Cougars Perfect Over The Weekend
The Chatham-Kent Cougars capped off a perfect weekend with a big win at home for the Junior Varsity team.
The JV team beat Hamilton 57-7 Sunday afternoon to improve to 2-0 on the season.
The team certainly spread the ball around in the win -- five different players ended up scoring rushing TDs while three different players hauled in receiving TDs.
On the defensive side, the Cougars also stood tall, allowing just one scoring play -- a single touchdown late in the game.
Quinton Emerick forced the only turnover for the Cougars with an interception in the fourth quarter.
Earlier in the weekend, the Cougars' Bantam and the Peewee both won on the road.
The Bantam team rallied from an early 19-11 deficit at half on Sunday to beat Oakville 47-19.
The Peewees also did their part, beating the North Halton Crimson Tide 6-0.
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Diamonds Shine In Weekend Wins
The Chatham-Kent Diamonds had plenty of success over the weekend -- coming away with four wins between the Midget and Major Mosquito travel teams.
The Midget Diamonds kicked things off on Friday with a 9-7 home win over St. Thomas. The team followed that up with another W on Sunday, beating Dresden 11-3.
Meantime, the Major Mosquito team also had a pair of wins -- they beat Wyoming twice on Saturday.
The score from the first game was 17-3, while the second game finished 19-12.
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Jamieson Golf Tour Features Two Playoffs In The Opening Weekend
The Jamieson Junior Tour got off to a warm, but windy start at the Ridgetown Golf Club over the weekend.
There were 96 Junior and Collegiate players hitting the links in four different divisions.
James Hill of Beach Grove led the way for the junior boys, shooting an even par 72 to beat out Essex's Liam Fisk by one stroke.
In the junior girls' division, Hannah Meloche from Sutton Creek finished five shots better than the rest of the field -- she shot an 81.
In the Collegiate Women division, Megan Schauer of Essex and Melanie Burgess of Roseland both finished with 87’s, but Schauer ended up winning playoff by parring all three extra holes.
In the Collegiate Men’s division, Thomas DeMarco of Essex and Bryce Hughes of Rochester Place tied with 2-under-par 70’s through 18 holes. Thomas ended up hitting in a birdie on the first playoff hole to take the title.
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GD Cruise For Gold Wins At Little Saratoga
The third time's the charm, and GD Cruise For Gold proved that with his third win in a row at Dresden Raceway.
The three-year- old Allthatglitrsisgold gelding stepped off a last quarter in 28.3 for Donnie Rankin and made up three and a half lengths in the stretch to win the “Little Saratoga Cup” in 2:00 flat.
GD Cruise For Gold is owned and trained by Rankin and has now reeled off three straight wins at Dresden Raceway and has banked over $12,350 in 2017.