We hope you're ready for a little reading -- we have the results from Niagara Spears as well as the Niagara Region Minor Football League.
The Niagara Bantam Spears Advance, JV Tier 1 & Varsity Spears Eliminated from the Playoffs this past weekend. Check out the results and photos below:
1st round playoff game victory:
Niagara Bantam 17, London Jr Mustangs 0
Kiwanis Field St. Catharines
Scoring
Marshall McCray 1TD, 1 Field Goal 2- 1pt Kicked PAT
Eugene Park 1TD
“ The defence played amazingly well… getting a shutout…the offence struggled in the 1st half scoring only 3 points, but fought hard and put it together in the second… a great win…” ~ Head Coach Bill Crawford
Now scheduled: Semi-Final playoff game at Essex 7-2 vs spears 6-3
Note: On May 12, Niagara beat Essex 15 to 14 at Kiwanis Field (July 14)
Bantam Spear, Marshall McCray, Looking for a receiver By Ed Telenko
Marshall McCray Making another good gain (left photo); Niagara Bantam Spear Adrian D’Gyves #6 Gaining yardage Photos by Scott Woodland
Niagara JV Spears Tier 1 at Ron Joyce Stadium at McMaster University
Hamilton Tiger-Cats 26 Niagara 2
Spears eliminated
Head Coach Comments
“We ultimately came up short of our goal but collectively we came together and got better as individuals, team mates and people and I am proud of all of the kids for battling for 4 quarters in a valiant effort.” Arthur Martin
Top performer: Offence Devon Schiller and John Serrano
Defence: Riley Lions and Zach Bechard
Note: Niagara JV Spears Tier 2 have 2 games remaining in their regular schedule, July 15 at Toronto (Jets),and July 21 at Clarington (Knights)
Varsity In London
Niagara Spears 15 London Jr Mustangs 34
Succar 1 TD
Dallas Bone 1TD
Cole Mackinnon Kick 1pt PAT
Travis Arp 2TD pass completions and 1-2 Point Convert completionTo Darcy MacIsaac
Head Coach Brian Duguay commented.
"I think we had an outstanding game. Except for a couple of major miscues, allowing a kickoff return and another very long run both of which resulted in (London) TDs we were very completive. Our defence was outstanding for the most part stalling 2 of their drives limiting them to field goals instead of Touchdowns. When considering a coulee of weeks ago we were bounced 42-to 3 by them, I’m extremely proud of how hard our guys fought”
Niagara Regional Football Elite JV Division
July 5th Kiwanis Field St. Catharines
Sundevils 55 Tiger-Cats 8
Sundevils Scoring
William Shultz 2TDs 1-1ptPAT
Mason Arbic 1TD 1-1ptPAT
Donovan Morgan 1TD 1-1ptPAT
Cooper Tice 1TD 1-2prPAT
Anthony Gomez 2TDs 1-1ptPAT
Gabe Loiselle 1-1ptPAT
Paton Roxborough 1TD
Tiger-Cats Scoring
Justin Dawe 1TD
Josh Keizer 1-2ptPAT
Sunday July 8th 2018
Atom Division St. Catharines Seahawks 33 Fort Erie Longhorns 26
Seahawks scoring
Ezekiel Langendoen 2TDs and 1-1pt PAT
Josh Savoie 2TDs
Dahari Williams 1TD
Alex Piazza 1-2pt PAT
Longhorns scoring:
Jordan Payne 1TD a 2-1pt PAT
Chase Wentworth 2TDs
Gavyn Vazquez 1TD
Atom: West Niagara Steelers 12 Niagara Falls Lions 24
Lions Game Summary:Marco Angelini 2TDs
Lucas Panucci 2TDs
Steelers Game Summary:
Emilio DiNardo TD
Matthew McDevitt TD
Connor Proulx Fumble Recovery
Lucas Armenti Fumble Recovery
Outstanding Effort:
Offense - Emilio DiNardo
Defence - Connor Proulx, Case Haan
Peewee Division
Welland Tiger-Cats 40 St. Catharines Seahawks 14
Tiger-Cats scoring
Nick Jokic 2TDs
Ben Tsanoff 2TDs and 1-1pt PAT
Matthew Gichard 1TD
Sean Perry 1TD
Dylan Dellemonache 1-ipt PAT
Thomas Alexander 1-2pt PAT
Breton Peacey - Interception
Dylan Dellemonache - Interception
Outstanding offensive play by Seth Bourassa & Marcus Tsanoff
Outstanding defensive play by Brandon Krutz & Arik Rae
Seahawks scoring
Elijah Jama 1TD
Biancaniello Luca 1 TD
Genest Braiden 1-2pt PAT
Peewee:
West Niagara Steelers 34 Niagara Falls Argos 6
Steeler Game Summary:
Jake Portolesi TD
Nathan Owen TD
Ryden Lapcevich TD
Jayden Gurzi-MacDonald TD
Lucas Hazelton TD, Interception
Elijah Mercer 2 X-Pt Kicks, Fumble Recovery
Joey Dilse Fumble Recovery
Gregory Marois Fumble Recovery
Outstanding Effort:
Offense - Jake Portolesi
Defence - Jayden Gurzi-MacDonald
Argos Game Summary:
Carson Gauthier TD
Clayton Wilen Interception
Darius Cripps Fumble Recovery
Outstanding Efforst:
Offense - Carson Gauthier
Defence - Clayton Wilen
Bantam Division
Welland Tiger-Cats 31 St.Catharines Seahawks 0
Tiger-Cats scoring
Deshawn Johnson 3TDs
Tate Donovan 1TD
Daniel Thompson 1TD
Colton Kizlik 1-1pt PAT
Bantam:
West Niagara Falcons 9 Niagara Falls Argos 6
Falcons Game Summary:
Ethan Rutherford TD
Nick Park X-Pt Kick, 2 Punt Singles
Nolan Banga 2 Interceptions
Jayce MacArthur Fumble Recovery
Outstanding Effort:
Offense - Eljay Thompson
Defence - Nolan Banga, Evan Reece
Argos Game Summary:
#23 TD
Outstanding Effort:
Offense - #23 Connor McKee
Defence = #53 Arden Martinez
Photo: Ben Tsanoff, on his way to scoring 1 of his 2 TDs for Welland Tiger-Cats in peewee game against St. Catharines Seahawks Sundaybin Welland. Photo by Ed Telenko
