Saints Football Clinch First Place in OFC With Win Over Ottawa

Ottawa, ON – The St. Clair Saints Football team has clinched first place in the OFC with a 40-10 win over the Ottawa Sooners on Saturday night in Ottawa. This is the 4^th straight OFC Regular Season first place finish since joining Saints Nation. Clinching first place means the Saints will host an OFC Semi-Final on Saturday, October 19^th at 7:00pm.

Another lopsided win saw the Saints defense dominate once again, this time forcing the Sooners into 6 turnovers (3 interceptions and 3 fumble recoveries). Defensive Back Nate Tyszkiewicz (Toronto, ON) returned his interception for a 57-yard touchdown. Gaddy Kazadi (London, ON) and Brandon Vecchio (Sault Ste. Marie, ON) both added to their interception total and now have 3 each on the season.

The offense opened the game with a quick score thanks to Running Back MJ Doyle-Marshall (Airdrie, AB) who capped off a long drive with a 13-yard rushing touchdown. Quarterback Maurice Sodja (Kentucky, Louisville) tallied his 9^th rushing touchdown of the season when he ran one into the endzone from 18-yards out. Sodja then threw his lone passing touchdown to Wide Receiver Tai Colquhoun (Windsor, ON) for a 28-yard score. Doyle-Marshall added another rushing touchdown late in the game to extend the lead, this was also Doyle-Marshall's 9^th rushing touchdown of the season.

The Saints will now play their final regular season game on the road in Hamilton next Sunday, October 6^th at 4:00pm.