Colts, Knights set to duel for high school football supremacy

It’s come down to a pair of games.

By Saturday morning, the city champions in junior and senior high school football will be determined with the winners representing Sault Ste. Marie in Northern Ontario Secondary School Athletics (NOSSA) play in November.

The junior final, set for Thursday night at 7:30 p.m., will see Korah take on St. Mary’s with the senior teams from the same two schools playing in the senior final 24 hours later.

Both games are at Superior Heights.

The Colts ran through an unbeaten regular season in both junior and senior play this season.

The senior Colts won both regular season meetings between the two schools.

In week one, the Colts picked up a 26-9 win before winning by a 36-7 margin in week three.

Korah advanced to the city final thanks to a 44-8 win over White Pines in semi-final play last week.

Nathan Guizzetti ran for a pair of touchdowns for the Colts in the win.

St. Mary’s beat Superior Heights 26-6 in the other semi-final game.

Quarterback Matti Tucker threw for a pair of touchdown passes and 175 yards on seven completions for the Knights in the game.

In junior play, the Colts wins over St. Mary’s in junior play came in week one (14-3) and week four (13-0).

Both championship games are at Superior Heights.

The junior champion will host Sudbury’s junior football winner in the NOSSA final on Nov. 9 in Sault Ste. Marie while the city’s senior champ will host Sudbury’s city champion in a NOSSA semi-final game, also on Nov. 9. The winner of the senior semi-final game will host North Bay’s city champion on Nov. 16 to determine the NOSAA representative for the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Association (OFSAA) Bowl Series in Windsor in late-November.

The award winners for both junior and senior football were also announced on Wednesday.

The junior football award winners include:

• Nick Farris Memorial Trophy for Most Outstanding Player: Logan Lajunen of Korah and Wesley Tait of St. Mary’s
• Curtis Grandmont Trophy for Most Outstanding Lineman: Heath Desjardin of St. Mary’s
• Rushon Family Trophy for Offensive Player of the Year: Gevin Grisdale of Korah
• Steeler Trophy for Defensive Player of the Year: Ryder Strachen of Korah and Dominic Cavaliere of St. Mary’s

The senior award winners include:

• Alex Denman Memorial Trophy for Most Outstanding Player: Nathan Guizzetti of Korah
• Gord Hargreaves Trophy for Most Outstanding Lineman: Noah DiValentin of St. Mary’s
• Rocky DiPietro Trophy for Most Outstanding Receiver: Nashoba Moore of White Pines
• Sault Sabercats Trophy for Offensive Player of the Year: Matti Tucker of St. Mary’s
• Steeler Trophy for Defensive Player of the Year: Grant Mathewson of St. Mary’s

The senior division all-stars include:

• Korah – Nathan Guizzetti: RB, Spencer Headrick: OL, Ashton Sawchyn: OL, Kaylob Thibodeau: FB, Mitchell Kommusaar: DL, Ty Koski: WR, Ethan Carchidi: LB, Hunter DickinsonL LB, Koen Manchulenko: LB, Johnny Lesnick: OL
• St. Mary’s – Noah DiValentin: OL, Grant Mathewson: LB, Matti Tucker: QB, Brayden Luzzi: LB, Liam Dubois: OL, Kiran Juma: DB, Nate Carter: WR, Jack McPherson: WR
• Superior Heights – Daikaden Gauthier: ATH, Max Shillingford: WR, Keegan Staniforth: OL, Grayson Maneiro: DL, Will Middaugh: LB, Nathan Adams: DB
• White Pines – Nashoba Moore: WR, Keegan Dane: OL, Keenan Boissoneau: LB, Garrin Pine: QB