Andrew Martins, Managing Editor
The Hillsborough Dukes Pop Warner program had an eventful weekend. The following is how last weekend’s games went down.
Cheer
The Dukes honored their eighth grade cheerleaders at halftime of Sunday’s Jr. Pee Wee game. The girls were escorted onto the field by their parents and acknowledged for their hard work and dedication to the Hillsborough Dukes.
The Dukes eighth grade cheerleaders are: Zoe Yacka, Gina Kahn, Giselle Foy, Robin Chan and Tiffany Kelly.
On Sunday, October 29, the Dukes Cheerleaders will head to Trenton to compete in the Garden State Cheer Competition. The Mighty Mite (exhibition), Pee Wee and Jr. Varsity teams will compete for the Garden State title.
Mighty Mite
The Dukes Mighty Mite team played a tough Brick City Lions from Newark over the weekend. The Dukes brought home a 13-6 victory, improving their record to 7-1 on the season.
The Dukes offensive line, Lucas Rollan, William Hayes, Cayden Walinsky, Shaun Keker, Adam Vandermeer, Tyler Pirog and Gavin Glazewski fought in the trenches all day, earning every yard and allowing Quinn Hayden and Kevin Jones to each reach the end zone for a touchdown. Williams Hayes also scored an extra point conversion.
The Dukes defense held the Brick City Lions to only six points with big tackles made by William Hayes, Quinn Hayden, Lucas Rollan, Cayden Walinsky and James Esposito.
The entire Dukes Mighty Mite team, including Sanjay Mills, Ryan Spinelli, Shaan Lodhia, Jon Sciarrino, Dylan Perkins, Aiden Boyle, Cooper Karsay, Alex Zysk played a hard and physical game.
The Dukes Mighty Mite team was selected to play in the Garden State Games that will start shortly. Be on the lookout for a game schedule and come support your Hillsborough Dukes.
Jr. Pee Wee
On Sunday, October 22, the Hillsborough Dukes Jr. Pee Wees took on the Brick City (Newark) Lions and came out with the victory 18-0.
Offense led by Cole Hayden with two tough touchdown (10 yards and 5 yards) and numerous first downs. Logan McDermid with a 10-yard touchdown run and a big 20-yard completion to Edryn Morales. Peter Sorbera, with some hard running, picked up a lot of yards for the Hillsborough Dukes. Great line blocking from Edryn Morales, Josh
Malek, Jackson Jankowicz, Mitch Miller, Austin Siebert, Brenden Barker and Heath Miller powered therunning backs with big games.
The defense scored a big shut out. It was the third shutout of the year. The Dukes confused Brick City all day with defensive calls. Brenden Barker and Cole Hayden, each leading the defense with several tackles. Cole Hayden had a stripped-fumble recovery. Also, strong defensive performances from Edryn Morales and James Grohe. They made tackles where it counted.
Going into next week, the number one seed, Hillsborough Dukes takes on the winner of the Metuchen/Port Reading game.
