flags. David Rosenfarb and Joseph Vecchio each grabbed two with Jonathan Hold, Quentin Tao, Chase Miller and Ryan Johnson each grabbing one.

Mighty Mites
The Wolverine Mighty Might Team took on the Maplewood-South Orange Packers this past Sunday. Both teams played phenomenal defense and the game came down to field position, turnovers and big plays.

The Wolverine defense limited Maplewood-South Orange to just over 100 yards of total offense, and only allowed 2 first downs the entire game. Up front they were led by NG Jack Valenti—who had three tackles, caused two fumbles and disrupted the Packer offense all afternoon. On consecutive plays in the 3rd quater, Valenti tackled the Packer QB in the backfield and on the 2nd instance forced a fumble that was recovered by Watchung Hills that changed the momentum of the game. Also having strong performances on Defense were LB Mike Butrico, S Josh Ramierez and DT Tyler Piggot.

Offensively, the Wolverine offense dominated time of possession and consistently moved the chains. Lineman Jack and Thomas Dardis, Bryce Rooks, James Coslet and K.C. Boyle paved the way for the Wolverine runners. The backfield spread the ball around to 9 different ball carriers and kept the Packer D off-balance. QB John Annunziata had the lone score of the day on a 9-yard run around right end. WR Jack Reale has an excellent block on the play.

Jr Pee Wee Team Trounces Packers

Watchung Hills Wolverines Jr Pee Wee team trounced the Maplewood Packers 29-7 in front of a energetic home crowd. Once again the wolverine offense was led by Connor Cook with 2 TD's. The line was once again anchored by Anthony Tomaro, David Damore and George Rooks giving the running backs ample opportunities to gain positive yards. Matty Colantuono picked up 4 key first downs throughout the game.. Chris Clintock added a TD and 2 extra point kicks to put the game out of reach. Anthony Denave had a TD pass called back. Andrew Reale, Joe Rica and Jack Taub grinded tough yardage on the ground.

The Wolverines shut down the dangerous Maplewood offense all day. The Defense was led by the defensive linemen David D’Amore, Robbie Saum, Michael Coacher, Justin Uberoi, Peter Clarke, and Joey Rica who spent the day terrorizing the Maplewood backs.

Jack Taub led the fierce line backing crew with 10 solo tackles Connor Cook Andrew Reale Chris Clintock had 6 tackles apiece in the effort. Anthony DeNave led the defensive backfield with an interception while TJ Pecoraro had a touchdown saving tackle to stop a sure Touchdown run. It was a great group effort for the defense Gavin DeFuria did a great job at Safety and returned a kick for a touchdown.

Pee Wee Team Shuts Out Maplewood

The Watchung Hills Wolverine Pee Wee team delivered a convincing 28-0 win over Maplewood on Sunday.

Maplewood recovered their on-side kick to open the game but couldn’t get any positive yardage against the stifling Wolverine defense led by Tyler Jelmert, Matt Roth, and Jonathan Taub.

The Wolverine offense dominated all day and they drove the ball down the field for their first score on a 5-yard carry by Thomas Schelling at the end of the 1st quarter. Nick Ugarte and Eric Plesko both blocked and ran the ball very well. Ugarte added a score in the 2nd quarter on an 8 yard sweep around the right side and the Wolverines led 14-0 at the half.

Kevin Caracapa carried the ball a few times averaging 8 yards per carry and Brendan Cook had a 5-yard TD up the middle the 3rd quarter and Ryan Trimble recovered an on-sides kick to seal the game. Trimble also pounded a TD 7 yards up the middle with 6 minutes left in the game.

The Wolverines take on the Hillsborough Dukes at Hillsborough High School on Sunday, Sept. 25.