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2002 Season
November 22 Maritime Final Truro Blue Bombers 41 Albert Street Eagles 8
This game was supposed to have been played in Moncton on November 17 but was
nixed by a snowstorm. Truro informed Albert Street that they would not travel to
N.B. so the Eagles elected to go to Truro to play under the lights on a Friday
night.
The Eagles
took the opening kickoff and after making a couple of first downs turned the
ball over on a fumble on their own 45 yard line. Truro was unable to move the
ball and punted. The Eagles returner lost the ball in the lights and the Blue
Bombers recovered it on the Albert Street ten yard line. From there Kieran
Higgins went in from the five and Truro lead 6-0.
Fredericton was unable to move the ball on the next series and had to punt. On
the second play from scrimmage Craig Legere got loose around the left end and
scooted 40 yards for the major. Jason Smith booted the convert to give the Blue
Bombers a 14-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.
The
second quarter turned out to be the Eagles best one of the game. They mounted a
long time consuming drive lead by the running of Brent Hawthorne and Fraser
Boldon. Hawthorne would score the TD on a five yard run and Craig Prime kicked
the convert to cut Truro's lead to 14-8.
The
Albert defence was able to hold the Blue Bomber running attack in check during
the second quarter. Their best play came with seconds remaining in the half when
they stopped the Bombers on a third down gamble deep in Eagles territory. On
Albert's first play from scrimmage QB Craig Prime hit Chris Murray in full
flight deep in the Bomber secondary. He would get all the way to the Truro five
yard line before being tackled. Unfortunately for the Eagles, time had expired.
The
Blue Bombers broke things open in the third quarter. A "fumble rooskie"
play by Craig Legere got the ball all the way to the Eagles 10 yard line. From
here Legere would score and Truro lead 20-8. The Bombers defence was able to
stop the Eagles ground attack in the third quarter. Truro moved into scoring
position once more and capitalized when Jason Smith found Brandon McLean on a 20
yard touchdown pass. Smith ran for the convert to put Truro ahead 27-8 at
the end of three quarters.
With the outcome of the game just about decided the Eagles spent much of the
first half of the fourth quarter gambling on third down with little success deep
in their own end. Albert's defence came up big twice with goal line stands but
eventually Legere would get his third TD of the game on a one yard plunge. Smith
booted the convert to put the Bombers ahead 35-8.
Higgins
would get one more TD on a long run against the Albert second stringers on
the last play of the game to make the final score 41-8.
Editor's Note:
In N.B.
PeeWee players must be no older than 13 on Dec. 31 in the year of play. In N.S.
they must be no older than 13 on Oct. 1 in the year of play. This gives N.S. a
three month age advantage. How much of an advantage is this? There were seven
players on the Fredericton Junior Black Kats Bantam team who would have been
eligible to play PeeWee football in N.S. this year.
November 10 N.B. Final
Albert Street Eagles 56 Sackville Titans 6
The Albert
Street Eagles became the first team ever from the Capital Area Minor Football
Association to win the New Brunswick PeeWee championship by virtue of their 56-6
pounding of the three time defending champion Sackville Titans.
The Titans
received the opening kickoff and on their first series they were stopped on a
third down gamble on their own 45 yard line. The Eagles took over and used the
running attack of Brent Hawthorne and Fraser Boldon to march the ball down to
the Titan 15 yard line. From there Hawthorne went around the left end and into
the end zone for the game's first touchdown. Craig Prime booted the two point
convert giving the Eagles an 8-0 lead at the end of the first quarter.
In the
second quarter the Titans were again unable to move the chains and were forced
to punt. Starting at midfield the Eagles put together another time consuming
drive that concluded with a five yard touchdown run by Fraser Boldon. Prime
added the convert to make it 16-0. On the next series Sackville once again had
to punt and this time the Eagles' Ben Thompson would block it giving Albert
Street the ball on the Titans 30 yard line. Once more the Eagles ground attack
would not be denied as Fraser Boldon would go in from the one yard line. Prime
again added the convert and the Eagles lead 24-0.
With time winding down in the half Albert almost added to their lead again.
Going to the air this time quarterback Craig Prime moved the Eagles to the
Titans 25 yard line. A pass in the end zone was incomplete when two Eagles
receivers collided on the last play of the half.
In the third quarter the domination continued. Hawthorne would score his second
touchdown of the game on a 40 yard run. Prime would once more convert to put the
Eagles ahead 32-0. Kevin Stewart would put the game completely out of reach when
he went 60 yards on a reverse play for yet another major. Prime's convert made
it 40-0 Eagles at the end of three quarters.
Sackville finally got on the board in
the fourth when Steven Bohan got loose around the left end and rambled 60 yards
for the Titans only points of the day. The convert attempt was unsuccessful as
was Sackville's attempt at a short kickoff.
The Eagles offence was not finished.
Prime would hit Luke Dolan with a 25 yard touchdown pass and Elliott Thompson
scored on a 25 yard reverse play. He converted both scores which meant he was
seven for seven on the day.
While the Eagles offence rolled
up the points the defence totally smothered the Titans offence limiting it to
one first down all game. The victory moves Albert Street into the Maritime
Championship game against the Truro Blue Bombers. This game is scheduled for
Sunday, November 17 at 1 pm at Rocky Stone Field in Moncton.
November 3 N.B.
Semi-Final
Sackville Titans 40 Kennebecasis Valley Raiders 24
November 2 Capital
Area Final
Albert Street Eagles 32 Oromocto Leopards 0
In a game
played on a snowy field with high winds and freezing cold the Eagles offensive
line dominated the line of scrimmage. Albert Street took the opening kickoff and
used the one two punch of Brent Hawthorne and Fraser Boldon to march 60 yards
for the game's first touchdown. Hawthorne's 25 yard run resulted in the score.
Craig Prime booted the convert to put the Eagles up 8-0.
The Leopards
were unable to move the ball against the Albert defence and were forced to punt.
Once again the Eagles punishing running attack advanced the ball and once again
it was Hawthorne going in from 25 yards out. Prime added the convert and the
Eagles lead 16-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Hawthorne added his third TD of the game in the second quarter to raise the
Eagles lead to 22-0. With time running out in the half Albert Street drove
inside the Oromocto five yard line. This time the Leopards' defence held and
Oromocto took over possession on its one yard line. On the first play from
scrimmage the Albert defence sacked Leopards QB Jordan Heather in the end zone
for a safety touch making the halftime score 24-0.
In the third quarter Oromocto moved the ball all the way to the Eagles one yard
line but were unable to punch it into the end zone. The Eagles took over and
once again put together a long drive that was capped by Fraser Boldon's 10 yard
touchdown run. Prime added the convert to bring the final score to 32-0.
October 27 Semi-Final
Albert Street Eagles 28 George Street Crusaders 0
Brent Hawthorne
and Fraser Boldon each had two touchdowns for the Eagles. Craig Prime added a
pair of converts.
October 26 Semi-Final
Oromocto Leopards 32 Northside Mounties 0
Tyler Patten scored two touchdowns and Daniel Reid and Caleb Crain had one each
to allow the Leopards to advance to the league final. Evan Elliott converted all
four touchdowns.
October 20
Oromocto Leopards 28 George Street Crusaders 12
Leopards QB
Jordan Heather hooked up with Chris Bruce on a pair of touchdown passes. Daniel
Reid and Will Haley had the other Oromocto majors. Evan Elliott booted a pair of
converts.
Andrew Hickey
and Coty McHatten scored the Crusader TD's.
Albert Street Eagles 40 Northside Mounties 0
The Eagles
completed an undefeated regular season by pounding the Mounties. Brent Hawthorne
lead the way with three touchdowns. Fraser Boldon added two more . Ben Thompson
returned an interception for another Eagles major. Craig Prime booted a pair of
converts.
October 14
1st Annual Southside Bowl Game
Albert Street Eagles 12 George Street Crusaders 6
A tight defensive struggle, the
outcome of the game was not decided until the last three minutes. Chris Murray's
20 yard touchdown run put the Eagles up 6-0. The Crusaders marched to the Eagles
25 yard line only to come up short on a fourth down gamble. Aided by a number of
penalties the Eagles scored again on Brent Hawthorne's 1 yard plunge to go up
12-0.
In the games dying seconds Crusaders
quarterback Andrew Hickey hooked up with Coty McHatten on a 40 yard pass and run
play for the touchdown.
Oromocto Leopards 18 Northside Mounties 8
The Leopards rode the arm
of quarterback Jordan Heather to victory. He threw 10 yard touchdown passes to
Jordan Richards and Chris Hillier. Daniel Reid scored the other Oromocto
touchdown on a 20 yard interception return.
Scott MacKinnon had the
Mounties major on a 4 yard run. Dillen Theriault added the convert.
October 8
Northside Mounties 6 George Street Crusaders 6
Jon Mann scored the Mounties touchdown on a
10 yard pass from MacKenzie Washburn. Andrew Hickey's 20 yard touchdown run for
the Crusaders evened the score.
October 6
Albert Street Eagles 30 Oromocto Leopards 18
Brent Hawthorne rushed for two Eagles
touchdowns with Fraser Boldon adding a third. Quarterback Craig Prime found
Elliott Thompson for the fourth Albert major. Craig Prime was good on three of
four convert attempts.
Chris Bruce scored three TD's for the
Leopards.
October 1
Albert Street Eagles 32 Northside Mounties 0
Brent Hawthorne rumbled for three
touchdowns with Chris Murray and Ben Thompson adding one each. Craig Prime
booted a convert.
September 29
Albert Street Eagles 30 George
Street Crusaders 20
Chris Murray lead the Eagles with
three touchdowns while Brent Hawthorne added a fourth. Craig Prime booted three
converts.
Crusaders quarterback Andrew
Hickey found Mitchell Kalinowski with two touchdown passes while Zach Piers
rushed for another Crusaders score. Hickey also booted a convert.
September 27
Northside Mounties 1
George Street Crusaders 0
Dillen Theriault's punt for a
rouge with 35 seconds remaining in the game lifted the Mounties to victory.
Neither team could move the ball offensively in a game played in a steady rain.
September 24
Albert Street Eagles 14
Oromocto Leopards 8
Craig
Prime's 4 yard touchdown pass to Kevin Stewart with 30 seconds remaining in the
game lifted the Eagles to victory. Prime had connected with Stewart
earlier in the game on a 10 yard TD pass. Prime added the convert.
The Leopards scored when Jordan
Richards recovered a punt for a touchdown. Elliott Carr added the convert.
September 22
Oromocto Leopards 18
George Street Crusaders 8
Daniel Reid, Will
Haley and Tyler Patten scored the Leopards touchdowns. Coty McHatten
replied for the Crusaders with Andrew Hickey adding the convert.
September 17
Northside Mounties 6
Oromocto Leopards 0
MacKenzie Washburn's two yard touchdown pass to Jon Mann with 23 seconds
remaining in the first half was all the scoring the Mounties needed as they
picked up their first victory of the season.
September 15
George Street Crusaders
18 Northside Mounties 12
Coty McHatten scored two touchdowns to lead the Crusaders to their first victory
of the season. Andrew Hickey had their other major.
The
Mounties got touchdowns from Scott MacKinnon on a run and Jon Mann on a pass
from quarterback MacKenzie Washburn.
Albert Street Eagles 23
Oromocto Leopards 0
Greg Madsen had an interception for a touchdown as well as a touchdown pass from
quarterback Craig Prime to pace the Eagles attack. Fraser Boldon had the other
Eagles six pointer. Craig Prime booted two converts and ran in for a third
convert.
September 10
Albert Street Eagles 36
George Street Crusaders 12
Chris Murray and Elliott Thompson each scored two
touchdowns and Fraser Boldon one to lead the Eagles attack. Craig Prime was good
on three of five convert attempts.
Coty McHatten scored both Crusader six pointers.
September 8
Oromocto Leopards 26
George Street Crusaders 6
Tyler Patten paced the Leopards with two touchdowns with Jordan Heather and
Jordan Richards each adding one. Elliott Carr booted a convert.
Coty McHatten scored the Crusaders major.
Albert Street Eagles 20
Northside Mounties 12
The Mounties opened the scoring on Sandy MacKinnon's 20 yard touchdown run. The
Eagles responded when Brent Hawthorne ran an interception back 30 yards for a
six point score. Craig Prime booted the convert to put the Eagles ahead 8-6.
Chris Murray rambled 30 yards for another Eagles score. Quarterback Craig Prime
hit Greg Madsen on a 10 yard touchdown pass to extend the Albert Street lead to
20-6.
Dillen Theriault's 50 yard touchdown run for the Mounties brought the final
score to 20-12.
September 3
Oromocto Leopards 12
Northside Mounties 0
The Leopards opened the scoring when quarterback Jordan Heather hooked up with
Jordan Richards on a 35 yard pass and run play. Chris Bruce added the other
Oromocto touchdown when he recovered a fumble in the Mounties end zone.
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