Gildart grounds Generals

The Newport-Mesa Jr. Midget (11-13-year-olds) Seahawks fell behind

early, but came back to earn a 21-14 victory over the visiting

Woodcrest Generals Oct. 11 in Jr. All-American Football action.

Woodcrest took a 6-0, but the Seahawks responded with 14 straight

points.

Quarterback Matt Barkley threw complete to Carlo Valdes for a

29-yard gain to the Generals’ 2-yard line, setting up Jacob Gildart’s

touchdown run for the first Seahawk score.

The Seahawks stopped the Generals offense with strong play from

J.P. Gormly, Tyler Harmon, John Heard, James Burger, Hunter Alder,

Taylor McSunas, Richard Townsend, Kevin Rask and Evan Livadas.

The Seahawks received runs by Eric Rask and Gildart to set up

Barkley’s 8-yard touchdown pass to Robbie Boyer, making it 14-6 at

halftime.

Woodcrest tied it after a long drive and two-point conversion, but

the Seahawks answered with Gildart running 45 yards for the winning

touchdown.

In Pee Wee (11-12-year-olds) action:

* Seahawks 27, Generals 0:

The Seahawks recorded five sacks and forced three turnovers in the

shutout.

Tailbacks Michael Helfrich, J.D. Abbott, Nick Svendsen and

Mitchell Sands collectively gained more than 150 yards with

quarterback Adrian Luchs passing for 25.

Linemen Ryan Albert, Sean Breslin, Bunk Hooper, John Christian,

Steven Clapp, Michael Lancaster, Robert Connealy, William Ham and

Tyler Haly provided strong blocking to allow Helfrich to score a

season-high four touchdowns.

Receivers Jack Robison and Dylan McDonald also performed well.

Kyle Chene, Hooper, Matt Morris, Andrew Hicks and defensive

linemen Kyle Cablay, Kyle Gladding, Craig Jackson and Scott Frazier

witnessed Danny Bush record his first sack of the season.

Abbott, McDonald and Haly led the secondary with Haly collecting

his first interception of the season.

The Seahawk defense held the Generals to one completion and named

the entire unit “Player of the Week.”

In Clinic (8-10-year-olds) action:

* Mission Viejo Cowboys 25, Seahawks 6:

Mission Viejo broke the game open with touchdowns in the third and

fourth quarters to stymie any hopes of a Seahawk comeback.

Chase Favreau played well on both sides of the ball for the

Seahawks. He delivered some strong hits on Cowboy running backs and

opened holes along the offensive line. He also ran the ball and

caught a pass.

John Barton scored on a 70-yard touchdown run. Key blocks came

from A.J. Swies, Mario Rosales, Hunter Molnar, Louis Sheldon, Park

Eddy, Spencer Schmider, Kaden Stark, Jake Hall, Skylar Garn and

Joseph Scrivner.

In Jr. Pee Wee (9-10-year-olds) play:

* Norwalk Saints 46, Seahawks 7:

Reid Wallace ran a 45-yard sweep for a touchdown to highlight the

Seahawks’ offense.

Stephen Sheldon started at quarterback for the first time and

handled the offense efficiently.

Max Colvin returned to platoon with Wallace at running back with

Blake Burkhart and Nick Gushue leading the blocking.

William McConaghy disrupted Saints in the backfield and Alex

Hilton fought for every inch.