The Chargers came into week 6 with a bit of a size disadvantage, but that didn’t phase them. This picture sort of sums up the match up as #14 Giovanni Baez, one of the Chargers smaller players, what he lacks in size, he more than makes up for in tenacity as shown here, laying the ‘stiff arm’ and pushing by the Tiger’s ‘big-guy’. #21 of the Tigers was definitely a dangerous weapon and could have easily made this a one sided game but it came down to the Charger’s well organized Defense that shut down several key running plays that allowed them to ultimately hold on to the lead. Excellent game boys!

WHAT A BATTLE! Tied at 6-6 for much of the game, these kids really played their socks off, some of the best execution I’ve seen all season both defense and offense – for both teams. I really regretting arriving late in the second quarter from shooting soccer. I can only imagine the excitement I missed.

I did manage to make it in time to see Chargers game ball winner, #7 Kyle Stroh, use his ‘crazy legs’ to juke his way into the end zone. And my favorite player, #1 Ryan Shaffer putting the ‘hurt’ on the Wildcats Offense with some Monster sacks.

Great game boys!

Coming off a disappointing loss last week, the Chargers come back ‘on fire’. Coach Jason was on the mark with some excellent play calling – sending the team on an ‘passing assault’, connecting with this week’s game ball recipient, #15 Kenny Owens, for the opening touchdown. While the scoring continued throughout the game, it was really the defense that saw a huge improvement this week. The kids were really firing off the snap, putting blue shirts in the back field, applying pressure on the Scorpion’s quarterback and stopping any kind of running game. Unfortunately, It was such an exciting game I did more cheering that picture taking!

Sorry for the late post as well, I got home last night and realized my camera’s memory card was missing! So early Sunday morning, I had the whole family out doing a ‘CSI’ sweep of the field. Luck would have it that we found the card laying on the sidelines, right where I must have dropped it. Whew!

A tough game for the Chargers this week. Failing to contain the Bulldog’s rocket of a back #9 Gabler, the Chargers found themselves trailing early in the game. I really gotta hand it to those kids, as they came out of the half time huddle and really played some football, a great kickoff return that put chargers into scoring position, a big time sack, and a phenomenal defensive take away by #7 Stroh. But in the end it just wasn’t enough to match the ‘A-game’ brought by the Bulldogs. Great game kids – enjoy the pics.

The Season’s  2nd week of gameplay opens up with a well played game between the Tigers and the Chargers this week.  With the Tigers running back the opening kick off for a touchdown and intercepting the Chargers on the first play of their possesion, it started looking like a one sided game. However, Chargers soon answered back with a few drives of their own that found them in the endzone. But in the end it was the Chargers’ ferocious defense that decided the fate of the game, keeping the Tigers out of the endzone and ultimately intercepting a goaline pass on the final play of the game – and running it all the way back for a touchdown. Well done kids. Click the picture above to see some highlights.

Alright, the first game of the season is behind us. And what a game it was! All the kids did an excellent job for the opening game. There were plenty of kids that brought their ‘game face’ today – I think a I caught a few in the act. As usual, the game is split up into to galleries, one for each team, but feel free to browse both you may see some of your kids action in the background of the other teams pics…

Finally! NYS Midget Tackle Football starts this week! See calendar for games I’ll be covering. Soccer fans, sorry but where there’s a conflict Football wins…Always. The calendar has also been updated to reflect this.