The 2004 Syosset Pee Wee White football team has accomplished what no other Syosset team has done before - they won the 2004 NFC Eastern Conference Super Bowl Championship by defeating football power house North Babylon 24-6. However, winning the championship was not the only lesson learned by the 7 and 8 year old boys who played their hearts out all season. Lessons of discipline, responsibility, courage, bravery and sacrifice were the battle cry from Coach Ed Klobus, Jim Carchietta, Robert Speranza, and Tom Yacavone throughout the course of the season. These lessons were taught to also to be applied not only on the field, but to be applied at home and in the classroom.

A great season that started all the way back to August in the hot summer sun and ended under the lights on a cold Monday November evening in North Babylon. Along the way, during the season to remember, many individual highlights were accomplished by the Syosset 7 and 8 year olds.

Robert Speranza led the team in scoring with 24 touchdowns and 32 kicked extra point conversions. Quarterback Ryan Klobus finished second in scoring with 8 touchdowns and led the offensive team with impressive drives up and down the field. Justin Napolitano made a quick adjustment from offensive lineman to fullback, scoring 2 touchdowns, was used as a lead blocker on almost every touchdown scored. Vincent Speranza scored 3 touchdowns during the season and came up big on defense in the secondary with many game saving tackles throughout the entire season. Anthony Carchietta topped off the season scoring two touchdowns.

Offensive and Defensive lineman Alec Yacavone, Peter Guiffre, Frankie Barbone, Jonathan Klobus, Josef Ditizio, Robert Ditizio, Tommy Covelli, Travis Hammer, and Jonah DiMaggio blocked and controlled the line throughout the entire season. As Coach Ed stated many times during the season "without blocking, running backs would go nowhere and we'd go nowhere". These lineman proved themselves over and over again, game after game that they were the best in the league. No other team created the holes that they did for numerous first downs and touchdowns all season long.

As the season progressed the game took on a new meaning for the Syosset Pee Wee White team. A very dear student and friend of Coach Ed, Marine Lt. Mathew Lynch from Jericho was killed in the war in Iraq. Coach Ed went on to tell his team of this fallen hero's courage, and bravery and the attributes this great soldier possessed in fighting for what he believed in and giving the ultimate sacrifice for his country and fellow Marines. He went on to ask his team to honor this fallen hero by dedicating the rest of the season in his honor and to wear First Lieutenant Matthew Lynch's name with pride on the back of their helmets. The boys responded by playing their hardest no matter what the outcome of the game in honor of Lt. Lynch. Even the North Babylon team honored his courage during the Super Bowl by explaining to the crowd the significance of Lt Lynch's name on Syosset's helmet while also playing a patriotic song during half-time in his memory.

During the regular season, Syosset started off strong compiling a 4-0 record until meeting up with the powerful also undefeated North Babylon team for its first loss of the season. The boys were determined to avenge that loss as they knew they'd eventually get their chance back at the North Babylon team in the playoffs. Wins vs. West Babylon, Levittown, Bethpage, Lindenhurst, Plainedge, and the undefeated Valley Stream team did not come easy. However, the Syosset Pee Wee White team compiled a 7-3 overall record finishing second in the division and was now ready for the playoffs.

Post season play began for the Pee Wee Whites in the first ever home play-off game in Syosset league history vs. the Pee Wee Bethpage Eagles. The Braves went on to shutout the Eagles with a 24-0 defeat with touchdowns scored by running backs Robert and Vincent Speranza and quarterback Ryan Klobus. Great Defensive plays by Justin Napolitano, Travis Hammer, Jonathan Klobus, Nick Ronayne, Alec Yacavone, Mike Calisto, and Frankie Barbone kept the Eagles off balance and off the scoreboard all game. New comers to the Pee Wee team Jonah DiMaggio, Peter Joyce, Christian Austin, and Derek Napolitano came in and played a tough defense, stopping the Eagles' last desperate attempt to score, preserving the shutout.

Then it was off to the Conference Championship game, the Super Bowl vs. the division champs, North Babylon. The stage was set for the Syosset Pee Wee's; they finally would get a chance at a re-match with the Bulldogs.

Syosset White won the toss and drove down the field on its opening drive behind the great blocks of Cavelli, Hammer, Barbone, R. Ditizio, J. Ditizio, J. Klobus, Yacavone and Guiffre. This led the way for Robert Speranza going off tackle with lead blocks from brother Vincent and Justin Napolitano for the first of his three scores of the game. The Braves drove up and down the field at will all night on offense leaving the Bulldogs defense in disbelief. The offense that was totally revised only three practices prior to the big game paid off and came up big all night.

Defensively, Nick Ronayne, Jonathan Klobus, and Frankie Barbone stopped the powerful inside run of the Bulldogs. When North Babylon turned to their speedy outside run, tackles Peter Guiffre, Alec Yacavone, ends Ryan Klobus and Justin Napolitano and outside linebackers Travis Hammer and Robert Speranza completely shut them down. The only offense left for the Bulldogs was the passing game which was broken up by Thomas Cavelli, Michael Calisto,and Vincent Speranza. At this stage in the game the only thing left for the North Babylon team was the ticks on the clock. Jonah DiMaggio, Peter Joyce, Christian Austin, Anthony Carchietta, Derek Napolitano, Josef and Robert Ditizio finished off the Bulldogs last attempt at a drive giving Syosset football its very first Super Bowl Championship.

Head Coach Ed Klobus and assistant coaches Rob Speranza, Jim Carchietta, Paul Napolitano and Tom Yacavone could not ask for a sweeter end to a great season. A season consisting of over 50 practices, 2 scrimmages,10 season games, 2 playoff games, rain, heat, and cold. Thanks to all the teams' parents who made the evening sacrifice for their boys and a very special thanks to team mom Tricia Napolitano and the Syosset Pee Wee White Cheerleading squad whose enthusiasm and spirit kept the Syosset Pee Wee White team fired up throughout the entire season.