Ironmen crush Raiders

OVFL JV:  Ironmen grab second regular season win

The junior varsity Hamilton Ironmen got their second win of the season as they crushed the Markham Raiders 35-7 in Ontario Varsity Football League action this past weekend.

Daniel Skuse opened the scoring in the first quarter for the Ironmen as he tallied a nine yard touchdown score.  TJ Claxton would add to the lead as he ran the ball into the end zone for 36 yards. Still in the first quarter of the game, quarterback Alex DiPietro connected with Nick DeLuca for a 20 yard touchdown.

The Raiders would get on the scoreboard early in the second quarter as quarterback Shayan Hassanzadeh found Robert Barberi for a 25 yard major. However, the Ironmen would respond later in the frame as David Benedetti had a 15 yard touchdown.

By halftime, the Ironmen enjoyed a 37-7 lead.

In the second half, the only points tallied on the scoreboard were from the Ironmen as Kieran Gargarello ran the ball into the end zone for a two yard major. DeLuca was successful on three conversion attempts.

Also this weekend, the bantam Ironmen was victorious as they got by the Raiders 48-33 to improve to 5-1 on the season.

2013 Hamilton Ironmen Football

Results for games played Sunday July 7^th at Ron Joyce Stadium @ McMaster University

Bantam

Markham Raiders                            33                           Hamilton Ironmen                           48

Ironmen improve to 5-1, Raiders drop to 1-4

Qtr.        Time       Team                      Scoring Play                                                           Convert                                 Running

1^st           5:45        Ham       Zeke Margaritis from Zach Beno, 29 yds.                               Xavier Masotti                   Ham 7-0

1^st           5:56        Mar        Will Patton, 75 yard kick return                                  no good                               Ham 7-6

1^st           9:31        Mar        Dustin Bick Gross, 6 yard run                                       Dustin Bick Gross (2)       Mar 14-7

1^st           12:00     Mar        Kiondre Smith from Elijah Blake, 45 yds                  2 pt. no good                     Mar 20-7

2^nd          :35          Ham       Isaiah Joseph, 65 yard run                                            Xavier Masotti                   Mar 20-14

2^nd          9:22        Ham       Isaiah Joseph, 17 yard run                                            Xavier Masotti                   Ham 21-20

2^nd          9:36        Mar        Jahmal Brown, 65 yard run                                           Will Patton                          Mar 27-21

2^nd          10:57     Ham       Isaiah Joseph from Zach Beno, 29 yds.                    no good                               27-27

3^rd           4:53        Ham       Isaiah Joseph, 58 yard run                                            Xavier Masotti                   Ham 34-27

4^th           4:10        Ham       Isaiah Joseph, 3 yard run                                              Xavier Masotti                   Ham 41-27

4^th           7:37        Ham       Isaiah Joseph, 76 yard run                                            Xavier Masotti                   Ham 48-27

4^th           10:08     Mar        Dustin Bick Gross, 10 yard run                                    2 pt. no good                     Ham 48-33

Junior Varsity

Markham Raiders                            7                             Hamilton Ironmen                           35

Ironmen improve to 2-4, Markham drop to 1-4

Qtr.        Time       Team                      Scoring Play                                                           Convert                                 Running

1^st           5:00        Ham       Daniel Skuse, 9 yard run                                                                no good                               Ham 6-0

1^st           8:40        Ham       T J Claxton, 36 yard run                                                  Nick DeLuca                        Ham 13-0

1^st           12:57     Ham       Nick DeLuca from Alex DiPietro, 20 yds.                 Nick DeLuca                        Ham 20-0

2^nd          1:11        Mar        Robert Barberi from Shayan Hassanzadeh, 25 yds.  Robert Barberi            Ham 20-7

2^nd          14:06     Ham       David Benedetti from Alex DiPietro, 15 yds.         Nick DeLuca                        Ham 27-7

3^rd           5:50        Ham       Kieran Gargarello, 2 yard run                                      Kieran Gargarello (2)      Ham 35-7

Next home games

Friday July 12^th                     Varsity host Essex Ravens – 8:00 p.m. at Ron Joyce Stadium

Sunday July 14^th                   Bantam vs. Essex – 11:00 a.m.; Junior Varsity vs. Essex – 2:00 p.m. at Ron Joyce Stadium