Seahawks

The West Haven Seahawks cheerleading squads competed against the champions of the other seven regions and brought home the Ray Tellier Midget Football league’s first national championships.

The Junior Peewee (9 and 10), Peewee (11 and 12) and Junior Varsity (13 and 14) all qualified at the New England Pop Warner championships and traveled to ESPN’s Wide World of Sports, located at Disney World, Orlando last week to compete for a national championship. The three squads performed in five competitions over a five-day period.

The Junior Peewee squad, with 22 cheerleaders, competed in the traditional competition routine and performed flawlessly winning first place by two points, the equivalent of two touchdowns in football! This is the programs first national championship in a competition routine, which is comparable to a half-time show and includes music, acrobatic stunts, dancing and tumbling.

The Peewee squad executed a very good competition and game day sideline routine. They competed against very good competition nationally and placed seventh in completion and fourth place in new game-day routine.

The Junior Varsity team also competed in a traditional completion routine and the newer game day sideline routine. The sideline category is what you see on football game days with chants to lead the crowd and includes signs, pom-poms, tumbling and stunting. The Junior Varsity team performed very well in the completion routine and placed third, and only .42 points out of first place. The team then regrouped and stole the show with the programs 1^st game day side line national championship.

All three of the cheerleading teams placed and were awarded trophies in a very tough and competitive competition that saw over 10,000 cheerleaders compete from just about every state in the country.

The West Haven Seahawks 8U football team (13-0) finished a perfect season and earned the New England Pop Warner Championship with a hard-earned 26-18 win over a very talented Dorchester Eagle team (12-1).

Dorchester who represented Massachusetts marched down the field on their first possession for an early 6-0 lead. The Seahawks responded on the next series capped off by a Tristian Crawford touchdown run to take a 7-6 lead after one quarter of play.

The teams traded scores in the second quarter for a Seahawk half-time lead of 13-12. Seahawk Quarterback Majesty Whitaker executed a spectacular 38-yard touchdown run in the third quarter to put the Seahawks up 19-18 after three quarters.

Crawford scored his third touchdown of the game late in the fourth quarter to seal the Seahawk championship 26-18.

The Hawk’ offensive line opened holes for the running back all game and was led by CJ Schlauder, Joshua Johnson, Skyler Sanford, Mohammed Turay and Kayden Loyola. Great tackling on defense was William Pastore, Jacari Harris, Mason Booker, Jayden Spell, Kahlil Tomlinson and Chace Stanley.

The 8U (7- and 8-year-olds) only play through the regional championship and finish the 2019 campaign with an impressive win, undefeated season and regional championship.

The West Haven Seahawks 8U team (12-0) beat the Mount Hope Cowboys (11-1), 7-0, in the New England Pop Warner semi-final on Saturday. The game matched the Connecticut and Rhode Island 8U (7-and 8-year-old) state champions.

The game was held at the athletic facilities of LaSalle Academy in Providence. The Seahawks and Cowboys both utilized fast and physical defenses.

The Seahawks scored in the second quarter on a 28-yard Tristian Crawford touchdown run that included three broken tackles.

The Seahawks’ defense held a very talented Cowboy offense off the scoreboard. William Pastore, Jacari Harris, Mason Booker, Jayden Spell and Kayden Desruisseaux leading the way.

The Seahawks will travel to play the Massachusetts champion Dorchester Eagles (12-0) for the New England Pop Warner Football Championship on Saturday.

The game will be played at the Manning Bowl, Lynn, Mass. (time TBA). The 8U level is only competitive to the regional level and the winner of the regional championship Saturday does not travel to the National Pop Warner Championships this year.

The West Haven Seahawks 8U football team (11-0) won the Connecticut state championship with a convincing 30-0 win over the Northern Connecticut Pop Warner champion Pomperaug Warriors.

Seahawk running back Tristian Crawford took over the game and accounted for all the scoring with four offensive touchdowns and a fumble recovery for a score on defense. The offensive line provided great blocking and big holes that was led by CJ Schlauder, Jaden Potter and Kayden Loyola. The defense held the Warriors at bay all day with excellent play from William Pastore, Jacari Harris, Jayden Spell, Brody Coe, Kaedyn Desruisseaux and Mason Booker.

The Seahawks will now advance to the New England regional semi-final game and face the Rhode Island Champion, Mount Hope Cowboys from Providence. The game will be played on Saturday at 10:30 at LaSalle Academy in Providence.

Team sets its sights on State Title game

The West Haven Seahawks 8U team (10-0) beat the Waterbury Patriots, 31-0, in the Southern Connecticut Pop Warner Conference championship game on Saturday. The Seahawks scored early and often. Tristian Crawford had a rushing touchdown and another on a 52-yard pass reception from quarterback Majesty Whitaker.

Whitaker and Trayvon Jaynes added rushing touchdowns of their own to fuel the offense. William Pastore, Chace Stanley and Kahill Tomlinson led the defense in sacks and tackles to ensure the shutout. The Seahawks will host the Plainville Colts in the Connecticut 8U-Level State Championship Games on Saturday at Veterans Field. The 8U game will be played at 10. The winner will advance to the regional playoffs against the Rhode Island 8U Champion.

The West Haven Seahawk cheerleading squads traveled to the Paul Tsongas Center located in Lowell, Mass this past weekend to compete along with hundreds of other teams from the Pop Warner new England region.

The Junior Peewee (9 and 10) team came in first place and was crowned New England Regional Champions in their large division. The team will now travel to ESPN’s Wide World of Sports located at Disneyworld in December where they will have squads from the other eight regions for the chance to win a national championship.

The Peewee cheerleaders came in second place for both their competition and sideline routines. The squad faced very good competition and was named New England Region runner up. The top two teams in each division move onto the National Championships.

The junior Varsity team faced ten other squads from the New England region in the small division and really performed well. They were crowed New England champions in both their competition and sideline routines. They will join the Junior Peewee and Peewee squads at the national championships.

The Mitey Mite squad (7 & 8) performed well with competition from all the states and did not place. The team had a very successful year and the future looks bright.

The West Haven Seahawk 12U team (8-1) traveled to New Britain on Saturday to play the New Haven Steelers in the Southern Connecticut Conference quarterfinal playoffs. The Seahawks blanked the Steelers, 18-0, to move onto the semifinals this coming weekend.

Running backs Ethan Holy and Aedan Coe drove the ball on the ground and controlled the time of possession. Coe had two rushing scores on the day. Quarterback Nick Conlan connected with receiver Jovon Willams on a touchdown through the air. A swarming Seahawks defense keep New Haven away from the end zone and was led by Holy, Coe, Yahinus Mercer, Delaney Flood and Teriq Mallory who closed the door on the Steelers with an interception.

The Seahawk 8U team (8-0) is the number-one seed in the playoffs and earned a bye. The 10U Seahawks (7-2) ended their successful season with a well-played and exciting game against the Steelers. The Seahawks lost, 20-13, in overtime. The Seahawks trailed the Steelers 7-0 at the half in a heavy wind-blown rain at Seymour High School.

The Seahawks tied the game in the fourth quarter on an 8-yard JJ Lugo touchdown run. New Haven marched the field and took a 13-7 lead with less than two minutes left in the game. Caden Stanley took a lateral and ran 48-yards and crossed the goal line as time expired to tie the game at 13-13 and send it into overtime.

New Haven scored on OT to go up 20-13 and West Haven fell short. Anthony Iannotti, Angelo Petrezuiello, and Frank Green played well on the offensive line. Mason Wright, Azriel Pizarro and TJ Stevenson played well on defense.

The 14U team finished their season with a loss to the Trumbull Rangers, 27-7, in the Bob Boss Tournament. Xavier Fernandez scored the lone Seahawk score on a 65-yard kickoff return.

The Seahawk 8U and 12U team will travel to Bridgeport on Sunday for the Southern Connecticut Conference Semifinal contests.

The winners will advance to the conference championship games. The Seahawk 8U team will face New Haven at 10 and the Seahawk 12U team will take on the Stratford Redskins at 4. Game will be played at Central High School (Kennedy Stadium).