This was the final week of our regular season games and the Syosset Braves put on a mighty performance. We had many wins this week and exciting games all around. Next week is the first round of the playoffs and promises to be even more exciting than ever. Our teams are poised to play some of the toughest towns in the league. We'll be practicing all week in anticipation. Here's what happened during week 9: The Peanuts won their final game, The Pizza Bowl, played against Plainview this week. The final score was Syosset 35- Plainview 14. The whole team played great . Our offense was led by quarterback Jack Fine . Touchdowns were made by Ari Chananya, John Harris, Kent Sato, Maanuv Allu, and Johnny Maccerone. On the defensive side it was led by A.J. Alexander, Victor Di Re Rick Ikeda, Patrick Callahan, and Joseph Doria . The coaches were very proud of the team they really came together and believe the players are all looking forward to next season. Pee Wee Red football won again on Sunday defeating Brentwood 26-20 and is headed into the playoffs. Jack Rooney got the Braves started on a 35 yard touchdown run, Tyler Parlo ran in the extra point. Stephen Conte continued his tough running by taking the ball 45 yards for a touchdown, Max Verch ran in the extra point. Dominick Speranza broke numerous tackles on his way to a 50 yard touchdown run. The final touchdown was run in by Tyler Parlo who had an excellent all around day. The defense was led by Richie Whigham, Max Verch, Jaden Newman, Nicky Carchietta, Kevin Deng, Kevin Paek, Ryan Ditkoff, Max Inoff, Aiden Adomaties and Joseph Cawley. Michael Andre turns in a stellar perfomance gaining 125 yards on 5 carries tallying two touchdowns and Michael Mesbah ran 45 yards for a touchdown The backfield blocking was led by Christopher Belmonte, Ethan Greenfield ,Harrison Okun and Ethan Hammer. On defense Anthony Naccarato recovered two fumbles. Andrew Harris made 6 solo tackles and Jack Phelan turned in his best game of his season. A special thanks to the best cheerleaders in the country.

Syosset Midget Red 27 - West Babylon White 13 Syosset Midget Red traveled to West Babylon on Sunday to take on the 6-1 Eagles who stood in their way of claiming a share of 2nd place in the division. After a fantastic week of practice the Braves arrived primed for a battle. The Braves played their most complete game of the season, beating the Eagles at the point of attack. The offensive and defensive line controlled the game while the outside guys contained a very talented Eagles offense. Brian Parker led the big men up front, Devin Burdo, Max Falk, James Kessler, Hunter Principe, Nick Roselli and Andrew Frankini pounded the middle all day while Jack Lukacovic, Tyler Seccafico, Ethan Zeng, Eric Aronoson and Andrew Weld sealed the corners for big gainers from Ben Wachtel and Eddie Fox. Aronson and Principe added some tough inside running to compliment the monsters up front. Once again, Wachtel was spectacular with the ball in his hands and Fox made crucial audible calls to keep the Braves' drives going.

Midget Red improved to 6-2 and awaits a random drawing to get their seed in the upcoming playoffs.

Midget Red thanks their cheerleaders for a great season and particularly for drowning out the hostile crowd in West Babylon!

The Syosset Black Midget team came up with another exciting win over a tough Plainview squad. With this 13-7 win, Midget Black takes number one tier playoff spot. Great running by the entire backfield was led by Ryan Huie, Donovan Condon, Dominic Doria and Ryan Kelly. The defense, led by Colin Moran, Gregory Balos, Austin Georgakis, Evan Belmonte, and Ross Platz showed plenty of toughness by shutting down a tough Plainview offense. Midget Black will be traveling to Lindenhurst for their first playoff game on Sunday 11/9 to face a very strong Lindenhurst team. Midget Black has had a fantastic season (7-2) and played even better than their record shows. This is a group of very strong willed young boys who have come together to show the meaning of teamwork. The Glen Cove Cardinals edged Pony Red by a score of 19 to 18. Gregory Galligan and Sean Cerrone put on another brilliant offensive show for Pony Red. Galligan scored three touchdowns, two of them coming on passes from Cerrone. Defensively, Pony Red played one of its best games of the season. Jack Gilbert and Joe Majoy made numerous tackles throughout the game, frustrating the Cardinals, who came into the game with a 6 and 2 record. Defensive ends Michael Verdello and Brad Balogh played tough defense throughout the game for Pony Red. Pony Red takes on Plainview next week in the playoffs.

The Pony Black football team ended the year as the 2008 NFC Western Division Champions with an overall record of 8 wins and 1 loss. The season was capped with a decisive win over the Farmingdale Titans 35-18. Robert Speranza finished off a great season with a TD - adding to his team leading total of 18 touchdowns - which must be attributed to the outstanding offensive blocking efforts by linemen David Reiter, Justin Napolitano, Derek Napolitano, Jonathan Klobus, Nick Balos, Matthew McGahan, Joseph Greenstein, Adam Pollack, Ben Pollack, Richie Prestegaard, and Anthony Costa.

Against Farmingdale, running backs Travis Hammer, Vincent Speranza, Mathew Costa, Michael Calisto, Perry Lehrhoff, Ryan Klobus, Anthony Carchietta, Jonathan Klobus and Ryan Condon had an outstanding game moving the ball up and down the field. Matthew McGahan, Justin Napolitano and Joseph Greenstein became first time touchdown scorers this season, and Anthony Costa added an extra point run, to increase the Pony Black team's incredible accomplishment of having fourteen different teammates contribute to scoring throughout the 2008 season. That is truly a tremendous team effort that the coaching staff is extremely proud of during this hard fought season.

Defensively, Matthew Kahl, Cody Miller, Ryan Condon, Minjae Park, Daniel Noh and the rest of the Pony Black team stood tall and stalled the Farmingdale pass and rush game all night long. In addition, Perry Lehrhoff added another interception to his collection and took it to the house for a defensive touchdown. The Pony Black team is gearing up this week to take on the powerful Glen Cove program in the first round of the playoffs Sunday at 12 noon at Syosset Woodbury Park. Good Luck to all Syosset teams this upcoming weekend, and let's bring home some victories.