Crusaders now 2-0, QB Thorpe speechless after win over PA rivals St. Mary
If it wasn’t official before, it is now: the Carlton Crusaders football team is for real.
After snapping a 17 losing streak last week, the Crusaders followed it up with a 14-13 win over cross-town rivals, the St. Mary Marauders Friday at Prime Minister’s Park.
Overcome with emotion, exhaustion and excitement, Crusaders quarterback James Thorpe was speechless after the game.
“It’s… not surreal, it’s just beyond words. It’s just awesome,” said Thorpe as he received a mini-Gatorade shower from teammate Dylan Folmer. “You know last week, it was nice to get the win because it kinda broke the streak, but this is night and day better.
“You can’t really compare it at all, it’s so much better.”
The last time the Crusaders beat the Marauders was back on Sept. 11, 2008, a 19-10 victory. In the last three Prince Albert bowls, the games have been very close and decided by a field goal or less as the Marauders won last year’s game 13-11 and 17-14 back in 2009.