Gloucester Youth Football teams wrapped up the regular season on Saturday with games against Back River Panthers (Red Knights), Williamsburg Gold Hornets (White Knights) and Middlesex Colts (White Juniors).
RED MITES: Lost 49-14. Cameron Jackson led the Red Knights’ offense with 120 yards and a TD. Riley Pitts had 97 yards rushing and a TD. Pitts also caught three passes for 11 yards, including a two-point conversion. Michael Chapman completed all three passes. Jordan White was the offensive lineman of the game. On defense, Jackson had three tackles and recovered a fumble. Kyler Schomburg had three tackles and a sack. Pitts added two tackles and an interception. Malachi Davenport had three tackles. Evan Frazier and Kishon Cuffee added two tackles each, and Chapman recovered a fumble. Demiyah Thompkins, Austee West, Emery Duff and Aniya Carter were named most spirited cheerleaders.
RED MIGHTY MITES: Lost 19-7. Team advances to Peninsula Youth Football Association playoffs.
RED MIDGETS: Lost 27-12. Edward Wade and Blake Freeman both had 10 tackles for the Red Knights. Chad Kent, Conor Hodge, Jahmal Gray, and Howard Akridge each added six tackles. Warner Brush, Justice Albright, Hunter Hodge, Gavin Johnson and Allah Armstead had four tackles apiece. Clayton Craig had four tackles and three quarterback sacks. Tylon Forrest had three tackles and Tyrus Wilson had three tackles and a strip fumble recovery. On offense, Juwan Thornton had a six-yard touchdown run. Freeman had nine carries for 124 yards, including an 80-yard TD run. Akridge had four carries for 57 yards. Kent had four carries for 13 yards. Gray had two carries for six yards.
RED JUNIORS: Won 14-12; advances to Peninsula Youth Football Association playoffs. Jake Pickern passed for 69 yards and a TD. He also ran for 42 yards and an extra point. Peyton Carneal had 63 yards receiving. Xander Cooke caught a pass for six yards and rushed for 48 yards and a touchdown. Savion Spriggs added 18 yards and Cody Buffington picked up four yards on the ground. Wesley Robbins led the team with 63 yards rushing and an extra point. He also led the team in tackles with eight. Zach Ingram had six tackles, Devin Rivera made four tackles. Carneal also had four tackles, a forced fumble and fumble recovery. Spriggs, Tyrell Samuel and Charles Williams each had three tackles and an interception. Bailey Pitts added the fourth interception for the team. Jarius Monroe, Kyle Cherrie, Pickern and Kameron Cook all added tackles in the victory.
WHITE MITES: Lost 32-14. Joey Masiak rushed for 60 yards and a touchdown. Also adding to the offensive effort was Cayden Fielder with 49 yards rushing and a touchdown. Trenton Utley and Drew Adkins led the defense with five tackles each. John Marshale, and Masiak each added three tackles.
WHITE MIGHTY MITES: Lost 34-6. Gloucester’s lone TD was scored by Caleb French, who combined with Maurice Hudgins and Daniel Giles for over 125 rushing yards. The defense was led by Michael Fisk, Mikie Lawson, Tripp Roady, Josh Kuehn, Eddie Plessinger, and Gabe Stockton, all registering multiple tackles. Most spirited cheerleaders were Mikayla Calloway, Dakota Allen-Desalvo, Reagan Randolph and Kaitlyn Shifano.
WHITE MIDGETS: Lost 26-6. Tri Cartwright had nine rushing and 77 passing yards with a touchdown pass to Sincere Jones who had 50 receiving yards. Tyler Carteret had 21 receiving yards. Noah Bondurant had 24 return, 14 passing, and seven rushing yards. Shane Johnson had 16 rushing yards. Colten Pinson made a spectacular catch for a nine-yard first down. Jeremiah Shaffer added 12 receiving and nine passing yards. Noah Iveson and Wade Waltrip each added five yard kick returns. Bondurant led the defense with 11 tackles. Cartwright had 10 tackles, a forced fumble and blocked an extra point attempt. Jones had nine tackles and an interception, which he returned for 29 yards. Johnson and Shaffer had seven tackles each. Richard Suberville and Jalen Gardner each had five tackles.
WHITE JUNIORS: Won 50-25; advances to Peninsula Youth Football Association playoffs. Martaine Morris had an explosive day with three TDs, 180 rushing and 34 receiving yards. Jacob Kuehn followed by rushing for two touchdowns. Devon Jennings had 48 yards rushing and a TD. Elijah Shaffer passed for 150 yards including a 34-yard strike to Walker Atwood for a TD. Alec Douglas had 64 yards receiving and added four XP kicks. Morris led the defense with 13 tackles. Jac Thomas and Elijah Shaffer each had 11 tackles. Cameron Walker and Kuehn had seven, Preston Stokes, Alec Douglas and Caleb Gingues each had four tackles, while Atwood and Tariq Gregory added three tackles apiece.