Cheshire 8th grade football team

 

This year will probably be my last year with my football team or other known as my family. Next year I might be attending Notre Dame High School. Its been hard to except the fact that this might be it but I guess sometimes its just time to move on. My highlights of my team has been “My Play” also known as “207”.   This play is designed for me, the tight end, to go out on a simple 5 yard sideline pass that I have scored multiple times with. Another highlight has been the coaching staff including coach Sansone, coach Graikowski, coach Lamadeline, coach Nelson and coach Whalen.  With are record being 4-2 we are most likely in the playoffs already but with are 2 hardest games all season coming up next we have our work cut out for us.

My opinion on the rest of the season depends on are opponents in the playoffs.  For the past 2 years we have been kicked out of the playoffs by the same team (east haven) in the first round.  But since the easties (east haven) lost Mike Tonero their best player last year there should be no problems this year.  Hopefully we will take a long ride in the playoffs.  With three new formations we should catch are opponents off guard.  The more we keep the other teams offense off the field the better chance we have to get in the championship.

~Will

The Final Showdown

Every year the two best teams in college football battle it out in the final game of the season. Since 1998 the BCS title game has decided who is the best team in the nation. This year the Notre Dame Fighting Irish will be playing the Alabama Crimson Tide in Miami Florida on January 7th. The two best defences will be up against each other as both offences will have to find a way to get something going. Bama is looking to collect their second straight title but the undefeated Irish are the only team in their way who are trying to earn their first since 1988. Both teams strategies are to stop each others running game but on offence to pound the ball up the middle so the turnout will be decided by execution. Also turnovers will greatly impact the results of the 2013 NCAA BCS title game. Notre Dame’s key player is Heisman candidate Manti Te’o who plays left back. He will need to have a great performance to give his team a victory. On the other side of things Alabamas key player is center Barrett Jones. To give the Crimson Tide the edge he will need to protect his quarterback from Notre Dames tough front 7.

Personally I believe Notre Dame will come out with the win against number 2 Alabama. I think this because Alabama just gave up  384 yards and 28 points to Georgia in the SEC title game and the last few games Everett Goldston and the Notre Dame offence has been clicking gaining 439 yards and 22 points against a good USC team. Also Notre Dame went undefeated this season beating number 6 Stanford , number 11 Oklahoma and number 18 Michigan while Alabama only beat number  8 LSU ,number 7 Georgia and number 18 Michigan but they lost to  number 9 Texas A&M. The reason they lost this game was because they couldn’t contain the  pass and run player that AJ McCarron is and Everett Goldstone is exactly that type of player.

Another reason why I think Notre Dame will win is that they have  an extra week of preparing and Alabama had to play a tough Georgia team so they could be a little beaten up. Notre Dame has one of the top defences in the nation against the run. This is not good news for Alabama because most of their offence comes out of the running game. They are going to have a tough time scoring if they can’t generate the run gain. Lastly Notre Dame’s defense is first in defensive points so if Notre Dame can cause these turnovers and score like they’ve been doing then they will definitely come up with a victory.

~Robert Pellegrino