Snow Bowl XII Winners
Recreation A
1st Place: Passaic County Corrections Officers Local 197
2nd Place: Essex County Sheriffs Officers and
Court Attendants Local 183
Also in playoffs: Passaic County Sheriffs Officers Local
286, Caldwell Local 81, NYPD Brawlers
Tare Richardson of Essex County Sheriffs Officers & Court Attendants Local
183 catches a deflected pass to score the touchdown that defeated Passaic
County Sheriffs Officers Local 286 in the semifinal game.
“Everybody mattered,” Turner proclaimed. “If you played
five minutes or if you played the whole game, each and every
person mattered and contributed to us winning. All the cor-
rections officers we work with and represent, this is for them.”
Flag football radiates from the quarterback, with 90 percent
of the plays being pass plays. The Passaic County corrections
officers certainly had a passing fancy in Joe D’Errico, who has
been at the helm for all of the previous playoff endeavors.
When he eluded defenders for what seemed like five minutes
before slinging one of his savvy, left-handed spirals to Anthony
Peluso to give Local 197 a 20-0 lead in the championship game,
D’Errico exhibited the guile that is so much a part of the Snow
Bowl.
He showed his guts in the semifinal, when Caldwell Local 81
scored to take a 13-12 lead with time running out in the second
half. On the very next play, D’Errico threw a long touchdown
pass, then completed another pass for a two-point conversion
that spelled the 20-13 victory.
“We had a good shot to win because our defense played so
lights out,” D’Errico praised of his teammates, who gave up just
one touchdown in its three divisional wins to qualify for the
playoffs. “Because of them, if we could put up a touchdown, I
knew we had a good shot to win. And it was such a great feeling
to do it after all these years.”
In the championship game, Local 197 got the ball to Mike
“The Silent Assassin” Ludeke on the first play of the game. He
made a quick spin, then went untouched into the end zone.
“He’s not a man of many words,” Turner complimented. “He
just plays with h