Salute to football
Today’s showcase event for the St. Albert Minor Football Association kicks off at 9:50 a.m. with the opening ceremonies at Larry Olexiuk Field.The Super Saturday activities include four games featuring the SAMFA peewee and bantam teams in the Capital District Minor Football Association.
The start times are as follows:
10 a.m. peewee junior varsity Colts versus Beaumont.
12:30 p.m. bantam junior varsity Fury versus Fort Saskatchewan Sting.
3 p.m. peewee senior varsity Riders versus Sherwood Park Wolverines.
5:30 p.m. bantam senior varsity Palmer 49ers versus Wolverines.
Food and souvenir concession stands will be open and the Edmonton Eskimos’ mascots, Punter and Nanook, will be in attendance.
SAMFA is also collecting gently used clothing and household linens throughout the day and Value Village will pay by the pound for the items. All proceeds will go to KidSport. Cash donations will also be accepted.
Riders undefeated
The fourth win in row for the undefeated St. Albert Riders was also the closest margin of victory for the peewee senior varsity team in the Capital District Minor Football Association.Josh Mah and James Hill combined for more than 300 rushing yards despite the wet weather conditions in the 35-14 decision against the Edmonton Chargers (0-3) at Larry Olexiuk Field.
The cold and snow played a major factor as the Riders and Chargers struggled to pass the ball and turnovers plagued both teams early on.
The first points in eight quarters against the Riders were scored off a 50-yard run as the Chargers found success with the fly sweep.
The Riders answered after Luke Bates’ interception gave the offence the ball near midfield. Mah’s touchdown dash covered 20-plus yards and he also ran in the one-point convert to make it 7-6.
The Chargers regained the lead in the second quarter with another long fly sweep and the two-point kick was successful.
Lengthy ground gains by Hill at quarterback and Mah paved the way for a short rumble up the middle for Mah’s second TD. Jamie Clark ran in the convert to knot the score at 14.
The Riders added the game-winning TD before halftime as Matty LaPierre recovered the short kickoff and Hill capped off the six-play drive with the three-yard QB keeper. Mah produced the one-point version for the 21-14 score.
The Riders rose to the challenge defensively in the second half with nose tackle Cohen Bernas as the ringleader.
Mah generated two more TDs and ran in another conversion along with Hill.
Today at 3 p.m. the Riders huddle up against the Sherwood Park Wolverines (0-3) in St. Albert.
Atom round-up
St. Albert teams were a combined 1-3 in week three of the atom season in the Capital District Minor Football Association.Sunday’s results at Foote Field are as follows:
Division I: The Jaguars held the upper hand against West Edmonton Raiders Red but couldn’t punch the ball into the end zone despite three trips inside the five-yard line in the 7-0 loss.
William Imgrund-Peterson paced the offence with solid runs while Lucas Massey and Theo Weirmeir kept the Raiders at bay on defence expect for one long gallop.
The next game is 1 p.m. Sunday against the Edmonton Mustangs at Foote Field.
Division II: The Buccaneers scored early and often in the 28-0 win against West Edmonton Raiders White.
Orion Scott led the way with two touchdowns in the second quarter, followed by TDs from Zaedon Turner and Matt Loverock in the second half at Foote Field.
Defensively, Griffin Meyer switched sides from centre and blew up the Raiders’ attack several times.
Up next for the Bucs are the Edmonton Chargers at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Foote Field.
Division III: The Camrose Buffaloes were tough to stop for the Vikings in the 21-0 loss.
Izzy Guenette-Edoda stood tall on the offensive line pushing the Buffaloes around while she battled the flu.
Julian Ammar, son of former St. Albert Storm standout James Ammar, racked up several tackles.
The Vikings huddle up against the Edmonton Seahawks at 4 p.m. Sunday at Foote Field.
Division IV: The Avengers suffered a 28-0 loss to the Beaumont Bears in the last game before the re-seeding round.
Ayden Maki rose to the challenge defensively while Karol Gonzalez de la Vega and Jesse Neale were solid offensively.
The Avengers line up against the Camrose Buffaloes at 5:30 p.m. Sunday at Foote Field.
Meanwhile, the SAMFA atom teams will play at halftime in next Saturday’s game between the Edmonton Eskimos and Winnipeg Blue Bombers at Commonwealth Stadium.
