Devil Machine destroys Riverside

Call them a juggernaut.

Call them a buzzsaw.

Maybe even call them the best Old Forge football team in 25 years. But don't call them champions just yet, because the way the Blue Devils go about their business on the gridiron, they know it's one-day-at-a-time before they can wear the crown.

Still, the Big Blue Wrecking Crew has the look of a champion after dismantling arch-rival Riverside in a record-setting, 54-7, victory on Friday night at Taylor Veterans Memorial Stadium in front of over 3,500 fans.

Playing with a focus and an intensity not seen in decades, Old Forge continues to bring it's lunch pail every Friday night as it wears down opponents by dominating the line of scrimmage.

And Riverside was just another check mark on a list goals the Blue Devils seek to accomplish in 2012.

The Old Forge defense started the game with its backs against the wall as Riverside quarterback Nick Dranchak completed two passes to Jim Tucker for a total of 23 yards around a rush for 19 yards to give the Vikings a first down at the Blue Devils 29.

But the Big Blue Wrecking Crew stood tall, forcing Dranchak into three incompletions, including one on fourth-and-5 from the OF 24, to turn the ball over to tailback Bubba Tomasetti and the Old Forge offense.

Tomasetti carried the ball three times for 19 yards to start the drive before quarterback Brenden Wahl connected with Anthony Piccolini down the seam for a 27-yard gain to the Vikings 35.

Tomasetti went for nine yards on the next play and then electrified the crowd on his next carry.

The senior took the handoff and followed fullback Jorden Sekol through a hole created by Ryan Paulish, Paul Papi, and Shane Schuback on the right side, before cutting left off a punishing Sekol block and sprinting 26 yards to the end zone for the first of his school record six touchdowns.

Matt Mancuso drilled the extra-point, and Old Forge took a 7-0 lead with 6:30 left in the game.

Riverside came right back as Dranchak hit Nico Munley across the middle and the senior wide out outran the Blue Devils defense to the end zone for a 70-yard touchdown. The point after was good and the game was tied 7-7 just 32 seconds later.

Riverside committed a personal foul penalty on the ensuing kickoff to put Old Forge at the Vikings 42 and five plays later Wahl hit Piccolini in the back of the endzone for a 18-yard touchdown play that saw the senior wideout hold onto the pigskin after taking a big hit.

The PAT was blocked but the Blue Devils were back on top, 13-7, with 2:58 left in the first.

On the next play from scrimmage, momentum snowballed for Old Forge.

Riverside tried to get those six points back quickly but Tomasetti made an acrobatic interception at his own 10 and returned it 57 yards to the Vikings 33.

Brandon Yescavage gave Tomasetti a break on the next play and the offense didn't miss a beat. The junior went 24 yards over right tackle to give the Blue Devils first-and-goal at the 9.

Two plays later, Tomasetti bulled in from four yards out and followed with a two-point run for the 21-7 lead with 1:50 left in the first, and the rout was on.

On Old Forge's next series, Tomasetti carried four straight times for 40 yards to end the quarter and put him at the century mark after just one stanza.

Yescavage spelled Tomasetti again and took the next snap 28 yards for the score. But the play was nullified on a holding penalty.

After the penalty, and a loss on the following play, Wahl hooked up with Jake Manetti for a 39-yard gain to set up first-and-goal at the 4.

Tomasetti went over right tackle again to the endzone, and after Mancuso drilled the PAT, the Blue Devils led 28-7 just 2:43 into the second period.

The Big Blue Wrecking Crew held the Vikings to just four yards on its next three series on the first half, and the offense added another score as Wahl hit Schuback for a 35-yard strike to set up a 4-yard Tomasetti touchdown with 54 seconds left in the half. The extra-pont was no good, but Old Forge took a 34-7 lead into the locker room at halftime.

The carnage did not stop there.

Old Forge received the second-half kickoff and ran off an 11-play, 58-yard drive which Tomasetti capped with a 7-yard touchdown run to give the Blue Devils a 40-7 lead with 6:03 showing the the third quarter clock.

A defensive stand on fourth-and-1 from the RV 44 handed the ball back to the Old Forge offense.

Wahl found Schuback for 15 yards on second down, and two plays later Tomasetti galloped 29 yards for his sixth touchdown of the night. Mancuso was true on the extra-point, and the Mercy Rule went into effect as the Blue Devils took a 47-7 lead with 3:37 left in the third.

Riverside tried to answer as Dave Sweetman carried three straight times for 48 yards, but the Old Forge defense stiffened and forced a turnover on downs at its own 32 yard line.

From there, Tomasetti carried one last time for 15 yards before turning the toting over to Yescavage who rushed seven straight times for 53 yards, including a 2-yard touchdowns with 5:28 left for a 54-7 lead.

Tomasetti finished with 222 yards on 30 carries, while Yescavage finished with 86 yards on the ground. Wahl needed the night 7-for-11 for 147 yards, and Piccolini caught three balls for 56 yards.  

B&G Blog Player of the Game: Ok this is getting quite ridiculous. So with apologies to Bubba (You cannot win this award every week!!!), the B&G Blog POY is Jorden Sekol. Sekol was a bulldozer on Friday night, leading the way for Tomasetti's record-setting night in the end zone. From his fullback position, Sekol punished the Riverside defense, clearing the way for his tailback's 222-yard, six-touchdown night.

B&G Blog Defensive Player of the Game: The Old Forge defensive ends. Tony DeSando, Brandon Yescavage, and Kyree Toomey harassed RV quarterback Nick Dranchak into a 5-for-21 night by putting continual pressure on the four-year stater and keeping him in the pocket for most of the night.

B&G Blog Play of the Game: The play of the game was Brenden Wahl's perfect toss to Anthony Piccolini in the back of the endzone to give the Blue Devils the lead for good. Piccolini hauled in the pass despite knowing he was going to take a big hit from either a defender or the post of the uprights as he caught the ol pigskin right in front of the right post a split second from getting knocked down.

B&G Blog Coaching Move of the Game: The coaching move came before the game started as Coach Mike Schuback had his defense giving the Riverside offense multiple looks by rotating up to 11 different players among his front 7 as the Blue Devils had guys flying around the field from all angles.

The Bucks stop here! Devils WIN!!!

In front of what might have been the largest non-Riverside crowd in almost 25 years, the Old Forge football team gave their fans what they have been longing to see - a victory over a state-ranked, former Big 11 team.

And it was a convincing victory at that.

Playing before a paid crowd of 4,487 the Blue Devils posted a 21-0 shutout of Dunmore at Veterans Memorial Stadium last Friday night to remain undefeated on the season.

Anthony Piccolini opened the game with a 29-yard kickoff return to set Old Forge (4-0) up at their own 31. Brian “Bubba” Tomasetti rushed five times for 34 yards on the first five snaps of the game, but an incomplete pass on third down forced the Blue Devils to punt.

On the punt, Bobby ‘BR3” Rinaldi forced a fumble by the punt returner and junior Jake Manetti was there to pounce on the loose pigskin at the Dunmore 14.

Tomasetti picked up where he left off, and on his fifth straight carry, the senior tailback followed guards Paul Papi and Tony DeSando, and center Tyler “Tippy” Clark into the endzone for a 2-yard touchdown. Matt Mancuso blasted the extra-point, and the Blue Devils led, 7-0 with 6:06 showing on the Big Board.

Tomasetti carried the ball on 10 of the Blue Devils first 12 plays, including the punt, for 48 yards.

Defensively, the Big Blue Wrecking Crew set the tone on Dunmore’s first series - and they needed to.

Mike Kolcharno returned the Old Forge kickoff 55 yards to the Old Forge 32. But Jorden Sekol and Tony DeSando made sure the Bucks would get no further, stopping Dunmore for a 2-yard gain, and a 2-yard loss on first and third down. 

In between, the Bucks gained five yards on a shot pass and jumped offsides for a 5-yard loss. A fourth down pass then fell incomplete and Old Forge took over.

The Dunmore defense was just as tough, but it would be the Blue Devils who shined on that side of the football, holding the Bucks without a first down until the third quarter.

After the teams traded possessions, Old Forge was stopped on three downs. But punter Shane Schuback was run into on fourth-and-12 so the Blue Devils elected to punt again from their own 28. 

Schuback kept the snap and tried to run for the first down, but Dunmore stopped the Old Forge TE/LB on his on 26 to take possession.

On first-down, Piccolini tipped a pass behind the line of scrimmage and Schuback scooped up the fumble and returned it to the Old Forge 40 to give the Blue Devils the ball right back.

Old Forge picked up four first downs on the possession, but with first-and-goal from the 9, the Blue Devils stalled and Mancuso missed a 27-yard field goal after a bad snap.

Taking over at its own 20, Dunmore went a quick three-and-out, and after Mike Vieira returned the ensuing punt 16 yards to the Bucks 29, Old Forge went back to Tomasetti who rushed four straight times for 32 yards.

But on third-and-6 from the Dunmore 7, Old Forge quarterback Brenden Wahl was flagged for illegal grounding which resulted in a loss of down. The Blue Devils again sent Mancuso on the field to attempt a 34-yard field goal, but the kick was short after a bad hold mistimed the kick.

Old Forge held the Bucks once again, and Wahl took a knee as time expired in the first half.

The Blue Devils completely dominated the first 24 minutes of action, limiting Dunmore to just 19 yards of total offense on 14 play. Meanwhile, Old Forge gained 154 yards of total offense with 94 coming from Tomasetti who had 20 carries.

The Bucks looked like a different team after the break, gaining two quick first downs before Joey Bruno and Sekol stopped Kolcharno for no gain on second-and-8 from the Dunmore 41.

Momentum changed on the next play.

Tomasetti intercepted a Mike Kujawski pass in front of the Dunmore bench at the Old Forge 35, came back across the field at the 50 toward the home sidelines before picking up a block from Piccolini at the Bucks 40 which paved the way to the endzone for a 65-yard touchdown return.

Mancuso drilled the PAT and Old Forge led 14-0 with 9:13 remaining in the third quarter.

Three plays later the Big Blue Wrecking Crew forced another turnover. Sekol recovered an errant pitch to give the Blue Devils the ball at the Dunmore 40.

Old Forge went back to Tomasetti, giving the powerful back the ball six straight times before No. 21 found the endzone for a 2-yard touchdown with 5:37 left in the third quarter. Mancuso added the extra-point and the Blue Devils led 21-0.

Dunmore tried to respond but DeSando came up with a crushing sack on third-and-2 for a 6-yard loss, and a fourth down incompletion gave Old Forge the ball back at its own 27 yard-line.

Old Forge ran the final three minutes off the clock in the third quarter, and then forced Dunmore into an incompletion on fourth down after the Bucks drove inside the Blue Devils 30 on 12 plays.

On the next series, Wahl hit Piccolini for a 46-yard completion on third-and-7 to put the game away as they ran the clock down to under three minutes before giving the ball back to the Bucks.

Sekol led the defense with 14 tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery. Schuback added seven tackles and a fumble recovery and Piccolini added five tackles and forced a fumble.

Tomasetti also checked in with five tackles to go with his interception, and DeSando added four tackles and a sack.

B&G Blog Player of the Game: Brian Tomasetti. This award is going to have to be renamed the way Tomasetti has been playing. Bubba dominated the game on both sides of the football, carrying the Old Forge offense on his back and turning the momentum of the third quarter in the Blue Devils favor with his INT return for a touchdown.

B&G Blog Defensive Player of the Game: Ryan Paulish. I did’t have Paulish for an official tackle in the game, but the Big Boy did his fair share on the defensive front. Paulish - along with his mates on the DL - dominated up front allowing BBWC linebackers Jorden Sekol, Shane Schuback, Anthony Piccolini, and Warren Welsh “Welker” to run free and collect 28 tackles. Paulish neutralized Dunmore stud tackle Mike Boland, allowing the Blue Devils to hold the Bucks to just 74 yards rushing.

B&G Blog Play of the Game: This week’s play of the game is obviously Bubba Tomasetti’s 65-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter which gave the Blue Devils a 14-0 lead. But it was the play within this play that should get the recognition. After Tomasetti crossed the 50, he needed one block to spring him to the endzone. Enter Anthony Piccolini. Piccolini, a generous 5’8, 170 pounds, sacrificed his body to get in the way of hulking Dunmore tackle James McHale - all 6’6, 285 pounds of him. The block allowed Bubba to get to the house.

B&G Blog Coach’s Adjustment of the Game: Coach Mike Schuback did what every coach is supposed to do in the big game - feed the ball to his horse. And that’s what Schuback did by giving the pigskin to Bubba Tomasetti a career-high 29 times as the Blue Devils kept control of the game by keeping the football on offense.

Our 'Wild Thing' meets the real one

Former Old Forge Blue Devil fireballer Kyle McMyne - now a pitcher in the Cincinnati Reds organization - met up with Charlie Sheen - duh winning - in Arizona past week.

Oh btw, our Wild Thing matched Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn's triple digit fast ball in his last appearance for the Bakersfield Blaze last week in the California League playoffs.

That's right! The K Train hit 100 mph on the radar gun. Looks like Aroldis Chapman better watch his back - and his cars. Lol

Bobby Mills ran wild in '76

Old Forge grad Bobby Mills, left, is presented a football by OFHS Principal Chris Thomas recognizing his 1,000-yard rushing season in 1976. Mills rushed for 1132 yards during his senior season.

Blue Devils demolish Royals

 On paper, Friday’s matchup between Holy Redeemer and Old Forge wasn’t close. On the field, the two teams couldn’t have been more farther a part.

The Blue Devils scored eight touchdowns in the first half - and stopped itself from scoring a ninth - in a 56-7 victory over the Royals in the home opener at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

Old Forge used just 22 plays to roll up 400 yards of total offense while possessing the ball for just eight minutes in the first half of action. In turn, Holy Redeemer (1-2) ran 44 plays for 134 yards while holding onto the ball for 16:13 of the first half.

Imagine what the Blue Devils could have done if they had the ball more.

After winning the coin toss, Old Forge (3-0) used a 7-play, 62-yard drive, capped by a Brian Tomasetti 3-yard touchdown run to start the onslaught. It would be the most plays the Blue Devils would need to score the rest of the way.

In fact, Old Forge scored its next four touchdowns in just seven plays.

Holy Redeemer would try to answer the Blue Devils score with a wide open passing attack, calling 10 pass plays on its first 10 offensive snaps. But even after Old Forge muffed a punt, the Royals could not convert on fourth-and-1 from the Blue Devils 35 when Tony DeSando dropped Redeemer QB Jimmy Strickland for a two-yard loss.

On the next play, Old Forge QB Brenden Wahl hit wideout Antony Piccolini in stride for a 62-yard scoring strike down the middle of the field. Matt Mancuso added his second extra-point of the night, and the Blue Devils led 14-0 with 7:40 left in the first quarter.

Old Forge again stopped the Royals on downs when Jorden Sekol tackled Strickland short of the sticks on fourth-and-2 at the Old Forge 37.

Again, the Blue Devils took just one snap to score when Tomasetti bust through the middle on a 63-yard jaunt for a 21-0 lead with 5:41 showing on the first-quarter clock after Mancuso’s point-after.

The teams exchanged turnovers after a three-and-out forced by two tackles-for-loss by “Shuga” Shane Schuback and Ryan “Big Boy” Paulish, and again it only took one play after Warren Welsh recovered a fumble at the Holy Redeemer 5.

Schuback then took the handoff from the fullback position and powered his way in for the score. The PAT was missed, and Old Forge led 27-0 with 3:34 left in the opening stanza.

The Blue Devils caused another fumble eight plays later when Schuback and Paulish ripped the ball away from tailback Pat Villani and Sekol recovered to give Old Forge possession at its own 11.

Tomasetti went 83 yards for an apparent score just two plays later, but an illegal formation penalty nullified the touchdown. That didn’t matter much for the Blue Devils leading rusher, as the senior tailback busted loose for an 80-yard touchdown run with 9:17 left in the second quarter. Wahl added the two-point run, and Old Forge led 35-0 to invoke the Mercy Rule which would begin with the third-quarter kickoff.

Junior Brandon Yescavage got into the act on the Blue Devils next possession, sprinting 37 yard to paydirt to extend the lead to 43-0 with 6:34 left before intermission.

Tomasetti picked off Strickland’s pass on Holy Redeemer’s next offensive snap, and four plays later Sekol went off left tackle and went untouched to the pylon for a 22-yard score. Mancuso’s PAT was true and Old Forge set a school-record for points in a half with 50.

The Blue Devils were not done though. 

Holy Redeemer continued to throw as they lost seven yards on 13 carries in the first half. And when you throw the football, two of the three things that can happen are bad.

Well Tomasetti piled on the Royals bad fortune when he returned his second interception of the game 45 yards to the endzone, giving the defending District 2 Class 1A champs a 56-0 lead with 2:58 remaining in the second period.

Old Forge had one more chance to cash in during the first half as the reserves stopped Holy Redeemer on its next possession on downs.

Sophomore fullback Bobby Rinaldi bust through the line on a simple dive play but was taken down at the 5 after a 30-yard line. Instead of punching it in, Coach Mike Schuback ordered reserve quarterback Brandon Vahey to take a knee to end the half of carnage.

With the clock running in the second half, and the Blue Devils reserves getting all of the playing time on both sides of the football, Vahey, a sophomore, was the star of the final two quarters.

Vahey intercepted a pass and rushed six times for 55 yards. 

Holy Redeemer finally got on the board with 7:34 left in the game with its first-team playing the entire game.

Old Forge did not throw a pass in the second half, and ended the game on the Redeemer 14 when Vahey again took a knee to end the half.

Tomasetti finished with 218 yards and three touchdowns on just 11 first-half carries. The Blue Devils rushed for 401 yards as four other backs rushed for at least 20 yards.

Yescavage carried twice for 37 yards, Sekol ran twice for 25 yards, Rinaldi rushed twice for 28 yards, and Tyler Salerno carried twice for 23 yards.

Wahl finished 3-for-5 with a touchdown and interception for 93 yards. Piccolini caught two of those passes for 70 yards. Mike Vieira hauled in the other catch for 23 yards.

B&G Blog Player of the Game: Brian Tomasetti. Tough to give this award to anyone else this week. All Bubba did was rush for 218 yards and three touchdown on 11 carries in ONE HALF OF FOOTBALL!!! Oh, and on defense? Tomasetti picked off two passes, and returned one 45 yards for a touchdown. Yes that was in the first half as well as Bubba held his helmet in his hand for the final 28 minutes of the game.

B&G Defensive Player of the Game: Shane Schuback. Shuga Shane had a team-high seven tackles and forced two fumbles on the night in taking this award away from Tomasetti who had two INTs and three tackles for the Blue Devils. Schuback also did all of his damage in the first half as Old Forge called off the dogs in the second half.

B&G Play of the Game: This is usually a positive play for the Blue Devils every week, but this week’s play of the game was so wacky it gets the nod despite being a negative play for Old Forge. Facing fourth-and-12 from its own 43, Holy Redeemer set up in punt formation. The ensuing snap sailed over punter Jimmy Strickland’s head, but after recovering the loose pigskin - while under heavy duress from four Blue Devil defenders - Strickland somehow got the punt away. However while covering the gunners on the punt with their backs turned to the action, one of the Old Forge defensive backs thought the punt was actually a pass and thought nothing of touching the ball after it bounced near the Blue Devils 45. The touch however was now a fumble and the Royals recovered at the Old Forge 44.

B&G Coaching Adjustment of the Game: Coach Mike Schuback’s only needed adjustment was taking his foot off the gas pedal in the FIRST HALF! Schuback ordered reserve QB Brandon Vahey to take a knee at the Royals 5 yard line to end the second quarter.

Historical Note: Junior tight end and linebacker Shane Schuback’s first career touchdown ties him with his dad - and Blue Devils Head Coach Mike Schuback - on Old Forge’s all-time list. In 1989, then a senior defensive tackle, Coach Schuback returned a fumble/interception for a touchdown in the Eastern Conference Championship Game against Pottsville Nativity.

BWahl is Balling'

Old Forge QB Brenden Wahl (@ofbwahl) has been named Times-Tribune Athlete of the Week.

Devils defense dominates against WBM, 'Wahl-Ball' paces offense

Facing the daunting task of stopping Meyers tailback Parrish Bennett, the Old Forge defensive line asserted itself early and often.

After rushing for 1,700-plus yards last season at Hanover, and for 293 yards last week against Holy Cross, the senior transfer was held to just 36 yards on 19 carries as the Big Blue Wrecking Crew dominated the line of scrimmage in a 42-7 demolition of the Mohawks at Wilkes-Barre Memorial Stadium on Friday night in South Wilkes-Barre.

A rotating front four of defensive linemen Tony DeSando, Ryan Paulish, Tyler Clark, Paul Papi, Joey Bruno, Kyree Toomey, and Brandon Yescavage combined for 13 tackles as they held Bennett just six yards on his first 12 carries of the game - including eight carries for one-yard or less.

And while the defensive front had its coming-out party on its side of the ball, quarterback Brenden Wahl continued to impress on the offensive side.

Wahl - in just his second varsity start - was a perfect 7-for-7 as he did his best impression of Joe Montana, hitting receivers in stride for 255 yards and four touchdowns.

The senior signal-caller completed his first pass of the night during the Blue Devils second series when he hit Anthony Piccolini down the seem for a 73-yard scoring toss for a 6-0 lead with 4:28 left in the opening period.

Meyers responded with a 12-play drive, but a Matt DeMarco touchdown was negated by a clipping penalty. And after a Bobby Rinaldi tackle-for-loss of Bennett, and a Shane Schuback sack for a 10-yard loss, the Mohawks were forced to pun on fourth-and-goal from the Old Forge 30.

The Blue Devils then handed the ball to Brian Tomasetti who darted for 45 yards and eight yards, before stepping aside for Yescavage who went 32 yards to the Meyers’ 4-yard line. 

Two plays later, Tomasetti walked into the endzone for a six-yard score with 10:08 showing on the second quarter clock. Tomasetti then ran in the two-point conversion, and Old Forge (2-0) led 14-0.

It didn’t take long for Tomasetti to find the endzone again.

On the Blue Devils next series, Wahl took the snap out of the shotgun on third-and-5 from the 50, scrambled right before coming back left to find his senior tailback wide open in the flat. Wahl put perfect touch on a pass over a defender, and Tomasetti did the rest of the work, sprinting down the visitors’ sideline to the pylon after picking up a hellacious block from Piccolini at the 25.

Shane Schuback’s PAT was goo, and Old Forge let 21-0 with 7:05 left in the first.

The defense stepped up again, holding Meyers to minus-1 yards on three carries to force a punt.

Three plays later, Wahl found junior wideout Jake Manetti behind the defense down the left hash for a 39-yard touchdown and a 27-0 lead with 3:56 left in the second stanza.

Schuback then picked off a Teageun Labatch pass on the second play of the ensuing drive, and returned the pigskin to the 16 to set Old Forge up in the red zone.

An offsides penalty on the Blue Devils negated an 18-yard touchdown run by Tomasetti, but after a pass interference penalty on Meyers and a nine-yard completion from Wahl to Mike Vieira, Old Forge hit paydirt when Tomasetti carried in from the 1.

Wahl hit Manetti for the two-point conversion, and the Blue Devils set up a second-half of the Mercy Rule with a 35-0 lead with less than two minutes remaining in the first half.

The third quarter was more of the same as Yescavage dropped Bennett for a six-yard loss, and the Big Blue Wrecking Crew forced two incompletions before Meyers punted.

On Old Forge’s first play from scrimmage in the second half, Wahl threw a perfect ball to Vieira who turned the catch into a 68-yard touchdown with 8:32 left in the third period. Schuback drilled the PAT, and the Blue Devils led 42-0.

Meyers finally answered on its ensuing drive with a seven-yard run by Labatch on a busted play against the Old Forge reserves. But it was far short of what the Mohawks would need as it would be their only score of the game.

Wahl hit five different receivers on his perfect night, again spreading it around to the Blue Devils corps.

Vieira led the way with two catches for 77 yards, and Manetti had two grabs for 42 yards. Warren Welsh also added a catch for 13 yards.

Tomasetti finished with 114 yards and two TDs on 16 carries, Yescavage added 43 yards on four carries, and Toomey rushed for 20 yards on four carries as Old Forge rushed for 180 yards on 32 carries overall.

Clark and Manetti led the defense with five tackles each.

B&G Blog Player of the Game: Brenden Wahl. On the heels of his 7-for-7 night, Wahl is now 2-for-2 on B&G Player of the Game awards. Wahl’s 255 yards and four touchdowns gives him 398 yards an five touchdowns on the season on 17-for-25 passing.

B&G Blog Defensive Player of the Game: Tyler “Tippy” Clark. Clark was unblockable in the middle of the Old Forge “44” defensive scheme, racking up five tackles while clogging up the middle.

B&G Blog Play of the Game: Brenden Wahl scrambled around and got out of trouble before lofting a nice touch pass to Bubba Tomasetti in the flats. Tomasetti then picked up a great block (“ooh the block”) on his way to the 50-yard touchdown. See it here http://wnep.com/2012/09/08/old-forge-vs-meyers/

B&G Blog Coaching Adjustment of the Game: After Meyers quarterback Teaguen Labatch and 6-foot-2 receiver Matt DeMarco tried to hook up twice over 5-foot-7 Mike Vieira on two jump-ball passes, Blue Devils Head Coach Mike Schuback moved 6-foot-2 Bubba Tomasetti from right corner to left corner to match up better with DeMarco. The next time Meyers tried to lob it up, Tomasetti picked off Labatch.