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WELCOME TO THE HOME OF THE SUPER BOWL CHAMPION RUTHERFORD BULLDOGS
2009 PEE WEE SUPER BOWL CHAMPIONS & NATIONAL COMPETITION CHEERING CHAMPIONS
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Wednesday 11/25 Jacket fitting for the Pee Wees at RJF Fieldhouse.
Saturday 11/28 Thanksgiving Day Parade for Pee Wees. Meeting at 11 am at Pierrepont School.
Tuesday 12/15 Borough Hall Meeting with Mayor & Council for Town Accomodations.
Sunday 2/7 Brunch at Fiesta
***RJF Pee Wees Super Bowl Champions***
The Rutherford Junior Football Pee Wees (8-9 year olds) won the 2009 MFL Super Bowl, defeating the Saddle Brook Falcons (9-2) 12-6, in Saddle Brook Saturday night. The Bulldogs (11-0) have recorded their undefeated season as 2009 Southern Division & Super Bowl Champs. The Bulldogs took opening kickoff and marched down field in usual fashion. Quarterback Rich Marques punched it in on a sweep play, behind the blocking of tailback Omar Abdelhamid and fullback Bill Finn. Marques tried to hit tight end John Kelly with a pass for the extra point, but it fell short. The ensuing kickoff saw kicker Regan Landrigan onside and Rutherford recovered. The Bulldogs then drove again with Tyler Aponte capping off the drive with a 25-yard touchdown run. The Bulldogs took a 12-0 lead into halftime. The Bulldogs held the Falcons offense in check the first half, limiting their ground attack with several gang tackles, led by: defensive ends Sean Moran and Finn, defensive tackles Lawson Fischer and Landrigan, nose guard Mike DeSteno, linebackers Connor Cahill, Aponte, Kelly, Omar and defensive corners Jacob Munoz and Marques. The second half saw the Dogs successfully drive the ball and eat up valuable clock, but not punch it in. The Rutherford offensive line controlled the line of scrimmage by firing off the line and getting under their pads. The line was led by: tight ends Joe Fisicaro and Kelly, tackles Anthony Dubenezic and Fischer, guards Rich Doren and DeSteno and center Nick Ippolito. Saddle Brook finally got the big play they were looking for on a sweep, which turned into their lone score of the night. In the fourth quarter, Rutherford held Saddle Brook inside their own 10 and took over on downs. The Bulldogs, uncharacteristically fumbled the next play, giving the ball back to the Falcons. The rest of the Pee Wee Champions are: Shawn Robin, Justin Finelli, Brian Hennessey, Jack Melfa, Eric Wernicki, Greg Keller, Chris Brady, Don Bagnuolo, Sebastian Gaeta, Liam Lynch, Matt Birchby and Dino DeFransisco. A parade is currently being planned on Park Avenue in Rutherford. The 2009 MFL Super Bowl Champions will be playing for the NJ State Championship against the South Jersey Champion from West Deptford on December 5th at Rutgers. That winner will then go on to represent the Northeast in the Pee Wee World Championships in Florida in January 2010. Special thanks goes out to the RJF Cheerleaders, who showed up in full force and our team moms Lynda Gaeta and Donna Birchby.
2009/10 NEW HELMETS FUND
Click here to get info on New Helmet Fund
Kenneth Porro,Esq, Passaic PBA, Pino’s Grill, The Avramidis Family,
Richard & Maureen Doren, Passaic Check Cashing Service,
The Village Gourmet, Mignon Steakhouse, Taos Wok & Restaurant,
Tina Louise, Info Cop, Peek-A-Boo Child Development Center, Michaels Salumeria, Smith/Sondy Paving Cunningham Construction, Alex Perez, Catanzaro Demolition Services, Swish Bar & Grill, Mettler Mechanical, Senator Paul Sarlo, Port Authority of NY/NJ, Lexus of Queens-Mr. Ken Wortel, Joseph M. Sanzari, Inc., Guzzo & Guzzo Architects, LLC Apolo Taxi Service, Caroline Lilore, Joseph DeSalvo & Family, Village Shoes Kinloch Partners, Inc.
2009 MFL Southern Champions
Click on MFL Symbol to go to Newspaper Article:
The Rutherford Junior Football Mighty-Mites (7yr olds) traveled to North Arlington to battle the Vikings. Heavy rains caused the field to be a giant mud pit and the Bulldogs were excited to play in it. The Vikings won the coin toss and opted to defer. On the first play from scrimmage the offensive line of Owen Meister, Virgil Minnick, Josh Glatman, Nick Brady, Chris Avramidis, Brendon Nestor and Derek Micek made sure the running hole was big enough for running backs Niko Tsiolas, Jale Schuman and Axel Ramos. Ramos ran off the left tackle and worked his way through the mud for a 60 yard touchdown. After the PAT was unsuccessful, the 'Dogs defense came out onto the field. A constant fresh rotation of players has been the plan for the Bulldogs this year and it proved to work again as the entire Bulldog team would rotate in. The defense forced a punt after three downs with not allowing the Vikings to advance the ball. A fresh rotation on offense also proved to be successful as Matt Bender, Matt Severino, John Petrosino, Rob Philp, Brendan Kelly and Mike Davies helped push the dogs down field. Another handoff from QB Bouabidi to Ramos for 45 yards this time made the score 12-0 at halftime. The second half N.A. came out determined and started to put a nice offensive drive together. On the 12 yard line, the Bulldogs defense made a stand and after four tries denied the Vikings to get any points on the board. When the Bulldogs took over on downs, it was two different backs that helped the 'Dogs move the ball. RB Anthony Doren took the handoff and ran 30 yards off the right tackle that took the Dogs out of the shadow of their own end zone. On the next play, Owen Meister swept to the left stiff arming his way down field for 30 yards before being forced out of bounds. With time running out, the Mighty-Mites posted their second shutout of the season with a final of 12-0. The Rutherford Pee Wee Bulldogs (7-0) clinched the Meadowlands Football League Southern Division Championship with their 41-0 win over the North Arlington Pee Wee Vikings. The game was played in less than favorable conditions turning out to be a mud bowl, before the highly anticipated Junior (10-11 year olds) & Senior (12-13 year olds) games were postponed. The Pee Wees (8-9 year olds) opened the night on defense and took over on offense after holding NA to a four and out. On the first play from scrimmage, Omar Abdelhamid took a handoff and rumbled in from 30 yards out. The Bulldogs converted their extra point when QB Rich Marques handed off to RB Jacob Munoz and he crossed the goal line untouched. Rutherford’s next score was a Tyler Aponte blast play to the right side from 5 yards out. After recovering a muffed kick, the little Dogs went to work again on offense. This time, FB Bill Finn took a 30 dive the distance for Rutherford’s third score and 21-0 lead. Rutherford’s defensive held NA to negative yards and got the ball back one more time before halftime, with one minute left. Marques faked a blast to Omar and handed off to John Kelly for an end around that went for 35 yards and a touchdown. Rutherford converted the extra point when Marques hit TE Joe Fisicaro on a five yard drag pattern, making the halftime score 28-0. The second half opened with Omar returning the kickoff 60 yards for a touchdown and Regan Landrigan taking a Sean Moran handoff for the extra point. The third and fourth quarters saw two more scores behind the running of Shawn Robin, Landrigan, Moran, Connor Cahill and Jusitin Finelli. The rest of the 2009 Southern Division Champions are as follows: Brian Hennessey, Jack Melfa, Eric Wernicki, Nick Ippolito, Greg Keller, Rich Doren, Chris Brady, Mike DeSteno, Anthony Dubeneczic, Lawson Fischer, Don Bagnuolo, Sebastian Gaeta, Liam Lynch, Matt Birchby, Dino DeFransisco, Coaches Bob Cahill, Rich Gaeta, Mike Paskas, Joe Fisicaro, Anthony Finelli and Keith Birchby. The Juniors and Seniors will make up their game during the week in NA. Next week, Rutherford is home on Saturday night, hosting Hasbrouck Heights. RJF will honor their 8th graders with a flower ceremony, in which the departing Cheerleaders & Players accompanied by their parents, will be called to midfield. RJF will also host the 2009 Mighty Mite day in which four games will be played among the eight active Meadowlands Football League seven year old squads. Please support RJF and check out our website for updated information: www.leaguelineup.com/rjfbulldogs.
Senior Cheerleaders
Senior Boys
Junior Cheerleaders
Junior Boys
Pee Wee Cheerleaders
Pee Wee Boys
Mini Cheerleaders
Mighty Mites
2009 RUTHERFORD FOOTBALL PLAYERS & CHEERLEADERS
Good Luck to all 2009 RHS & RJF Football Players & Cheerleaders !!!
2009 Schedule
Click here for 2009 schedule
Mighty Mite (7's) 2009 Schedule:
Week 1 Away vs Lyndhurst
Week 2 Away vs Hasbrouck Heights
Week 3 Away vs Carl/ER
Week 4 Home vs Ridgefield Park
Week 5 Away vs Lyndhurst
Week 6 Home vs Carl/ER
Week 7 Away vs NA
Week 8 Home vs Hasbrouck Heights
Week 9 Mighty Mite Day Home
Click on Giants Logo to go to Pictures !!
Rutherford Junior Football would like to “Thank You” for your help in making our participation in the halftime festivities during the New York Giants vs Carolina Panthers game a success, on Monday night August 17th.
Allowing RJF to use a bus and have a Rutherford Police Officer make sure we made it there safely was a great gesture on the town’s behalf.
Another great help to our organization was the donated time of Department of Public Works employee (Benn O’Hara), who donated his time and skill to driving the bus for RJF.
Thanks Again to the Town of Rutherford, Board of Education, Benn O’Hara, Rutherford Police Dept & Jen Conley of the NY Giants!
RJF Pee Wees Play in Giants Stadium !!!
This Just In - The NY/NJ Giants have invited the 2009 Pee Wees to play at half time of their pre season game vs Carolina Panthers @ 8:00 pm on Monday Aug 17th.
$500 REWARD !!!
Click here to read posts:
RJF will give a $500 reward to whoever has knowledge that leads to the conviction of the person writing the negative & false comments about RJF, the RJF Board & the Rutherford Police Dept.
An anonymous coward under the name "SMHSPARNT" has posted several negative comments on the Rutherford Forum. On Feb 25th & 26th, posts were made to both the Rutherford and Girls Softball High School Forum (attached). These posts were traced & a phone call was made to the Commander at the Hoboken Fire Dept on Feb 26th at 11:38 am. RJF received a call back from the Hoboken Fire Dept. at 12:04 pm with an apology and a promise that the posts would be removed & it wont happen again.
Please email to (skyfield6@aol.com) if you have information on what low life coward would post about our RJF Organization & the Rutherford Police Dept and not sign their name. All will be kept confidential.
Click on MFL to go to Bergenite article
Former RJF Player Corey Wootton
Former Rutherford Jr Football star gearing up for huge season...
Olin BuchananRivals.com College Football Senior Writer
His upside is high, as is his energy level, his sacks total and the praise he has received for his play.
Yet, somehow, Northwestern senior defensive end Corey Wootton seems to have a low profile outside of the Big Ten.
Corey Wootton is one of the most dominating pass rushers in the country. Ask a fan to put together a list of the nation's premier pass rushers and it surely would include TCU's Jerry Hughes, Arizona State's Dexter Davis, Oklahoma's Jeremy Beal, Texas' Sergio Kindle and even Troy's Brandon Lang. But omitting the 6-foot-7, 270-pound Wootton would be a mistake.
Last season, Wootton had a breakthrough season: 10 sacks, 16 tackles for loss and an interception (one of four in his career). He was the only Northwestern player to receive first-team All-Big Ten honors and was a reason the Wildcats won nine games last season.
"Corey's grown, first and foremost, from a maturity standpoint in the way he goes about preparing for each game," Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald said. "Last year, his motor in practice was relentless, and his play on Saturdays was a direct result of the way he practiced. … He has a tremendous motor on top of his fundamentals."
Wootton had such a strong season in '08 that in December, he was contemplating entering the NFL draft. But he suffered a knee injury in the Alamo Bowl loss to Missouri, which shelved any NFL plans. Before the injury, at least one NFL scout projected Wootton possibly going late in the first round. He'd even drawn praise and instruction from former New York Giants All-Pro defensive end Michael Strahan, who lives near Wootton's parents in Rutherford, N.J.
Yet, on a national scale, he's still relatively unknown – and he would like to keep it that way.
"I'm just trying to help my team win," he said. "We're getting more media attention because of the year we had, but you try not to think about it. If you have a low profile, you don't have to worry as much about double-teams. If [opponents] don't know me, I get more one-on-one blocks."
That's going to change. Opposing coaches know about him, and offensive linemen will.
Wootton said he'll be ready for the inevitable double-teams and "chips" from running backs. In fact, he said he's even better than a year ago, ironically, because of the injury.
He was having a strong game against Missouri; he had a sack, three tackles, an interception and generally had caused mayhem before tearing his right ACL in the fourth quarter. He had surgery in mid-January and has been working his way back since.
"Nothing comes easy, especially when you've had a knee injury," he said. "But several people I know have come back from an injury faster and stronger. You focus on things you never did before, like balance."
Improved balance should make him an even better pass rusher.
"You definitely have to be able to stay on your feet, maneuver and cut on one leg," he said. "So it's a key part. I never thought about that in the past."
Few in the past would have thought of Wootton as one of the nation's best defensive players. But any list this season should definitely include Wootton – and up high.
2009 RJF Sign Ups !!!
Click here for 2009 Registration Form
The 2009 Registration Form is above...please print, fill out and mail in. We will be accepting the first 150 Cheerleaders, prior to starting a waiting list. RJF will have a sign up date at our clubhouse on July 17th, 18, and 19th 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm. All families in good standing are welcomed to participate.
RJF CHEERLEADERS WIN NATIONALS AT DISNEY
Click on Bulldog to left to go to the YouTUBE Link and watch the RJF National Competition Cheerleaders compete in Disney Florida.
Congrats to our 2009 RJF Board
President Glen Gardner
Vice President Anthony Finelli
Secretary Viola Godsil
Treasurer Andrew Godsil
Flag Coordinator Ken Meister
Cheer Coordinator Tracy Paskas
Booster Coordinator Donna Jannicelli
Kitchen Coordinator Annie Ohanian
Player Rep Steve Kuenzle
Trustees Dennis Davis, Manny Medina & Mike Paskas
GENERAL LEAGUE MEETING
NEXT LEAGUE MEETING - Wednesday -
Nov 4th 8:00 PM @ BULLDOG CLUBHOUSE.
Donation To Rutherford Police Programs
Rutherford Junior Football makes one of their annual donations to the Rutherford Police Department at Fourth of July Event. Captain Egbert accepted the donation for support of the youth programs ran by the RPD. Pictured left to right are: Recreation Director Denise Brennan, Mayor Hipp, Captain Egbert, RJF Board Members Mike Paskas, Glen Gardner, Annie Ohanian, Tracy Paskas & Andrew Godsil.
2008 RJF Donation to National Night Out
CALENDAR/EVENTS
CLICK ON TO CALENDAR TO VIEW UPCOMING EVENTS SCHEDULED FOR THE BULLDOGS.
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING OUR LEAGUE.
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