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CVMS seventh-graders defeat Niles
The Canfield Village Middle School seventh-grade football team recently traveled to Niles’ Bo Rein Stadium and came away with a 36-6 victory over the Red Dragons. Canfield struck first on their first possession driving 60 yards in eight plays capped by a four yard touchdown strike from Paul Bindas to Danny Inglis. Bindas tacked on the 2-point conversion for a 8-0 Cardinal lead. Canfield’s defense set up their next score when Inglis sacked the opposing quarterback forcing a fumble that was recovered by Nicky Beistel at the Cardinals 45. Bindas went to air once more finding Tyler Eikert with a 28 yard scoring toss to make it 14-0 midway through the second quarter. Niles’ tailback broke loose for a 60 yard touchdown to cut Canfields half time margin to 14-6. Canfield went to work on the first possession of the second half with Bindas capping off a 65 yard touchdown drive by racing 38 yards through the Niles defense. The seventh-graders widened the margin to 28-6 early in the fourth quarter when Bindas found Eikert again this time from 20 yards out for a touchdown. Anthony Mazzella then hit Eikert for the 2-point conversion. Canfield rounded out the scoring when Vince Luce sacked the Niles signal caller forcing a fumble that was scooped by Inglis and returned 40 yards to paydirt. Aiden Schwab dashed into the end zone for the conversion to make it 36-6. The Cardinals who improved to 5 and 1.
Send Neighbors your news
If you’re a winter sports coach or the parent of an athlete, we need your help. In order to get teams and players the recognition they deserve, we want to showcase them in our pages. You can email us at neighbors@vindy.com. You don’t have to be a writer — just send us the information and we’ll put it all together. When emailing pictures, send them as JPEG files as large as possible. Provide caption information and where people are located from left to right, front row to back.
Neighbors wants winter sports news
Winter athletics will soon arrive and Neighbors wants to be there every step of the way. If you’re a sports coach or the parent of an athlete, we need your help. In order to get teams and players the recognition they deserve, we want to showcase them in our pages.
We can only do that if you commit to sending us game reports and photos each week. If you send it, it will get in.
You can email us at neighbors@vindy.com. You don’t have to be a writer — just send us the information and we’ll put it all together. When emailing pictures, send them as JPEG files and as large as possible.
Provide caption information and where people are located from left to right, front row to back. The sports news we’re looking for ranges from varsity high school teams down to middle school and even elementary and recreational leagues. We look forward to hearing about your teams successes.