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Cornwall Wildcats Season Comes To An End

By Terry Tinkess

he Cornwall Wildcats gave it all
Tthey had, but they couldn’t extend
their winning streak to six games and
as a result saw their season come to
an end with a 49-26 home field loss

to the Kingston Grenadiers.
The Wildcats took the early lead

on a run by Sam Dugas in the first
quarter, but then Kingston put the
ball in the air and never looked back.
The Grenadiers led 25-14 at half
time and were ahead 32-14 early
in the third quarter. Two of their
touchdowns, one late in the game,
came off of interceptions that were
run in for touchdowns.
The Wildcats never quit, however,
but weren’t able to overcome the
deficit.

The team had gained the right to a
home playoff game on the strength

of a five game winning streak after
starting the season with one win and The Kingston Grenadiers had luck putting the ball in the air, forcing Cornwall defensive backs like Reeve

two losses. The first game of that Nicholson, no. 24 into extremely close coverage. Photo by Terry Tinkess.
winning streak came against the same back-to-back perfect seasons and this
Kingston Grenadiers team that would season averaged 45 points per game.
end their season The Wildcats more than held their
The Wildcats finished the season own.

ranked tenth overall of the 20 teams The team, guided in the quarterfinal

in the Varsity Under 20 grouping. game by acting head coach Marc
The season-ending loss was Renaud (head coach Kirby Camplin
disappointing to the players who was unavailable due to a prior
were unable to impose their will over commitment) will now have the off-
a talented Kingston team, but their season to refl ect and reload for next
efforts seem even more impressive year. When you’ve left it all on the
when you notice that Kingston went fi eld, that’s really all you can do, and

on to lose in the conference final 48- the experience gained this season
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