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September
27, 2009
Lions
defeat St. Laurent Spartans 22 - 7.
Lions
now 7 - 0.
The
North Shore Lions defeated the St. Laurent Spartans 22 - 7 on Sunday
afternoon at Parc St. Laurent.
The Lions current winning
streak is now at 76 games.
On a wet and soggy Sunday, on a sloppy and muddy
field, the North Shore Lions notched another win. The St. Laurent
Spartans and their vaunted running attack were rendered ineffective by
the North Shore Lions defense, which for the 3rd game in a row did not
give up a major score.
The Lions scored the first points of the game on a 4 yard run by Kevin
Kyere, his 9th touchdown of the season, at the 4:26 mark of the first
quarter. On the very next series the Lions defense came up with
an interception by Anthony Melotti which gave the Lions excellent field
position deep in Spartans territory. Jersey Henry then ran the
ball in from the 10 yard line and after the successfull extra point the
Lions were up 14 - 0 in the 1st quarter. In the 2nd quarter after
another Lions interception, this time by defensive back Benoit Mailly,
the Lions converted that turnover into a 20 yard field goal by
Shawn Steen. At halftime the score was 17 - 0 for the Lions.
In the second half, two minutes in, the Spartans quickly scored a
touchdown on an interception return from midfield all away into the
endzone, cutting the Lions lead down to 17 - 7. However, the
Lions defense continued to stand tall and didn't give the Spartans any
offensive momentum at all.
The Lions offense then started pounding the rock, and running out huge
amount of time on the clock. With 2:54 left in the third quarter
the Lions kicked another field goal, a 35 yard boot from Shawn Steen.
In the fourth quarter the Lions defense once again pinned the Spartans
deep in their territory forcing the Spartans to give up a 2 point
safety for the final points of the game and a 22 -7 victory for the
Lions.
The Lions next game will be played at Riverdale Park
on Friday Oct. 2 at 20:00 vs the Sun Youth Hornets.
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