Tyke
Riding the momentum of the previous week's victory, the Kanata Knights Tykes prepared to host a Lion hunt as the Bel-Air Copeland squad took the short trek down Hazeldean Road to the KRC field on Thanksgiving Monday. From the opening kickoff it appeared that the Kanata squad had overindulged at the turkey table the previous night and a lackluster first half put the team down 20-0. Kanata took to the field in the second half determined to deliver a much better effort. 'Not one more point!' declared the defence. This time, it was the Brothers Beccerril - Cesar and Marco - who lead the D snaring a combined 13 Lions as the entire defence stepped up and stymied the Bel-Air offence in the second half. In perhaps the most balanced effort by the defence this season, 13 players contributed at least 2 tackles apiece. Frantically trying to put some points of their own on the board, the offence started to move the ball, with Spencer Tanti opening holes in the line and Knights gaining rushing yards from Dylan Lachance, Patrick Massia. and Jack Power. Late in the game, the Knights re-engaged a very successful air attack, racking up 70 yards and setting up quarterback Carter Poulin's rushing TD to narrow the final score to 20-6.
Mosquito
In a nail biter finish the Knights Mosquito team failed to overtake the Bel Air Lions mosquito squad suffering a 13-8 defeat on Thanksgiving Monday. Logan McKenna threw a 30 yard pass to Paul Caissie who ran the ball to the end zone for the Knights only TD. McKenna kicked the 2 point conversion had 11 tackles and accumulated over 150 punting yards. Kyle King led the tackling with 13 followed by Keenan Tanti and Liam Mellor with 10 and 8 tackles respectively. Rookie player, Kio Ohene-Djan his first fumble recovery of the season.
Offense was led by quarterbacks Jake Hamm and Evan Yourth who had some success in the air and on the ground moving the ball forward. Paul Caissie accumulated 80 rushing yards.
PeeWee
The peewees are on a three-game winning streak after beating the Bel-Air Copeland Lions 15-0 in a Thanksgiving classic. John Ladurantaye scored two touchdowns on 57 and a 38 yard rushes, with conversions by Curtis Wagner. John Allarie capped off the scoring, punting the ball into the endzone for the a touchback.The Knights’ record improves to 4-3.
The offense had 10 first downs. The offensive line provided excellent blocking for John Ladurantaye, Paul Lepage, Bradley Hills and John Allarie to combine for 14 carries for 218 yards. They also provided enough time for quarterbacks Nick Krzaniak and Jason Lachance to pass for 71 yards. John Ladurantaye and Bradley Hills also had 4 tackles. The receivers, Patrick Guilbault, Nicholas Brazeau, Bradley Hills, John Ladurantaye and Tyler Anderson combined for 7 receptions for 85 yards. John Allarie punted six times for a total of 148 yards.
The defense had a stellar performance, allowing only 4 first downs. The defense was led by Mitchell Graham with 11 tackles, Joey Bélanger with 5, Michael Zadra with 4, and Tyler Hutchinson and Harrison da Costa with 3 each. Mitchell also forced a fumble, picked up by Tyler. Joey provided great pressure throughout the game. Adding to the team’s tackles were Carlo Cano, Evan Swire, Vincent Galea, Sebastian Mordak, Curtis Wagner, Nick Porter, Jake Saunders, Zach Andruchow, Russell Martin, Stuart McGinn and Jordan Gorgichuk. Nick Porter also had interception, as did Curtis Wagner, off a ball tipped by Stuart McGinn. Carlo Cano and Mitchell Graham combined for 48 yards off punts. Mitchell and Harrison da Costa combined for 80 yards on kick offs.
Bantam
Monday’s Bantam game was dominated by strong offensive plays by both teams. Both teams were fairly evenly matched throughout the game with the score leap-frogging back and forth throughout the game.
The game started with a TD by the Lions 4 minutes into the game. Knights blocked the conversion kick bringing the score to 0-6 for B.A. This was followed by a pass in the last minute of the quarter by Knights QB Dallon Kuprowki for a TD by receiver Marc Brown with successful conversion kick by Konah Raynes bringing the score to 7-6 for the Knights.
Bel-air scored a TD 2 minutes into the quarter. Knights again successfully blocked the kick bringing the score to 7-12 for the Lions. Another TD for the Knights a few minutes later by running back Mike Leno followed conversion kick brought the score to 14-12 for the Knights. Bel-Air scored another TD in the last minute of the half. Again the Knights blocked the conversion kick bringing the score to 14-18 for the Lions. Knights came back and scored another touchdown by Dallon Kuprowski with 20 seconds left in the half with successful conversion kick. The half ended with a score of 21-18 for the Knights.
Bel-Air advanced the ball to the 1 yard line which was followed by a TD and successful conversion kick about 7 minutes into the quarter. Knights reciprocated advancing the ball to the 1 yard line with 2 minutes remaining in the quarter. Knights QB ran the ball across the goal line with conversion kick bringing the score to 28-25 for the Knights.
Bell-Air scored a TD with conversion bringing the score to 28-32 for the Lions. A few minutes later Knights QB Dallon Kuprowski ran a spectacular 65 yards for a TD. With the conversion kick this brought the score to 35-32 for the Knights. This was followed by another TD and conversion a couple of minutes later by the Lions bringing the score to 35-39 for the Lions. The Knights came back with a strong advance down the field but a small penalty for a prodecure call cost the Knights their advance. Bel-Air then came back with a second touchdown (no conversion point) bringing the score to 35-46 for the Lions. With 1 minute remaining in the game Knights receiver Matt Gagnon scored a touchdown. An attempted pass for 2 point conversion hit the goal posts and was unsuccessful. This brought the score to 41-46 for the Lions. The Lions ran out the remaining 30 seconds of the game which ended with a final score of 41-46 for the Lions. |
