SMAA Football
Recent Highlights
October 16, 2015
COMMUNITY NEWS
Wednesday Oct 7, 2015
In a very evenly played game the
Sylvan Learning Centre Fire
Bolts and the Sarnia Lakeshore
Optimists Inferno battled to a
30-30 draw. This marks the 4th
time in 5 games Fire Bolts have
tied a game, showing how
competitive this league is for
most teams. The Inferno took an
18-12 lead to the half time
break on touchdown runs by Liam
O'Rourke, Nathan Tremblay and
Bret Banninga. Shane Knight and
Rylan Snyder replied for the
Fire Bolts. Tremblay and
O'Rourke again counted majors
for the Inferno in the second
half. Zavier Mitchell and an
additional pair of touchdowns by
the powerful Knight earned a
draw for both teams.
In the second game the Royal
Canadian Legion Iron Hides
prevailed for their fifth
consecutive victory over the
rapidly improving Robinson
Design and Drafting Razor Claws
36-30. This game was tied at 18
following the first half. The
Razor Claws had 3 different
players break the plane in the
first half; Madisyn Moore,
Travis Kozak and Mason Broer.
Ethan Hacker, Josh Manning and
Jack Vozza replied for the Iron
Hides. The Iron Hides came out
on fire in the second half.
Vozza's 18 yard touchdown
scamper opened the scoring.
Parker Wyant scored 3
touchdowns, 2 on runs and his
final major on a pass from Vozza.
Broer and Kozak replied for the
Claws.
The finale was a Bantam match up
between the Jim Easson/Brian
Guenette Grizzlies and the
Mechanical Contractor's
Association Toros. The game
started out as a track meet with
6 touchdowns being scored in the
first half. Avery Smiley led the
charge for the Grizzles with
runs of 17, 40 and 60 yards.
Hudson Laur also counted a major
on a 45 yard pass and run play
from quarterback Justin Cain.
Cain added a pair of converts.
The Toros hung close in the
first half on a pair of
touchdown runs by quarterback
Ethan Kerby, both of whom were
successfully completed by Zach
Tremblay. The Grizzlies edged
away in the second half as
Smiley dashed 70 yards for his
4th touchdown of the game and
Ethan Isaac rumbled in from 3
yards out. Cain added a convert
to complete the scoring in a
42-17 Grizzly victory.
Saturday October 10, 2015
The Robinson Design and Drafting
Razor Claws prevailed over he
Metcalfe Photography Shock Wave
42-30 in an offensive explosion
where 12 touchdowns were scored.
Travis Kozak led the Claws with
a pair as well as a 35 yard pass
and run play to Mark Pack. Pack
counted an additional touchdown
on a long run. Also contributing
majors were Chayton VanBarneveld,
Mason Broer, and Reese
Baumgartner. The Shock Wave
offense also moved the ball
impressively with 5 drives
ending successfully. Carter
Pagano led the charge with 3
touchdowns and Jesse Hart
contributed a pair.
The Royal Canadian Legion Branch
62 Iron Hides continued their
undefeated season with an
impressive 36-12 victory over
the Sarnia Lakeshore Optimists
Inferno 36-12. They exploded for
5 touchdowns in the first half.
Josh Manning opened the scoring
on a 15 yard pass and run play
from quarterback Jack Vozza.
Manning added a second on a 9
yard run. Vozza scored a
touchdown of his own on a 30
yard dash. Parker Wyant, and
Ethan Hacker rounded out the
first half scoring for the
Hides. Speedy Nathan Tremblay
accounted for all the Inferno
majors on 2 runs of 25 and 30
yards. In the second half, Vozza
finished off the scoring for the
Iron Hides.
There are now no more undefeated
teams in the PeeWee Division as
the second place BrownStones Sky
Fire upended the first place
Sarnia Lakeshore Optimists 14-6.
This game was a match in which
both defenses prevailed and made
big plays at opportune times.
Orion Vasquez opened the scoring
for the victors on an
electrifying pass and run play
of 102 yards. Also counting a
major was Josh Hillsdon who
rumbled in from 6 yards out.
This touchdown was successfully
converted on a kick by Josh
Foulis. Tyler Hopwood culminated
a long drive for the Vortex when
he ran 6 yards into the end
zone.
The second PeeWee game was a
fierce battle in which the
Lanxess Avengers prevailed over
the Vidal Pharmacy Raiders
20-12. The score was knotted 6-6
at the half as defense prevailed
in this PeeWee tilt as well.
Josh Graham ran 15 yards for the
Raiders and Joey Edlington
replied with a 45 yard scamper
for the Avengers. In the second
half Tyler Kerby sped to the end
zone from the 50 yard line for
the Raiders. Zack McCabe took it
to the house from 35 yards out
and the kicked convert by Nathan
Cope was successful, staking the
Avengers to a 14-12 lead. The
last touchdown of the game was a
20 yard run by Joey Edlington.
Just as in the PeeWee Division
earlier, there are now no more
undefeated teams in the Bantam
Division, as a result of the
third place Mammoet Crane
Mammoths upsetting the Jim
Easson/Brian Guenette Grizzlies
32-14. The Mammoths came out
fired up and opened up a 26-6
lead from which the Grizzlies
were unable to counter. In this
first half explosion, Aiden
Wildfong rambled to the house
twice, on a run of 102 yards and
a pick 6 from his own 50. Dylan
Pepper contributed a major of
his own on a 12 yard run.
Quarterback Lucas Kita hit Isiah
George on a pass and run play
for 49 yards. The touch down in
the first half for the Grizzlies
was on a 70 yard toss from
Justin Cain to Hudson Laur. The
teams traded majors in the
second half, the Mammoths
counting on a 90 yard pass from
Kita to Wildfong and the
Grizzlies on a connection from
Cain to Joshua Grondin. Cain
successfully converted this
touchdown.
In the finale, the Mechanical
Contractors Association Toros
prevailed over the Bigras
Painting Tiger Sharks 16-13. The
Tiger Sharks opened the scoring
when Austin West ran in from the
1 yard line, culminating a long
drive. A convert by Dylan Hilz
made it 7-0. In the second
quarter the Toros rattled off 16
straight points on a pair of
majors, the first on a 1 yard
plunge by Joe Rose and the
second on a 3 yard run by Ethan
Kerby. Zachary Tremblay
converted both these giving the
Toros a 16-7 edge at the half.
In the second half the rock was
taken to the house only once, in
the third quarter, on a 61 yard
run by Hiltz. From then on
defenses prevailed and the Toros
hung on for their victory.
