Your Nottawa
Nighthawks finished up a wildly successful flag football season by swooping in
and taking 2nd place at this year’s County Championships.
The day got off to an
auspicious start as the Hawks trounced a very good W.R. Best team 26-8 to start
round robin play. Despite being placed
in the best pool at the entire tournament, Nottawa was able to finish first in
their group and move on to the championship round.
The first round of
playffos saw a rematch of last year’s final as the Nighthawks faced a bitter
team from Guthrie. Unfortunately for the
team from Oro Medonte, it would be another day of disappointment as Ewan
Botelho led the Hawk’s defense consisting of Samantha Lundy, Tyler Karl, Jayden
Soychak, Lucas Thom, Spencer Risk, Sydney Baumgarten, Megan Ford, and Ashley Stewart to a crushing shut out in a
14-0 victory.
The second round
match-up pitted the Hawks against the second seeded team in the entire
tournament, St Francis. It was a see-saw
battle all game which saw St Francis take the lead with only 6 plays left in
the game. But after Gareth Brownrigg
completed a long pass to Taran Singh, Olivia Sproule, Julia
Stewart, Sarah Fisher, Hayley Reid, Conor Bruno, Julia Stewart, James
Blackstock, Adam Service, Miles Baker and Anthony Golby led the offence down
the field and scored the go ahead touchdown
leaving only 2 plays left. From there
the defense shut the door and Nottawa marched to the final.
In the final, the Nighthawks came up against the first
place team in the tournament, Mount Forest.
Despite some heroic efforts from all players, Mount Forest won the game
and took home the title.
Despite the obvious disappointing end to the tournament,
this seaon can only be looked upon as an
incredible success for the Nighthawks who played with amazing teamwork and
discipline the entire day. Every member
of the team did their part to bring home the banner and should be extremely
proud of what they were able to accomplish.
Despite the second
place finish, you all are truly deserving of being called champions.
Coach Bowhey would
like to thank all of the parents who once again braved the elements to cheer on
the Hawks. And also Mr. Bridson, who put
in many long hours throughout the season to help bring home, not only 1, but
TWO banners.
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