In the case of the former, 1998 was hardly a banner year. They closed it out with a 2-6 regular season record, made the playoffs regardless, but were ousted in short order by the Chateauguay Raiders. Nonetheless, the scores from that season are now added to the Sooners' page so we have most of the team's results dating back to 1960 to that date. Pretty happy about that.
The Jr Riders, however, cemented their spot on the football landscape that year. They reached the championship game in 1997 after a 6-4 regular season but lost to the Sooners in that game. They pummeled the Sooners in their second contest of 1998 in what was seen as something of a changing of the guard.
Sigmund Charles of the Ottawa Sooners takes a pounding from Jarrid Foley, left, of the Ottawa Junior Riders yesterday. The Riders dealt the Sooners a humiliating 37-2 loss. Photo by Chris Mikula, Ottawa Citizen.Not the Sooners' finest hour and I suspect there were several factors contributing to the poor showing that season but I won't speculate. The Jr. Riders, meanwhile, again collected six regular season wins against two losses, both to the Chateauguay Raiders.
Those losses would be avenged when the Riders beat the Raiders 24-09 in the championship game. That recap has been included on their page for some time, but the summary of their semi-final win against the North Shore Broncos is now added.
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