2005 Capital Area Bantam Champions

Oromocto Junior Blues Football

2005 Schedule

Date Day Time Opponent Field Score
Regular Season
Sep. 11 Su Noon at Fredericton Junior Black Kats Fredericton High W 22-0
Sep. 25 Su Noon vs Fredericton Junior Black Kats MacKenzie L 20-30
Sep. 28 W 5:45 vs Northside Junior Lions MacKenzie W 31-0
Oct.   2 Su Noon at Northside Junior Lions Leo Hayes High W 34-8
Oct.   5 W 5:45 at Northside Junior Lions Nashwaaksis W 20-8
Oct. 19 W 5:00 vs Fredericton Junior Black Kats MacKenzie W 34-0

Playoffs 

Oct. 30 Su 3:00 Capital Area Championship
vs Fredericton Junior Black Kats
MacKenzie W 12-6
Nov. 6 Su 1:00 New Brunswick Semi-Final
vs Moncton Junior Highlanders
MacKenzie L 15-20
(2OT)

Season Record 6-2

 

Capital Area Minor Football Association
Bantam League
2005  Game Summaries (Ages 14-15)


November 20                                     Maritime Final

                                Hampton Junior Huskies 27 Truro Freightliners 6   

NB Telegraph-Journal | Football
As published on page D4 on November 24, 2005

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Bantam Huskies cop Maritime championship
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The Hampton Huskies defeated Truro, N.S. for the Maritime bantam football championship over the weekend.
Telegraph-Journal

The Hampton Jr. Huskies traveled to Halifax and came back with the Fundy Minor Football Association's first Maritime bantam football championship since 1967.
The Huskies beat the previously undefeated Nova Scotia champions, the Truro Freightliners, 27-6 in the championship game at the Saint Mary's University Huskies Stadium to capture the title.
Tight end Matt Henderson scored three touchdowns for the Huskies, two on receptions from quarterback Eoin MacIntyre in the first quarter and another on a fumble recovery in the fourth.
Running back Marcel Rochon was a major force as well, leading the offence and rumbling in for a TD in the second quarter.
MacIntyre kicked an extra point and ran for a two-point convert to round out the scoring.
The Huskies defence was also solid, allowing just one Truro major in the fourth quarter. Hampton, who actually lost to the Moncton Highlanders in the provincial final, are the first FMFA team to win the Maritime crown since Canada's centennial year.

November 13                                      New Brunswick Final

                         Moncton Junior Highlanders 8 Hampton Junior Huskies 6     

            The Bantam Provincial Final was held in Hampton this afternoon and what a game it was !!
Hampton scored in the first quarter , a 26 yard TD by Todd Floyd which went unconverted. There was no scoring in the second or third quarters as the teams fought back and forth. In the 4th, the Highlanders marched deep into the Huskies end of the field, only to have Husky Clint McGregor recover a Moncton fumble. With 22 seconds remaining, the Highlanders fired off a "Hail Mary" which was caught on the Husky 1 yard line and with no time remaining on the clock  Dylan Hollohan plunged into the Husky end zone to tie the score at 6 - 6. Highlanders kicker Thomas Brady cooley kicked the convert through for a 8 - 6 win.
         With the victory the Highlanders won the right to play in the Maritime final on Nov. 20 in Halifax. However Moncton has declined the invitation. Consequently the Huskies will now play the Truro Freightliners for the Ed Edmonds Cup at Huskies Stadium in Halifax at 1 pm. 

November 6                                 New Brunswick Semi-Final

                       Moncton Junior Highlanders 20 Oromocto Junior Blues 15 (2OT)

             Dylan Hollohan was a one man wrecking crew in leading the Highlanders to an exciting double overtime victory over the Blues.
             Oromocto took the opening kickoff and drove to the Moncton 30 yard line before being forced to punt. Hollohan fielded the punt in his own end zone and then raced 110 yards for six points. Geoff Gerhart kicked the convert to put the Highlanders ahead 8-0.
            The Blues once again mounted a drive but stalled at the Moncton 20 yard line where they elected to try a field goal. The kick was wide but the Highlander returner fumbled the ball in his own end zone. The Blues Mykel Warford recovered the fumble for a touchdown. The convert was no good leaving Moncton ahead 8-6 after one quarter.
            In the second quarter Oromocto gambled on third down on its own 35 and turned the ball over to the Highlanders. From there the Highlanders used the running of Hollohan to drive to the Blues 3 yard line. Hollohan would score from there. The convert was no good and the score was 14-6 at the half.
           After a scoreless third quarter, Oromocto went to the air. Jordan Heather hooked up with Mitchell Dingley on a 30 yard pass and run play to the Moncton 5 yard  line. Two plays later Tyler Patten bulled into the end zone to make it 14-12. Patten then kicked the convert to knot the score at 14.
          With less than a minute remaining the Highlanders had the ball on the Blues 15 yard line and attempted to punt for a single to win the game. However the Blues defence rose up and blocked the punt to force overtime.
          In the first overtime shootout Oromocto's Seth Gillan got loose down the left sideline and went in for the major. However an offside negated the play and the teams remained tied at 14 after the first overtime.
          In the second shootout the Blues marched to the Moncton 10 yard line where they opted to punt for a single to go ahead 15-14. The Highlanders countered in their end of the shootout by moving the ball to the Blues 20 yard line. From there on second and 10, Moncton QB Scott Kelly launched a pass to Hollohan at the Oromocto 5 yard line. The Blues defenders in the area misjudged the pass. It ended up in Hollohan's arms and he ran unimpeded into the end zone to give the Highlanders the 20-15 2OT victory. 
          Moncton advances to the provincial Bantam final next Sunday against the Hampton Junior Huskies. That game will be a 1 p.m. start at Hampton High School.              

October 30                                 Capital Area Championship

                       Oromocto Junior Blues 12 Fredericton Junior Black Kats 6

             Devin Kearny's 40 yard touchdown run staked the Kats to a 6-0 halftime lead.
             In the third quarter the Blues drove deep in Fredericton territory on two occasions but only came away with one safety conceded by the Kats to narrow the score to 6-2. The same thing happened in the fourth quarter and once more Fredericton conceded a safety to make the score 6-4.
             Finally with only three minutes left the Blues got a 3 yard touchdown run from Tyler Patten and a convert from Seth Gillan to put them up 12-6.
             The Kats would come close to regaining the lead when QB Elliott Carr found Brett Lockard for a 55 yard pass and run play to the Blues 5 yard line. However, an offside on another Kats player negated the play and the Kats would not get that close to the Blues goal line again.   

October 23                                    Capital Area Semi-Final

                      Fredericton Junior Black Kats 36 Northside Junior Lions 0

             Devin Kearny paced the Kats with three touchdowns. Elliott Carr added two more. Zach Cann kicked three converts.

October 19                 Oromocto Junior Blues 34 Fredericton Junior Black Kats 0

      Seth Gillan lead the Blues with two touchdowns. Blues QB Jordan Heather hooked up with Mykel Warford for the one Oromocto major while Jordan Gardiner and Heather each rushed for six points. Warford also added two converts.
      
October 12                           7th Annual North-South Bowl Game

                      Fredericton Junior Black Kats 20 Northside Junior Lions 0

             The Lions took the opening kickoff and drove all the way down to the Kats three yard line before failing to score on a third down gamble. From there the Kats advanced as far as their own 40 yard line before Devin Kearny broke loose for a 70 yard touchdown run. Zach Cann added the convert to give Fredericton an 8-0 lead at the half.
             The Junior Kats would get second half touchdowns from Kearny and Cann to seal the win. With this victory they won their sixth consecutive North-South Bowl and lead the series 6-1 since its inception in 1999. 

October 5                 Oromocto Junior Blues 20 Northside Junior Lions 8

      Seth Gillan lead the Blues with two touchdowns and a convert. Blues QB Jordan Heather hooked up with Chris Hillier for the other Oromocto major.
      Ricardo Funes had the Lions TD on a pass from Brandon Vrolyk. Tommy Broad kicked the convert.

October 2                 Oromocto Junior Blues 34 Northside Junior Lions 8

      Seth Gillan lead the Blues with three touchdowns and two converts. Mitchell Dingley and Mykel Warford scored the other Blues TD's.
      Ricardo Funes had the Lions TD on a pass from Brandon Vrolyk. Tommy Broad kicked the convert.

September 28            Oromocto Junior Blues 31 Northside Junior Lions 0

      Jordan Gardiner rushed for three Blues TD's. Jordan Heather added another. Seth Gillan kicked two converts and ran for a third. The Lions conceded a safety.

September 25            Fredericton Junior Black Kats 30 Oromocto Junior Blues 20

      Elliott Carr rushed for one Kats touchdown and passed to Ryan Downe for two others. Carr also connected with Brett Lockhart for six points. Zack Cann added three converts.
      Jordan Gardiner rushed for two Blues TD's. Jordan Heather hooked up with Chris Hillier for a touchdown. Seth Gillan added a convert.

September 21                Fredericton Junior Black Kats 22 Northside Junior Lions 6

      Elliott Carr rushed for one touchdown and passed to Ryan Downe for another in the Kats win. Devin Kearny had the other Fredericton major. Zack Cann added two converts.
      Tommy Broad's scintillating 108 yard touchdown run accounted for the Lions scoring. Brendan Cornford had two interceptions.      

September 14                Fredericton Junior Black Kats 37 Northside Junior Lions 0

      Elliott Carr, Zack Cann, Ryan Downe and Devin Kearny each scored one TD for the Kats. Cann added four converts and a single. The Kats defence scored two safeties.

September 11                Oromocto Junior Blues 22 Fredericton Junior Black Kats 0

      Oromocto quarterback Jordan Heather ran 70 yards for one touchdown and passed 30 yards to Mykel Warford for another to lead the Blues to victory. Jordan Gardiner had the other TD. Seth Gillan added a kicked convert and the Blues
defence recorded a safety.