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Warriors fall to Syracuse Shock, 40-6

SYRACUSE, Aug. 30 -- The Southern Tier Warriors' league record slipped to 3-5 Saturday night when they dropped a 40-6 decision to the Syracuse Shock in a North American Football League game at Henninger Field in Syracuse.

The loss was the Warriors' second to the unbeaten Shock this season. They lost 27-12 in an earlier game at Odessa.

The Shock used a strong running game and capitalized on several Warriors turnovers. The Warriors' only touchdown came late in the fourth quarter on a pass from Rasheed Snow to Davaun Stedge.

The Warriors' next game is Sept. 11 at Jamestown against the Glove Cities Colonials. They return to Odessa-Montour High School's Charles Martin Field for their final home game of the season on Sept. 18. That game will feature a half-time performance by the Freedom Village choir.

Evolution receiver Corey Whitney (left) goes low for an incoming pass as the Warriors' Chavez Monteiro moves in. The ball fell incomplete.

Warriors roll past Evolution

Post 60-9 victory, lift record to 3-4

ODESSA, Aug. 22 -- The Southern Tier Warriors struck early Saturday night and kept pouring on the offense as they cruised to a 60-9 victory over the Elmira Evolution in a North American Football League game.

The victory on the Odessa-Montour High School football field lifted the Warriors' season mark to 3-4 heading into a road contest on Saturday night, Aug. 28 against the Syracuse Shock.

Saturday's win was the Warriors' second over the Evolution this season, and both games were lopsided. The first meeting ended in a 56-0 score on July 10.

Warriors QB Danny Giannone set the tone early when he connected on a 58-yard touchdown pass to Rasheed Snow up the right sideline with just 1:01 gone in the game. A point-after kick by Jason Paultsczak made it 7-0.

The lead went to 13-0 at 8:02 of the first quarter on a Giannone-to-Richard Payne 14-yard TD pass, and to 19-0 with 19 seconds left in the period on a 27-yard run by Jeff Rodriguez.

The Warriors scored two more touchdowns in the second quarter, both by Derrick Beckworth -- on a 46-yard run that saw him go right, cut left and race up the left sideline, and on a 16-yard run. Elmira scored its only points of the first half on a 32-yard field goal.

Fumbles by Elmira on consecutive kickoffs led to 13 Warriors points early in the third period. They scored on a 45-yard run up the middle by Rodriguez -- -- a play in which he ran right through two Elmira defenders -- and on a 3-yard run by Giannone.

The Evolution scored its lone touchdown a minute later on a 1-yard keeper by QB Jeff Case, but mishandled the extra-point snap. The Warriors increased their lead to 54-9 on a 12-yard pass from Giannone to Chad Worsell, and on a two-point conversion pass from Giannone to Mike Gillie.

The final touchdown came with 10:09 left in the fourth quarter, on a 5-yard pass from Giannone to Worsell.

Photos in text:

From the top: Warriors QB Danny Giannone is tackled at the end of a run; Rasheed Snow hauls in a Giannone pass on a 58-yard touchdown play; and the Warriors' Derrick Beckworth crosses the goal line on a 16-yard TD run.

The Evolution holder dives for the snap on the team's only extra-point attempt.

Left: The Warriors' Derrick Beckworth is tackled at the end of a first-down run. Right: Warriors runner Davaun Stedge is slowed by an Elmira defender grabbing his jersey.

The Warriors' Richard Payne (22) is brought down after a big gainer.

A Warriors player (bottom right) dives for an Elmira fumble. He recovered it.

The Warriors' Byron Hall (left) brings down Evolution QB Jeff Case on a first-half play

The Warriors' Galan Moore (bottom) tackles an Evolution ball-carrier.

Left: The Warriors' Brandon Matthews. Right: An Evolution receiver goes high for a pass that fell incomplete. The Warriors' Scot Sinsabaugh (6) was defending.

A pass intended for the Warriors' Mike Gillie (foreground) in the end zone bounces away.

The Impact's Alton Jones hauls in a pass at the goal line that was signaled a touchdown before the play was nullified on a holding call.

Warriors blanked by Impact, 13-0

ODESSA, Aug. 15 -- The Southern Tier Warriors had chances, but couldn't put any points on the board Saturday night as they dropped a 13-0 North American Football League game to the Finger Lakes Impact.

The game, on the Odessa-Montour High School football field, saw the Warriors -- in the words of Coach Bob Lee -- "keep shooting ourselves in the foot." A late interception and a fumble enabled the Impact to turn the Warriors aside on two drives and to score a late touchdown that put the game away.

Two different Warriors drives stalled inside the 10-yard line in the first quarter, both times on fourth-down incompletions. The Impact scored immediately after the second of those -- on a 90-yard pass completion. Finger Lakes quarterback Jessie Higgins faked a throw left before connecting on the right sideline with Earl Hudson, who outraced Warriors defender Scot Sinsabaugh to the end zone. The point-after kick was blocked by the Warriors' Mike Merrill..

That touchdown constituted all of the scoring until just 1:02 remained in the game. Higgins iced the Impact victory with a one-yard sneak set up by a fumble recovery that was returned from the Impact 35-yard line to the Warriors' 25.

The Impact almost had another touchdown, on a 30-yard second-quarter pass play from Higgins to Alton Jones at the front left corner of the end zone. But a holding penalty nullified the play.

The Warriors, 2-4 on the season, have lost twice to the Impact now after defeating them in a preseason contest. The next Warriors game comes Saturday night, at home at 7:30 p.m. against the Elmira Evolution. The Warriors defeated the Evolution on July 10 by a 56-0 score.

Photos in text:

Top: Impact receiver Earl Hudson prepares to haul in a long pass from quarterback Jessie Higgins that went for a 90-yard TD. The Warriors defender was Scot Sinsabaugh.

Bottom: Impact defender Chris Gardner goes high to knock down a pass from Warriors quarterback Danny Giannone intended for Davaun Stedge.

The Impact's John Matlock (13) sends an extra-point kick on its way after his team's first touchdown, but the attempt was blocked by the Warriors' Mike Merrill.

Left: The Impact's Jayson Morales intercepts a Warriors pass in the second quarter. Right: Warriors lineman Chris Houseknecht.

Left: Warriors defender Byron Hall Sr. reacts after narrowly failing to intercept a first-half Impact pass. Right: Warriors coach Bob Lee.

Impact runner James Lyons is tackled by the Warriors' Galan Moore (9) as Chavez Monteiro (12) closes in.

The Warriors' Josh Cole, left, and Brandon Matthews.

Warriors defender Lee Hewitt knocks down an Impact pass.

Left: The Impact's Alton Jones hauls in a short pass. Right: A pass in the end zone barely eludes the Impact's Earl Hudson.

An Impact defender grabs hold of Warriors running back Davaun Stedge.

Left: The Warriors' Rasheed Snow, left, hauls in a pass that gained 41 yards. Right: Warriors quarterback Danny Giannone.

Warriors top Albany, raise mark to 2-3

ALBANY, Aug. 8 -- The Southern Tier Warriors minor league football team got back on track Saturday night with an 18-14 non-divisional win over the Albany Metro Mallers on Bleecker Field in Albany.

The Warriors, now 2-3, took an 18-0 lead in the first half before holding off the Mallers down the stretch.

The first Warriors score came on a 21-yard touchdown pass from Danny Giannone to David (Hollywood) Payne, capping a 70-yard drive. The extra-point attempt failed.

They extended the lead to 12-0 on a 23-yard TD on a sweep play in which running back Davaun Stedge pitched to Richard (Bug) Payne for the score.

Giannone scored on a 16-yard keeper just before halftime to increase the Warriors' advantage to 18-0 at intermission.

The Mallers rallied in the second half, with one of their scores keyed by a 36-yard interception return

“The Warriors played with big hearts.” said assistant coach Derick Willett. They also had big plays, including a Galan Moore 50-yard fumble return. Lee Hewitt had some big defensive plays, too, blocking a punt and notching two sacks, while Rasheed Snow knocked down two Albany passes.

Coach Willett also praised his linemen for playing "old fashioned, iron-man football."

The Warriors return to action at home -- on the Odessa-Montour High School football field -- at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14 against the Finger Lakes Impact in a New York Division game. Teams in that division include the Warriors, Impact, Syracuse Shock, Oswego County Outlaws and Elmira Evolution.

The Warriors defeated the Impact in a pre-season game and then lost to them 27-20 during the regular season, both times on the road.

Photo in text: Members of the Warriors pose after their victory over Albany. (Photo provided)

Warriors defenders tackle the Colonials' Romell Ponder.

Warriors can't keep up with Colonials

Fall 60-36 as season mark slips to 1-3

ODESSA, Aug. 1 -- The Southern Tier Warriors' season mark slipped to 1-3 Saturday night when they fell to the Glove Cities Colonials 60-36 in a penalty-plagued offensive show on Odessa-Montour High School's Charles Martin Field.

The Warriors led early, 8-0, but then were unable to slow down the aerial attack of the Colonials, whose 5'9" speedy receiver, Charles Tarver, scored four touchdowns while teammate Brian Baldwin scored three.

The Warriors -- in a game that saw more than a dozen personal-foul penalties and lasted more than three hours -- scored less than two minutes into the game on a Davaun Stedge 1-yard run following an interception deep in Glove Cities territory, and a 2-point conversion pass to Chavez Monteiro.

But the Colonials broke through with a 52-yard TD pass from Justin Kastner to Baldwin three minutes later, and another Baldwin TD reception with 3:47 remaining in the first quarter -- a period that ended with Glove Cities ahead 14-8.

The Colonials' lead grew to 21-8 two minutes into the second quarter as Tarver scored his first touchdown, on a 15-yard pass play, and 28-8 at 2:20 on a 66-yard Kastner-to-Baldwin TD pass.

The Warriors responded with a 60-yard TD pass from quarterback Danny Giannone to Stedge down the left sideline with 24.7 seconds left in the half, and a 2-point conversion pass over the middle to Rasheed Snow.

But Glove Cities had an answer: a long pass to Tarver, who caught the ball wide-opened at the goal line and fell into the end zone as time expired. The halftime score was 34-16.

The Colonials extended the advantage to 40-16 with 7:39 left in the third quarter on an 11-yard TD pass from Kastner to Jason Quinn. Fve minutes later the Warriors responded with a 7-yard TD run by Giannone. A 2-point conversion pass to Snow fell incomplete.

The Warriors scored again moments later when Byron Hall Sr. intercepted a Kastner pass and cruised to the end zone. A 2-point run was good, bringing the score to 40-30.

However, the Colonials scored the next two touchdowns to pull away -- on a 70-yard kickoff return by Tarver up the right sideline, and on a short pass that Tarver turned into a 47-yard touchdown with 13:32 remaining.

The Warriors' Gary Speicher scored on a fumble return with 5:05 left -- a play that saw him grab a Colonials fumble, then drop it and inadvertently kick it ahead, and then fall on it during an ensuing scramble in the end zone. The play covered 20 yards.

The final touchdown came on a pass play up the middle by the Colonials as the game ended.

Photos in text:

From top: The Colonials' Devon Gayton (6) catches a pass in traffic; Warriors QB Danny Giannone launches a 66-yard TD pass to Davaun Stedge; two Warriors bring down a Colonials ball carrier.

Warriors Coach Bob Lee, foreground, confers with assistant coach Derick Willett.

The Warriors' Rasheed Snow awaits a pass (left), only to see it intercepted by the Colonials' Dison Reynolds (33).

After recovering a fumble, the Warriors' Gary Speicher (center) loses the handle and chases the ball as it bounces toward the end zone. He fell on it there for a touchdown.

Warriors QB Danny Giannone (left) cuts upfield on the way to a 7-yard rushing touchdown.

The Warriors' Davaun Stedge carries the ball, but loses it as he heads for the ground ...

...and watches as it bounces free. A Glove Cities player recovered the ball.

Left: An official signals after the Warriors' Chavez Monteiro (left) caught a 2-point conversion pass following a first-quarter TD. Right: The Colonials' Charles Tarver reaches across the goal line for a touchdown.

The Warriors' Byron Hall Sr. tumbles untouched into the end zone after running back an interception for a fourth-quarter touchdown.

Left: The Warriors' Scot Sinsabaugh (6) breaks up a Colonials pass play. Right: The Colonials' Brian Baldwin hauls in a pass on the way to a touchdown.

Warriors lose to Syracuse, 27-12

Special to The Odessa File

ODESSA, July 26 -- The Southern Tier Warriors minor league football team saw its season record slip to 1-2 Saturday night when it spotted the Syracuse Shock a 27-point first-half advantage enroute to a 27-12 North American Football League defeat on Odessa-Montour High School's Charles Martin Field..

The rain-soaked game saw the Warriors battle back in the second half and theaten to pull within a touchdown of the Shock with five minutes remaining, but they failed to put the ball in the end zone from the 1-yard line.

The Warriors return to Martin Field Saturday, July 31 to face the undefeated Glove Cities Colonials. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.

Warriors fall to Impact, 27-20

Special to The Odessa File

WATERLOO, July 18 -- The Southern Tier Warriors minor league football team sustained its first loss of the season Saturday night, falling to the Finger Lakes Impact 27-20 in a non-divisional North American Football League game at Tom Coughlin Stadium.

The Warriors missed several opportunities to stop the Impact, who they had defeated 20-7 in a game early last month at the same location.

The Impact, for instance, fumbled a fourth-quarter punt snap deep in its own territory but picked it up and advanced 20 yards for a first down. Minutes later, the Warriors blocked a punt near the Impact’s end zone, but the ball was retrieved by the Impact and advanced for another first down.

The Warriors, down 27-12, moved to within seven points with 1½ minutes remaining on a 10-yard touchdown run by Davaun Stedge and a 2-point conversion pass to Mike Gillie. But the ensuing onside kick was covered by the Impact, who were able to run out the clock.

The 1-1 Warriors will face the Syracuse Shock on Saturday, July 24 at Odessa-Montour High School's Charles Martin Field. Kickoff is at 7:30 pm.

Warriors blank Elmira, 56-0

Special to The Odessa File

ODESSA, July 11 -- The Southern Tier Warriors minor league football team opened its 2010 North American Football League divisional schedule Saturday night with a 56-0 win over the Elmira Evolution at Odessa-Montour High School's Charles Martin Field.

Offensively, the Warriors gained more than 300 yards, while the defense registered nine sacks and five interceptions.

In other NAFL action over the weekend, the Syracuse Shock beat defending division champion Glens Falls 43-7, while the Glove Cities Colonials defeated Albany 29-8.

The Warriors will face the Finger Lakes Impact this Saturday at Tom Coughlin Stadium in Waterloo -- a rematch of a June non-divisional game won by the Warriors 20-7 (see below).

They then return to O-M on July 24th to face the Syracuse Shock. For more information on the team, visit www.stwarriors.org

Warriors running back Ed Winfield is tackled after gaining yardage.

Warriors win preseason opener

WATERLOO, June 6 -- The Southern Tier Warriors opened their campaign with a North American Football League non-divisional preseason victory Saturday, defeating the Finger Lakes Impact 20-7 at Tom Coughlin Stadium in Waterloo.

The Warriors -- not scheduled to play again until their divisional slate begins in July -- scored on a trio of 5-yard runs, one each in the first, second and third periods.

Davaun Stedge scored the first TD, and the Warriors tacked on a two-point conversion on a pass from quarterback Danny Giannone to Rasheed Snow.

Giannone scored the second TD late in the second period, surging through the middle of the line, but a two-point conversion pass was knocked down by an Impact defender.

Stedge scored his second touchdown on a run up the middle late in the third period, but another two-point conversion failed.

The Impact got on the scoreboard on a pass to the back of the end zone with 7:14 remaining in the game, and added a point-after kick.

"We played well on both sides of the ball," said Coach Bob Lee. "Our defense was outstanding. I tell you, this is a good team."

The Warriors' next scheduled game is Saturday, July 10, when they host the Elmira Evolution at Odessa-Montour High School's Charles Martin Field.

Photos in text:

Top: Warriors running back Davaun Stedge gives an Impact defender a straight arm during a running play. The defender held on and helped ride Stedge out of bounds.

Bottom: An Impact receiver hauls in a pass over Warriors defenders Christopher Crans (29) and Lee Hewitt.

Left: The Warriors' Brandon Matthews gains some tough yardage near the goal line, but was stopped short of scoring. Right: An Impact player, right, intercepts a Danny Giannone pass intended for Mike Gillie seconds before the end of the first half.

Warriors QB Danny Giannone unleashes an intended two-point conversion pass, but the Impact's #72 knocked it down a split-second later.

Warriors defender Scot Sinsabaugh, left, goes high for an incoming Impact pass, but it got over him and into the hands of the intended receiver, right.

An Impact player, center, reaches for a loose ball as players on both teams eye it. He recovered it before anyone else could arrive.

The Warriors' Mike Gillie tries to haul in a pass from Danny Giannone at the back of the end zone, but couldn't hold on to the ball.

The Warriors' Byron Hall Sr., left, brings down an Impact ball-carrier.

And earlier:

A pass from Warriors quarterback Chavez Monterio sails wide of intended receiver Rasheed Snow during a scrimmage Sunday at Watkins Glen High School.

Warriors back in action with scrimmage

WATKINS GLEN, May 17 -- The anticipation of a new season was there, and with it cheers of appreciation when a teammate made a particularly good play.

It was a Southern Tier Warriors scrimmage Saturday against the Cortland Bulldogs on the Watkins Glen High School football field.

The Warriors players were upbeat as Coach Bob Lee had them run a variety of plays against the Bulldogs, and defend against various Cortland plays. The offense ran with Chavez Monteiro at quarterback at the outset, and then with last year's starter, Danny Giannone, at the helm.

Some familiar faces from last year's squad were on hand, including local favorites Joe Westervelt, Josh Cole, Aaron Linton, Gary Speicher and Brett Chedzoy, along with returning assistant coaches Derick Willett and Jim Combs. All told, there were about three dozen players on hand for the Warriors, up from last year.

The Warriors play in the North American Football League, whose season starts on July 10. Regular-season games are on tap through September, with playoffs in October culminating in a Championship Game in Myrtle Beach, SC on Nov. 6.

The Bulldogs are members of the Northeastern Football Alliance. They normally wear black-and-red jerseys, but on Sunday -- in order to easily stand out from the black uniforms of the Warriors -- were wearing red Express jerseys, the Express being an old Syracuse team that used to be owned by the same man who owns the Bulldogs.

Photo in text: Warriors running back Davaun Stedge leaps over a would-be tackler.

Left: Warriors Coach Bob Lee talks to his players. Right: Warriors defender Scot Sinsabaugh, left, intercepts a Cortland pass.