2010 Boys & Girls Club - Captain D’s Kickoff Classic Results

   The 2nd  annual Boys & Girls Club- Captain D’s Kickoff Classic was hosted Saturday August 21, 2010 at Greeneville High School’s Burley Stadium by the Boys & Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County.  Teams from East Tennessee traveled to Burley Stadium to participate in this annual start to the youth football season.  Results from this year’s games are as follows.

Greeneville Jr. Bears 26       Morristown Crusaders 16

Colonial Heights JV 26         Chuckey Doak JV  0

            In the second game of the day, the Colonial Heights Chargers JV defeated Chuckey-Doak JV 26 to 0. The Chargers started off the game with a pair of rushing touchdowns in the first quarter by #29 and #31. #29 ran the ball in from 59yards out and #8 helped the effort by running in the extra point.  #31 ran 56 yards to score. The extra point pass by #8 failed. In the second quarter, # 8 went to the air and hooked up with Logan Shelton for a 19 yard touchdown catch. #8 then went on to carry in the extra point. The last score of the game for the Chargers came on a 63 yard TD run by #5. #5’s pass on the extra point was incomplete. The Jr. Black Knights did not get any points on the board, but got great efforts by Jake Kirk and Matthew Palazzo who added 10 and 7 yards respectively to the Black Knights offense.          

Colonial Heights Varsity 21              Greeneville Patriots 6

As the rain begin to fall at Burley Stadium, the Greeneville Patriots took on Colonial Heights Chargers. The Chargers defeated the Patriots 21 to 6.  In the first quarter, Colonial Heights got on the board when Cole Maupin hooked up with Ryley Hall on a 12 yard touchdown pass. Maupin ran in the PAT. The Patriots found the end zone too with their passing game when Tanner Barkley hit Justin Casteel with a 56 pass. The extra point conversion failed making the score 7-6 Chargers. The next score did not come until the third when Colonial Heights’s Maupin passed 5 yards again to Hall. Maupin carried the ball in for the PAT. The Chargers scored again when Trey Fields scampered 34 yards for the score. Fields also ran in the extra point conversion. Colonial Heights got 91 and 77 total yards of rushing from Fields and Maupin respectively. Justin Casteel had 56 yards of receiving for the Greeneville Patriots. Dakota Ragon added 9 yards of rushing for the Greeneville Patriots.

Greeneville Jr. Patriots 18    Gray Blazers 12

The Greeneville Jr. Patriots took the fourth game of the day over the Gray Blazers 18 to 12. The Jr. Patriots started off the game with a 44 yard touchdown run by Kenny Kershaw. Keyontae Harrison pounded in the extra point run for the Jr. Patriots. The Blazers matched that score with an 8 yard run by Jacob Good. The extra point run was no good. The Jr. Patriots answered back with a 4 yard touchdown run by Kershaw. The extra point failed. For the Blazers, Good dashed 32 yards to the end zone to end the second quarter. Colton Adams pass for the extra point was incomplete.  In the fourth, the Jr. Patriots’ Kershaw scored again on a 28 yard run. Kershaw ended the day with 168 yards on the ground. Keyontae Harrison pounded in 50 yards and Kevin Sanchez ran 34 yards for the Jr. Patriots offense. The Gray Blazers got 93 yards of offense from Adams. Chad Hegler ran 42 yards for the Blazers. Good also added 36 yards for Gray. 

David Crockett Jr. Pioneers 27        Chuckey Doak Varsity 0

In the 4pm game David Crocket Jr. Pioneers took down Chuckey Doak Black Knight Varsity 27 to 0. The first half saw two Jr. Pioneer scores from Austin Britton of 1 and 7 yards. After Britton’s 1 yard score, Johnny Barnett ran in the PAT. Britton score two more times for the Jr. Pioneers in the scored half. In the third, Britton scampered in from 7 yards out. Barnett tossed to Noah Holcomb to convert the extra point. Then in the fourth, Britton again ran 13 yards to score for David Crockett. The PAT failed. For the Black Knights, quarterback, Christian Vasquez, had 31 total rushing yards. Brendon Kimery also added 7 yards for Chuckey Doak.

Greeneville Bears 27             Erwin Blue Devils JV 0

The Greeneville Bears shutout the Erwin Blue Devils JV 27 to 0 in the sixth game of the Kick Off Classic. The Greeneville Bears got all of their point off of four runs by Devin Jennings of 3, 4, 32 and 38 yards. In Jennings’s third quarter score Jacob Willet went to the air to Jordan Idell for the PAT conversion. After Jenning’s 32 yard run, Evan Foulks ran in the extra point for the Bears. The Blue Devils did not make it to the end zone but got great runs out of Brett Strother and Hank Woodfin with total rushing yards of 32 and 15 yards respectively. Bradley McLoud also added 11 yards the Erwin. The Bears got 55 total rushing yards from Jennings. Lane Tweed added 41 yards for the Bears. Seth Crawford also ran 35 yards for Greeneville.

Erwin Blue Devils Varsity 27                       North Greene Huskies 7

Wrapping up the final game of the day were the North Greene Huskies and the Erwin Blue Devil. The Devils got off to a good start with Nick Fender running the ball in from 2 yards out. The Devil’s extra point effort failed. Fender carried the ball 31 yards for a Devil touchdown again in the second quarter. Erwin fumbled the ball on the extra point attempt making the score 12-0 at the half. The Huskies got on the board in the third quarter with a Dawson Russell 18 yard touchdown run. Russell also converted the PAT run making the score 12-7. Erwin answered back when Fender ran in two more touchdowns of 8 and 53 yards for the Blue Devils. Both extra points failed making the final score 27 to7. For the Blue Devils, Fender finished the game with 167 yards rushing. Also for Erwin, Owen Nicholson added 45 yards of offense. The Huskies got 81 yards total on the ground from Matthew Page and 29 yards from Russell. 

   Scott Bullington, Director of the Boys & Girls Club, stated that “he wanted to thank the Greeneville City School System for the use of their field for this year’s event and to all the volunteers, coaches, players and fans that helped to make this event a huge success.”  He also wanted to thank Webster Booze, Fess Hall & Bridget Jones for their leadership in chairing this year’s event and to Jim Allen for his tireless volunteer work as the announcer for every game.  For more information on the Boys & Girls Club football league contact Bullington at 787-9322 or stop by the club located at 740 West Church Street.

 

The Boys & Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County officially launched their first football season in 2009 with the announcement of their upcoming schedule of events including a kick off bowl game to be held at Tusculum College sponsored by Captain D's.  On hand for the announcement were (l to r) Coach Fess Hall, Kyle Moore of Captain D's, Scott Bullington of the Boys & Girls Club and Coaches Webster Booze, Christian Berney and Dr. Lee Duckworth.  The clubs season will kicked off in August with practice and officially start play with a bowl game at Tusculum College on Saturday, August 22, 2009.

   The Boys & Girls Club of Greeneville & Greene County will be starting a four team traveling football program this fall for children ages 7-12 years old.  The teams will play on Saturdays locally at Greeneville High School’s Burley Stadium and the Tusculum College Football field.  Away games will be played at the Boys & Girls Club of Johnson City.   A parent meeting will be held on Saturday, July 25th at Trinity United Methodist Church in the gym starting at 2 pm to discuss the upcoming season and league plans. 

   The league will have two Pee Wee and two Midget teams.  The Pee Wee teams for boys & girls ages 7, 8 & 9 and all players must be 7 years old by August 1^st and no older than 9 years old before August 1st.  The Midget teams will be for boys & girls ages 10, 11, and 12 years old and all players must be 10 years old by August 1st & no older than 12 years old before August 1st.  Practices for the league will start on Monday, August 3rd and the league will officially open when they host the Captain D’s Pioneer Pigskin Kickoff Classic on Saturday, August 22nd at the Tusculum College Pioneer Football field.  Games will start at 12:30 pm and are with teams from the area participating along with the four host Boys & Girls Club teams.

    Head coaches for the inaugural season include Christian Berney, Dr. Lee Duckworth, Fess Hall and Webster Booze.  “We are very fortunate to have such quality individuals stepping up to help kick off our first year of football” stated Scott Bullington, Executive Director of the Boys & Girls Club. “They each have great knowledge of the game and the ability to relate to youngsters and their needs that will make this a great experience for the players in our league” he added.  Booze will also serve as the league coordinator along with the Boys & Girls Club staff.  Booze stated that the purpose of the league was “To develop a football program designed to meet the needs of the children that wish to play on a traveling youth football team. The program will work to create a positive environment in which each child will learn the game of football, develop well-rounded young men and women who learn not only the fundamentals of football, but also the importance of education and teamwork, in an atmosphere conductive to developing sound mind, body, and character – and having a good time along the way. Three key ideals will be practiced - sportsmanship, scholarship, and physical fitness. The program will stress learning lessons of value far beyond the playing days, such as self-discipline, teamwork, concentration, leadership, good sportsmanship and facing adversity.”