Sault Minor Football opens 10th season (9 photos)

The Sault Minor Football Association's 10th year started off with a Myte Division match-up between the Rezolution Raiders and the Community First Crushers.

Quinn Barban entertained the fans with two dazzling touchdowns and Nicholas Trecoce added another as Rezolution won 21-14. Lautaro Frecha led Crushers with two long touchdown runs and a fumble recovery. Quarter back Devon Pigeon also had a strong game for the Crushers.

In the other Myte Divison battle, quarterback Palmer Simpson scored a last second touchdown on a bootleg run to the right side of the field as J.M.C Builders squeaked by Lop Lop's 21-14. Raiden Oliver powered J.M.C. with two touchdown runs while Braedon Turco and Aidan Macleod scored on touchdown runs for Lop Lop's.

*** TYKE DIVISION

In the first Tyke Division meeting, Adelchi Fenos used his speed to elude defenders on his way to the end-zone as he scored three touchdowns lead Rome's to a 27-13 victory over Flakeboard. Matthew Mitchell completed the scoring for Rome's while Nicholas Oliviero and Joshua Miskiw scored Flakeboards touchdowns. Rome's linebacker Christopher MacGregor had an outstanding game on defense making numerous tackles in key situations.

Kaitlyn Cameron sent a message on Sunday that football is not just for boys as her three touchdowns led Sports Gold to a 40-19 win over Sal-Dan Developments. Raymond Houle with two touchdowns and Kyle Dionisi with one rounded out the scoring for Sports Gold. Michael Nelson led Sal-Dan with two TD runs Alex Herle bulldozed his way in the end-zone to complete the scoring.

*** BANTAM DIVISION

In what was easily the game of the day, Aurora's Westside and Brody's battled to a 22-22 tie. The game was filled with great hits and powerful runs with each team taking turns with both. Aurora's David Quesnele showed why he is one of the league's most feared players as he powered his way to the end-zone three times. Aurora's linebacker Jordan Alexander had an outstanding game on defense making numerous tackles for his team with a handful of them behind the line of scrimmage. Running backs Justin Sauerzopf with two touchdowns and Jeffrey Guzzo with one led the Brody's attack. Linebacker Bryan Babic had another huge game for Brody's as he punished Aurora's ball carriers time after time.

In the other Bantam division game, Northshore Telus's James Castallani and Firefighter's Joey Plastino proved that experience is overrated as both first year running backs scored 4 touchdowns each to lead their teams as Northshore Telus defeated the FireFighters 39-28. Tanner Evans and J.J Parrott completed the scoring for Telus. Firefighter's Michael Colizza and Telus's Patrick McGrath had outstanding games on defense for their respective teams.

*** Scholars' Learning Players of the Game

Myte Division

Game 1: Lauturo Frecha Game 2: Palmer Simpson

Tyke Division

Game 1: Christopher MacGregor Game 2: Kaitlyn Cameron

Bantam Division

Game 1: David Quesnele/Bryan Babic (shared) Game 2: James Castellani

*** (PHOTO: Sports Gold's Kaitlyn Cameron)