"St. Peter Knights down Ashbury Colts for Tier 1 football championship"

The high school football season is about to start and I celebrate this by...copying an article about last year's championship game. I didn't come across it at the time but having stumbled into it now, I want to have easy access to it because they can be hard to track down.

This article was written by Mark Beasley for the Orleans Star.

There was no stopping the St. Peter Knights in their attempt to capture another senior football city championship at Minto Field on Nov. 10. 

The Knights fought through gusting winds, a crusty, snow-covered turf and the relentless efforts of the Ashbury Colts to win 31-21 as they brought home their 14th city title in the football program’s 24 year history. 

Knights head coach Jim Mick has been at St. Peter ever since it opened in 1992 and has been at the helm for every one of those championship wins. 

En route to the 2018 championship, Mick and his coaching staff did a masterful job handling adversity, injuries and the loss of a number of potential players to prep schools south of the border. 

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Despite all the changes in personnel St. Peter didn’t falter and continued to be a force again this regular season and throughout the post season culminating in another city championship. 

The championship game was a total team effort by the Knights who managed to generate offence in the difficult playing conditions but at the same time defended well and kept the Colts attack under control. 

St. Pete’s defensive lineman Tucker Burke made life miserable for any Colts player whenever they had possession of the ball, or rock as it may have felt like during the cold and blustery day. 

Burke led his team with three sacks and a timely fumble recovery which led to the Knights putting points on the score board. 

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Wide receiver and defensive back Justice Koradi also had a big game with a perfectly timed interception. 

The offence was led by fourth year senior quarterback Ryan Licandro who had a number of weapons at his disposal including running back Josh Smith who scored a pair of touchdowns in the big win. 

Conor MacDonald and Jonathan Agette also scored for the Knights, with MacDonald adding a field goal to round out the scoring in the difficult conditions. 

With the victory over the Colts, the Knights are now riding an impressive winning streak that includes an undefeated regular season and a 29-1 victory over the St. Mark Lions in the semi-finals.

So what will 2019 look like? The rather outstanding Ottawa High School Football Instagram account prepared the following graphic as something of a preview.

L-R: St. Patrick, Immaculata, St. Peter, Asbhury, St. Matthew, Colonel By

L-R: Sacred Heart, St. Joseph, St. Mark, Franco-Cité, Glebe, Mother Teresa 

Scores and standings will also be available on fatdog.ca.