Canadian Tire Cup staying at St. Mary’s

The Crusaders had a strong start to the game and took a 7-3 advantage into the halftime intermission. Shelton Paul scored the game’s first points in the opening play of the second quarter with a nine yard run off the left edge. He set that up a play earlier with a 20-yard run to get the Crusaders into the red zone.

Marauders head coach Curt Hundeby admitted the Crusaders offence gave them fits in the first half.

“We were down at the beginning,” said Hundeby. “I thought we both came out pretty well but they made some plays on us. They did some things on offence that we were not ready for defensively. We had close to a dozen blown coverages, that was really frustrating. But thankfully, we started to figure it out and rally a little bit.”

But the Crusaders went into a hole when their quarterback Chris MacLachlan hobbled after their last offensive play of the half and didn’t return to the game.

Paul was put in as the Crusaders’ quarterback, adding to his already huge list of responsibilities including running back, defensive back, kicker, punter, punt returner and kick returner.

It was a difficult situation to be put in for sure, as Paul threw three interceptions in the second half—two of which led directly to both of the Marauder scores.

Marauders running back Jordan Solomon scored both of them, a 12-yard reception from quarterback Jordan McKay and the second he took in himself from 38 yards to give the Marauders a 20-7 lead in the third quarter.

“We knew that their starting quarterback was out and that their tailback went in at quarterback. He’s a great athlete and he did a really good job, but we knew that we could have some opportunities,” said Hundeby. “We challenged our DB’s to get the ball back and make some plays for us.”

Jeremy Hicks, Cole Frank and Cameron Leblanc got the memo and the interceptions for the Marauders.

Joel Senko was perfect as the Marauders kicker, nailing two field goals from 22 and 23 yards, and two converts.

jdandrea@jpbg.ca

On Twitter: @jeff_dandrea

by Jeff D'Andrea

Canadian Tire Cup staying at St. Mary’s

What's Trending