First published in print: Friday, December 4, 2009
The Rotterdam Raiders won the Capital District Pop Warner Super Bowl Pee Wee Division on Nov. 21 at Bleecker Stadium in Albany. After sneaking into the playoffs with a 5-3 record, Rotterdam beat two undefeated teams in earlier playoff rounds. The Raiders beat Troy 26-25 on Nov. 7 and North Colonie 7-0 on Nov. 14. The Raiders finished off their season by defeating Bethlehem 19-18 in double overtime.
Coaches are Anthony Bellai, Vic Lanni, Jaimie Dilbone, John Derboghossian, James Strube, Steve Dunham and Dave Kelly.
Team members are: Anthony Jones, Tony Jones, Devin Higgins, Tanner Manning, Anthony Bellai, John Heller, John Derboghossian, Ian Sanford, Nate Stillson, Hunter Gac, Zac Prosser, Kyle Strube, Zac O'Dell, Andrew Reinitz, Joe Kelly, Nick Perrino, Dom Pelletier, Connor Skorupski, Jarret Dunham, Grant Little, Noah Dilbone, Collin Derboghossian, Devin Sagendorf, Ryan Renkie and Bryan Smith.
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