Young Packers beat Bears 25 - 6

The 7 - 8 yr. old Packers opened the Flag Football season with a big win Tuesday night. The Packers seized control right from the start and didn't let up until the final whistle. The Packers won the toss and elected to be on offense first, on the first snap of the game Wayne Beard ran a pitch left and outraced all the Bear defenders 45 yds. to the end zone. PAT failed for a score of 6-0. The Packer defense held the Bears on 4 straight plays, with Parker Eley knocking down a key pass play, giving the ball back to the offense. On the third play after regaining possession, Will Greder burst up the right side and went 45 yds. for the Packers 2nd score of the night, PAT failed, score 12-0. After a set of possessions by each team yielded nothing the Bears mounted a good drive into Packer territory only to have the drive end on an interception by Garret Tiarks. On the offenses next drive Devin Simpson ran right up the gut and appeared to be stopped but broke free and tore down the field for an apparent score. Unfortunately the play was called back due to an inadvertent whistle from the ref. In the second half Garret Tiarks took a short pass from Bryce Niemeyer to the right and weaved through the Bear defenders and finally broke into the open and outraced the safety 45 yds. for a 18-0 Packer lead. The PAT was good on a nice throw from Will Greder to Matthew Hill. Score 19-0.
The Bears found the end zone on the next drive to make the score 19-6, PAT failed. The Packers answered right back after losing 4 yards when Wayne Beard seeing no room to run on the right side quickly reversed his field, narrowly avoiding a safety, and sprinted down the left side for the final score of the game, PAT failed making it 25-6. The Bears mounted one last charge and drove the ball down the field but were held out of the end zone by a good effort from the Packers as time expired. The young Packers play next, Oct. 2nd @7:00 on Field 2.

Packers lose in hard fought battle 14 - 27

The flag football season got off to a rough start for the 9-11 yr old Packers on Tuesday night both figuratively and literally. On the first play of the game, the Redskins fooled the entire defense of the Packers with a reverse that went the length of the field and would have scored had Grant Tiarks not run the ball carrier down at the one yard line. The Redskins scored and converted the 2 point conversion for a 0-8 lead. The Packers first play from scrimmage resulted in an interception that had the Packers back on their heels. The Redskins punched another score across, PAT failed on a nice defensive play by TJ Deahl and the score was an early 0 - 14 deficit for the Packers. The offense went to work and Cole Ozbun scooted 44 yds. to the 1 yd. line. On the next play Wes Greder hit Hunter Beard with a one-yard pass for the Packers first points. PAT for one point on a pass from Greder to Beard again was good and the score was 7 - 14. The Redskins scored one more time before the break and again failed on the PAT on another play by TJ Deahl to stop it. Score 7-20 . The third quarter saw several nice passes and runs by the Packers but none resulted in points. The Packers found the end zone again in the fourth on a nice long throw by Taylor Hill and catch in the end zone by Grant Tiarks. They hooked up again for the PAT on a pass to the corner of the end zone. Score 14 - 20. The Redskins scored one more time and converted the PAT for a final score of 14 - 27. The Packers play again next Tuesday, Oct. 2nd at 7:00 on Field 3.

Flag Football Schedules for Colo/NESCO

September 25th - 7:00 - Field 1 - 7-8 yr olds vs. Bears
7:00 - Field 3 - 9-11 yr olds vs. Redskins
October 2nd - 7:00 - Field 2 - 7-8 yr olds vs. Steelers
7:00 - Field 3 - 9-11 yr olds vs. Colts
October 9th - 6:00 - Field 2 - 7-8 yr olds vs. Bengals
6:00 - Field 4 - 9-11 yr olds vs. Bears
October 16th - 6:00 - Field 3 - 7-8 yr olds vs. Rams
7:00 - Field 3 - 9-11 yr olds vs. Redskins
October 23rd - 7:00 - Field 2 - 7-8 yr olds vs. Chiefs
7:00 - Field 3 - 9-11 yr olds vs. Colts
Players should arrive 15 minutes prior to the game!!