The Rutherford Senior Bulldogs (12-13) year olds third game of the season was another win, 38-6 against the Harrison Blue Tide. The Bulldogs  (3-0) defense was a strong front led by Antonio Decarlo and The Smash Brothers Chris and Nick Lora. Matt Scheibe made many key plays for the Bulldogs including a fumble recovery. The Bulldogs offensive line was led by Arthur Costan and David Rojas who allowed Cole Goumas to rush for two touchdowns of 40 yards and 15 yards each. Scheibe added to the running game with a ten yard touchdown. Tight end Ryan Ward had a 65 yard touchdown reception from quarterback Jack Daly and a 20 yard touchdown reception from quarterback Chris Gioia. Drew Carney rounding out the scoring for the Bulldogs with three extra-point kicks. The RJF&C Junior Bulldogs (10-11) year olds, extended their record to 3-0 defeating the Harrison Blue Tide 25-0. The opening kickoff was Vincent DeNunzio kicking an onside kick allowing the Bulldogs to recover. The Offensive line of Kellen Caughey, Angelo Pizza, Nicholas Ford, Andrew Ochojski, Evan Diaz, Troy Waddell, and DeNunzio took the field. They opened holes for George Brewton to gain chunks of yardage moving the ball downfield. Dmitri Paskas then took the handoff from Myles Balchan and followed Emmett Carney for a gain of 25 yards before getting shoelaced at the three yard line. Paskas punched it in for the score on the next play. The defense played strong forcing a turnover on downs as Ochojski, Ford, and Pizza pressured the middle. Linebackers Rudy Garofalo, Carney and Paskas flowed to the ball while Rusty Snyder and DeNunzio locked down on the receivers. The next offensive series Brewton took it down the sideline for a 40-yard run to punch in the second score for the Bulldogs. The second half saw the Bulldogs receiving and after a deep kick found themselves on their own 20-yard line. Brewton swept outside again for a 30 yard gain followed by Paskas for another 30 yard gain. Brewton scampered into the endzone a couple plays later behind the blocking of Carney. After another defensive stop by the Bulldogs, Paskas took the ball 40 yards for his second touchdown of the night. The defense finished the game strong as Nicholas Gremanis, Christopher Kasperan, Xander Rodriguez, Avian Raspaldo, Jayden Arlauskas, Brandon Mercado and Aiden Sarnowski kept the pressure in the backfield. The Pee Wee team (8-9) year olds looked strong against Harrison Blue Tide, winning 35-0.  The Bulldog offense (3-0) was efficient but defense lead the way.  Vinny Urgola, Fynn Byrne, Keenan Cannon, and Chase Martini locked down the interior line, while Quinn Weber and Will Holman kept the Blue Tide between the tackles.  Jojo Marullo, Julian Kay, Devin Magai all made noteworthy plays in the victory.   On offense, the line made huge holes for the backfield to navigate through.  Anchored by John Gioia, Ethan DeCarlo, Logan Bohn, and Tommy DePascale, the team started the contest off by allowing Weber to connect with Damian Gregory for a long score.  Aiden Cunningham, and Holman both punched in scores from the left side, behind Jojo Marullo, while Zach Snyder found the goal line twice on the day. The Rutherford Mighty Mites (6-7) year olds continued their strong play this week against the Harrison Blue Tide. The Bulldogs (3-0) started the game on offense for the third straight game and marched down the field for the opening touchdown. Brendan O’Rourke took a handoff thirty yards and scored the games first touchdown. The defense then held the Blue Tide scoreless after forcing a turnover on downs. On the next possession, the Bulldogs’ Ryan Wilton raced around the right side and scored on a thirty yard touchdown run.  After halftime, the Bulldogs defense was bending but didn’t break. They forced a turnover as Robert Prince recovered a fumble. On the next play, Ryan Wilton hooked up with Chase Kuenzle for a pretty twenty yard pass and catch.  The Bulldogs were able to punch in their last score of the day when O’Rourke dove for the corner pylon.  The offensive line did a great job and we’re led by Joey Urgola, Owen Burbank, Owen Byrne, Chris Dehaas, Alejandro Samaniego, and Jake Barnes. The defense also came ready to play.  They were led by Michael Pizza, Luke Barnes, Mason Colon, Michael Anglim, Julian DeCarlo and Frankie Wilton.  Jake Barnes was on fire and made a ton of touchdown saving tackles all over the field. The Rutherford program will be on the road in North Arlington Saturday 9/28 4:00 pm.