Just storing these, and the team-by-team scores below, for future reference. Too often I've seen teams change websites and not retain their historical results, so I choose to be their unofficial "back up" in that regard.
Congratulations to the Giants on an undefeated regular season.
Orleans Minor Football Commitment announcement From Instagram.
Our first player announcement for the Raftsmen inaugural season in NCAFA's U19 level. Our club is thrilled to announce Mr. Bengal, Michael “Chilli” Johnson’s son, Tristan Johnson!
Since Tristan began playing at Tyke, he has won Team MVPs at every level and helped his team win various championships. Tristan will soon be U.S. bound, so come watch him now leading the Raftsmen in ’22!
Pride. Respect. Team.
From a Cyclone (Iowa State, NCAA) that brought “Downtown” to two Grey Cup winners, that then rolled into coaching the Carleton Ravens to now rolling logs down the Ottawa River as a Raftsmen.
The OMFA is proud to welcome Downtown Eddie Brown as our new Midget Head Coach competing in the NCAFA Midget League.
Coach Eddie is assembling one of the finest coaching staffs that will help ensure our players have fun, compete at the highest level and reach their fullest potential.
A big thank you to the fine folks at HESN for putting this video together for a game I would have loved to get to but couldn't.
The article below from the September 30th, 1955, Ottawa Journal is perhaps the first about the organization which would become the National Capital Amateur Football Association.
Sharing a little bit of news that I missed earlier in the week.
...the Raftsmen caught a break midway through the first quarter when the (Mustangs) went for it on fourth and one on the three-yard line and end up coughing up the ball. Orléans linebacker Eric Cumberbatch was Johnny on the spot to recover the loose ball and end the threat.
The Raftsmen were unable to move the ball on their series and decided to give up a safety rather than attempt a punt from their end zone. It would be the only points the Mustangs would score all game.
The Raftsmen's first touchdown came early in the second quarter on a 38-yard run up the middle by Dante Spadaccini.
The Raftsmen's second touchdown came on a 25-yard pass from Nick Rico to Colin Doherty who managed to keep his feet in bounds at the back of the end zone with 1:02 left in the first half.
The final touchdown was set up by a 58-yard punt return by Ethan Wilson. The decisive blow was delivered by Rico who threw a bullet to Jonathan Aoude who was standing on the goal line.
The Raftsmen would add a single off a punt in the fourth quarter that the Mustangs were unable to get out of their end zone to make the final score 22-2 in favour of Orleans.
It was a dominating performance by the Raftsmen who finished the regular season with an 5-2 record. Their two losses came against the Kanata Knights in a crossover game with the NCAFA team in their season opener and the Mustangs who beat them 22-7 on Sept. 28.
Among their five wins were five shut-outs which contributed to their league best points against total (58) and points differential (+57). The Raftsmen allowed just 158 yards in offence against the Mustangs in the championship game while racking up 297 yards when they had the ball.
Rico completed 11 of 14 passes for 157 yards...He also ran for 30 yards on seven carries and a TD. Spadaccini finished the game with 97 yards on 16 carries and a touchdown...
The Raftsmen's stellar season would end on a sour note in the Interprovincial Bowl on Sunday, Nov. 10.
The NCAFA champion Kanata Stallions beat them 22-14 to maintain the National Capital Amateur Football Association dominance over the QMFL. NCAFA teams are now 9-1 against their Quebec counterparts in the season finale for both leagues.It was actually 28-14. And when local papers catch up, I'll try to locate and post a recap of that game.
The Bengals' offence raked up 56 points against a Redskins team that had only allowed 68 points all season long, while the defence managed to hold Nepean's offence to just 39 points.
Jackson Bennett had a monster game for the Bengals, slicing and dicing his way through the Redskins' defence like a hot knife through butter. The fleet-footed running back gained over 500 yards against the top defence in the league and scored seven times to earn MVP honours.
The Orleans Bengals are the 2013 NCAFA midget champions after laying an good old-fashioned beat down on the previously undefeated Nepean Redskins.The REDBLACKS have reportedly tossed around the idea of starting two Canadian receivers but currently only have three on the roster. Receiver isn't the deepest position of any draft so it wouldn't be a shock to see them choose one fourth overall as a result but hopefully a versatile, athletic, local product like Bennett is too tempting to pass up if he's available.
