Northern vs St Christopher
October 30, 2010
Northern Vikings
sweeps Cyclones in High School Football Championships
By Andrew Brethauer
The Northern Vikings are double L.S.S.A.A. Football
champions, as both Senior and Junior football teams beat St.
Christopher’s Saturday afternoon at St. Clair. Both games
remained close till the end, where the Vikings would pull
away, winning the Junior game 26-14, and the Senior game
25-9.
The Senior game showcased tough defence by both teams, as
the Vikings and Cyclones held each other back from any big
games. Northern would get into field game range and kicker
Brian Kaija would boot three field goals through the
uprights, including a long 44 yarder. Kaija would add his
fourth field goal of the game early in the second quarter to
give the Vikings a 12-0 lead. The Cyclones would drive down
the field, but were cut off when Maitland Long intercepted a
Ryan Greenwood pass and the Vikings would take a knee to end
the quarter.
St. Christopher’s would open the second half with a kick
through the end zone to give them a point. The Vikings would
respond by marching down the field and scoring on a run by
quarterback Jon Ravenhorst. But the touchdown was called
back due to unnecessary roughness and the Cyclones would
have to punt away after the penalty moved them out of field
goal range due to windy weather.
Greenwood would then start a drive for the Cyclones,
completing passes to receivers and gaining yards on Viking
pass interference penalties. Greenwood would cap off the
drive with a goal line pass over the defence for a
touchdown. The Cyclones would add an extra point, as well as
kick another ball through the end zone on the ensuing
kickoff to make it 12-9 for the Vikings.
The Vikings continued to put points through the uprights, as
Kaija would kick his fifth and sixth field goal of the game,
to give the Vikings a 18-9 lead. Things would get worse for
the Cyclones as Greenwood would throw an interception to
Mike Nicholson, who would return it deep into Cyclones
territory. The Vikings would finally get one passed the goal
line as Curtis Robichaud would punch in a one yard run,
capped off by an extra point by Kaija for his 19th
point of the game.
The Cyclones could not respond, and the Vikings would take
the Championship with a 25-9 victory. Kicker Brian Kaija
would receive the MVP honours for the game, scoring 19 of
the Vikings 25 points, while going 6 for 6 in field goal
tries.
The Northern
Seniors will go to S.W.O.S.S.A.
The Senior
All-Stars were announced after the game, as five players
from each team were selected. They are as follows:
St. Patricks
-
Colin
Sullivan
-
Dylan
Chappelle
-
Austin
Langteigne
-
Joel
Action
-
Dan
Moskal
S.C.I.T.S.
1. Jason
Dobson
2. Dylan
White
3. Connor
Downie
4. Sheldon
Marks-Alexander
5. Justine
Joyce
LCCVI
-
Zach
Welton
-
Mike
Zimmerman
-
Mitch
Rate
-
Brandon
Smith
-
Kelton
Christopher
St. Clair
-
Ian Van
Reenan
-
Denver
Spearman
-
Troy
Nahmabin
-
Eric
Clarke
-
Mike
Belisle
St.
Christopher
-
Anthony
Petrucci
-
Zach
Lippiatt
-
Grant
Marshall
-
Chris
Kongas
-
Brett
Fracalanza
Northern
-
Maitland
Long
-
TJ Mara
-
Curtis
Robichaud
-
Stephane’
Jean
-
Brian
Kaija
Lloyd Blondin
Trophy (Awarded by the Referee’s association to the team
that displays greatest amount of good sportsmanship)
Winner: St.
Clair Colts
Mattingley
Trophy (Senior Team with best regular season record)
Winner:
Northern Vikings
Titen Trophy
(Most Valuable Player in the L.S.S.A.A. regular season)
TJ Mara
(Northern) and Anthony Petrucci (St. Christopher’s)
In earlier Junior action, the Vikings had a 10-7 lead in the
fourth quarter before Viking QB Hayden McLean kept the ball
for a 33 yard run for the touchdown. The Vikings would add
two points after the Cyclones fumbles in the end zone, and
would take a 19-7 lead. The Cyclones would return the score
as Mike Fraser would rush in for a touchdown to bring the
game back to within one score. But Mitchell Smiley of the
Vikings would have a 60 yard touchdown run to seal the
victory for the Junior Vikings 26-14.
Smiley would
get MVP honours for the Junior game.
After the
game, awards were handed out to Junior players for Most
Valuable Player and Most Valuable Lineman. The following are
the award winners.
St. Patrick’s
Most Valuable
Player: Peter Fais
Most Valuable
Lineman: Joshua McRea
St. Clair
Most Valuable
Player: Brad Churchill
Most Valuable
Lineman: Graham Pedregosa
S.C.I.T.S.
Most Valuable
Player: Dalton Rand
Most Valuable
Lineman: Nathan Campbell
St.
Christopher
Most Valuable
Player: Michael Frasher
Most Valuable
Lineman: Joshua Chynees
LCCVI
Most Valuable
Player: Nathan MacIntrye
Most Valuable
Lineman: Sam Lynch
Northern
Most Valuable
Player: Andrew Lane
Most Valuable
Lineman: Isaac Butler
The Gordon
Patterson Trophy (Best regular season record)
Winner:
Northan Vikings (5-0) |
