Their running game has been critical to their success over the years, but on Monday, the run game of another team was what beat them.
Playing in the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA) National Capital Bowl, the Korah Colts saw their senior football season end on a sour note in a 35-15 loss to the Huron Heights Warriors of Newmarket.
Considered the top team in the province, Huron Heights scored five touchdowns via the running game en route to the win over the Colts at Windsor’s Acumen Stadium on the campus of St. Clair College.
Korah took the lead early on thanks to a short touchdown run by Nathan Guizzetti just under four minutes into the game. The major came after Guizzetti recovered a Huron Heights fumble on the Warriors opening drive of the game.
Just under four minutes later, Huron Heights took a 7-6 lead as quarterback Trent Seaton punched the ball in from a yard out and Marco Liegghio hit the convert on the play.
Huron Heights extended the lead in the second quarter as Owen Lock ran the ball in to go along with the convert on the play from Liegghio to make it a 14-6 game just over five minutes into the quarter.
The Colts pulled back to within two points on the subsequent possession as Guizzetti got loose for a long touchdown run to make it a 14-12 game. The Colts then recovered an onside kick after the score but couldn’t take advantage of the extra possession.
The Warriors took a 21-12 lead into the half as Josh Martin scored on a two-yard run and Liegghio hit the convert with 3:20 to go in the second quarter.
Korah cut the Huron Heights lead to 21-15 late in the third quarter with a 28-yard field goal from Ty Koski.
Huron Heights capped off the scoring with a pair of rushing touchdowns from Martin – from four and 18 yards – along with converts Liegghio in the fourth quarter.
Korah earned a spot in the National Capital Bowl game thanks to a win over North Bay’s Algonquin Barons in the Northern Ontario Secondary School Athletics (NOSSA) final on Nov. 16..
The team went 6-0 in regular season play locally before winning the city title on Oct. 25 over St. Mary’s.
Korah got into the NOSSA final thanks to a semifinal win over Sudbury’s Lo-Ellen Park.