Northern Football League Update
- | September 26, 2014
Northern Saskatchewan Football had a plenty of exciting football action from the border of Alberta to the border of Manitoba in week 3 of the season. The league also received a boost from Cameco Corporation as they have provided a $30,000 sponsorship for the further development of facilities, equipment and players in the north. In return for sponsorship, Northern Saskatchewan Football teams will proudly wear the “Powered by Cameco” patch on player jerseys for the next three seasons.
On
Monday the Green Lake Spirits played their very first game in Pinehouse.
Pinehouse won the game by a score of 80-19,
on the strength of four first quarter touchdowns (TDs) and seven kicked
conversions by Johnny Tinker. Two firsts occurred by female players in that
game. Geena Smith of Pinehouse scored the first TD by a female and Alicia
Bottrell recorded a quarterback sack.
On
Tuesday, the Buffalo Narrows Eagles needed overtime touchdown by Tkay Pederson
to beat La Loche by a score of 32-26
at the Lakers home opener. All of La
Loche’s points were scored by Dustin Montgrand, while Buffalo TDs were scored
by Tkay Pederson, Jason McCallum and Scott Young.
On
Wednesday, Senator Myles Venne will travel to Sandy Bay. The Sandy Bay
T-Wolves, won their first game of the season with a score of 54-18 on the strength of four TDs by Ivan McCallum.
Senator Myles had two TDs from Mitchell Bear and one from Colton Morin. In the
inaugural game at Creighton, the hometown Kodiaks had four TDs by Evan Linnick
and two from Chris Reynolds to defeat the Cumberland House Islanders 51-14.
In
SHSAA provincial conference four, the Rosthern Huskies played in La Ronge and
beat the Chargers 68-33. This game was sponsored by Northland College and had
CEO, Toby Greschner unveil a new football score clock provided by Northlands.
Looking
ahead to week #4, on Monday, Senator Myles Venne Huskies travel to Cumberland
House to play the Islanders. On Tuesday, Pinehouse will try to remain unbeaten
for the season with a trip to Buffalo Narrows. On Wednesday, Green Lake will
have their home opener against the Beauval Voyageurs. La Ronge’s game in
Spiritwood has been rescheduled to Wednesday. On Thursday, the Sandy Bay T-Wolves will play in Creighton against the
Kodiaks.
At the end of the third week, Pinehouse Lakers are unbeaten and top of the Western Division with a 3-0 record. Leading the Eastern Division, Creighton Kodiaks are 2-0. Leading play in offensive statistics is Johnny Tinker from Pinehouse with 90 points. On defense, Dustin Montgrand leads with five quarterback sacks. Nine players have each had an interception.