Brown Deer Youth Football: BDYF News

In a battle of the birds to end the season, the 7th Grade Brown Deer Falcons lost a heartbreaker to the Germantown Junior Hawks by a score of 0-24.  

Some nice kick returns and runs by Kennedy McGuigan, Josh Mallet, and Charles Gregory.  Some Ryan Hudson throws were caught by Stephen Lay & Charles Gregory.  But these were not enough for the Falcons to make any meaningful movement down the field.  

On the defensive side, Greg Okray, Derrick Benton, Ben Schwartz, Austin Schwark, and Richard (whose last name I do not know) tried their best to keep the Germantown offense out of the end zone, but it was not enough.  

Kennedy McGuigan was injured in the last few minutes of the game when he was downed with a severe hamstring strain.  Paramedics were called, but he was cleared at the ER later that day.  

For more information and photos, please go to http://www.eteamz.com/bdyf/.   The photo albums on this website include pictures from all the 7th grade games.

Thanks to the entire 7th grade Falcons team and the coaches for a wonderful season; they finish with a 4-3-1 record.

The 7th Grade Brown Deer Falcons lost a difficult one to the West Allis Badgers on Saturday by a score of 6-20.  This Saturday saw three players sidelined:  Ben Fuja (broken arm), Kevin Autman (secondary concussion), and Kennedy McGuigan (knee sprain).  

The game included some strong offensive plays, including some nice carries by Alec Harmeyer, Ethan Williams, Stephen Lay, Charles Gregory, Kaine Thomas, and Josh Mallet.

A pass by Ryan Hudson to Carl Perkins resulted in the Falcons’ only touchdown.  Another Hudson pass to Stephen Lay got the Falcons some much-needed yardage.  

Some decisive defensive tackles were made by Austin Schwark, Randy Gregory, Greg Okray, Carl Perkins, Alec Harmeyer, Chris Jones, Noah Ortiz, Jalin Roberson, and Charles Gregory,

For more information and photos, please go to http://www.eteamz.com/bdyf/.   The photo albums on this website include pictures from all the 7th grade games.

The final game of the season is at 10:30am on Saturday, October 25th at a site to be determined by the outcome of this week’s 8th grade game.  Check the eteamz website for the exact location.  The 7th Grade Falcons start the post-season with a 0-1 (4-2-1 overall) record.

The 8th Grade Falcons had total control of the game from the first play from scrimmage.  Jake Schimenz intercepted the opening play of Cudahy and it was all Falcons after that.  A total team effort brought a convincing 30 to 6 victory home for the Falcons.  Interceptions by Jake Schimenz, Zach Rhodes, Bobby Gordon and Jack Walish are just some of the examples of the total team defensive effort.  The Offense was able to move the ball at will and punched the ball across the goal line for the scores.

Oh, what a difference a week makes.  The 7^th Grade Falcons played on their home turf under a (too-) sunny sky this Saturday.  With temps in the high 70s, the Falcons sweated in their all-black home uniforms.  

And then there was the score.  A 0-12 loss to the Fort Atkinson Junior Football Club (we’ll call them the Forts for short) was a very different result than what we’ve come to expect from this team.  

The first half was scoreless with the teams turning the ball over to each other on downs and punts.  The first quarter was lead by Chris Cooper as quarterback.  Chris turned the quarterbacking over to Ryan Hudson for the last three quarters.  

Notable first half defensive plays were made by Derrick Benton, Randy Gregory, Austin Schwark, Chris Jones, and Kaine Thomas.  

The second half included defensive plays by Noah Ortiz, Josh Stoltenberg, and Charles Gregory.  Gregory tackled a Forts player one-and-one-half times his size and brought him down by piggybacking him, dragging him down with brute force.  

The Forts scored but were denied the extra points when Schwark batted down the kick.  Later in the second half, the Forts scored a second time, but missed the kick again.  

Notable offensive plays by Ben Fuja, Stephen Lay, Kennedy McGuigan, and KeyJuan Simond were not enough to help the Falcons overcome the Forts score.  The game ended with a score of 0-12.

The next game is 2:30pm on Saturday, September 27^th on Brown Deer’s home field against St. Francis.  

The 6th grade game was a defensive battle well into the 3rd quarter at a zero to zero tie.  The Falcons mounted a drive late in the 3rd quarter and punched in the go ahead touchdown and converted on a 1 point conversion making the score 7 to 0.

But Cudahy was not be be denied their chance.  Early in the 4th quarter Cudahy tied the game on a long pass that went for a touchdown.  The Falcons did not give up.  They mounted a drive but stalled at mid-field.  They punted on 4th down, but a roughing the kicker penalty against Cudahy gave the drive new life.  With less than 1 minute to go in the game, the Falcons punched in another score and a successful 1 point conversion taking the lead 14 to 7.

Cudahy almost scored on the kick-off return and was tacked on the Falcon's 20 yard line.  After several plays and 17 seconds left in the game, Cudahy attempted a pass to the 4 yard line but was intercepted by the Falcons saving the victory.  The Falcons took a knee and with Cudahy not having any time-outs came away with the victory!!!

An OUTSTANDING Defensive effort by the Falcons brought a 12 to 6 victory home in triple overtime on Saturday's mud bowl.  Neither team could move the ball very effectively in the mud bowl and so it was a defensive battle to the very end. 

The Falcons were behind when pressure was put on Greenfield’s quarter back and the pass was intercepted Jake Schimenz and run into the end zone to tie the score.  The point after attempt was failed.   

The score was tied 6 to 6 as the game went into overtime.  2 overtimes ended with no score.  In the 3^rd overtime Jake Schimenz ran a counter boot-leg into the end zone from the 10 yard line to break the deadlock and win for the Falcons.

The 8^th grade will bounce back next Saturday against Greenfield.

There are many other ways to be involved with Youth Football other than coaching!!!! 

• Team Managers needed at all levels.  Help the coaches and team out by doing all the little things the coaches have to do if you don't help!!  Handouts each week for the upcoming games and collecting administrative paperwork required during the year.  Ask the coaches what you can do for the team!!
• Game Statisticians are always needed.  Keep game stats so the team knows how they did each week.  The more statisticians for each team, the better the statistics are.  These are a great help to the coaches and the team each week.  The Head Coach will provide the sheets to help organize the statistics.
• Chain gangs are always needed for home games. 
• Work the concession stand during the games.  Pick your dates and times to work!!!
• Be an announcer in the booth!!  Responsible Past Youth Football players can be announcers.

Moms, Dads, Aunts, Uncles, Friends and Neighbors - Get involved!!!  Contact Bob Haizel  for more information.  (See About BDYF link on the left side of this page for Bob's contact information).