CK Cougars Teams Dominate Semifinals
The Bantam and the Junior Varsity Chatham-Kent Cougars put on quite a show for the home crowd at the Chatham-Kent Athletic Complex over the weekend.
The Bantam Cougars beat the Oakville Titans 40-7 in their semifinal match-up, advancing to the final where they will take on Brantford at home next week for the OFC South Divisional Championship.
Bantam Cougars player Tyler Shumanski was a standout on offence and special teams for the Cougars, scoring a punt return touchdown, a kick return touchdown, and a receiving touchdown, while adding four successful PATs.
The JV Cougars defeated the Forest City Thunderbirds 36-2 in their semifinal. The JV Cougars will now play Brantford on the road next week for the divisional championship.
On the defensive side of the ball for the Bantam Cougars, Luke Rupert scored a TD on a 37-yard interception return while Jude Pearson racked up eight tackles -- including one sack.
For the JV Cougars, Tanner Hoorelbeck led the way on defence, totaling seven tackles and adding an interception. For the offence, it was the Jonathan Cartier and Nakoma Scott show. Cartier busted through for 171 yards and four touchdowns on the ground. Scott added 122 rushing yards of his own, including a 6-yard touchdown run.
Mark Austin Final At Dresden Raceway
PULL THE SHADE and Garrett Rooney finished a day of racing in Dresden with three straight wins en route to taking top spot at the Mark Austin Pacing series.
The horse, owned by Sherri Abbott of Windsor, took the lead at three quarters of the way around the track in the final and never fell behind again from there.
The series is in honour of former trainer Mark Austin who passed away suddenly in 2014.
His widow Julie was on hand along with daughters Paige and Paula to give an engraved stop watch to winning driver Rooney and a bag of carrots to PULL THE SHADE.
