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The Kanata Knights Football Club opened its regular
season on this road this past weekend winning four out
of its five games against the Bel-Air Norseman.
Tyke
The Kanata Knights Tykes extended their pre – season
winning streak into the regular season by defeating
the Bel-Air Lions 19 – 6 on their home field in what
was an entertaining season opener for the Knights fans.
Levi Neeson led the offensive charge in the Lion hunt
with 81 yards rushing, 30 yards receiving including
a spectacular reception of more than 20 yards in triple
coverage, and 2 TDs. Mahlon Head continued his winning
ways with 37 rushing yards and 1 TD, while Sam Kronick
added his touch to the scoring with 16 rushing yards
and a 5 yard conversion. Evan Yourth proved to be more
offence than the Lions could handle providing a 20 yard
Kick off return, 90 yards total kick off with just 4
kicks a 15 yard punt and 18 yards rushing. The Offensive
Line, Zachary Smallwood, Amar Singh, Jake Hamm, Damian
Marier, Hunter Perrier, Kyle King, John Milks, Nick
Moffat, Andrew Caicco rattled the Lions defence powering
their way through play after play allowing the Knights
to score the 3 TDs and 1 conversion.
The defensive line of Connor Bland, Jordan Olleik,
Andrew Clarke, Brendan Singleton, Dylan Lachance, Sean
Emond, Connor Smallwood and Robbie Clement pounded the
Lions offence into submission allowing only 1 TD. The
veterans Logan McKenna and Connor Smallwood each delivered
12 bone jarring tackles while Scott Taylor and Devin
Saumur proved to be more nimble than the cats pouncing
on 1 fumble each and delivering 10 and 7 devastating
tackles respectively. Not to be outdone Carter Poulin
and Kyle Morley, veterans as well, pounded the felines
with 6 tackles a piece. The Lion’s punishment continued
with 8 bone crunching tackles for Jordan Olleik, 3 tackles
from Andrew Clark and 2 tackles each from Brendan Singleton,
Tyler Moffat, Grant Moser and Sean Emond.
Mosquito
The Kanata Mosquitos kicked off the 2006 season with
a convincing 19 to 6 win over the Bel-Air Lions Saturday.
The O line of Graham Bird, Joey Belanger, Jake Saunders,
Zach Whitcroft, Tony Le, John Allarie, and Andres Rios
provided great pass protection and drive resulting in
3 touchdowns, 1 in the air and 2 on the ground. QB Nick
Krzaniak passed for over 100 yards including a 30 yard
td pass to James Wilson. Jason Lachance was the leading
pass receiver including one near the goal line to set
Nick Krzaniak up for a TD. John Ladurantaye ran
for 72 tough yards up the middle was also credited with
a touch down. Also contributing with big blocks, hits
and yardage were Sebastian Rios, Cameron MacMillan,
Nick Porter, Patrick Guilbeault, and Eric Thomson.
Despite early game jitters and giving up a touch
down on the first play, the defence rallied and showed
great spirit in shutting down the Lions offense. The
hit parade was lead by Mitch Graham with 8 tackles followed
by Vince Galea, Harrison de Costa, and Evan Swire with
7, 6, and 5 tackles respectively. Swire added 2 sacks
and Galea 1. Curtis Wagner. Zack Palmer, Jordon Gorgichuk,
Brett Champagne, Eric Oneschuk, Ben Tremblay, Emil Aite,
Zach Andruchow, and Devon McIntyre assisted with timely
tackles and great pass coverage. McIntyre also had a
fumble recovery.
PeeWee
The PeeWee team was not as fortunate losing 51-6
to the much stronger Lions. The only offense generated
came late in the game on a hand off to Dallon Kuprowski
to score the Knights only touchdown.
Bantam
The defending Bantam City champions continued their
winning streak with a decisive victory again the Bel-Air
Lions winning 30-0. The offense lead by QB Ryan Ireland
attacked the Lions defence passing for a total of 143
yards. Receiving touchdowns were scored by Jordan Singbeil
and Shane Hills. The Knights running game steamrolled
the Lions with Taylor Kuprowski rushing for 125 yards
and a touchdown. Eric Champagne contributed a second
rushing touchdown with a powerful 1 yard run.
The Knights “Hoggies” opened holes all day giving
the running backs room to roam and allowed QB Ryan Ireland
plenty of time to throw. Special mention goes to Case
de Kemp for throwing some incredible downfield blocks.
The Knights defence was in top form shutting down
the Lions all afternoon. Brad Gorgichuk pounded the
Lions with 12 tackles and a sack while Kyle MacLellan
& Joey Timpson recorded 9 & 8 tackles respectively.
Shane Sabourin recovered a fumble allowing the Knights
offense to continue their charge.
Midget
It was a battle of two very talented defensive teams
that saw the Knights Midgets win 14-7 to the Bel Air
Norseman. The Norseman only managed to score as a result
of a miscue on special teams. Mark Packard in his debut
at quarterback was outstanding with 166 yards in the
air including two spectacular touchdown passes to Marcus
Lovell. Justin Patenaude led the team in rushing with
70 yards on 16 carries including two points in converts.
The Knights defence completely shut down the Norseman
both on the ground and in the air. Shane Nolan, James
Campbell, Nathan Quigley and Moe Njau each recorded
an interception. Quigley and Campbell along with
Karim Hosny and Matthew Scott led the team in tackles.
Next Action
The Knights teams will play again on Labour Day Monday
with the Midgets taking on the Colts at KRC field at
7:30 p.m. and the other squads playing in West Carleton
beginning at 9:30 a.m.
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