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November 28 Maritime
Championship
Fredericton Junior Black Kats 57 Timberlea Titans 0
After stopping the Titans offence
on their first possession, the Kats offence marched down the field behind the
rushing of Brent Hawthorne and Fraser Boldon. Hawthorne's one yard plunge put
Fredericton on the board. Zach Cann booted the convert giving the Kats an 8-0
lead after one quarter.
Early in the second quarter Hawthorne
scored again from five yards out. Cann's convert upped the margin to 16-0.
Several minutes later Kats punt returner David Kingston broke the Titans back
with a scintillating 60 yard touchdown run. Again Cann connected on the
convert to push Fredericton's lead to 24-0. In the dying seconds of the first
half Fraser Boldon bulled into the end zone from seven yards out. This time
Chris Murray kicked the convert making the score 32-0 at halftime.
The only scoring in the third quarter was
Quarterback Craig Prime's one yard plunge for a TD. Cann once again added the
convert.
In the fourth Prime connected with
David Carr on a 65 yard pass and run play for six more points. Cann's convert
made it 48-0. With the final minutes ticking away Elliott Carr passed 20 yards
to Mark Buckingham on a halfback option play for the game's final touchdown.
Cann connected on the convert and then booted the ensuing kickoff out of the end
zone for another point and a final score of 57-0.
Prime was selected as the game's
outstanding player. Fraser Boldon was picked as the most outstanding player on
offence in the game. The entire Kats defence was awarded the most outstanding
defensive player award for the game.
The win completed a phenomenal season
for the Junior Black Kats. They went 10-0, scored 405 points and did not allow a
single point to be scored by their opponents. The 2004 Fredericton Junior Black
Kats are the first ever team from Fredericton-Oromocto to win a Maritime
football championship.
November 17 New
Brunswick Championship
Fredericton Junior Black Kats 22 Moncton Junior Highlanders 0
This game was supposed to be
played on Nov. 14 but was cancelled by the 20 centimeters of snow received in
Moncton.
After a scoreless first quarter the Black Kat
defence blocked a punt giving the offence possession on the Highlander 25 yard
line. On the first play from scrimmage Fredericton quarterback Craig Prime found
David Carr all alone in the end zone for a touchdown pass. Zach Cann added the
convert giving the Black Kats a 8-0 lead.
Inside the 3 minute mark of the second
quarter, Kats defensive end Ben Thompson stripped the ball from the Moncton ball
carrier on the Highlander 25 yard line. Three plays later Fraser Boldon rumbled
into the end zone for another Fredericton major. Cann converted making the score
16-0.
On the ensuing kickoff Moncton returned the
ball all the way to the Black Kats 15 yard line. However, the tenacious Black
Kats defence would not yield and the Highlanders came up empty.
In the third quarter the Kats put together
an impressive 75 yard drive using the passing of Prime and the running of Boldon
and Brent Hawthorne. Boldon would bull into the end zone from two yards out to
score six more points. The convert attempt was blocked leaving the score at
22-0.
In the fourth quarter the Highlanders drove
from midfield to the Kats 15 yard line but once again Fredericton's vaunted
defence held the Highlanders out of the end zone.
With the victory the Kats record goes to
9-0 on the season. The Kats have scored 348 points and have yet to give up a
single point to the opposition. The N.B championship win was the Kats fourth in
the last six years. The three previous titles came in 1999-2001. Capital Area
Minor Football Association teams have won the provincial Bantam crown five times
in the last six years. The Oromocto Junior Blues were victorious in 2003.
Fredericton now awaits the winner of the
Nov. 21 Nova Scotia Bantam final between the Timberlea Titans and the Port
Hawkesbury Hurricanes. This game was supposed to have been played on Nov. 14 but
was cancelled by the horrendous weather in Nova Scotia.
Tentative date for the Maritime Bantam
Championship is Saturday November 27 at 1 pm at Rocky Stone Field in Moncton.
November 7 New
Brunswick Semi-Final
Fredericton Junior Black Kats 59 Hampton Junior Huskies 0
Kats quarterback Craig Prime
connected with Patrick Clendenning for two touchdown passes. Elliott Carr threw
to David Carr for another TD. Brent Hawthorne and Fraser Boldon rushed for two
more Kats touchdowns. Chris Murray, Daniel Reid and John Boldon all returned
interceptions for majors. Zach Cann booted five converts and a single.
Oromocto Junior Blues 42 Hudson (Maine) Hornets 0
Blues Quarterback Jordan Heather
threw two touchdown passes to Chris Bruce, and one each to Zach Smith and Mykel
Warford to power the Blues to their lopsided win. Jordan Gardiner and Will Haley
scored rushing touchdowns. Jessica Marin booted three converts.
October 31
Capital Area Final
Fredericton Junior Black Kats 35 Oromocto Junior Blues 0
Kats quarterback Craig Prime
rushed for one touchdown and and threw to Mark Buckingham for another to lead
the Kats to victory. Fraser Boldon ran for for a Fredericton TD and Chris Murray
returned an interception for six more points. Zach Cann booted three converts
and a 38 yard field goal. The Black Kats defence also scored a safety
touch.
October
24
Capital Area Semi-Final
Oromocto Junior Blues 18 Northside Junior Lions 0
Blues Quarterback Jordan Heather
threw a 25 yard touchdown pass to Chris Bruce and a 12 yard TD strike to Chris
Hillier to lead the Blues to victory. Ryan Robinson scored on one yard plunge.
October 17 Fredericton
Junior Black Kats 43 Oromocto Junior Blues 0
Coty McHatten and Fraser Boldon
rushed for Kats touchdowns. Quarterback Craig Prime threw a 12 yard touchdown
pass to David Carr. Carr and Ryan Downe recovered fumbles for two more majors.
Zach Cann converted all five touchdowns as well as kicking a 25 yard field goal.
October 9
6th
Annual North-South Bowl Game
Fredericton Junior Black Kats 47 Northside
Junior Lions 0
Brent Hawthorne paced the Kats
with two rushing touchdowns. Fraser Boldon added another major on the ground.
Quarterback Craig Prime hooked up with David Carr on a 20 yard touchdown pass.
Bill Gregg returned an interception 5 yards for a TD and Zach Piers scooped up a
fumble and rumbled forty yards for a six pointer. Zach Cann was good on five of
six convert attempts and punted for a single to add eleven more points on the
scoreboard.
October 3 Oromocto Junior Blues
22 Northside
Junior Lions 8
Blues QB Jordan Heather threw
touchdown passes to Chris Hillier and Jordan Richards to spark the Blues to
victory. Tyler Patten ran for another Blues major while Jessica Marin added a
pair of converts.
Jeremy Peters had the Lions TD with Nick
Hersey adding the convert.
September 29 Northside
Junior Lions 12 Oromocto Junior Blues 12
Touchdowns by Tom Burton and Tommy
Broad gave the Lions a 12-0 lead at the half. The Blues roared back in the
second half to earn the tie on the strength of a rushing TD by Jessica Marin and
QB Jordan Heather hooking up with Chris Hillier for the equalizing touchdown pass.
September 26
Fredericton Junior Black Kats 36 Oromocto Junior Blues 0
The Black Kats got touchdowns from
Gordie Eagle, Fraser Boldon, Jonathan Newton and Ryan Downe. Zach Cann
added four converts, a field goal and a rouge.
Northside
Junior Lions 28 Saint John Junior Saints 0
Tim Burton, Mitch Cormier, Matt
Michaud, and Jeremy Peters all had TDs for the Lions. Nick Hersey added two
converts.
September 22
Fredericton Junior Black Kats 50 Northside Junior Lions 0
Brent Hawthorne paced the Kats
with three touchdowns. Ben Collins rushed for another. Chris Murray returned an
interception for six points. Quarterback Craig Prime connected with Patrick
Clendenning on a 20 yard TD pass. Zach Cann converted all six touchdowns while
the Kats defence recorded a safety.
September 19
Oromocto Junior Blues 28 Northside Junior Lions 8
Jordan Gardiner lead the Blues to
victory with three touchdown runs. Jordan Heather connected with Chris Bruce for
the other Blues major. James Wilde kicked two converts.
Jeremey Peters had the lone Lions touchdown.
Nick Hersey added the convert.
September 15
Fredericton Junior Black Kats 35 Oromocto Junior Blues 0
Fraser Boldon, Brent Hawthorne and
Ben Collins rushed for Kats touchdowns. Zach Piers returned a fumble for six
points and Chris Murray intercepted a pass and ran it back for another
Fredericton major. Elliott Carr ran in a convert and the Kats defence recorded
two safeties.
September
12
Fredericton Junior Black Kats 21 Northside Junior Lions 0
Fraser Boldon rushed for two
touchdowns and two converts to pace the Kats. Ben Thompson returned a fumble for
the other Fredericton major. Zach Cann added a single on a kickoff.
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