READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL

img_117720090819Above and below, action from a Bucs scrimmage against Middletown last month. (Click to enlarge)

It’s homecoming time for the Red Bank Buccaneers Pop Warner teams.


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After two weeks of road trips, the Bucs come home to Count Basie Field Sunday with a full roster of games.

Member of the Jersey Shore Pop Warner Football League, the franchise boasts eight squads of players, aged 5 to 14, from Red Bank, Little Silver and Shrewsbury.

Three of the teams, for 5- and 6-year-olds, play flag football on Monday nights.

The remaining squads — Tiny Mites (5, 6 and 7-year-olds), Mighty Mites (7, 8 and 9), Junior Pee Wee (8, 9 & 10), Pee Wee ( 9, 10 and 11) and Midgets (11 to 14) — put on a continuous slate of tackle games starting at 9a on Sundays and continuing into early afternoon.

Here’s the rest of the sked:

WEEK  3
Sunday, Sept 13 at  HOME vs.  Lakewood at 12:00pm

WEEK  4
Sunday Sept 20 at  HOME vs.  St Bart’s at 1:30pm

WEEK 5
Sunday, Sept 27 at  Neptune  at 12:00pm

WEEK  6
Sunday Oct 4th  at HOME  vs. Marlboro at 1:30pm

WEEK  7
Sunday, October  11th at  Keyport at 10:30am

WEEK 8
Sunday, October  18th at  Keansburg at 10:30am

Playoffs start  weekend of Oct  24th/25th