Oswego Bears Pop Warner opens season

The Oswego Bears Pop Warner football team began its season last weekend. Results follow:

Tiny Mites Division

Oswego Bears vs Stickney Wolfpack: The Tiny Mite team made some fantastic group tackles and worked well together throughout the game. Some standout plays were made by Nolan Robertson who came out strong making some amazing blocks and tackles throughout the game keeping the Stickney Wolves at bay. Dominic Batista scored the season's first touchdown on a quarterback sneak from the 50 yard line. Zachary Gilson, Kashton Wilson and Jonah Zukauskas progressed the Bears several yards running the ball. Matthew Odefey made some key tackles to keep Stickney from scoring.
 
Mitey Mites Division

Oswego Bears 0, Genoa Mighty Cogs 0: Mitey Mites (2) had a great defensive battle between two good teams. The defensive line led by Brodie Slou, Chayse Adams, James Lemos and Brenden Bisgrove  did an outstanding job keeping Genoa off the scoreboard. With an interception by Logan Stabb and team tackling, they were able to put an end to all Genoa drives.
 
Oswego Bears 6, Plainfield #2 35: Matt Gandy had a 60-yard kickoff return for a touchdown with some great blocking by Caleb Yanos. We had some great team efforts and look forward to a better result next week against Hampshire.

Senior Mitey Mites Division

Oswego Bears 30, Stickney Wolfpack 0: Nick Tickle threw a 55-yard touchdown pass to Andy Lewis (David Drendel kick) for the first score of the game. Runs by Christian Martyn and Dave Drendel and a pass completion to Bryson Mello set up a 21-yard touchdown run from Tickle (Martyn kick). After an Interception by Drendel, the Bears capitalize with a 10-yard run by Isaiah Logan. Aiden Moriarty recovered a fumble which led to a 40-yard touchdown run by Martyn. (Hunter Smith kick.) Drendel ran in a 35-yard touchdown. Andrew Wiggins had a 38-yard touchdown. Flawless snaps were provided all game by Brogan Mello along with great blocking from Maddox Gerwig, Bryson Mello, Gabe Harris and Derek Gordon on the outside. Noah Mason, Nico Goduto, Parth Patel, Tyler Knizner and Colin Ryan were also key contributors on both sides of the ball. The Oswego Bears Senior Mitey Mites travel to Arlington Heights on Sunday September 6th, as they take on the Northwest Elite Lions.
 
Jr PeeWee Division

Oswego Bears 13, Stickney Wolfpack 6: Oswego Bears Junior Pee Wee team defeated Stickney Wolfpack 13-6. Oswego jumped out to a quick lead when Jackson Gillen scored on the first play from scrimmage on a 65 yard touchdown. Oswego defense didn't let up a first down in the first half led by MLB Colin Rowe. The Bears defense played great all day led by DE Chris Dicosola. In the 2nd quarter the Bears scored for a second time on Tyler Bibbs 40-yard TD run and Bibbs ran in the extra point. The second half was back and forth, but the Bears defense continued to shut down the Wolf pack with Chase Gerwig, Matt Rodarte, Kian Triplett and Noah Dial not letting them move the ball. It was a great team effort for the Oswego Bears and a great way to start the season. 
 
PeeWee Division

Oswego Bears 34, Stickney Wolfpack 0: The Bears Peewee team had a total of 372 yards of total offense. Ty Carlson had 210 yards running and four touchdowns. Hunter Gibson had a TD run at QB. On defense only gave up a total of 22 yards. Brandon Heffernan had five tackles including a QB sack. Jordan Logan had 4.5 tackles at DE and Darren Oregon had a fumble recovery and an interception from CB on defense. 
 
Varsity Division

Oswego Bears 33, Hoffman Estates Redhawks 6: From the opening kickoff when Mark Baron ran 65 yards for a touchdown, the Oswego Bears Varsity controlled the game. The quarterback play of Corey Provow who ran for two touchdowns and threw another guided the offense to 27 first half points and winning the game 33-6. Sam Wilson added a long touchdown run and led the defense who limited the Hoffman team to only six points. Our offensive line was great and our defensive stand outs were Wilson, Provow, Mark Baron, Jacob Stack, Noah Zukauskas, Zach Precup and Domineco Gallo.