Game 4: Junior Blue Dukes BLUE 19, Mequon-Thiensville 6

Carter Heston caught two touchdown passes from Jake Fisher, and Bailey Wieland kicked a pair of two-point conversions and a field goal to lead the visiting Junior Blue Dukes Blue team to a 19-6 victory over Mequon-Thiensville (aka Homestead).
Bay received the opening kickoff, but were forced to punt. Mequon-Thiensville picked up some yardage, but were turned back on fourth down by a strong Patrick Collins tackle. Early in the second quarter, Macklin Kortebein scampered up the middle for a first down, and quarterback Jake Fisher earned another first down on a keeper. On second down, just over the midfield marker on Mequon's side of the field, Fisher launched on a rainbow down the right sideline. Wide receiver Carter Heston had gotten behind his defender. Heston calmly pulled the ball in and raced to the end zone. Wieland kicked the 2-point conversion. 8-0, Bay.
Mequon returned to its grind-it-out running game, but Bay's swarming defense turned up the intensity. Defensive end Alec Lindfors blew up a third-down run by taking out two blockers, and Collins swooped in behind him to make the tackle. After a short punt, Bay took over in Mequon territory. Bay picked up a first down on a pass to Kortebein, and gained more yards on a pass to Wieland and a bootleg by Fisher. Fisher then launched another rainbow to the right corner of the end zone to Heston, who had worked his way behind his defender again. Wieland kicked the two-point conversion. After the kickoff, Collins sacked a Mequon ball carrier for a loss to end the half. Bay 16, Mequon-Thiensville 0.
Mequon received the second-half kickoff, but accomplished little. On fourth down, the punter bobbled the snap, and a swarm of Blue Dukes, led by Andrew James, wrestled him to the ground. But Mequon was equally stout on D, and the ball went back to the home team after four downs, then back to Bay.
Kortebein broke off a long run to bring Bay within hailing distance of the goal line. Early in the 4th quarter, after a third-down pass attempt had fallen incomplete, Bailey Wieland kicked the first field goal in the Junior Blue Dukes annals of this class, about a 20-yarder. 19-0, Bay.
A well-executed fake by Mequon's quarterback bought the time to find an open receiver, who brought the home team close to the goal line. A speedy runner got outside containment to score a touchdown, but the conversion kick attempt failed. 19-6, Bay.
Wieland deftly covered up Mequon's attempted onside kick. Running back Josiah Erving picked up positive yards on a pair of runs, then quarterback Anthony Enea ripped off a long gain on a bootleg for a first down. Bay was close enough to the goal line to press the issue if it wanted, but Enea took a knee to close out the contest at 19-6.
Thanks to John Brewster for providing the video I watched to construct this account of the game. As usual, any mistakes I've made in summarizing it are strictly my fault, no one else's.

Game 3: JBD7 BLUE 22, Kewaskum 16

 Playing on the Lydell practice field because of a schedule conflict, the Junior Blue Dukes 7th grade BLUE team defeated Kewaskum 22-16 Saturday morning. Whitefish Bay dominated the run of play, but Kewaskum struck for two long TDs (and kicked a pair of two-point conversions) to keep the outcome in doubt until the end. Ultimately, Bay's variety on offense and quality of execution prevailed.
Macklin Kortebein returned the opening kickoff to midfield. Working out of a one-back, four-receiver set, Kortebein first made a short gain on a pass in the flat, then, behind a strong offensive line, gashed Kewaskum for two long runs, the second one a TD. On the extra point attempt, quarterback Jake Fisher faked a handoff to Bailey Weiland, then passed to Kortebein on the left for the point. 7-0, Whitefish Bay.
 However, on the first play from scrimmage after the ensuing kickoff, a Kewaskum running back got outside containment on the right and scampered the length of the field for a TD. Kewaskum kicked the two-point conversion. 8-7, Kewaskum.
 Kortebein once again returned the kickoff to the middle of the field. On third down, Kortebein gained nine yards on a nifty shovel pass from Fisher, then Fisher plunged through the line on a QB keeper for a first down. A pass to Weiland on the left gained another first down. Then, early in the second quarter, Fisher threw a fade pass to Connor Kimple in the right corner of the end zone for a TD. On the extra point try, Kimple, coming from the right, took a pitch from Fisher and ran unmolested into the end zone for the conversion. Whitefish Bay 14, Kewaskum 8.
 The Junior Blue Dukes stopped Kewaskum and forced a punt. Fisher kept a Bay drive alive with a run up the right sideline for first down. After a couple of sacks and tackles for loss, on 4th down, Kimple ran for a long gainer out of punt formation for a first down. However, time in the first half ran out before Bay could punch in another score.
 In the second half, the teams traded possessions without scoring. Then, on Kewaskum's second drive, Andrew James forced a fumble that was recovered by Johnny Misey. On offense, a shovel pass to Kortebein produced a long gain. Fisher gained tough yards on a QB keeper, then drew Kewaskum offside with a fine hard count for a first down. Fisher ran a bootleg to the left, and with receiver Chris Siebert sealing off his defender, the Bay QB made it nearly to the goal line. On the next play, Fisher threw a fade pass to Carter Heston in the left corner of the end zone for a TD. Weiland kicked the two-point conversion. WFB 22, Kewaskum 8.
 But Kewaskum came right back, with a long run right, a short pass left and a long pass left for a TD.    The kick conversion was good for two points. WFB 22, Kewaskum 16 in the fourth quarter.
 Kewaskum tried a low line drive onside kick, but Kimple caught it and fell to the ground to keep possession for Bay.
After turning the ball over on downs, Kewaskum had one more shot, but Fisher intercepted an overthrown pass to secure the victory for the Blue team.