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On a windy evening in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, the White Pines Wolverines took to the field at Superior Heights to take on the Superior Heights Steelhawks in junior high school action on Thursday, October 6th.
2:58 into the opening quarter, Steelhawk Ben Trevisanut ran the ball for the touchdown with a one yard carry to give Superior Heights a 6 – 0 lead. Nick Dearing rushes for a 11 yard major with 1:44 remaining in the first to give the Steelhawks a 13 – 0 lead. Dylan Wooten found the uprights for the convert to bring the game to 13 – 0 for Superior Heights. At 9:35 of the second quarter, White Pines Ethan McCorkell pulls the Wolverines within seven with a touchdown on a one yard carry. McCorkell kicked the extra point for the convert to close the gap to six for the Wolverines. Scoring his second touchdown of the contest, Steelhawk Nick Dearing runs for a 54 yard touchdown 4:43 into the quarter. Wooten added to the lead with a convert to give Superior Heights a 19 – 7 lead.
Albert Perrault adds to the Steelhawk lead at 2:48 with a one carry. Wooten found the uprights for his third convert of the game. Dearing runs for a 35 yard touchdown after catching a Superior Heights quarterback Chase Cerasuolo 12 yard pass heading into halftime with 5.7 seconds remaining. Wootton kicked a convert to send the Steelhawks into the half up 34 – 7. The Wolverines conceded a two point safety at 9:49 of the third to increase the Steelhawks lead to 36 – 7. Perrault rushes for an eight yard Superior Heights touchdown at 5:02 of the third. With a missed snap on the convert, Will Middaugh picks up a loose Steelhawk ball to run into the Wolverines end zone for a two conversion to bring the lead to 44 – 7. Scoring his fourth major of the game, Dearing gives the Steelhawks a 50 – 7 win with a six yard carry with 2:02 left in the contest.
White Pines coach Will Basawa told Saultsports that “First and Foremost a tremendous display by Superior Heights. It’s so good to see a competitive junior loop, extracurriculars help create such good citizens for our city. We lacked mental and physical toughness today, it’s something that comes with time. We don’t have alot of guys with a ton of football experience, so it is a life lesson that we had to learn the hard way unfortunately. On to next week.”
“Good effort on both sides of the ball. We executed plays well and played solid defense. Need to get everyone healthy and keep working on getting better at practice. It’ll be a tough match against the St Mary’s Knights next week,” added Superior Heights coach Jared Klooster.
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The Steelhawks will face the Knights on Friday, October 14th in a 4:45 p.m start while the Wolverines face the Korah Colts in a Thursday, October 13th contest with a 5:45 p.m kickoff.
