Buckeye Youth Football Association: Welcome

The Jets Are Celebrating
Their 10th Season In BYFA During 2009!

The Jaguars Varsity and JV teams treated Edwin Steingass Field like it was KMart Saturday night. They went shopping for Championship Trophies and got a 2 for 1 Deal on a Teal Light Special. How fitting that the Jaguars Varsity posted another Varsity Championship on the 10th Anniversary of the first Championship. It is also fitting that Mike Arena, who played the first four years of the Jags existance, became the first Jaguar to win a Championship as a player in 1999 and this season as a Coach.

The first game of the night pitted the Jaguars JV against the Brunswick Jets JV. It was a hard fought contest, as the Jets controlled the ball almost all of the first quarter and into the 2nd. They finally punched the ball into the endzone and the Jags stuffed the extra point run attempt. The Jags got the ball at their own 35 and 2 plays and 22 seconds later they scored and tacked on the extra point to make it 7-6 and end the scoring for the night. The teams went back and forth and with the Jets threatening late in the fourth quarter the Jags picked off a pass and stopped the threat. After punting to the Jets they again held on fourth down, took over the ball and went into victory formation capping their first trip to the playoffs with their first ever JV Championship! Congratulations Jags!

The second contest featured the 5-2-1 Brunswick Redskins Varsity and the 7-0 Jaguars Varsity. The Jags posted the only score in the first half and went up 8-0 at the half courtesy of a Zach Diaz 2 point conversion. In the second half they added 12 points on 2 TD's, the last, with time running out, on a 77 yard touchdown run by Christian Petek. The other TD was scored by Sean Spence. With that the Jags avenged a 2008 undefeated season that was ruined by the Jets Varsity during last years Varsity Championship game. That remained with the returning players as they began practice the last week of July. They finished 12-0 over all, going 4-0 at Medina and winng their Kick Off Classic, 7-0 in the regular season, and capped it off tonight with a 20-0 win over the Redskins. Mission accomplished Jags and well done. Congratulations on bringing home the Championship! The Teal & Black Attack lives on!

The Bucks finished their season on Friday night in Hubbard, Ohio as they lost to the Hubbard Eagles 30-14. The game was much closer than the score showed. The Bucks gave a good accounting of themselves and were in the game all night, a combination of turnovers did them in. We are still proud of these kids who played their hearts out all year, game in game out. Congratulations on your 2009 Season!

There were many former players in the ranks of the high school football team this season. Of the 37 players on the roster 32 played at our level when they were younger.

The Bucs, even though they are now gone, have made their presence felt with 8 former players #7 Carlton Watkins, #11 Ian Hunt, #28 Colton Theus, #44 John Sekerak, #45 Jake Thayer, #54 Joe Ross, #65 Mike Winnans, #25 Kyle Haines and #69 Zach Maxworthy.

The Jets are represented by 14 former players including #1 Andy Young, #21 Chad Gatt, #22 Kyle Gatt, #25, #26 Kyle Miller, #33 Shawn Corders, #42 Rick Monroe, #50 Tyler Carrow, #53 Zac Callihan, #68 Mark Persic, #70 Cody Carrow, #71 Logan Luna, #82 Chris Boutton and #88 Sebastian Ricco.

The Jaguars have #8 Mike Kelly, #10 Austin Friel, #24 Jake Boettner, #27 Ryan McCormick, #32 Anthony Kisiday, #46 Shane Cook, #51 T.J. Hugney, #59 Kelton Keller, #77 Luke Cuthrell and #79 Tyler Erb for a total of 10.

Buckeye Youth Football again wants to express their appreciation to Dick's Sporting. Over the last 4 seasons they have donated footballs and other equipment for our players and coaches, coupons for special promotions in order for our players to purchase shoes, etc. in their stores, and they partnered with the Cleveland Browns to provide tickets to preseason games in 2007 & 2008. The also provided 'Dick's Dollars' for the league to purchase items that we need for the program.

We also want to say thanks to Jags Pee Wee Coach Jon Stahl also since he is the person at Dick's that makes it happen for our players and cheerleaders. We look forward to having their backing in future seasons. You can visit their website by clicking on their logo above.