Panther Featherweights to Super Bowl
The Jr Panther featherweight football team beat Kaneland 14-0 on Saturday, and now moves on to the TCYFL Super Bowl, 3:30pm, this Saturday at Mundelein HS. The featherweights (4th/5th graders) will play the championship game against the Waukegan Bulldogs. Waukegan is on a two-game winning streak since losing a tight battle, 12-7, in their regular season finale to WKC.
Head coach, Brent Brenner, credited his assistant coaches for the semi-final win over Kaneland, after losing to them on Oct 20th. “They spent a lot of time and energy watching film and coming up with a great game-plan. They had the kids ready to play, and believing in themselves,” said Brenner.
He added, “We knew we had to make adjustments (from Oct 20 loss) to have a chance to win. We spent the week working on different defensive schemes and assignments, and our defense rose to the challenge. Offensively we had great offensive line play.”
The offensive line consists of: center Devan Grasso (#23), guards Jaxon Wise (#9), Ivan Misicka (#30), tackles Mykol Tracy (#84), Aliya Corona (#31), and tight ends Adymn Bergum (#16) and Cole Cullen (#45).
2019 Featherweight roster (from team site):
| 2 | RB/DB | Jax Kibler | |
| 7 | LB | Landon Hall | |
| 9 | G/DT | Jaxon Wise | |
| 11 | MLB | Casey Mulcahy | |
| 16 | TE | Adymn Bergum | |
| 17 | Beckett Bauer | ||
| 23 | C/DL | Devan Schmitz Grasso | |
| 26 | QB/FS | Nathan Dzierzanowski | |
| 30 | G/DE | Ivan Misicka | |
| 31 | T/OLB | Aliya Corona | |
| 45 | TE | Cole Cullen | |
| 82 | Hunter Gussarson | ||
| 84 | T | Mykol Tracy | |
| 88 | RB/LB | Jacob Duffy | |
| 99 | DT | Gavin Beaty |
Coach Brenner is going for his 3rd straight Super Bowl win. He currently has six TCYFL Super Bowl wins, including 2017 and 2018 championships.
- Who – Jr Panther Featherweights
- What – The 2019 TCYFL Super Bowl
- When – THIS Saturday, 3:30pm
- Where– Mundelein HS
- Why– It’s the championship.
Good luck feathers!
