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Sturgeon split two in London
andrew brethauer june 26th, 2011

 

The Sarnia Sturgeon traveled to London on Saturday to take on the Forest City Thunderbirds at Westminster High School. In the opener the Bantam Sturgeon (2-2) took on the first place Thunderbirds.
This was a rematch of a game played two weeks ago at Norm Perry Park in which the London team scored 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter to escape with a 28-23 victory. On their opening possession, the Sturgeon drove the length of the field for a touchdown scored by Easton Klaudi on a pass from Blake Maxfield. The Thunderbirds responded with a major of their own in their ensuing possession to knot the game at 6. Sarnia went up 7-6 on a 40 yard single by Maxfield and their lead increased to 14-6 on a 65 yard punt return by Matteo Tesone and Maxfield's convert as the first quarter ended. London scored the only points of the second quarter on a 30 yard touchdown run. Easton Klaudi blocked the conversion attempt and the Sturgeon led 14-12 at the half.

The Thunderbirds came out flying in the second half, driving for a touchdown the first time they had the ball. This major was the only scoring of the third quarter and the home side led 18-14 after three quarters. The Sturgeon scored a safety with 10 minutes remaining in the game to narrow their deficit to 18-16. As a result of the safety the Forest City had to kick off to the Sturgeon and Sarnia's return brought the ball to mid-field. Four plays later a 25 yard pass from Maxfield to Tesone had the Sturgeon up 22-18. The Sturgeon defense held and forced a punt from the Thunderbirds. The Sturgeon had the ball at their own 35 yard line with only 4 minutes remaining and were attempting to run out the clock . At this point disaster struck for the visitors. A Sarnia ball carrier was stripped of the ball and the London defensive player ran 35 yards for the go ahead touchdown. On their final drive, a fumble on the Forest City 40 ended the Sturgeon final chance for a comeback as the Thunderbirds prevailed 24-22.

In the PeeWee contest the second place Thunderbirds hosted the first place, undefeated Sturgeon. The Thunderbirds took the opening kick-off and after 3 plays had to punt the ball away to Sarnia. The Sturgeon then orchestrated an 85 yard drive that lasted 8 minutes. Joey Ferrera capped this drive with a 2 yard run and Sarnia was up 6-0. The score remained this way until London took their first, and only, lead 7-6, with a touchdown and a convert at the beginning of the second quarter. From here on the game was all Sturgeon. Touchdowns on runs of 65 yards by Jamie Campbell and 54 yards by Keyshaun Jordan had the visitors up 20-7 at the break. On their first possession of the second half the Sturgeon lead was increased to 26-7 on another fine touchdown run by Campbell, this one covering 62 yards. At this point the coaching staff began substituting freely on defense. Additional touchdown runs by Campbell of 52 yards and Hunter Taylor of 7 yards, along with a 2 point convert on a pass from Jackson Fisher to Nick Iacobelli completed the scoring and resulted in an overwhelming 40-13 victory for the Sturgeon PeeWees.

Next weekend all three Sturgeon teams play at Norm Perry Park. The PeeWees host the Toronto Jr. Argos Saturday at noon, the Bantams host the Junior Argos Sunday at noon and the Junior Varsity host the powerful Burlington Stampeders Sunday at 2 p.m.



 

 

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