Stangs rebound for a win
Crestwood juniors blank Falcons to improve to 1-1
The Crestwood Mustangs junior football team got back on the winning track Thursday afternoon.
The Mustangs rebounded from Friday’s season opening 20-10 loss to the Adam Scott Lions by defeating the Fenelon Falls Falcons 35-0 at Crestwood Secondary School.
Oliver Hazelwood, Owen Peterson, Connor Batley, Blake Westnut and Drew Smith scored touchdowns while Hayden McIlmoyle kicked five converts.
“The first junior game of the season is always tough,” said Mustangs coach Blaine Meek. “There are always a lot of kids who haven’t played and now you’re depending on them to do certain things so it’s always a bit confusing and a bit disorganized. Today was much better. We had a little more discipline on both sides of the ball and we were able to settle things down when we needed to.”
Meek said he’s still trying to determine what his group is capable of this season.
“I think we have the bones to be a good team but there is a lot that goes into that. I think we have the components to be a good, competitive team but it’s so early to tell,” he said.
He certainly saw plenty of improvement over their game one performance.
“We got off the ball really well on both sides of the ball,” he said. Crestwood Mustangs' Oliver Hazelwood outruns Fenelon Falls Falcons' Logan Row to score a touchdown during first half Kawartha high school junior boys football action Thursday at Crestwood Secondary School field. The Mustangs blanked the Falcons 35-0. See more photographs from the game in the online gallery at www. thepeterboroughexaminer.com. “In the second half we really got off the ball better and really had some push we really didn’t have against Adam Scott; offensively and defensively.”
The following are recent Kawartha high school athletics scores: Wednesday, Sept. 27 JUNIOR BOYS FOOTBALL Adam Scott 45, Holy Cross 24. SENIOR BOYS SOCCER St. Mary 3 (Zaire Hunt 3), Thomas A. Stewart 2. Tuesday, Sept. 26 JUNIOR GIRLS BASKETBALL St. Thomas Aquinas 24, Crestwood 16; St. Mary 27, Kenner 19; Cobourg 36, Lindsay 14; Weldon 49, Holy Cross 30. I.E. SENIOR GIRLS BASKETBALL Lindsay 42, Cobourg 34. Monday, Sept. 25 SENIOR BOYS SOCCER St. Mary 3 (Rino Validzic, Ethan Cranch, Bryson Sanders; shutout Jacob Poirier), St. Peter 0; Holy Cross 2 (Chris Corkery, Shinya Sekimoto), I.E. Weldon 0.