Generals end football season on the road
Niagara teams go 2-2 to close out league play
Niagara Generals teams went 2-2 to close out the Ontario Football League regular season.
Ezekiel Langendoen led the Niagara atoms with five touchdowns and three converts in a 58-6 victory over the host Waterloo Predators.
Carter Smith and Benjamin Kolodziejczak, each with a touchdown and adding a two-point convert; Ethan Tice, touchdown; Jak Buckland, two-point convert; and Spencer Macrae, one-point convert; rounded out the scoring for the Generals.
Smith’s touchdown was on a punt return.
Niagara’s second win in a row improved the team’s record to 4-4 heading into the post-season.
Niagara defeated the Vaughan Rebels 18-8 ending a two-game losing streak to end the peewee season with a 3-5 record.
Braiden Genest, Cameron Macrae and Jake Portolesi scored touchdowns for the Generals.
“Bring on the playoffs, my boys are ready,” head coach Bruce Macrae said. “Our team came together great, I am so proud of them all.”
Visiting Niagara dropped a 41-7 decision to the Hamilton Jr. Tiger-Cats to end the Tier 1 bantam season with a 2-6 record.
Jackson Stewart threw a touchdown pass to Nick Longo and Ryan Broome scored a convert as the Generals dropped its third game in a row.
Mason Smith’s first career touchdown accounted for all Niagara’s scoring in Tier 2 bantam season-ending 48-6 loss to the Brantford Bisons.