Coach Chuck’s squad battled hard all season and definitely continued to improve with time as evidenced by their 25-0 trouncing of the top-seed Giants to gain their birth in the TBYFL Super Bowl.

Their effort did not go unnoticed by the parents and the players were cheered and celebrated as they left the field yesterday. “That’s OK,” said Coach Chuck. “We’ll win it next year.”

The losses mean our three Super Bowl teams all finish as 2010 runner-ups – not a bad finish among 16 great teams!

Congratulations to all the parents, coaches, cheerleaders, and players on a really terrific football season. We’ll see everyone again next summer.

The Pee Wee squad started the day off with an 8:30 am kickoff on a 47 degree field with gusty winds. They played their hearts out to post a 13-0 shutout against the Thonotosassa Giants, who came into the game with the exact same record as our Colts: 9-1-1.

With one win under our belts for the day, the Super Midgets brought their A-game during this second round of playoffs and showed up big against the Town & Country Packers, posting the second shutout of the day, 6-0.

Keeping the winning streak alive, Coach Chuck’s Midget squad battled the cold weather and the previously unbeaten Nuccio Jaguars to post an impressive 28-14 victory. Everyone in attendance felt the boys played their best game of the season.

Our Varsity squad fought hard at the end of the cold, windy day, but fell short in their bid for a Colts playoff sweep as they fell to the Nuccio Jaguars.

The TBYFL Super Bowl games will be held on Saturday, November 20th on the North (turf) field at Skyway Park. The Pee Wee game is against the Jaguars at 9:00 am, the Super Midget game is against the Jaguars at 11:00 am, and the Midget game is against the Packers at 1:00 pm.

The day started extremely well with our Pee Wee squad taking care of business against the Steelers by posting a 21-0 shutout in front of a tremendous Colts crowd at Skyway. The little guys looked superb on both sides of the ball and have really become an outstanding football team this season.

Our Super Midgets notched another shutout in the playoffs by blanking the Northside Dolphins 13-0. The score makes the game sound closer than it was as our Colts looked to be in control of the game from start to finish.

Coach Chuck’s Midget squad gave up the first touchdown of the day, but had some outstanding runs by Alex Owens, Mondreas Lofton, and Parker Looney to take care of the Dolphins by a score of 12-6. Despite the single TD given up by the Colts, the defense looked as good as it has all season.

Ty’s Varsity team finished the big playoff sweep by dominating the Seahawks 20-8, including a heads-up defensive TD by Brad Mayes.

All four squads advance to the 2nd round of playoffs to be held this Saturday at Skyway Park.

Our Pee Wees will play against the Giants at 8:30 am, Supers against the Packers at 1:00 pm, Midgets against the Jaguars at 4:30 pm, and Varsity against the Jaguars at 6:00 pm. All games will be held on the North (turf) field. The winners from each game will advance to the 2010 TBYFL Super Bowl on Saturday, November 20th.

Everyone knew the games against the Jaguars would be tough, but very few could imagine that our boys best today wouldn’t even be enough to get into the end zone; as our scoreboard shows, two of our teams were completely shutout.

We’ll all hope to regroup and being our ‘A’ games next weekend in Oldsmar as we take on the Packers in what will also be very tough games.

Photographs of Colts players and cheerleaders from the Jaguars game are available online at James Broome Photography‘s website.

The Pee Wee squad was two seconds away from going into the half up 6-0, but a 90 yard run by the Chiefs as time expired forced a 6-6 game at the beginning of the second half. However, just a few plays later, the Colts drove into the end zone to take a 13-6 lead that they were able to hold onto for the duration of the game.

As exciting as that game was, our Supers decided to do one better as they engaged in one of the most defensive battles our Colts have ever seen. Scoreless at the half, neither team found the end zone in the second half either and the game ended 0-0. There were only a few scoring opportunities all game as both teams relied heavily on their defenses.

Our Midget team scored early and played very well on both sides of the ball to post a 14-0 win against the Lutz Chiefs. Coach Chuck gave all the boys high marks for their effort, calling it one of their best all season.

The Varsity game was ugly with both teams committing multiple personal fouls and was stopped early with the Colts given the 24-0 win.

Photographs from the game are now available on James Broome Photography’s website.

Mike Dorman’s Pee Wee squad played fair on offense, but showed some signs of wear on defense as they finished their game against the Vikings with a score of 12-6. Coach Tom’s Super Midget team overcame some early mistakes to post a 20-13 win in front of a sizable crowd of Colts fans. The big surprise of the day was our Midgets having to leave the field with only a 12-12 tie to show for their efforts. The big turning point in that game coming from a 80+ yard interception by the Vikings as the Colts were about to go up by two touchdowns. Ty’s Varsity team was the big winner today as they beat the TnC team 22-6.

At the end of the day – and after four weekends of play this season – all four of our Colts teams are still undefeated.

Full results to date can be found on the Schedule page of the Colts website.

Our Super Midget squad finally gave up a couple of touchdowns, but still dominated on offense by scoring 20 points against the Brandon team for a final score of 20-13. The nail-biting began with the Midget squad as they finished strong to come back for a 14-8 victory and our Varsity team escaped with a very close 8-6 victory.

The coaches of our older kids promised lots of work on the basics come Monday as they weren’t happy with what they saw from their players – despite the wins.