In Ontario Football
Conference Peewee
division the Sarnia
Sturgeon Peewee's hosted
the league leading
Forest city Thunderbirds
in a game under the
lights at Norm Perry
Park.
First half saw the
Thunderbirds go up 31 -
6 after scoring five
touchdowns and
converting on one.
Chase Brown and Eathan
Martin each scored 2
touchdowns and Quentin
Isaac scored a single.
Single point conversion
was kicked by Jay
VanOverberghe.
For Sarnia Nathan
Greaves scored the only
touchdown in the first
half.
In the second half the
Sturgeon picked up their
game starting from the
opening kickoff when the
Sturgeon ran the ball
down to the one yard
line and Nathan Greaves
scored on the next play.
Thunderbirds Eli
Kwiatkowski scored the
next touchdown and the
extra point was good
kicked in by Jay
Vanquerberghe.
Gabe Barnes ran in for
the third Sturgeon
touchdown but the
Thunderbirds would add
to the scoreboard on a
55 yard touchdown by
Quentin Isaac.
VanOverberge's kick was
good for the extra
point.
From the one yard line
Kurtis Hill ran in for
the 4th touchdown for
the Sturgeon and the 2
point pass was ran in by
Cole Morrison.
The Thunderbirds final
touchdown came on a 50
yard run by Chase Brown
and Luke Ainsworth kick
in the extra point.
Sturgeon's Cole Morrison
scored the last
touchdown off the night
on a double reverse
play.
Final score Thunderbirds
52 - Sturgeon 32.
"After a rough first
half our goal was to win
the second half and we
did." said Sturgeon
Coach Tim Purdy
"Nobody else has put 32
points on them so were
happy about that."
The Sturgeon are now 2 -
3 for the season and
with a week off they
will head back to the
practice field before
they take on the
Hamilton Panthers on
July 8 at Norm Perry
Park.