Sutherland Seahawks

The Sutherland Seahawks Colts team has wrapped up its 2012 season with a 50-8 victory over the North West Sydney Jaguars.

Running back Jackson Young had 171 of the offenses 413 yards including a 78 yard final touchdown that set a new club colts record for longest carry from scirmmage.

The defense had its best game of the season, creating 6 sacks and getting 2 interceptions. Jordan Kidis equalled the club record for sacks in a game with 4. Zac Holeman led the tackle count whilst Khaled Alfas played both ways, joining a rare club of players to have a sack and score a touchdown in one game.

Young's 171 yards was good enough for 5th all time in a Colts game for the club and also finished the season with the 5th highest rushing yards in a season.

Whilst the team missed the playoffs for a second straight year, the roster willl retrun all but 3 players for 2013 and be well positioned for a serious attempt at going deep into the finals for next year.

After leading 14-12 at halftime the Sutherland Seahawks went down 36-14 to the Central Coast Sharks.

The Seahawks must now regroup for the last 2 games of the regular season against the Penrith Chiefs next week at Cranebrook and the North West Sydney Jaguars in round 9.

New for 2012 will be the Ladies Gridiron League (LGL) which will be affiliating wit Gridiron Australia and Gridiron NSW.

The competition is scheduled to begin in August 2012 and training has begun, currently on Wednesday evenings.

Sutherland Gridiron Inc will be fielding a team in 2012, training days are Wednesday nights 7pm-9pm at Wartah Athletics Track.

Information can be sourced from Jade Green 0401-345552. There will be more details available soon.

JOB TITLE: SUTHERLAND SEAHAWKS GRIDIRON COACHING APPLICATIONS; HEAD COACH, COORDINATORS AND POSIITONAL COACHES.

DESCRIPTION: (Head Coach Division One)

The successful applicant will be a Level Two Coach Coach or USA Football certified. Applicant will also possess General Principles of Coaching or 'Beginning Coaching' Accrediation through NSW Dept of Sport and Rec.

RESUME: A coaching resume and short description on coaching philosophy should be provided for the club executive selection committee.

DESCRIPTION: (Offensive and Defensive Coordinator)

The successful applicant will be a Level One Coach or USA Football certified. Applicant will also possess General Principles of Coaching or 'Beginning Coaching' Accrediation through NSW Dept of Sport and Rec.

RESUME: A coaching resume and short description on coaching philosophy should be provided for the club executive selection committee.

DESCRIPTION: (Positional Coaches. All positions)

The successful applicant will be a Level One Coach or USA Football certified. Applicant will also possess General Principles of Coaching or 'Beginning Coaching' Accrediation through NSW Dept of Sport and Rec.

RESUME: A coaching resume and short description on coaching philosophy should be provided for the club executive selection committee.

*** Sutherland Gridiron Inc is committed to provding further training and coaching education to interested persons and inexperienced but keen individuals are encouraged to apply.***

SUBMISSIONS: Should be sent by email to mike.hall.90@gmail.com by 4pm Monday May 14th.

Inquiries about these positions should be sent to mike.hall90@gmail.com or by phone to Mike Hall 0414-902099

The Sutherland Seahawks Colts team notched its first win of the year defeating the UTS Titans 36-26.

RB Jack Lee rushed for 119 yards and 2 TD whilst QB Daniel Besz threw 2 TD passes, the last of 7 receptions for Ross Sedra being the final score.

The Seahawks were up 22-12 when Jackson Young scored his 5th TD of the season on a 54 yard rushing score at half time, the 10 point margin being intact at the final whistle. Defensively, Alex Mellor and Zac Holeman led the tackle count whilst Khaled Alfas and Peter Tanti played both way for much of the game; Bailey Cribb made his second consecutive start at Center.

In other news the NSW State Team was victorious over the Queensland Sun Devils in QLD and will take on Western Australia in the final game for the National Championship. Jordan Cook, Aaron Beyer, Damian Jackson, Christopher Watts and Scott Lawrence all represented the Seahawks in the game. The team has the week off this weekend for Easter and then plays at 5 Sports in Caringbah in the final game.

The Sutherland Seahawks Colts team is now 0-1-3 after a heart breaking draw against the Sydney University Cubs.

The Seahawks jumped out to a 14-6 lead at half time, QB Daniel Besz threw a touchdown pass to WR Aaron O'Neill then ran for another himself. The Defense had its best performance of the day, gaining 5 turnovers in all. Jordan Kidis and Peter Tandi had 2 fumble recoveries each as the defense kept the Cubs to just 44 yards of offense in the first half.

Two more touchdown passes from Besz, one each to Ross Sedra and Brandon Mathie, put the Seahawks up 28-20 and a kickoff return from Mathie which was brought back on penalty would have sealed the game but the Cubs were consistent with their outside run attack. The Cubs leveled the game at 28 all with a few minutes to play and the game expired in injury time with the first win of the season plucked from reach.

The Seahawks will play the UTS Titans on Saturday night at Kyeemagh Hockey field 7pm.

The Wollongong Brumbies showed a strong defense of their 2011 Championship with a 34-0 victory over the Sutherland Seahawks in Round Two.

The Seahawks could not score and had poor field position for the entirety of the game. Some wayward snaps, fumbles and inconsistent execution was not the recipe for success that was needed.

The Brumbies made full use of the wide open full field with their Quarterback ripping off touchdown runs of 38, 28 and 36 yards. Whilst Defensive Lineman Khaled Alfas was very solid and made several tackles for loss the Brumbies went to a 28-0 halftime lead and had the game in hand early.

Jackson Young and Jack Lee had 64 and 67 yards respectively on the ground and the offense played good ball possession football in the second half but mistakes were too frequent to dent the Brumbies 2012 model.

SEAHAWKS 0 BRUMBIES 34

On Friday the 2nd of March the Sutherland Seahawks went down to the West Sydney Trojans 24-18. It was the first game of the season and the first game of gridiron for all but two players, but it didn’t seem to bother the young Seahawks who weren’t going to go down without a fight.

The Seahawks defence came out strong stopping the Trojans offence on there first drive setting up QB Jackson Young to score the first touchdown of the game and season. The game remained close the whole way as both teams traded blows on the score board, until, in the second half with the score at 18 a piece, a costly fumble and turnover on kick return was taken back for a touchdown to give the Trojans a 24 -18 lead with little time remaining. The Hawks had an opportunity to tie the score on the next drive but fell short on a fourth down inside the opponents red zone. But the Hawk defence would stop the Trojans run game a final time to give there offence a final chance to make amends and tie or potentially win, but a big play that went for over 70 yards and a touchdown, would be called back for a false start. After the play the Trojans took a strategic timeout to burn time off the clock signalling the end of the game and a heartbreaking loss.

On offence, they were already down to their 4th Quarterback after some unforeseen circumstances and injuries. This did not faze Running Back and back up Quarterback Jackson Young who had a stand out performance scoring all three touchdowns and had over 100 yards rushing for the game. Also notable is Running Back Jack Lee who was the sole Running Back of the night and Aaron O’Neill who came up with a big play on a fourth and long inside their own territory.

On defence, there was some outstanding play by Defensive backs Zach Cribb, Jack Griffin and Sam Phillips. A lot of credit has to go to the Defensive line that not only had to play defence but had to play Offensive line as well for the majority of the game. Jordan Kidis led all tacklers with eight on the night.

The Seahawks will face the Wollongong Brumbies on Friday the 9th at 8:30pm at Kyeemagh. The Brumbies will be a tough task as they have already shown that they are one of the teams to beat, disposing of  the Sydney Uni Cubs 52-8.

SEAHAWKS 18, TROJANS 24

First practice and sign up for the new Junior football 5 man tackle competition will be Wednesday March 7th @ 7pm Waratah Athletics Track. This will go till 8.15pm.

On that day, registration forms will be handed out and information sheets detailing the season and competition structure distributed. A link here can be found here on the Gridiron NSW Website about the competition.

If the practice is rained out, a message will be posted on this website and the first sign up day will move to Shire Speed and Strength 84 Captain Cook Drive Caringbah 7pm to 8.15pm.

Registration costs will be $110. Equipment can either be hired or purchased. Players will be encouraged to purchase their own equipment and have the option of selling it back to the club at the end of the season.

Contact Seahawks President Peter Upham for any details.

0415-889952

coachupham@shirespeedandstrength.com.au

The Sutherland Seahawks Colts team went down 24-18 to the West Sydney Trojans at Pennant Hills on Friday night. Full game report to follow later today.