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Outlaws JV will face Niagara in playoffs

July 28, 2016   ·   0 Comments

team will face the Niagara Spears in the first round of the Ontario Minor Football League playoffs after taking a weekend loss to the North Bay Bulldogs.

It was an important game for both teams.

The last time the two teams met back on July 2, the Outlaws came out on top with a 38-28 win. The Orangeville team was the only squad that delivered a loss to the Bulldogs in the regular season.

Both teams arrived at Sunday’s (July 24) game with a single loss for the season and were fighting for first place in the League.

North Bay scored first in Sunday’s game with a TD in the first quarter. The Outlaws had a good response driving to the 15 yard line then pushing through for a second down with seven to go.

Jeriah Valladares carried the ball on the next play to drop the O-ville team on the two yard line. Luc St. Germain went thought middle on the next play to score followed by a successful convert kick that put the Outlaws in the lead by a single point.

North Bay was again in the lead when a player was trapped in the Bulldogs end zone, but escaped and ran the distance of the entire field to score. A follow up kick gave the North Bay team a 13-7 lead.

The second quarter got off to a good start for the Outlaws with a nicely thrown and completed pass from quarterback St. Germain to receiver Logan Nixon. The Outlaws couldn’t advance and gave up the ball on a fumble.

The second have saw the Bulldogs score after making an hard drive down the field.

Late in the game the North Bay team opened the scoring with another TD with eight minutes left on the clock.

With time running out the Outlaws put out a good effort to get back in the game.

Valladares ran for a first down and the O-ville team made it to the one yard line. St. Germain went through the middle for his second touchdown of the game.

The final was 28-13 for North Bay.

The win moved the Bulldogs into first place in the division. In the first round of the OMFL playoffs, North Bay will meet up with the TNT Express. Orangeville will be up against he Niagara Spears.

In their two match-ups this season, the Outlaws won over the Spears 50-33 on June 3, then lost to them 22-14 in game two on July 10.

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