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Express Bantams win final regular season game

July 17, 2014   ·   0 Comments

The TNT Express Bantam team ended the regular season schedule with a 46-19 win over the Niagara Generals at Mel Mitchell field in Beeton on Sunday, July 13. After eight games, the Express team has a 6–2 record. Their only losses were to the Orangeville Outlaws for the two games those teams played this season. It didn’t take long for the Express to set the tone of Sunday’s game. At the end of the first quarter they were leading 12–0 on TDs from Mitchell Giglio and Lino Devita. Giglio got his second of the game in the second quarter when the Express ran back a punt to start on the Niagara 32 yard line. Giglio broke through and ran to the left to score on the next play. The Generals got on the scoreboard after a break-through run that dropped them on the eight yard line. A drive through the middle and across the goal line gave the Generals their first TD of the game. The Express were playing a solid defensive game for the entire half with good stops by Braham Bischof, Josh Nicholls, and Seth Hall on the front line. James Baskett, Bradley Knott, and Benjamin Posedi, teamed up to bring down Niagara ball carriers Giglio did it again with a TD with less than three minutes left in the half. Seth Hall ran in for the two point convert to make it 26–7 at the half. The Bantam team is the best hope this season for an OMFL championship run. The squad has scored 274 points for the season while allowing 259 against. In terms of numbers, the Bantams have little trouble scoring but they will have to work on their defence to keep those numbers down going into the playoffs. The first place Orangeville Outlaws, who are undefeated for the season, have only allowed 95 points to be scored against them after seven games and are the likely contenders if the Express can manage a win the playoff round. The final Bantam division regular season games are scheduled for this coming weekend with the playoff schedule to be released after the completion of those games.

By Brian Lockhart

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