Tartans Ground Hawks, Lancers Win
The Wallaceburg Tartans squared off against CKSS to open the LKSSAA Junior football season Friday – Photo by Jocelyn McLaughlin/ CKSN.ca
Wallaceburg Tartans doubled up on Chatham-Kent 26-13 in their first regular season affair.
Patrick Ezewski opened the scoring for Wallaceburg on a 72-yard run in the opening quarter. Zack Emerson caught caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Tartans quarterback Carter DeKoning in the second quarter.
CKSS however kept pace with Wallaceburg in the opening half, as Kier Cumming scored a pair of touchdowns, on 61- and 22-yard runs. Cumming totalled 145 rushing yards on the day, and also had 10 tackles.
Brendon Marr put Wallaceburg ahead in the third quarter, scoring on a 45-yard run, before Emerson capped off the scoring with a 55-yard touchdown of his own.
In the other LKSSAA match up, the UCC Lancers throttled the JMSS Panthers 58-0.
Kaden Paquette scored a pair of touchdowns for the UCC Lancers, while Alex Noorenberghe, Derek Harvieux, Adam Buczynski, Sebastian DeSimone, Rylan Burm, and Liam Crosby each scored touchdowns.