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The Kanata Knights Football Club
maintained its first place status in three of its five
divisions beating the Bell Warriors at Tyke and Bantam
and the Nepean Redskins at the Midget level at KRC Field
this past Sunday.
Tyke
In their toughest battle yet, the
Tykes jousted for defensive superiority over the
Bell
Warriors…and won 14-8. Sam Kronick put in a remarkable
performance as he opened up the scoring with a touchdown
in the first quarter; the veteran workhorse also had
55 rushing yards. Levi Neeson and Jake Mamn combined
for over 70 yards in kick off returns, rushing and a
pass reception. Mahlon Head
led the rushing with 93 yards and the game winning TD
followed by a 2-point conversion by Evan Yourth, the
first on the year. The coaching
staff was impressed with their entire offensive team
including Adam
Milito
and Nick Moffat at tight end, Damian Marier, Zach Smallwood,
Johnny Milks and Hunter Perrier on offensive tackle,
as well as Andy Carmicheal, Andrew Caicco and Amar Singh
who guarded the line.
Robbie Clement had the game saving tackle as he broke
the sound barrier chasing down the Warrior player nearly
60 yards to take the legs out from under him on the
6 yard line preventing what everyone believed was a
sure touchdown, he also delivered 11 crushing
tackles. Logan McKenna delivered 13 tackles including
numerous QB sacks. Kyle King and Kyle Morely punished
the Warriors with10 tackles each. Carter Poulin pounded
the opposition with 5 tackles. Brendan Singleton, Jordon
Olleik, Grant Moser, Connor Smallwood dished out 4 devastating
tackles each. Dylan Lachance,
Devin Saumur, Tyler Moffat, Andrew Clarke, Sean Emond
and Connor Bland all contributed thunderous tackles
as the Knights rained down an unprecedented 80 hard
hitting tackles in today’s game. The coaching staff
did a great job keeping the team focused and not allowing
them to quit when the going got tough.
Mosquito
The Mosquitos
played a solid first half holding the Bell Warriors
to only 8 points. Although the score at the end
of the first half was
8 to 6
for the Warriors,
Bell
pulled away in the fourth quarter by scoring 3 touchdowns
to win 32
to 8.
Spencer Cates and Evan Swire led the team
on defence with 5 tackles each, with Evan also delivering
a sack and an interception. Mitch Graham also
played well with 3 tackles, 1 sack, 1 blocked kick and
one batted ball. Brett Champagne, Curtis
Wagner, Eric Oneschuk, Zack Palmer, Devin McIntyre,
Sebastian Rios, Mike Zadra, Zack Andruchow, Harrison
de Costa also had several tackles each. Brett and Sebastian
Rios added an interception each and Vince Galea had
a fumble recovery. Curtis Wagner punted an average
of 20 yards.
Nick Porter scored the Knights only points
of the game, with a 13 yard reception from Nick Krzaniak,
who also passed for 97 yards. Two of these passes
were completed to James Wilson for 85 yards. John
Ladurantaye led the running game with 47 yards rushing,
with Cassy Aite running for 25 yards. John also
had 52 yards from kick off returns and had several big
blocks.
PeeWee
Week 3 found
the Knights PeeWees in a very physical, hard hitting
game against the Bell Warriors coming out with a hard
fought 19-0 loss. The Knights defence was very
strong allowing only 2 touchdowns while a 3rd was scored
by Bell
on a punt return. Kanata Knights defence was led
by linebacker Dean Edwards and defensive back Sean Colby
with 6 tackles each. Cody Henry had 5 and Tyrone
Afram had 4. They were unable to get any quarterback
sacks but had constant pressure on the Bell Warriors
quarterback.
Dallon Kuprowski had 75 yards on
4 punt returns, while David Murawski had 13 yards on
1 punt return and Connor DaCosta had 6 yards on 1 punt
return. Ian Boyle had an 11 yard run on a fake
punt. The offence struggled under relentless pressure
from Bell's
blitzing defence but had several good plays by Brandon
Lavery, Ian Boyle and Matt Oneschuk. The offensive
line, depleted by injuries and several missing players
fought hard the entire game.
Bantam
The Bantams continued their winning
ways by shutting out the game to the Bell Warriors 32
to 0.
The defence consistently came up
big by stuffing the Warrior offence and forcing 4 turnovers.
Jeff O'Hearn led the way with two highlight interception
returns. Connor Williams, Brad Gorgichuk and Shane
Sabourin led the hit parade with a combined 10 solo
tackles, 3 sacks and 2 fumble recoveries.
The offence eventually clicked after,
"Mr. Versatility" Godwin Addai started the scoring with
a 32 yard field goal. Godwin did everything but
work the canteen by converting all of Taylor Kuprowski,
Ryan Ireland, Eric Champagne and Jordan Singbeil majors
and scoring a single.
Special mention to the "O" and "D"
lines that got stronger as the game wore on and controlled
the line of scrimmage.
Midget
It was a battling defensive duo that
saw the Knights come out on the winning end of a low
scoring 3-2 decision against their cross town rivals,
the Nepean Redskins.
Each team came out firing on all pistons in an attempt
to retain sole possession of first place in the league.
On the notion that it is the defensive
game that will win championships, both teams came on
strong against each other’s offence allowing very few
yards in the air and very few on the ground.
The only points scored in the game came on opportunities
capitalized on defensive turnovers.
The points for the Knights came in the first
quarter which was all they needed for the win.
Justin Patenaude who led again in rushing with
75 yards was able to score a 28 yard field goal after
defensive star Karim Hosny stripped the ball with Nathan
Quigley pouncing on it to put the Knights in great field
position.
It was a defensive battle in the
second half with movement on the ball coming only on
penalties. While
the Redskins came close in going ahead in the game,
they could not get by the Knights outstanding defensive
squad that repeatedly shut the running game up the middle.
The only points acquired by the Redskins were
given by the Knights offence with a 2 point safety to
eliminate any possibility of a Redskin win.
The “TSN” plays of the week were credited to
Shane Nolan who picked up two interceptions late in
the game to help the Knights secure the win.
Other notable mention has to go to
the entire defence including Matt Renaud, Matt Scott,
Nicholas Konan, Michael Jacobs and Corey Armstrong.
Next Action
The Kanata Knights go on the road next week with
the Tykes, Mosquitos, Pee Wees and Bantam teams playing
the Nepean Redskins on Saturday and Sunday while the
Midgets will play the Canterbury Mustangs at Frank Clair
Stadium at
2:00 p.m.
on Saturday.
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