St. Mary's College prevails in NOSSA football final

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Saturday's NOSSA football final will most likely be remembered as the 'Flag Game.'

But for the more than 500 fans, who were at the game, hopefully it will be remembered as a good-hitting game between two hard-working teams.

Sault Ste. Marie St. Mary's Knights won the Poupore Cup, defeating Widdifield Wildcats 35-14.

There were 40 penalties, 26 to the Knights, a huge amount to be sure, but many were taken in frustration, by both teams.

"I wasn't at all happy with the amount of penalties," said Knights head coach Marty Smith. "We usually don't play in that fashion, but some of the players said that there was a lot going on under the pile.

"I don't want to rain on our parade, but we can't play like that in the Central Bowl later this month. We have to learn to fight through that," he added. "Widdifield gave us all we could handle. That's the first time this season we were held to under 40 points."

The Wildcats are also bowl bound and will meet a team from Thunder Bay in the Northern Bowl.

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