The top ranked Myers Riders hope that the third time is a charm as they get set to take on #3 Niagara in this weekend’s OVFL JV Championships. For the third consecutive season, head coach Matt Kassner has led his troops to the Wettges Conference title and the subsequent championship game appearance that comes with it. Led by the league’s most dominant player, Myers knocked off the Toronto Thunder 56-28 to earn their berth in finals. JP Cimankinda rushed for…..get this…..421 YARDS on 31 carries and if that wasn’t enough, he also had SIX touchdowns on the ground. In case you were wondering, that’s 13.7 yards per carry and a touchdown every five carries.
In the Adam Conference Championship game, defending champ London was looking to make it back to the OVFL championship game, where they knocked off Myers to capture the 2014 crown. It was not to be as the top ranked and unbeaten ‘Stangs fell in a bit of a shocker. It wasn’t a big surprise that the Niagara Spears won the game, it was more the 28 point differential. When the two teams met in week four, the Jr. Mustangs won a 39-33 OT thriller, but this weekend was anything but with the Spears cruising 33-5.
With only one game left, here are the Week 13 #CFC10 Rankings.
JUNIOR VARSITY (UNDER 17) TOP TEN RANKINGS – WEEK 13 (previous week’s ranking in parenthesis)
1) OTTAWA MYERS RIDERS (2) 8-0 OVFL (1-0) OVFL (won OVFL Wettges Final 56-28 vs. Toronto ) JP Cimankinda has rushed for 666 yards in TWO playoff games in 2015. To put that into perspective, that’s more than the SSM Sabercats had ALL season and only six yards short of Mississauga’s 2015 total….WOW! Next up: #3 Niagara Spears (OVFL Final)
2) GUELPH JR. GRYPHONS (3) 8-0 OFC (2-0) (won OFC Championship 21-5 vs. Peterborough) The JR. Gryphons scored twice in the second half to earn the hard fought victory. Receiver Riley Boersma had 166 yards on only four catches to lead the Gryphons aerial game, while running back Jackson Taylor ate up real estate and time when needed rushing for 129 yards on 17 carries. Congratulations to Head Coach Matt Nesbitt and the 2015 OFC Champion Guelph Gryphons on their perfect season.
3) NIAGARA SPEARS (5) 7-1 (1-0) OVFL (won OVFL Adam Final 33-5 vs. London) The Spears defense rose to the occasion holding the explosive London attack to a paltry 229 yards total offense. Niagara shutdown the vaunted London ground game, holding the league’s #2 rusher Chase Brown to under 100 yards and completely neutralizing London’s other star rusher Tazie Vang Bell. Next up: #1 Myers (OVFL Final)
4) LONDON JUNIOR MUSTANGS (1) 8-0 (1-0) OVFL (lost OVFL Adam Final 33-5 vs. Niagara) There will be no repeat for the ‘Stangs.
5) PETERBOROUGH WOLVERINES (4) 8-0 (2-0) OFC (lost OFC Championship 21- 5 vs. Guelph) The Wolverines fall just short, in their hopes for a perfect season. Big props to a program that just gets better each season.
6) TORONTO THUNDER (6) 7-1 (1-0) OVFL (lost OVFL Wettges Final 56-28 @ Myers) The Thunder win a shootout and sweep Cumberland, setting up a rematch with #2 Myers.
7) HAMILTON HURRICANES (7) 6-2 (1-1) OFC (season finished – lost 35-17 @ Guelph in OFC South Semifinal)
8) BURLINGTON STAMPEDERS (9) 7-1 (0-1) OFC (season finished – lost 41-24 vs. #7 Hamilton in OFC South Semifinal)
9) CAMBRIDGE LIONS (NR) 6-2 (1-1) OVFL (season finished – lost 41-7 @ #3 Niagara in OVFL Adam 2nd Round)
10) CUMBERLAND PANTHERS (8) 6-2 (1-1) OVFL (season finished – lost 57-35 @ Toronto Thunder in OVFL Wettges 2nd Round)
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