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August 31, 2013 @ Ross Elementary
8-UNDER JV GAME (exhibition game)
BROOKLINE 14 - North Hills 8
Scoring Summary:
Dominic Monz 60 run (conversion failed)
Dominic Monz 45 run (Connor Bonilla run)
NOTES: Coach Maro Monz and Brookline's Littlest Knights opened
their season with a 14-8 victory over the Tiny Tomahawks of
North Hills. Dominic Monz scored the game's first points on the
Knights first play from scrimmage. His sixty yard dash staked
Brookline to a quick 6-0 lead. A second Monz touchdown run of
forty-five yards, and a good conversion by Connor Bonilla,
increased the Knights advantage to 14-0.
North Hills closed the gap to 14-8 with a long run before the
intermission. The second half was a defensive struggle. Neither
team was able to generate any ball movement. Then, on the final
play of the game, a North Hills runner broke free and scampered
forty yards downfield. The breakaway back was brought down by
Max Marzina, Maurice Trent and Monz to preserve the Brookline
victory.
WEEK #2 - August 31, 2013 @ Ross Elementary
8-UNDER
BROOKLINE 20 - North Hills 0
Scoring Summary:
Keshawn Harris 64 run (conversion failed)
Keshawn Harris 57 run (Mario Grannison run)
Keshawn Harris 48 run (conversion failed)
NOTES: Brookline's eight-year old Knights, led by Coach Jason
Alexander, opened their season with a convincing 20-0 shutout
victory over North Hills. The Knights strong team effort was
led by Keshawn Harris, who played an outstanding game. Harris
registered eighteen points on offense with three long touchdown
runs. A fourth scoring dash was called back in the final period
due to a penalty. On defense, Keshawn made several fine tackles
as the Knights simply crushed the Tomahawks.
WEEK #2 - August 31, 2013 @ Ross Elementary
9-UNDER
North Hills 12 - BROOKLINE 8
Scoring Summary:
Brandon Pezzelle 55 run (Brandon Pezzelle run)
NOTES: Coach Joe Nicholas and his Brookline Nines opened their
2013 season with a heart-breaking 12-8 loss to the North Hills
Braves. In a hard-fought contest, Brookline held the advantage
until the final minutes of the game, only to see victory slip
from their grasp.
North Hills opened the scoring with a touchdown march on their
first possession. The Knights countered with a fifty-five yard
touchdown run by Brandon Pezzelle. A good conversion run by
Pezzelle put the Knights ahead, 8-6. From that point on both
teams battled it out near midfield.
Midway through the fourth quarter, North Hills offense came out
of it's slumber and began a long march downfield. The eleventh
hour drive culminated with a two-yard scoring run. A failed
conversion attempt left the Braves holding a four-point edge
with only 2:30 left to play. Brookline's final possession ended
with an interception.
WEEK #2 - August 31, 2013 @ Ross Elementary
10-UNDER
North Hills 14 - BROOKLINE 12 (OT)
Scoring Summary:
Raeshawn Caldwell 87 run (conversion failed)
Raeshawn Caldwell 10 run (conversion failed)
Fumble Recovery: Jamyle Liebro, Michael Jackson, Mekhi Gay
NOTES: The Brookline Knights suffered their second last-minute
defeat of the day as Coach Bruce and his ten-year old Knights
fell in overtime to the North Hills Warriors, 14-12. This time,
the Knights held the lead until the last seconds of regulation,
only to see victory vanish under the Warrior's red tide.
The game was a defensive struggle throughout most of the first
half. North Hills managed a march to the Brookline ten, only to
be stopped by a nice defensive stand. On the opposite side of
the line, the Knights also mounted a threat when Jamyle Liebro
took off on a sixty-yard endzone dash. Liebro's fine run was
negated by a penalty. The game remained scoreless for the first
nineteen minutes.
Then, with one minute remaining in the first half, Raeshawn
Caldwell broke loose and hustled eighty-seven down the right
sideline, giving Brookline a 6-0 lead. A fumble recovery by
Michael Jackson gave the ball back to the Knights with only
seconds remaining. On the final play of the half, Liebro found
a hole and took off. Jamyle gained thirty yards before being
brought down from behind.
The third quarter was another defensive struggle. The Knights
clung to their six-point advantage as both teams battled it out
near midfield. The fourth quarter saw the Warriors offense
begin a long march downfield. The Knights defense failed to
hold the Warriors on three critical fourth down plays, and soon
found themselves with their backs to the endzone.
As the clock entered the final minute, the North Hills line had
advanced to the Brookline thirteen. Two more plays put them at
the two, where they spiked the ball to stop the clock. With
only ten seconds to go, a two-yard Warrior touchdown tied the
game. A failed conversion attempt sent the game into overtime.
Brookline won the coin toss and got first possession. Caldwell
struck on the Knights first play with a ten yard touchdown run.
A failed conversion left the Knights holding onto a tenous 12-6
advantage. North Hills took possession and scored on their
third play to again tie the game. A Warrior conversion run put
North Hills over the top and sealed the Knights bitter fate.
 
 
 
 
WEEK #2 - August 31, 2013 @ Ross Elementary
11-UNDER
BROOKLINE 30 - North Hills 0
Scoring Summary:
Marques Watson 3 run (conversion failed)
Marques Watson 3 run (Mason Ventrone run)
Mason Ventrone 11 run (Jonathan Morin pass from Nick Roell)
Jordan Bonilla 1 run
(DeShaun Alexander pass from Jordan Bonilla)
NOTES: Coach Don Helman and his defending Super Bowl champion
Knights picked up right where they left off last season with a
30-0 thrashing of the North Hills Redskins. Brookline scored
on their first three possessions to build a commanding 22-0
lead, then cruised to their first victory of the new campaign.
Bolstered by a strong offensive line, quarterback Nick Roell
led the offense up and down the field with ease. Running backs
Marques Watson, Mason Ventrone, and newcomer Jonathan Morin
averaged nearly ten yards per carry, plowing through huge gaps
in the Redskin line. By halftime the game was pretty much over.
Despite a hopeless situation, North Hills kept fighting. They
opened the second half with an onside kick attempt that was
recovered by Aidan Logan. They stopped a Brookline scoring
threat with an interception at their two yard line, then moved
the ball back across midfield with a fifty-five yard pass play.
The Redskins brief offensive ended at Brookline thirty-nine.
The Knights reserves entered the game and played well. The
defense held firm and Jordan Bonilla led the offense on one
last scoring drive. Bonilla added to the touchdown tally with
a one-yard quarterback plunge, then applied the coup-de-grace
with a fine pass to pint-sized DeShaun Alexander for the
two-point conversion.
For the game, Brookline's offense ran the ball thirty times for
a total of 260 yards (Ventrone 10/97 1 TD, Watson 11/79 2 TD,
Morin 4/68, Aaron King 2/9, Dante Douglas 2/6, and Jordan
Bonilla 1/1 1 TD). Defensively, with the exception of the one
long pass play allowed in the third quarter, the Knights held
the Chiefs completely in check. That one play accounted for the
majority of the North Hills offensive effort and the Redskins
only first down of the game.
This opening game serves as a message to the rest of the SSYFL
that Coach Donnie and his Wild Stallions are back, and they are
bigger and better than last year. The road to the 11-year old
Super Bowl runs through Brookline, and these horses are ready
to take on all challengers.
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WEEK #2 - August 31, 2013 @ Ross Elementary
13-UNDER
BROOKLINE 30 - North Hills 6
Scoring Summary:
Quran Powe 89 pass from Jeremy Jenkins
(Khalil Weathers pass from Jeremy Jenkins)
Raekwon Caldwell 30 run (conversion failed)
Quran Powe 76 kickoff return
(Khalil Weathers pass from Jeremy Jenkins)
Curtis Bradley 11 run (Jeremy Jenkins run)
Fumble Recovery: Mar Oaks, Curtis Bradley
NOTES: Coach Brian Nicholas and his 13-year old Knights made it
two-in-a-row with a 30-6 triumph over the North Hills Chiefs.
This was another fine outing for Brookline's fleet of speedy
runners, and a strong showing for the Knight defense.
The game began with North Hills taking the opening kickoff and
driving inside the Brookline twenty. The red wave was halted at
the Brookline eleven yard line. The Knights took possession and
struck quickly. Quran Powe took a screen pass from quarterback
Jeremy Jenkins and sped down the sideline for an eighty-nine
yard touchdown reception. Jenkins passed to Khalil Weathers for
the two-point conversion and an 8-0 Brookline lead.
North Hills then embarked on another long march, this time to
the Brookline ten, before being stopped short of the endzone.
A Mar Oaks fumble recovery midway through the second quarter
gave Brookline possession at midfield. A seventeen yard pass
from Jenkins to Powe set up a thirty yard scoring run by
Raekwon Caldwell, increasing the Knights lead to 14-0.
The Chiefs offense responded with another drive. A North Hills
receiver caught a long pass and headed downfield. A touchdown
saving tackle by Powe kept the ball in play at the Brookline
sixteen yard line. A sack by Justice Jones pushed the Chiefs
back six yards. With less than a minute to play in the half, a
leaping catch in the endzone trimmed the point spread to 14-6.
Moments later, with only thirty-nine seconds remaining, Powe
silenced the home crowd by returning the ensuing kickoff
seventy-six yards for Brookline's third touchdown. Another
conversion toss from Jenkins to Weathers sent the Knights into
the intermission leading the Chiefs by a score of 22-6.
North Hills opened the second half with an onside kick that was
recovered by Jones. Brookline drove to the Chief twenty-one
before fumbling the ball away. The stubborn Chiefs threatened
again with another long pass deep into Knights territory, only
to be denied endzone rights once more by the scrappy defenders.
The third quarter ended with a twenty-four yard Jenkins pass to
Caldwell that put Brookline at the North Hills eleven. Curtis
Bradley opened the final quarter with an eleven-yard touchdown
run. Jenkins added the deuce with a good conversion run to
increase the Brookline lead to 30-6.
With a commanding lead, the Brookline reserves entered the game
and policed up the area for the final eight minutes. It was a
great outing for Coach Brian and his Knights, who after two
games have positioned themselves as an early favorite for one
of the two post-season playoff spots.
 
 
Brookline Knights Flashback - 1978
This is the 1978
Brookline Knights Termite team. Kneeling in the second row
is Coach Brian Nicholas (#11) as an eleven-year old Brookline Knight.
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