Capital Area Minor Football Association
Bantam Game Summaries (Ages 14-15)

                                                2001 Season                                                          

November 18   Maritime Final         Sydney Panthers 24 Fredericton Junior Black Kats 8

            The Kats only touchdown came on a touchdown pass from Marc Belliveau to to Mike Bennett. Seamus Swanick and Jeff McCormack added singles. The game was tied 8-8 at the end of the third quarter.
             The Kats team consisted entirely of 14 and 15 year olds. Nova Scotia permits 16 year olds to play Bantam football and the Sydney team had 18 of them on their roster.
 

November 11  N.B. Final    Fredericton Junior Black Kats 32 Tantramar Junior Titans 8

            Kyle Currie rumbled for three touchdowns to lead the Kats to their third consecutive provincial championship. Alex Child had the other touchdown and Seamus Swanick converted all four majors.

November 4 N.B. Semi-Final Fredericton Junior Black Kats 32 Hampton Junior Huskies 8

            The Black Kats broke open a tight game in the second half on their way to the win. Marc Belliveau scored two touchdowns with Mike Bennett and Kyle Currie adding one each. Seamus Swanick booted three converts and  the Kats defence added a safety. 

October 28                                     Capital Area Final  

                          Fredericton Junior Black Kats 38 Leo Hayes Junior Lions 3

          Kyle Currie paced the Kats with two touchdowns while Marc Belliveau, Vijai Krishnaswamy and Jared Connors had one each. Seamus Swanick was good on four of five convert attempts.
          Tyler Wyman booted a field goal for the Lions.

October 21                                 Capital Area Semi-Final   

                             Leo Hayes Junior Lions 32 Oromocto Junior Blues 8

            Brent McGrath, Tyler Wyman, Nolan Gervais and Monty Paul all scored touchdowns for the winners. Wyman converted all four majors. Justin Demerchant had the  lone Blues six pointer. Adam Gillan converted.                   

October 14            Leo Hayes Junior Lions 48 Simonds Junior Seabees 20

            Brent McGrath paced the Lions attack with 4 touchdowns. Tyler Wyman, Robbie Parker and Ben Mead had the other Lions majors. Wyman was good on 3 of 7 convert attempts.                  

                         Fredericton Junior Black Kats 60 Harbourview Junior Vikings 0

            Jared Connors, Kyle Currie and Tyler Ackerson each scored two touchdowns while Brandon Treadwell and Mike Bennett had one each in the Kats romp. Treadwell was good on 6 of 8 convert attempts.
                              Oromocto Junior Blues 32 Kennebecasis Junior Crusaders 6

            Eric Smith, Derek Squires, Darren Squires and Josh Marsden each had a six pointer for the Blues. Adam Gillan added 3 converts. The Oromocto defence scored a safety.

October 8             Fredericton Junior Black Kats 14 Hampton Junior Huskies 14

            In what might have been a preview of the provincial semi-final game; two undefeated teams; the Hampton Junior Huskies from the Fundy Minor Football Association and the Fredericton Junior Black Kats from the Capital Area Minor Football Association clashed and settled nothing. Jared Connors and Kyle Currie each scored a touchdown for the Kats and the Black Kats defence added a safety.

October 7               Leo Hayes Junior Lions 48 Harbour View Junior Vikings 6

            Dylan Hughes rushed for two touchdowns and  Robbie Parker, Monty Paul, Bruce Canning and Ben Cornford had the other Lions majors. Tyler Wyman was good on 5 of 6 convert attempts.  Alden Pezerovic added two singles.                 

                          Fredericton Junior Black Kats 32 Kennebecasis Junior Crusaders 0

            Jared Connors rambled for three touchdowns and Kyle Currie and Jared Hale had one each in the Kats romp. Andrew Robertson added a convert. The vaunted Black Kats defence limited KV to one first down.
                              Oromocto Junior Blues 26 Saint John Central Outlaws 6

            Eric Smith paced the Blues, scoring one touchdown on a run and another on a pass from QB Derek Squires. Squires and Mikeal Senecal had the other Blues majors. Adam Gillan added a convert. 

October 3            Fredericton Junior Black Kats 26 Oromocto Junior Blues 14

            In by far the best game so far this year the Blues used their air game to give the Black Kats all they could handle. The Blues struck first when quarterback Derek Squires hooked up with Jeff Squires on a 60 yard touchdown pass. Fredericton evened the score on smashmouth running back Kyle Currie's 30 yard romp. The Black Kats took a 12-6 lead going into halftime as Blake Lovely got in behind the Blue's defence and hauled in a 30 yard pass from Kats QB Marc Belliveau.
          Fredericton opened some breathing room in the third quarter when Currie took a screen pass and rumbled 30 yards to pay dirt.  The Blues however, were not done. They capped an impressive 60 yard drive with Squires one yard touchdown pass to Kyle Levesque. Adam Gillan's convert narrowed the gap to 18-14. 
          The Kats were unable to move the ball on the next series and Oromocto took over at midfield. Using an excellent mix of passing and running plays the Blues moved the ball down to the Kats 10 yard line. A holding call moved Oromocto back to the 20 and the Kats picked off a Squires pass to snuff out the Blue's drive. Fredericton used a fierce ground game to run out the clock and score an insurance touchdown by, you guessed it, Kyle Currie on the last play of the game. Jeff McCormack would add the convert.
           Hats off to two excellent teams for an exciting, well played football game. 
                             

September  30              Oromocto Junior Blues 56 Harbour View Junior Vikings 0

            The Blues used a potent air attack to rout their opponents. Quarterback Derek Squires threw two  touchdown passes to Eric Smith and one each to Shawn Morgan, Keegan Foley and Kyle Levesque. Squires, Eric Smith and Collin Samson all rushed for majors. Adam Gillan added four converts.         
                                Fredericton Junior Black Kats 48 Saint John Central Outlaws 0

            Wes Price rushed for three touchdowns and Kyle Currie, Marc Belliveau and Jared Connors had one each as the Kats routed Saint John. Seamus Swanick was good on five of six convert attempts. The suffocating Black Kats defence added a safety and still has not allowed a point this season.
                                  Leo Hayes Junior Lions 13 Kennebecasis Junior Crusaders 6

            Quarterback Nolan Gervais hooked up with Tyler Wyman on a 100 yard touchdown pass and run play. Dylan Hughes scored on a one yard plunge. Wyman also added a single.

September  27                               3rd Annual North-South Bowl Game

                                    Fredericton Junior Black Kats 26 Leo Hayes Junior Lions 0

            Kyle Currie rushed for touchdowns of 20 yards and 10 yards to lead the Black Kats to victory. Quarterback Marc Belliveau threw a 20 yard touchdown pass to Vijai Krishnaswamy and Wes Price returned a blocked punt 30 yards for a touchdown. Jared Hale added a convert. The suffocating Black Kats defence has yet to allow a point this season.

September  23               Leo Hayes Junior Lions 31 Saint John Central Outlaws 0

            Brent McGrath ran for two touchdowns and quarterback Nolan Gervais hooked up with Monty Paul for two more. Tyler Wyman converted three of the four touchdowns and Alden Pezerovic added a single.

                                Fredericton Junior Black Kats 18 Simonds Junior Seabees 0

            Wes Price returned an interception 70 yards for a touchdown to lead the Black Kats to victory. Quarterback Marc Belliveau passed to Nick Haley for the other touchdown. Jared Hale converted both majors. The Kats defence also scored a safety.

                                         Hampton Junior Huskies 8 Oromocto Junior Blues 7

            Hampton scored with less than a minute remaining to edge the Blues. Mikael Senecal had the Blues touchdown and Colin Sansom ran in a convert.

September  19                   Leo Hayes Junior Lions 32 Oromocto Junior Blues 0

            Brent McGrath ran for touchdown runs of 50 and 30 yards. Quarterback Nolan Gervais scored on a five yard run and also hooked up with Tyler Wyman on a 30 yard touchdown pass. Wyman converted all four touchdowns.

September  16                      Hampton Junior Huskies 17  Leo Hayes Junior Lions 8

            Nolan Gervais scored the Lions touchdown on a one yard plunge. Tyler Wyman kicked the convert.
                                                Simonds Junior Seabees 12  Oromocto Junior Blues 6

            Eric Smith scored the Blues lone major.

September  12                       Fredericton Junior Black Kats 28  Oromocto Junior Blues 0

            Quarterback Marc Belliveau threw two touchdown passes to Nick Haley and one to Blake Lovely to pace the Kats to their shutout win. Wes Price scored the other major on a one yard plunge. Jared Hale was good on two of four convert attempts. 

September  9                        Fredericton Junior Black Kats 16  Leo Hayes Junior Lions 0

            Kyle Currie lead the Kats to victory by rushing for a touchdown and blocking a Lions punt that was recovered for a touchdown by Alex Childs. Jared Hale converted both touchdowns.

September 5                             Oromocto Junior Blues 32  Leo Hayes Junior Lions 20

            The Blues outlasted the Lions in a shootout. Eric Smith paced the winners with two 60 yard touchdown runs. Kyle Levesque, Colin Sansom and Mikael Senecal each had one six pointer for the winners. Adam Gillan added a convert.
            For the Lions, Tyler Wyman caught two touchdown passes from Nolan Gervais. Brent McGrath had the other major. Gervais and Adam Best added running converts.