Flag football
Valley Bulldogs win U13 title at Spartans Bowl
A total of 24 flag football teams from P.E.I. and Nova Scotia competed in the second annual Spartans Bowl tournament at Eric Johnston Field over the weekend. The Travellers Home Centre Red Spartans repeated as under-11 champions, and the Valley Bulldogs captured the under-13 title.
Exciting and drama-filled action highlighted the conclusion of the second annual Domino’s Spartans Bowl on Sunday. A total of 24 teams from across P.E.I. and Nova Scotia attended the three-day tournament. Eight teams in each age group – under-11 and under-13 – qualified for Sunday’s playoffs.
Under-11
In one of the most exciting games of the tournament, the hometown Travellers Home Centre Red Spartans beat the Valley Bulldogs 33-26 in a backand-forth game that wasn’t decided until the final minute. The Red Spartans, who went undefeated in the under-11 tournament and were the defending Spartans Bowl champions, reached the final with a tough 27-19 win over the Alberton Predators in one semifinal game. The Bulldogs got by the Summerside Green Spartans 26-18 in the other exciting semifinal.
The Bulldogs had only two losses all weekend, and those were at the hands of the Red Spartans.
In the bronze-medal game, the Predators beat the Green Spartans 37-12.
Under-13
The undefeated Valley Bulldogs won the under-13 championship with a close 13-6 win over the Charlottetown Privateers. Charlottetown twice had the ball first and goal inside the Valley five-yard line, but could not score a second touchdown against a stubborn Bulldogs’ defence that came up with two critical goal-line stands.
The Privateers punched their ticket to the gold-medal game with an 18-0 win over the Valley Gators while the Bulldogs beat
Tignish in the other semifinal. The bronze-medal game was another close battle as the Gators came out victorious 26-19.