Here is a round-up if this past weekend's Ocean City Junior Raiders Football results against the Absecon Blue Devils:
Pee-Wee - Ocean City 6 - Absecon 0
The Ocean City Jr. Raiders PeeWee team stretched their winning streak to 4 in a row with a 6-0 win over the Absecon Blue Devils. The defense has definitely been the story for the young PeeWee team as they have posted 4 shutouts during this run. The only touchdown of the game came on a beautiful 15 yard touchdown pass from Evan Taylor to Colin Thompson in the first quarter. The Blue Devils caught the Raiders team on a well designed Double Reverse at the end of the first half that they broke for a fifty yard gain until Raiders Safety Amari Casalena and Linebacker Joey Berardis chased the running back down just shy of the goal line on what would turn out to be the play of the game. The second half was effected tremendously by the weather as neither team was really able to put together any offense and exchanged multiple turnovers. Cole Haverly (playing Nose Tackle for the first time) clogged up the middle of the Blue Devils offense time and time again. Evan Taylor was unblockable, coming off of his Defensive end position making numerous tackles for loss. Aiden Majors, Colin Thompson, and Joey Berardis took advantage of great defensive line play in front of them that kept the blockers off of them the entire game allowing them to make tackle after tackle. The coaches also wanted to mention the play of Neo Oropeza Hernandez, who stepped in and played a great game on both the offensive and defensive lines. The Jr. Raiders travel to Vineland next Saturday to battle an extremely tough Blitz team at 4pm. Please come and support our young athletes!
Junior Varsity - Absecon 26 - Ocean City 0
The JV Jr. Raiders faced off Saturday against the undefeated Absecon Blue Devils. The Jr. Raiders battled through the weather and against a tough Absecon team, and came up with several nice defensive stops. On offense, they couldn't get much going, and Absecon proved to be to much, losing 26-0, dropping OC to 3-3 on the season.
Varsity - Ocean City 31 - Absecon 7
The Junior Raiders Varsity squad upped its record to 4-2 on the year with a convincing 31-7 victory over the Absecon Blue Devils during a steady rain throughout the game. The team took the opening kickoff and marched down the field leading to a short touchdown run by Kareem Lovest. After Absecon responded with a score of its own to take a temporarily 7-6 lead, the Junior Raiders scored on its next three possessions, capped off right at the end of the half with a touchdown pass by Lovest to Jake Schneider. That score put the Raiders up 24-7 at the half. The team then recovered an on-sides kick to start the second half which led to the team's final touchdown of the game, putting the final score at 31-7 before the Absecon squad conceded the game. After the first possession, the defense was tremendous led by a stalwart effort by the defensive line. The team's offensive line dominated the entire game in less than ideal conditions. Next up for the Junior Raiders is a game at Vineland on Saturday, October 15.
