The Glen Cove Cardinal senior team, (13, 14 years old), had their back to the wall and had to win their remaining two regular season games in order to reach the playoffs. Glen Cove tackled playoff-bound Farmingdale on Nov. 7 and halfback Eric Moser scored first for Glen Cove on a 35-yard touchdown run, (kick failed). Farmingdale then tied it in the first quarter. Glen Cove coughed up the ball on Farmingdale's one yard line but defensive tackle Ira Gooden tackled the Farmingdale back for a safety, making it 8-6. In the third quarter fullback Deshawn Cofield scored on a 30-yard run up the middle and halfback Moser ran in the extra point making it 15-6. Cornerback Joseph Heffernan then intercepted a Farmingdale pass and brought it back 60 yards for a Glen Cove touchdown. The pat failed making it 21-6. Farmingdale then broke a long run making it 21-12. Glen Cove sealed the game when fullback Deshawn Cofield broke a 40-yard TD run making it 27-12. Glen Cove faced their final challenge of the regular season when West Babylon came to town on Nov. 11. Glen Cove got on the board first when halfback Eric Moser scored on a 42-yard run. Miles Landron kicked the extra point and Glen Cove held an 8-0 lead. Halfback Moser than added another score when he took it 39 yards for another TD. The pat failed and Glen Cove was up 14-0. While still in the first quarter, quarterback Corey Land hit tight end Jose Lebron with a perfect pass over the middle for a 39-yard touchdown. The pat failed and Glen Cove had a 20-0 first quarter lead. In the third quarter, West Babylon got on the board with a TD making it 20-6. Babylon then struck again in the third making it 20-12. The Glen Cove defense then got a big play from cornerback Brian Monahan when he picked off a West Babylon pass and brought it back to the Babylon 5 and lateraled it back to Deshawn Cofield who took it in for the score. The pat failed but Glen Cove had some breathing room with a 26-12 lead. Linebacker Michael DiCarlo then recovered a West Babylon fumble and Glen Cove took over. The fumble proved costly for Babylon. When fullback Johnny Reed broke an 80-yard TD run making it 32-12. West Babylon scored again late in the fourth making the final score 32-19. The Glen Cove defense bent but did not break during the game with standout games rendered by Ira Gooden, Bryan Gooden, Miles Landron, Michael DiCarlo, Johnny Reed. Glen Cove finished the regular season at 7-3 and enters the playoff round next week.

Against a spirited and determined West Babylon team the Glen Cove Pony white team emerged victorious by a 26-6 score. The first quarter saw the opponents reach the Pony 20-yard line but key plays by Taliek Vasquez and Michael McCrindle on defense stopped the Cowboy drive. After exchanging possession Vincent Graziose running put the Ponys in position to score the games first TD. It was a Robert Lyons 40-yard run. Graziose's point after kick made the score 8-0, a lead Glen Cove took into halftime. A Glen Cove miscue gave the Cowboys excellent field position and allowed them to capitalize and narrow the margin to 8-6. With the solid line play of David Rupp, Jeff Fonesca, Kevin Basile, Travis Stern and Bobby McLaughlin the Ponys were able to give Robert Lyons the opportunity to burst through again for his second TD, a 35-yard score. West Babylon continued to apply pressure on Glen Cove but a key fumble recovery by the duo of Basile and DiScala stopped another Cowboy. With the recovery, it was Lyons again this time from mid-field to make the score 20-6. In the fourth quarter with key plays by Kevin Maccarone, Matt Rogers, Craig Mitchie, Matt Cloniger, Dave McGrath and Ralph Cancel the Cowboys were stopped again. A final impressive 60-yard drive led by quarterback Michael McCrindle and capped off with Alex DiScala's 15-yard TD run put the end to an exciting day of junior league football. Congratulations to all the players and coaches Joe Floccari, Michael McCrindle, Sal Basile and Reno DiScala. It's on to the playoffs where the Ponys will try for a second consecutive championship.

On Nov. 9, Levittown black hosted the Pony reds in a tough 18-6 defeat. The highlights of the game began with a successful 20-yard pass from Ariel Bresky to Robbie Nedbor Gross in the first quarter who ran an additional 10 yards before being tackled. With only 3 seconds left in the second quarter, P.J. Nunez connected with Bresky for a 10-yard pass. Bresky then ran 20 yards for Glen Cove's first and only touchdown. The first half ended in a 6-6 tie. The second half started with Rob Schifferstein recovering an onside kick, but Glen Cove quickly gave up the ball to Levittown on a fumble. Levittown then dominated the rest of the game which ended in an 18-6 loss for Glen Cove. The offensive team also consisted of Mike Catapano, Luiz Cruz, Randy Davis, John DeMarco, Jimmy Leahy, Steven Suozzi, Edwin Ruiz. The defense players were Alex Gonzales, Eric Filippone, Austin Fender, Eric Caruso, Anthony Capobianco, Omar Morales and Kevin Paolillo. The team misses Gabby Lebron who is out on injured reserve.

It was a beautiful fall morning last week, as the Midget Red Cardinals took to the not-so-frozen tundra of City Stadium. The opponent was the Copaigue Eagles and the tension began to mount as the teams readied themselves for the kickoff.

Right from the start, it was going to be a Cardinal day, as Randell Lyons recovered Eric Tripp's onside kick for the Cardinals. Taking advantage of the short field, Randell would score his first touchdown of the day, behind the devastating blocking of James Theodoreou, Joey Durso, and Peter Cappiello. Randell also ran in the conversion.

Copaigue drove to the GC goal line, but the defense of Richie Maccarone, Kristen Cornelis, Antonio Stanco, Pierro, DiLorenzo, Brian Brown, Zach Boyajian, and Nate Booth would shut the Eagles down.

The next series saw Mike Granados, Kenny Catanzano, Anthony Hendriks and Anthony McCarthy lay the licks, as Terry Jackson and Jonathan Ruiz, racked up big yards. The drive stalled, but the Eagles were pinned deep in their territory. The Cardinal defense forced a fumble, setting up Dougie Tripp's first career touchdown! Randell would run again for the conversion, and the Cardinals were in control.

Randell would hit the endzone again, early in the third quarter, on a long run. The whole offense contributed great blocks on the play, leaving plenty of Eagle feathers all over the field. Richie Mac was stopped just short on the conversion run.

After the lone Copaigue touchdown, center Anthony Bucceri made his presence known. On a fourth and inches, Anthony turned a simple quarterback sneak into a 45-yard Eric Tripp touchdown run!

The Midget Red is now 6-3, and looking forward to Sunday when Bethpage comes to town.

On Nov. 11, the Glen Cove Cardinals Midget white traveled to Levittown to face Levittown Gold. Glen Cove received and started on their own 40. After two first downs, Glen Cove turned over the ball to Levittown on a fumble. Levittown mounted a 10-play drive, scoring a TD on an 8-yard run. The point after was good and Levittown led 7-0. Glen Cove was moving the ball but again turned it over on an interception. Neither team could generate much offense for the remainder of the half.

The second half started with Levittown taking over on the 50-yard line. On the third play of the series, the Levittown halfback raced around right end for a 45-yard TD run, making the score 13-0. Glen Cove promptly handed the ball back to Levittown on their third turnover of the game. After trading possession, Levittown scored another TD to make it 20-0. With time running out in the second, Glen Cove marched down to the 10-yard line. With five ticks left on the clock, Chris Borer passed to Michael Iannetta for a TD making the final, 20-6.

The Midget white finishes the season this Saturday at Lindenhurst.

Last Sunday, the Glen Cove Peanuts went to Brentwood to take on a 6-2 Copiague team in the Turkey Bowl that would decide the 5-6 year old Long Island Championship. Glen Cove at 8-0 was as ready to play this game more so than any game this year. They knew what was at stake and they were pumped up. They came out passing and right away you could see Copiague did not know what to do and ultimately Glen Cove would go up 6-0 on a pass from James Catanzano to Tony Palmieri. The game stayed that way for the rest of the first half. Right before the half, Copiague would hold Glen Cove on the 5-yard line, halftime saw Glen Cove ahead, 6-0.

After some halftime adjustments, the Peanut Cardinals would start the second half with the ball and scored three plays into the third quarter on a run up the middle by Ryan Perkins to make the score 12-0. Joseph Anile, Billy Flahive, Cristian Klimazewski, Matthew Petersen, Joshua Figueroa, Kristopher Moran, Peter Lizza, Steven Giordano, Zehgan Joshi and Thomas Milne provided great defense.

The Cardinals went up by a score of 18-0 when Tiquan Garner took a handoff and scampered around the left side for a 50-yard dash. Copiague would score a late touchdown to make it an 18-6 Glen Cove lead.

The boys got that one back when Tyrone Davis scored around the right side for a 24-6 lead that would seal the victory. Joshua Schwartz had a couple of nice runs and he and all the boys played great football. The team left the field with a three-foot tall trophy that proves they are the best on Long Island. All the participants received a medal and hot dogs and soda. Glen Cove was voted outstanding team by the referees and organizers. Glen Cove is not quite done. There is an undefeated team in Hauppague that wants to challenge us. We're ready.