OVFL Jr: Brampton and Metro in a slug fest

The junior Brampton Bulldogs visited the metro toronto wildcats in conference semi-final action on saturday. The game was a back and forth battle, with lots of big plays, lots of drama, and an exciting last minute finish.

GAME HILITES:
– BIG PLAYS, BIG PLAYS, BIG PLAYS – BULLDOGS HAD MORE BIG PLAYS ON OFFENSE WHILE THE WILDCATS RAN A MORE METHODICAL APPROACH – BOTH WORKED
– well officiated game – at end parents that do not understand rules began to complain about the timing – but do not be fooled, the officials did a great job

FIRST QUARTER HILITES:
brampton first drive
– – Brampton comes out no huddle – ran wildcat offense first 4 plays – but never came back to it

– – Big catch brampton #82 Craig Asiamah-Yeboah
– – big catch brampton #43 Britley Mokube but nullified by inelig receiver call
– -big defensive break up by MTW #2 Tristan Doughlin – forces punt by Brampton –
– mtw first drive

– – moved down field – forced to punt after receiver dropped ball –
– Brampton second drive – started deep in end – 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] first down converted by Asiamah-Yeboah on tuff catch
– Last play of 1[SUP]st[/SUP] quarter – 4[SUP]th[/SUP] first down of drive – outside toss brampton #21 Kalvin Johnson

0 to 0 at end of 1st quarter

SECOND QUARTER HILITES:

– – on same drive as end of 1st quarter, #31 Aaron Reid, MTW recovered fumble at own 12 yard line at 13:53 of 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] quarter
– – NEXT PLAY – 98 YARD TD ON FAKE HITCH SCREEN AND GO – #3 Jordan Richards 7 TO 0 mtw
– #81 Mathias Vuksan kicked convert – EARLY SECOND QUARTER
– Brampton returned kick off (plus facemask) too over at own 53
– Next play big catch #12 Michael Nelson, who then fumbled then Asiamah-Yeboah was there to pick up the fumble
– – couple plays later, brampton tried some trickery with an attempted HOOK AND LATERAL bringing the ball down to the 6 yard line
– #1 Tyranne Millar ran ball in from 1 yard line for TD – convert good – #88, Baldeep Bathal kicked convert – 7 to 7 at 8:31
– 80 yard punt return TD by brampton #1 Millar – at 4:18 of 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] quarter – convert #88 good – 14 to 7 brampton

– – bulldogs #83 Jacob Hogan had 60 yard TD called back on Bulldog offside –
– – Very next play #21, Kalvin Johnson 65 yd td catch from #9 Christian Strong – 21 to 7 bulldogs at 1:33
– – metro , at 1:03 screen pass plus roughing passer brought ball down to bulldog 18 yard line
– – :39 second MTW FG blocked
– Next play MTW #16 INT at bulldog 41 yrd line
– 31 yd FG – last play of half – 21 to 10

SE SECOND HALF HILITES

– 1[SUP]st[/SUP] offensive play for Metro #3, Jordan Richards with a 70 yard touchdown rush – 21 to 17 bulldogs

– Brampton then drove entire field only for MTW #16, Lucas Valverde interception in the end zone
– Metro had a big drive after the intereception – big first downs by #3 Richards, #7 Travis Jennings, and #19 Robbie Grant
– – the result of the drive was a 16 yard TD rush #3 by richards – at 4:23 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] quarter – convert good – 24 to 21 METRO

– – bulldogs bounced back and scored on a 14 yard TD pass from Strong to #12 Michael Nelson on the last play of 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] quarter – 28 to 24 BULLDOGS END OF THIRD QUARTER

FOURTH QUARTER HILITES

– Ensuing kick off resulted in a rouge single point for the bulldogs – 29 to 24
– – metro drove field and ended with a 10 yard TD pass from QB #10, Michael Tassone to #83 Malcolm Carter – 2 point convert attempt no good – 30 to 29 METRO

– -Next play pooch recovered by #4, Nicholas Campbell MTW at bulldog 25 yd line
– – few plays later field goal attempt of 31 yards was wide right and returned out of end zone at 5:21
– – at 1:28 remaining bulldogs QB Strong threw a 54 yard TD reception to #82 Asiamah-Yeboah – 2 pt convert attempt was good to #12 Michael Nelson and bulldogs went up 37 to 30
– Ensuing KO returned to -49 …
– Big sack by bulldogs #30, Devante Wray at 1:01 – loss of 13 yards – 4[SUP]th[/SUP] and 23 – #12, Michael Tassone makes great defensive play at 0:38 seconds – offense kneels down – 37 to 30 final score BULLDOGS WIN