Silver Bullets Hit Marshfield Hard for Super Bowl Title

First Quarter
      Things began just the way Barnstable wanted them to in the Division 1 Pee Wees Super Bowl Sunday afternoon versus Marshfield.
      First-year Silver Bullet Willie Fogarty made a tremendous hit on the opening kick-off, leaving Marshfield on its own 25-yard line. Nick Vellutti then followed suit with a tremendous sack, but in its haste to put the hammer down on the Marshfield offense, the Barnstable defense was called offsides. Marshfield chipped away at Barnstable on the ensuing three plays, giving it a first down.
      On 1st and 10 from the 40, Tim Galvin and Vellutti then converged upon the Marshfield ball carrier, stopping him dead in his tracks. With 5:08 remaining and facing 2nd and 10, Marshfield then picked up 20 yards for another Marshfield first down. Had it not been for Isaiah Voegeli, Marshfield very well might have scored on that run.
On the ensuing play, Voegeli and William Stewart combined to lay out the Marshfield ball carrier, bringing up 2nd and 5. Defensive end Blake Blaze and Voegeli then combined to give Marshfield nary an inch. With 2:53 remaining in the quarter, Blaze once more hammered the ball carrier, this time leaving him shy of a first down. Marshfield faced 4th and 1, deep in Barnstable territory. The Silver Bullet defense was not willing to concede that final yard and as the Marshfield ball carrier attempted to cross it he was met full force by a sea of silver helmets. Barnstable had regained possession of the ball on its own 24-yard line with 2:00 remaining in the first quarter.
      Alex Thome took the ball first, but could not break free, bringing up 2nd and 10. Voegeli then called for the shotgun formation and bolted like lightning to the outside for a gain of 15 yards and a Barnstable first down with 0:59 on the clock.
Barnstable was then called on a motion penalty, making 1st and 15. Voegeli took the ball again, this time gaining only three to make it 2nd and 12 and time on the first stanza expired.

Second Quarter
      Brett Sullivan, who ran the ball exceptionally well and hard throughout the afternoon, took the ball next and gained six yards to make it 3rd and 6. Voegeli made it happen on the ensuing play, bursting for a gain of 7 yards and a Silver Bullet first down smack dab on the 50-yard line.
      Enter Sullivan once more for a gain of 7 yards to bring up 2nd and 3, but in a rare instance of a referee calling a personal foul on the offense, Barnstable was hit with a 15-yard penalty to make it 1st and 25. Voegeli gained five yards on the ensuing play to make it 2nd and 20 but something had happened to Barnstable ’s momentum. On 3rd and 20 with 5:22 till halftime, the Bullets fumbled (and recovered it) to make it 3rd and 20. Voegeli opted to launch it deep to a streaking Nick Kidd, but the pass fell incomplete. On 4th and 20, the Bullets were forced to kick and Marshfield wound up on its own 25 with 4:27 to go in the half.
      Blaze, who had an exceptional game, dropped the Marshfield ball carrier for a 12-yard loss to leave it at 2nd and 22 from the 13-yad line. Almost desperate, Marshfield attempted a reverse only to have it broken up by Stewart who caused a fumble. Marshfield recovered the ball but now found itself with an insurmountable 3rd and 33. On the ensuing play. Marshfield fumbled once more, leaving it with no other choice but to punt on 4th and 34.
      Voegeli dropped back to receive the kick and almost as if scripted from a Hollywood drama, the ball went directly to him, he caught it and blazed 20 yards into the end zone and a 6-0 Barnstable lead. The two-point PAT was fumbled, but Barnstable led, 6-0.
Marshfield put a scare into the Big Red Machine on the ensuing kickoff as it returned Voegeli’s kickoff 60 yards before the ball carrier was brought down by Voegeli on the 18. Ben Cohen and Stewart then combined to hammer the Marshfield ball carrier for no gain, making it 2nd and 10 on the Barnstable 18. Cohen and Voegeli then combined on the next play, giving the Marshfield ball carrier just two yards and making it 3rd and 8 from the 16 with 1:11 remaining. On the next play, Cohen again hit the Marshfield ball carrier hard, causing him to fumble and a quick-thinking Mike Kullas pounced on it. Barnstable had regained possession on its own 23 with 0:42 left in the half.
      On 1st and 10, Voegeli ran into a sea of purple only to somehow break free and gain an amazing five yards. On 2nd and 5 on its own 28, Voegeli then picked up 12 yards and a first down to stop the clock with 0:14 left in the half.
An incomplete pass to Sullivan and then an Alex Thome five-yard gain ate up the remainder of the clock, but Barnstable went into halftime with a 6-0 lead and momentum.

Third Quarter
And momentum is precisely what Sullivan felt as he returned the opening kickoff 38 yards to the Marshfield 28. Thome followed quickly on 1st and 10 with a four-yard run to make it 2nd and 6 on the 24. Sullivan then picked up a gain of nine to for a first down and the ball on the 13. Barnstable was rearing for another score. Thome took the rock but was met with fierce opposition to bring up 2nd and 10 and then an errant sweep pitch made it 3rd and 15. Suddenly, Barnstable seemed to lose its momentum. A Voegeli bootleg was stopped for a loss of five, bringing up 4th and 20. Barnstable opted to go for it, but the deep pass to Kidd was broken up. With 3:41 remaining in the quarter, Marshfield regained possession.
      Galvin landed a tremendous hit on the Marshfield ball carrier on the ensuing 1st and 10 play, and another stop made it 3rd and five. Blaze came through in the clutch once more for a tremendous sack, causing Marshfield to fumble. Recovering the loose ball, Barnstable now found itself quickly back in the driver’s seat on the Marshfield 25-yard line with 2:13 to go.
      Enter Luke McGuinness who busted through for a fantastic gain of 20 yards to put the ball on the five-yard line for a first and goal situation. An ensuing three-yard run put Barnstable so close it could taste another touchdown but on 2nd and goal it fumbled and Marshfield recovered. There was 0:39 remaining in the third quarter.
On 1st and 10, Marshfield picked up six yards, bringing up 2nd and 4. Cohen landed yet another great hit for no gain, bringing up 3rd and 4 and time on the third quarter expired.