On Sunday, Oct. 9, the Mineola Chiefs 8-year-old's played on the road again, and this time they beat the Long Beach Bulldogs 39-18. The victory brings their winning record to 5-0. The Chiefs' offense were able to move the ball all day long and scored on every offensive series because of powerful blocking by the offensive line of Teddy Capsis, Gavin Dowd, Michael Delio, Kyle Facibene and the leadership of quarterback Thomas O'Connell. There was just too much offense to write about, so the scoring is summarized below:

* Brian Smith 15-yard touchdown run

* Andrew Cunningham 12-yard touchdown run

* Thomas O'Connell 10-yard touchdown run

* Kyle Spruill ran in extra point

* Ryan Eccher 4-yard touchdown run

* Brian Smith 5-yard touchdown run

* Thomas O'Connell passed to Michael Patalano for extra point

* Andrew Cunningham 34-yard touchdown run

* Eric McCloskey ran in extra point

Every 8-year-old played, had fun and participated in the victory. The players that contributed in the victory were Peter McCormack, Brian Greenberg, James Gerstner, Dennis Gannon, Marc Sarnel, John Clancy, Lucas Golon, Patrick Brady, Thomas Davis, Charles Brown, Matthew Mageau, Brendan Sullivan, Alequandro Pleitez and again an injured Thomas O'Dwyer was there cheering on his teammates to victory.