Jr. Pee Wee Warriors end season with a win

FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Pop Warner’s Jr. Pee Wee team wrapped up another winning season on Nov. 1 with an away win against the Murrieta Seahawks to place third in the division. Head coach Shawn Perry’s team, comprised mostly of first year players ages 8-11, had great success over the 10 game season.

Finishing with a 7-3 record, the Warriors only fell to two teams. Murrieta defeated the Warriors in the week 2 match-up, but Fallbrook was able to emerge victorious in the last game of the season rematch, 22-6.

The Jr. Pee Wee Warriors’ skills were especially showcased in the games against the San Marcos Cavaliers, the ultimately undefeated Division 3 champions. Fallbrook played the Cavaliers twice and put up 20 of the 53 points that the champions allowed all season, and even the opposing coaches acknowledged Fallbrook’s talent and tenacity.

First and second year players such as Max Meisterlin (#16), Tyler Cohen (#10), Jacob Dudenhoeffer (#1), Eamon Powell (#23), Thomas McSheehy (#12), Terrell Hill (#81), Bryce Nachtsheim (#54), Johnny Ledenbach (#7), River Olson (#27), Isaiah Aranda (#21), Joshua Borja (#99), James Jones III (#50) and Diego Stavinhoha (#5) all stepped up so that Fallbrook’s inexperience was not apparent and returning players were able to lead the team in a competitive, winning season.

Fourth and sixth year Pop Warner veterans Maxwell Holt (#20), with eight touchdowns, nine conversion kicks, plus one rushing point, and Sebastian Anderson (#13), with 11 touchdowns, led the team in scoring, putting up 137 of Fallbrook’s 218 total points.

Every single player on the team, including key tackler Damien “Big D” Ramirez (#85), ran the ball during game play at least once, and a total of nine players on the team were able to put points on the board this season. These players included Charlie Stallings Jr (#22), Degan Cerulli (#39), Andre Webb-Perry (#37), Bryce Nachtsheim (#54), Damian Medrano (#47), Max Meisterlin (#16) and Fallbrook’s only female football player Tiahna Padilla (#11).

Head coach Perry wrapped up his third winning season in a row, with a three-year running record of 21-9.