We only have a few more weeks of playing at Arthur Therrien before we head back to Le Ber for the remainder of the season and the playoffs. If it were up to me, I would just finish the season off at Arthur Therrien. Yes, I know parking sucks, but you can always go back behind the school and walk by the baseball fields to get to where we play, but more importantly the later in the year we play at Le Ber the worse it will be next season. Arthur Therrien is already ruined, and it makes it a lot easier for next season to only need to fix up one field before the season starts.

Last year we ended up having to go finish the season at Rosemount High school, but it wasn’t ideal for most players.

Let’s all remember that we play at a public park and smoking anything inside the fenced area is forbidden. I would also say drinking alcohol is as well, but not 100% sure on that.

By now you must have noticed the number of garbage cans around the field. I know not everyone knows, but you put your garbage in them and not on the grass or benches.

Last thing before I get to my recaps of this week’s games. Please remember to take all your personal belongings with you when you leave. I have a bunch of things that I pick up and bring with me for the remainder of the season before I get rid of them since I’m not collecting everyone’s else’s crap. This week I found a grey sweater and Spritz Gang gave me a pair of cleats they found lying around. It will be tough to play without them unless you’re me and have 12 other pairs just sitting at home.

 

Week 5 Recap

 

Division 1

 

Outlaws vs Trollers (48-44)

 

First half was loaded with offense by both sides and neither QB made any real mistakes, except for 1 throw from Steve. Outlaws were up 24-20 with under a minute left in the half and they had just force the Trollers to punt. Steve had plenty of time to get down the field and widen the gap. On first down he gains 14 yards on a pass to Smuda and on their second play the ball falls incomplete and now with under 30 seconds Steve throws a pass towards the sideline and muscle man Haney steps in front of it and scrambles down the sideline for 6 points and gives his team a 26-24 lead going into half.  Second half starts and Outlaws are able to score on all 4 of their possessions, but aren’t able to get any converts, which still left Trollers with a chance. The problem was how the Trollers started the second half with two straight drives throwing picks and that is what ended up costing them the game.

 

Division 2

 

Spritz Gang vs Red Raiders (26-37)

This game was a little bit chirpy at first, but once both teams were warned about it, they settled down. I expected this game to be way more physical than it was. At one point Dilan made the softest tackle I have ever seen him make. Mario catches the ball, Dilan goes down on his knee and pulls the flag and it looked so gentle that I was in shock and I asked Dilan about it, and he goes I respect Mario and I’m tired of everyone crying with how I make tackles. It looked like Red Raiders were in control of this game and having a 22-7 lead with a minute left in the half, so it looked like it was going to stay that way, but JS had other plans as he marched Spritz Gang all the way down for the score with help from a penalty stopping the clock and using his 3 timeouts. At half it was 22-13 for Red Raiders. Spritz Gang got the ball to start the second half and were able to score, but failed on their convert attempt. At this point it looked like it was going to be closer than most thought. Mike led Red Raiders on scoring drives the entire second half and JS did the same until he ran out of time on the last drive. Second half no one was stopped, and it really came down to converts. Red Raiders made a few 2 point converts and Spritz Gang only managed to get a few 1 point converts. It also helped that early in the game Carlos managed to sack JS for a safety, which could have been the deciding factor of the game.

 

Division 3

 

Idaho Udapimps vs Bines (28-49)

Idaho was missing a few players this week, but were able to get a few good subs to fill in and help out. I want to say that Idaho looked good for a team that had a few guys still up from the night before or at least they did in the first half. Kris was at QB for Idaho and looked good with the players he had and he was able to pick and choose where he wanted to go without much trouble. David for Bines looked good as well except for on the back-to-back drives where he tried to throw deep, and the ball hung up a little bit too much and it allowed both Jerome and Jason to make plays on the ball. At half it looked like it was going to come down to who had the ball last. Then the second half began with Idaho up 28-21 and that’s when the game completely turned around. Idaho was exhausted and looked out of it and Bines looked like they just woke up and scored every time they had the ball in the second half. Idaho called the game with just over 3 minutes left after Bines scored again to make it a 49-28 game.

 

Division 4

 

Phoenix vs Pocket Rockets (12-26)

This game was closer than the stat sheet will tell you. It looks like Pocket Rockets were able to do what they wanted to Phoenix and that was true until they got to the red zone. For the first time all season, Phoenix had their full squad and it will take some time to adjust to having everyone back. PO did a fabulous job of not forcing deep plays and using his receiver’s height over the defenders. PO played an almost perfect game, and he was able to get away with a few bad balls that should have been picked off and at least 2 of them would have been returned for 6 and made it a completely different game. Pocket Rockets did a very good job of making every tackle right away and limiting yards after catch, which was the key to them stopping Phoenix multiple times. Phil was nearly unstoppable, and Alexis was a beast and really shouldn’t be allowed to play in D4, but he does fit the cap after other players had their cap adjusted. It’s fine because I do think Pocket Rockets are beatable and I’m sure we will get this match up again in the playoffs.

 

Division 5

 

Phoenix vs Vultures (20-33)

This was a game played between two of the top teams in the division and was close right up to the very end. Both teams open the game with scoring drives before settling in and some defense getting played. All Game Khalil gave Phil trouble as he collected 7 sacks on the day. Other than Khalil being in his face all day, Phil didn’t have much trouble with the defense Phoenix was playing. Riley had a field day going up the middle most of the game. Right before half Vultures were able to score and then get the 2 point convert after a contact penalty which was weak considering the ball had already been tipped and the receiver was already falling when he got hit. Second half rolled around, and we had more of the same back and forth. Vultures scored then Phoenix did, but they missed their convert, so the score was 20-21 Vultures. Vultures then scored to make it a 27-20 game with just under 2:30 left. This is where I threw a pass when I thought I had already been sacked on and it was picked off by Sarah, which led to Vultures scoring again to go up 33-20 and like that the game was over, though with questions waiting to be answered if this game will stand or not.

 

Les Last Calls vs TD Hunters (40-19)

This was a Football 101 class. Les Last Calls were ready from the first throw and did everything they needed to do to walk on TD Hunters. Guillaume did a good job to avoid the rusher's pressure and took advantage of an inexperienced defense to reach Sebastian for two 45 yards touchdown on the first two drives. In the second half, TD Hunters defense seemed to adjust, but the damage was done. Les Last Calls were just better. TD Hunters is a good team, but that doesn’t matter if you don't show up.

 

There you have it this week’s recaps. In case none of you have noticed for the last few weeks I have been given feedback on what has happened in only one teams games and have added it to my article. Just a reminder that if something happened in your game that was the key to victory or you want to tell me a little about what has happened in your game you can sent it over to me and I’ll be more than glad to add it into my article. You can send it by email to kevinkousaie247@gmail, or on messenger at Kevin Kousaie. I’m not hard to find if you look for all of two seconds. Also, get them to me by Monday night or it’s too late.

 

Players of the Week

 

It’s that time of the week where I get to decide who balled out and who did enough to make it on my list. I know that Jon hates picking his player of the week from games that are blowouts and I do to, but because I base mine purely on stats, I let them make my list. What I hate is when a player balls out against a team of subs. When you end up playing a bunch of subs most of them haven’t played together before so there is no chemistry, so if you balled out against subs and don’t make my list you now know why.

 

Division 1

Offense- Hate to do this and make his head bigger, but this week Marvin Steinberg made 14 catches for 133 yards and 4 TDs so I didn’t have much choice but to put his name up here.

Defense- Dom Lefort made 1 tackle and had 2 picks.

 

Division 2

Offense- Felix Fontaine-Larouche caught 9 passes for 186 yards and 3 TDs.

Defense- Thomas Iribarren made 1 tackle and had 1 pick which he took to the house for 6 points.

 

Division 3

Offense- Leon Holder was 19 of 35 for 191 yards, 6 TDs, 1 1point convert and ran 2 times for 8 yards.

Defense- Michael Tola Denis made 2 tackles and both were sacks.

 

Division 4

Offense- Thomas Znoj grabbed 11 balls for 106 yards, 4 TDs and 2 1point converts.

Defense- Xavier Prud’Homme made 4 tackles and 3 were sacks.

 

Division 5

Offense- Riley Casey in his 2 games caught 13 passes for 151 yards, 5 TDs and 1 1point convert.

Defense- Sebastien Lucas Alzate made 0 tackles had 2 picks and picked off a 1 point convert and returned it for a 1point.

 

There you have it my players of the week for week 5. Only 6 weeks left to show me you have what it takes to make my list and get entered into the draw for a bag of goodies.

Congratulations to everyone who made it this week and better luck to everyone who didn’t make it. Play hard, ball out, and your name might be up here next week.