Junior Lancers end seven year drought against St. Peter
St. Peter Knights running back Nohat Yacinthe
gets hauled down from behind by Sir Wilfrid
Laurier defender Andrew Hill during Thursday's
match-up between the two east end teams. Fred
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Lancers junior football team ended
a seven year against the St. Peter Knights on Thursday, and in doing so, kept their
perfect record intact while the Knights fell to 3-1.
Lancers capitalized on a pair of strong performances by
the backfield tandem of Jackson Bennett and Tristan Tessier
to score 28 points, while the error-prone Knights continually
shot themselves in the foot with ill-timed penalties and
Lancers drew first blood scoring a touchdown in the first
quarter on long run from close to midfield by Bennett.
Peter had a chance to tie the game with six minutes left
to go in the second quarter, but they had two long gains
called back on a pair of offside calls after they had
initially returned a punt 65-yards to the Lancers' 44-yard
line. A sack by John Lobban on second down and 20 and
a short punt would give the Lancers excellent field position
on the Knights' 50.
the very first play from scrimmage, Tessier broke free
for a 47-yard run beforwe being brought down at the three-yard
line. Two plays later, Lancers quarterback Javontae Nelson
ran it in from the one to give Sir Wil a 14-0 lead at
Peter managed to get its act together with a pair of touchdowns
in the third quarter by Eric Ouellet and Tyler McEnroe,
but Sir Wil scored a touchdown in between on an 11-yard
run by Tessier to keep the Lancers in front by a converted
touchdown heading into the final quarter.
Lancers advantage was eventually erased by the Knights
midway through the fourth quarter when they capped a 55-yard
drive with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Mark Devlin.
Knights' poor tackling would ultimately prove to be their
undoing, however, as the Lancers were able to answer back
with the go ahead touchdown late in the game. The key
damage was done by Bennett who broke through four or five
would-be tacklers during a 49-yard run to the Knights'
12-yard line. Two plays later, Tessier ran the ball in
untouched from 11 yards out for his second major of the
game. It would also prove to be the eventual game winner.
last time Sir Wil beat St. Peter in junior football was
in the 2004 season when they won the city championship
with Aaron Colbun and Brendan Gilanders in the backfield.
The former Lancers are both in their final year at the
University of Ottawa where they are hoping to lead the
Gee-Gees to the OUA championship.
2011 version of the Lancers are hoping to enjoy the same
success the team had in 2004, by winning the city title.
To do so they must first beat the loser of Friday's game
between Sacred Heart and Longfields in next week's semi-finals.
Should they win they have a date with destiny and a possible
rematch with St. Peter in the championship game, if the
Knights win their semi-final match-up against the winner
of Friday's game..
11:30 a.m., Oct. 28)
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