Nov. 4 football report: Niagara Generals; OUA; High school
NIAGARA GENERALS FOOTBALL
Niagara 42 Brantford 26
Ezekiel Langendoen contributed four touchdowns and four converts to power the Niagara Generals peewee football team to a 42-26 victory over the Brantford Bisons in Ontario Football League play.
Also contributing big games for Niagara were: Cameron Macrae with a major and four sacks; Nicholas McKinnon with a touchdown; Lucas Nicol and Joey Labuik with fumble recoveries; and, quarterback Brett Wall had a great game in a blocking role.
“My O-line held their blocks, my D-line clogged the holes, we shut down their run with our strong linebackers and safeties, and our coverage killed their pass game,” Generals head coach Bruce Macrae said. “I could not have asked for a better performance from our boys in our 42 to 26 win.”
Brantford 24 Niagara 8
The Niagara Generals bantams football team entered its playoff game against the Brantford Bisons as clear underdogs and aside from a couple of quick scores, Niagara’s defence held the high-scoring Bisons offence to just three touchdowns.
Unfortunately, Niagara’s offence was able to get anything going other than a rushing major by Jamie Otis-Heyward. Two deep drives by the Generals were stalled inside the Bisons’ 10-yard line.
“My coaches and I are very proud of how our team played this year. They played as a team and a brotherhood,” head coach Jim Storin said. “With a small bench, our boys fought very hard and did not allow Brantford to just push them around.”
He was proud if his team’s effort.
“Winning isn’t always measured by the scoreboard,” Storin said. “These boys are all winners in my books.”
The Bisons move on to the Tier 2 championship game.
OUA ROUNDUP
Western 30 Waterloo 24
Tre Ford (A.N. Myer) threw for three TD passes and rushed for 72 yards on 14 carries, but it wasn’t enough as the Waterloo Warriors fell 30-24 to Western in Ontario University Athletics semifinal action.
Rushon Dagelman (A.N. Myer) caught TD passes from six and 13 yards out and finished with five catches for 55 yards. Tre Ford finished 20-31 for 226 yards.
Also for Waterloo, Tyrell Ford (A.N. Myer) had three punt returns for 37 yards, a solo tackle and an assisted tackle.
For Western: Cole Majoros (Lakeshore Catholic) had four catches for 48 yards; Antonio Valvano (St. Francis) caught two passes for 15 yards; Jake Andrew (A.N. Myer) recorded a solo tackle and three assisted tackles; and, Eli Sacco (Sir Winston Churchill) had 0.5 tackles.
McMaster 19 Guelph 9
Jordan Terrio (Saint Paul) had six catches for 45 yards and Greg Corfield (Saint Paul) recorded two assisted tackles in a losing cause as Guelph fell 19-9 to McMaster in OUA semifinal action.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
All the finals for the high school football playoffs have been set.
In Niagara Region High School Athletic Association play, Grimsby is at Centennial Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Tier 2 senior final and Sir Winston Churchill is at A.N. Myer Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the Tier 1 senior final; and, the junior final will see Westlane at Myer at 5 p.m Friday.
In Niagara Catholic Athletic Association action: Notre Dame will host Saint Michael in the senior final on Thursday at a time and location to be announced.
