The Buccaneers have completed the double in 2011 as the Juniors topped off their season by defeating the Croydon Rangers 16-14 in a very close game.

Emulating the senior team who also defeated the Rangers to claim their first ever Vic Bowl, the young Buccaneers stormed to a 16-0 lead early in the game behind a big offensive drive for a score and a “pick 6″ interception returned for a touchdown.

Despite a fightback from the Rangers, the Buccaneers held strong into the second half and blocked a thrilling 2 point conversion attempt late in the game that may have sent it to overtime.

Congratulations to Vic Bowl MVP Tom Bean and also overall League Offensive and Defensive MVP Ricky Young who were presented with their awards after the game.

Well done to the coaching staff of Marty, Layke, Jordan, Chris and Megan and the whole Junior Buccaneers team on a fantastic season and to the whole club by securing both championships in 2011.

The Junior Buccaneers will look to emulate the senior team in 2011 and win the Vic Bowl!

The young side has defeated the Miners 30-14 in the preliminary final and will now face the Croydon Rangers in the decider – the same club the seniors defeated back in August to claim the title.

The Junior Vic Bowl is this Sunday, 11th December at Ranger Field in Springfield Avenue Croydon! Be sure to get along and support the young team!

The Buccaneers have finished 2nd in the Junior Gridiron Victoria standings and will host the Berwick Miners this Saturday, 3rd December at the Cove, off Bogong Street in Corio.

Kick off is at 1pm.

The two teams played each other in the final game of the regular season last week in a thrilling match that went down to the very final play – a hail mary caught in the endzone and a Buccaneers win.

Get down and support the Junior Buccaneers as we look to make the Vic Bowl and emulate the championship winning season of the senior team.

The 2011 Junior season is currently underway!

The Buccaneers have secure a place in the Gridiron Victoria finals series to face the Berwick Miners. The preliminary final ground and time TBA.

Check out the standings in the right hand column or follow the full fixture below….

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The Buccaneers have won their first Gridiron Victoria “Vic Bowl” Championship, defeating the Rangers 34-14 in Reservoir.

Running Back Daniel Barnett was named MVP of the match and the club hoisted the coveted bowl trophy for the first time in their 7 year history.

More details and all the photos to come shortly!

Round 6 saw the Melbourne Royals make the trip down the freeway to the ‘Cove’ to face the Buccaneers. The Royals are a Division 2 team and the task against the Buccaneers a Division 1 team was always going to be difficult.

The Buccaneers started on fire right from the first drive on offence. RB #37 Daniel Barnett snapped off a 40yd run for a score and followed it up with a bruising power effort for the 2 point conversion. It didn’t get any better for the Royals from there.

Barnett reeled off a further 3 first half touch downs with runs from 35yds, 3yds and 2 yds and then QB #11 Jon Johnston then scored on a broken play, rushing 40yds in all directions before finally going 10yds forward and scoring. Barnett during the play made one of the biggest blocks seen for years to pop Johnston open into the end zone.

Due to a number of starters sitting on the sideline including kicker James McFadzean, the Buccaneers chose to ‘practise’ their 2 point plays and all 5 conversions were made in the first half. 2 point scores by Barnett (4) and stand in TE #80 Jordon Pigott left the halftime time score at 40-0 to the Buccaneers and the game was effectively over.

The second half got under way with the Buccaneers making numerous changes to the line ups on both side of the ball, allowing all players significant time on the field.

RB #28 Jereme Russell scored on a 15yd run and Barnett grabbed a club equalling 5th TD with an 8yd run. With 95% of plays given to the running game, Johnston blasted off one of the highlights on the day with a 55yd pass to WR #24 Michael Fox who scored his first TD of the year.

The day was complete when #LB 9 Dave Felvus took an intercept and raced 30yds for the TD. All except one 2 point conversion was successful, with Barnett grabbing 2 and WR #88 James ‘Tinman’ Wilson getting the last one. The final score was 70-0.

Even though the Buccaneers won the game easily, all players and coaches were commenting on how the Royals played. They never gave up at any stage and competed hard right to the final whistle.

MVP Defense LB #23 Chunkee Webb
MVP Offense and Overall MVP RB #37 Daniel Barnett

Next week the Buccaneers have a Bye and then the following week are at home at the ‘Cove’ in Corio against the division 2 Croydon Rangers.

Kick Off at 10.30am on Saturday the 25 June 2011.