The 2019 NOSSA Champions, the Korah Colts took to the turf for the first time on Friday, September 17th under lights to meet the Superior Heights Steelhawks in Sault Ste Marie High School senior football action at Superior Heights.
4:41 into the opening half, Michael Nicoletta scored his first touchdown since the fall of 2019 with a 45 yard carry to give Korah a 6 – 0 lead. Jack Tuckett’s convert was unsuccessful to keep the lead at 6 – 0. At 8:10 of the second, Nicoletta was at it again for his second major of the game with a Korah nine yard carry to give the Colts a 12 – 0 lead. Tuckett’s convert found the uprights to bring the lead to 13 – 0. Senior Colt quarterback Ryan Barnes the ball into the Steelhawk endzone a one yard carry to increase lead to 19 – 0. Tuckett kicked his second convert of the contest for the extra point for the Colts at 2:21 of the quarter. With 7.8 seconds remaining in the opening half, Tuckett kicks a 23 yard field goal to send the Colts into the half up 23 – 0.
At 9:06 of the third, Ethan Scott catches an eight yard pass from Barnes to increase the lead 30 – 0 lead. Steelhawk Gabe Barkey kneels in Superior Heights end zone on a two point safety to give the Colts a 32 – 0 lead at 2:40 of the third quarter. Superior Heights quarterback Gabe Barkley finds Ray Rumial in the Colts end zone on a 19 yard pass for the Steelhawks first touchdown of Friday’s game. Alistar McLeod adds the extra point on the Steelhawk convert 64 seconds into final quarter. At 6:40 of the quarter, the Colts concede a two point safety after an unsuccessful kick to give the Steelhawks nine points in the fourth quarter. Barkley runs for the final major of the game for the Steelhawks at 6:19 remaining Friday’s contest for a 75 yard touchdown run for Superior Heights. Barkley finds Andy Beith in the end zone for a two point conversion to send the Steelhawks in week three with a 32 – 17 loss to the Colts in senior action.
Steelhawk coach Paul Orazietti told Saultsports that “Full marks to Korah for efforts this evening. They are a much better football team at this point in the season. Despite being outplayed most of the night I was very proud of the way our kids played hard until the final whistle. I’m hopeful that an experience like tonight will be a huge learning experience for our players.”
Colt coach Tom Annett said that “It was a great Team effort against a talented and well coached opponent. I think we made a statement with our physicality on both offense and defense. We are fortunate to have a large roster this year. Getting up a few scores early on allowed us to get plenty of reps for non-starters. Developing depth will pay off later in the season.”
Nicoletta told Saultsports that “we prepared great, came out and executed our plays well. A lot to work on still but we played well. After being away for so long the feeling is second to none. There’s nothing in the world I would rather be doing than being on the field.”
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The Colts will now face the St Mary’s Knights in a Friday, September 24 contest with a kickoff at 7:30 p.m while the Steelhawks will now have a week bye before meeting the Knights on October 1 in a 7:30 kickoff.
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