Above 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.
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 Â 3
Sunday, Sept 13 at  HOME vs.  Lakewood at 12:00pm
WEEK Â 4
Sunday Sept 20 at  HOME vs.  St Bart’s at 1:30pm
WEEK 5
Sunday, Sept 27 at  Neptune  at 12:00pm
WEEK Â 6
Sunday Oct 4th  at HOME  vs. Marlboro at 1:30pm
WEEK Â 7
Sunday, October  11th at  Keyport at 10:30amWEEK 8
Sunday, October  18th at  Keansburg at 10:30amPlayoffs start  weekend of Oct  24th/25th