CISAA: St. Andrew’s Beats Ashbury to go to the Finals

The St. Andrewā€™s College Saints defeated the Ashbury Colts in the CISAA semi-finals, 44-7. For the second year in a row, St. Andrewā€™s will be making an appearance in the CISAA Championship game.

All season long, St. Andrewā€™s has been dominating every team in the division. There was no doubt that St. Andrewā€™s was going to win this game, the only question was by how much they were going to win. St. Andrewā€™s offense was led by quarterback Chris Merchant who threw two touchdown passes and kicked six PATs. Half back Cole Sopik led the scoring with an amazing performance, scoring four touchdowns and rushing for 180 yards. Other scorers included slot back Malcolm Carter and wide receiver Daniel Cummings. ā€œAlthough it wasnā€™t a huge challenge for us, we didnā€™t look over Ashbury and got off to a fast startā€, says Saints head coach Len Gurr. ā€œMost importantly we got out of it (the game) injury freeā€.

Ashbury came into the game well prepared. Their coaching staff did an excellent job planning for the semi-final game. Ashbury had a fantastic year going 2-3; not an easy feat for any team in arguably one of the best high school football divisions in Ontario.

St. Andrewā€™s will play in a rematch of last yearā€™s CISAA Championship game against the Upper Canada College Blues. St. Andrewā€™s played UCC in week two of the regular season where they trailed the Blues for a part of the game. UCC posed to be St. Andrewā€™s hardest opponent so the championship game should be a close one. ā€œWe arenā€™t surprised to be playing UCC againā€, says Gurr. ā€œThey are well coached and have some really talented players. It will be an immense challenge for usā€. The game will take place this Wednesday at 1:30PM at St. Andrewā€™s College. The Saints are not relying on a home field advantage to get them through this game. ā€œIt really doesnā€™t matterā€, says Gurr. ā€œWe have beaten them on their field, and they have beaten us before on ours. That being said being able to play at home and share it with the crowd is awesomeā€. It will definitely be a great game to see if you are in the Aurora area tomorrow afternoon. If not you can catch the action online at www.sac.on.ca/live.

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