Parkland Rangers Tackle Football and Cheer Program - (Parkland, FL)

Mitey Mites stage final minute comeback and Bowl Victory defeating the very tough Palm Beach Shamrocks 32-30 completing the first PERFECT SEASON in the Parkland Rangers brief history finshing an impressive 9-0. The hard hitting Palm Beach Shamrocks came out strong scoring first and often. They lead early 6-18 and at the half 12-24. The Rangers fought very hard to keep the game within reach. The Rangers came out strong in the second half closing the score to 24-18, but a tiemly kick-off return for touchdown by the Shamrocks pushed the lead back to 12 with the score at 18-30. Late in the third quarter, the Shamrocks broke loose up the middle for what looked like a touchdown when Patrick Cullin made what might have proven to be a game saving tackle from behind at the Ranger's 15 yard line. The Rangers then kept the Shamrocks out of the endzone thus keeping the deficit at 12 and the game within reach. With just over 5-minutes remaining in the fourth quarter and the Rangers still trailing by 12 at 18-30, Riley Alison decided he was not going to let the Rangers season end in defeat. Riley ran left, right and through the middle of the Shamrocks defense breaking tackles and carrying defenders for large chucks of valuable yards. Corey Catz, Max Miednik and Chris Stefans also added key runs on the drive and the offensive line dominated the line of scrimmage as the Rangers steadily marched down the field scoring a critical touchdown with just over 2-minutes to play. With the first sucessful extra point of the game, the Rangers closed the deficit to 5 points at 25-30. The ensuing kick-off was recovered by the Rangers who now had the ball at mid field with 2-minutes to play and two timeouts. The Rangers steadily moved the ball down field until stalling at the Shamrocks 15 yard line. With 17 seconds to play and a critical third down at the Shamrocks 15, Coach Sean Monaco called for a reverse option pass where Quarterback Max Miednik lined up in the right flanker spot, reversed field taking the handoff in the backfield, rolled out to the left before throwing to Corey Catz who was running an 18 yard down and out...TOUCHDOWN! The play was executed to perfection and with the added extra point, the Rangers held their first lead of the game at 32-30 with 15 seconds to play. After the ensuing kick-off, the Rangers intercepted a shamrock's deep pass down the middle to preserve the victory and the Parkland Rangers Mitey Mites PERFECT 9-0 SEASON! CONGRATULATIONS MITEY MITES ON A JOB WELL DONE!!!!!! PeeWees defeat the Palm Beach Shamrocks in their Bowl game to finish the season 5-4. CONGRATULATIONS PEEWEES!. Jr. Midgets fall short against the Palm Beach Shamrocks in their Bowl game 13-8. The Jr. Midgets finished the season 2-7.