Ottawa 48 Grenadiers 21 August 9th, 2015
First Quarter
Ott—TD, Illoki 35 pass from Spinella (Wendt convert) 2:29
Ott—TD, Robertson 3 pass from Spinella (Wendt convert) 7:12
Kgn—TD, Matheson 14 pass from Fisher (Bashall convert) 10:33
Second Quarter
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Grenadiers ousted in conference final August 8th, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
BECKWITH TOWNSHIP—In any given football game, there are a handful of seminal plays, events that come to define the game and usually have a lot to do with determining its outcome.
On a sunny but mild day on the plains of central Lanark County Saturday, there were... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers face Myers for conference title Saturday August 7th, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
Dillon Wisteard this week prepared to play his last football game—for the 10th time this year.
“I go in thinking every game is going to be my last game,” Wisteard said. “That gets me get fired up, thinking that I want to win, because I want to keep... [Read More] | |
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Four Grenadiers named conference all-stars August 4th, 2015
Four members of the Kingston Grenadiers have been named to the Ontario Varsity Football League Wettges conference all-star team.
One of them, quarterback Dylan Fisher, is a repeat selection from 2014, one of just four players who was chosen for the second year in a row.
The other Grenadiers... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers win on the road; advance to conference final August 2nd, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
Kingston Grenadiers will play for the Wettges Conference championship this week, and they can thank their defence for the opportunity.
The Grenadiers allowed no touchdowns and a season-low three points Saturday, as Kingston defeated the West Durham Dolphins 14-3 in an... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers hope to reverse fortunes against Dolphins July 31st, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
They regretted it the day it happened.
The Kingston Grenadiers have regretted it a little bit more every week since.
That’s because the last-minute 28-27 defeat the Grenadiers suffered at the hands of the West Durham Dolphins on the opening weekend of the Ontario... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers defeat Oshawa, advance to conference semifinals July 25th, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
It truly was, as coach Mark Magee suggested, “an interesting game.”
On a hazy and humid Saturday afternoon at Loyalist Collegiate, the Kingston Grenadiers scored four touchdowns in the first half—and they would have had two more but for turnovers inside... [Read More] | |
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Unfamiliar opponent awaits Grenadiers in playoff opener July 24th, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
So which does a coach prefer to play in a sudden-death playoff game: the devil he knows, or one he doesn’t?
“It’s difficult to play a team you haven’t played,” said Kingston Grenadiers coach Mark Magee, whose team Saturday afternoon will do... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers to face Oshawa in playoff opener July 21st, 2015
Kingston Grenadiers will open the Ontario Varsity Football League playoffs at home Saturday afternoon, hosting the Oshawa Hawkeyes in a 1 o'clock game at Loyalist Collegiate.
The Grenadiers, 6-2, finished third in the Wettges Conference, behind Ottawa, 8-0, and West Durham, also 6-2 but... [Read More] | |
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Riled-up Grenadiers stage remarkable comeback July 11th, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
When Curtis Finkeldey scored a touchdown, giving his team a 14-point lead with less than four minutes to play Saturday afternoon, many people present believed he had provided his team with the score that would clinch a victory.
Instead, he could well have provided the... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers offensive line slowly gaining respect July 10th, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
If the coaches have done their homework well, they’ve placed a considerable challenge in front of the Kingston Grenadiers’ offensive linemen—again—and those players know it.
“They’re big, they’re fast; they’re like any team... [Read More] | |
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Harry Robinson rushes for 238 yards as Grenadiers whip Wildcats July 4th, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
Kingston Grenadiers are proving to be a pretty resilient bunch.
They ignored a trick play that led to a touchdown on their opponent’s first possession Saturday, scoring the next time they had the ball. They shook off the effects of a turnover that led the Metro... [Read More] | |
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Turnovers, injuries doom Grenadiers against Ottawa June 28th, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
No one is likely to dispute it: for the Kingston Grenadiers to defeat the best team in the Ontario Varsity Football League, they’d have to play a near perfect football game.
In the first half of their game Saturday, the Grenadiers did just that, and they trailed the... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers brace for most challenging game of the year June 26th, 2015
Two teams at the top of the conference will put four-game winning streaks on the line Saturday, when the Kingston Grenadiers face the Ottawa Myers Riders in an Ontario Varsity Football League game at the Beckwith Township field near Carleton Place.
Game time is 6 p.m.
Myers, the two-time... [Read More] | |
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Riley Avery scores five touchdowns as Grenadiers beat Markham June 21st, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
It wasn’t exactly what the Kingston Grenadiers had planned for their football game Saturday night, but if the guy who started the year as the team's No. 3 running back is going to rush for more than 200 yards, well, fine. They’ll take it.
With Calvin deFayette... [Read More] | |
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Young linebackers facing test in Markham June 19th, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
Front and centre, undoubtedly in the crosshairs of their opponent when the Kingston Grenadiers travel to Markham to face the winless Raiders Saturday, will be two young, largely untested linebackers.
Grenadiers coach Mark Magee makes no bones about the... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers overcome rash of penalties to beat York-Simcoe June 14th, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
They spent the first part of their football game Saturday afternoon putting themselves in position to win it.
In the second half, the Kingston Grenadiers did their darndest to give it away.
Amid a staggering spate of penalties, the Grenadiers still managed to prevail over... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers return home for Saturday match June 12th, 2015
Kingston Grenadiers will be seeking their first home win of the Ontario Varsity Football League season Saturday afternoon when they host the York-Simcoe Bucs at Loyalist Collegiate.
Game time is 4 o’clock.
The Grenadiers suffered a last-minute 28-27 defeat in their season opener, but... [Read More] | |
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Two TDs by Calvin deFayette spark Grenadiers past Cornwall June 7th, 2015
Kingston Grenadiers, behind a 130-yard rushing performance by Calvin deFayette, moved one game above .500 Saturday with a 31-13 Ontario Varsity Football League victory over the Cornwall Wildcats.
The win was the second in a row on the road for the Grenadiers, after a season-opening loss at... [Read More] | |
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Sketchy numbers don't define Grenadiers' victory May 31st, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
So let’s get this straight.
You go on the road, it’s pouring rain, and you’re playing a team that won its last game 49-0.
You throw five interceptions, and your collective rushing game goes one yard backwards.
And you won?
Unlikely as it might be in... [Read More] | |
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Last-minute touchdown dooms Grenadiers to season-opening defeat May 24th, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
A touchdown in the final minute of the game Saturday gave the West Durham Dolphins a 28-27 win over the Kingston Grenadiers on the opening day of the Ontario Varsity Football League season.
In a game played at Loyalist Collegiate, the Grenadiers led throughout, until the... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers open their season Saturday May 21st, 2015
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
This is not, Mark Magee, cautions, last year’s football team.
“It’s a dynamic all its own,” the coach of the varsity Kingston Grenadiers continued.
“I’ve tried to explain to the guys who were on last year’s team that we have to... [Read More] | |
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Nikolas Daniele-Reyes named to Team Ontario December 30th, 2014
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
He caught Tom Flaxman’s eye almost immediately. Even in a group of about 160 football players auditioning for Team Ontario, the young man from Kingston “stood out right from the start.”
“Right from the get-go, right from the individual drills we did... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers' season ends in 48-41 loss at Ottawa August 10th, 2014
Kingston Grenadiers' Ontario Varsity Football League schedule ended in the blaze of a shootout Saturday night in Nepean, where the Ottawa Myers Riders edged the Grenadiers 48-41 in the Wettges Conference varsity championship game.
Jeremy Pendergast had a spectacular game for Kingston, catching 12... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers eager for another crack at Riders August 8th, 2014
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
Throughout their years together in the Ontario Varsity Football League, the Ottawa Myers Riders have not endeared themselves to the Kingston Grenadiers.
Accusations of such unsportsmanlike acts as running up scores and withholding game video have been salt in the wounds of... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers defeat Cornwall; advance to conference final August 4th, 2014
As they have throughout the season, the Kingston Grenadiers capitalized on big defensive plays Sunday as they defeated the Cornwall Wildcats 48-29 in an Ontario Varsity Football League Wettges conference semifinal in Cornwall.
Playing at Joe St. Denis Field, the Grenadiers got a pair of touchdowns... [Read More] | |
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Reducing mistakes vital for Grenadiers in playoff match Sunday July 31st, 2014
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
You can go on an adventure like a Hobbit - with wide-eyed anticipation.
Or you can undertake an adventure like a member of the Kingston Grenadiers football team - with trepidation.
The common denominator, of course, is adventurers seldom know what awaits them, which is fine if... [Read More] | |
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Field goal in overtime gives varsity Grenadiers playoff win in Toronto July 28th, 2014
Mike Bashall's 34-yard field goal in overtime gave the Kingston Grenadiers a 31-28 win over the Metro Toronto Wildcats in a first-round Ontario Varsity Football League varsity division playoff game Sunday afternoon in Toronto.
The victory, which avenged a 17-13 defeat against the Wildcats a week... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers swept in Toronto July 20th, 2014
With a running game that couldn't get out of its own tracks Saturday, the Kingston Grenadiers closed the regular Ontario Varsity Football League varsity season with a 17-13 defeat at the hands of the Metro Toronto Wildcats.
The Grenadiers, with just 56 yards rushing in 21 carries, got no more... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers overcome yet another slow start to defeat Oshawa July 12th, 2014
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
Each time it happens, it becomes more puzzling for Kingston Grenadiers coach Bob Mullen.
"We have to find that gear sooner," Mullen said, after his team snapped out of an early funk to pin a 41-7 Ontario Varsity Football League defeat on the visiting Oshawa... [Read More] | |
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Varsity Grenadiers resume play after pesky bye week July 10th, 2014
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
Summer vacations are fine, Warren Goldie says. They're just not meant for football players.
"Hate it," Goldie, offensive co-ordinator of the varsity Kingston Grenadiers, said after practice Thursday night when asked what he thought of having a mid-season break in the... [Read More] | |
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Varsity Grenadiers improve to 4-2 with win at Newmarket June 29th, 2014
Cole Goodfellow scored three touchdowns Saturday to lead the Kingston Grenadiers to a 42-0 victory over the York-Simcoe Bucs in an Ontario Varsity Football League varsity game in Newmarket.
It was a splendid day for Goodfellow, who had touchdown runs of 42 and 51 yards among 106 rushing yards. He... [Read More] | |
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Dylan Fisher fashioning a superb season for Grenadiers June 28th, 2014
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
Perhaps not surprisingly, for Dylan Fisher the highlight of the Ontario Varsity Football League season so far was a come-from-behind victory in May over the Cumberland Panthers.
The Kingston Grenadiers quarterback was instrumental in that win, as his dramatic 52-yard touchdown... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers sweep tripleheader from visiting Markham June 22nd, 2014
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
Kingston Grenadiers were plodding along Saturday afternoon, in rather nondescript fashion for much of the first half of their Ontario Varsity Football League varsity division game.
"We didn't come out sharp," said Grenadiers coach Bob Mullen, understating the performance of a... [Read More] | |
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Last-minute field goal dooms Grenadiers June 15th, 2014
A field goal with seven seconds left in the game gave the Cornwall Wildcats a 17-16 win over the Kingston Grenadiers in an Ontario Varsity Football League varsity division game Saturday in Cornwall.
The winning kick came not long after the Grenadiers took a 16-14 lead with two and a half minutes... [Read More] | |
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Varsity Grenadiers gain first victory of the season June 1st, 2014
Some stout defensive play in the fourth quarter enabled the Kingston Grenadiers to gain a 25-12 Ontario Varsity Football League varsity division victory over the Cumberland Panthers Saturday afternoon at Loyalist Collegiate.
The Grenadiers, nursing an 11-7 lead, surrendered a safety early in the... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers' season ends with playoff loss at Markham August 4th, 2013
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
MARKHAM - As symbolism goes, it was perfect.
A receiver open in the end zone; a beleaguered quarterback spots him there. With time to throw he seldom enjoyed on this night, the QB delivers possibly his best toss of the game - and the ball hits the goal post with a thud heard... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers travel to Markham for playoff match August 2nd, 2013
Kingston Grenadiers will be trying to stay alive Saturday night when they visit the Markham Raiders in an Ontario Varsity Football League varsity quarter-final game at the Mount Joy field. Game time is 7:30.
The Grenadiers, Markham and Cornwall all finished the regular year with 6-2 records, a... [Read More] | |
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Frustrating season also rewarding for junior Grenadiers July 30th, 2013
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
That first practice of a season, when a coach really can't be sure of who he will find in the gymnasium - who will be back; who are the new people; who among them can, or ever will, be able to play - is a time of both apprehension and anticipation.
At the beginning of this... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers advance with playoff win over Oshawa July 27th, 2013
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
Even on the victors' sideline, the atmosphere was subdued Saturday afternoon.
"We still made too many mistakes," Kingston Grenadiers varsity coach Bob Mullen said, after his team posted a 42-7 win over the Oshawa Hawkeyes in a first-round Ontario Varsity Football League playoff... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers set to host playoff game Saturday July 26th, 2013
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
As pregame orations go, Bob Mullen's message to the Kingston Grenadiers Thursday night was a trifle unorthodox.
"I said to the guys, 'Our record flatters us,'" the Grenadiers coach said.
On the eve of an opening-round Ontario Varsity Football League playoff match Saturday with... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers gain dramatic last-minute victory over Cornwall July 20th, 2013
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
For a time Saturday afternoon it looked like penalties might be no small part of the Kingston Grenadiers losing a football game. In the end, a penalty to their opponent played a significant role in the Grenadiers winning it.
A penalty for unnecessary roughness was part of a... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers face crucial contest to close regular season Saturday July 18th, 2013
To say the varsity Kingston Grenadiers could use a win on Saturday would be an understatement almost as large as the number of standings permutations that remain possible going into the final weekend of the Ontario Varsity Football League season.
The Grenadiers could finish as high as second and... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers not happy after dropping three games in Ottawa July 15th, 2013
Kingston Grenadiers dropped all three games of their Ontario Varsity Football League tripleheader in Ottawa Sunday but it wasn't the outcomes that have members of the Grens organization seething today. It's the way those defeats were administered by the Ottawa Myers Riders.
Grenadiers coach Ken... [Read More] | |
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Varsity Grenadiers suffer first defeat; juniors keep faint playoff hopes alive July 6th, 2013
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
A team that relied on a superb defence to fashion an undefeated record through the first five games of its Ontario Varsity Football League schedule was itself the victim of some defensive big plays Saturday afternoon.
The visiting Metro Toronto Wildcats intercepted four passes... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers linebacker firing on all cylinders July 3rd, 2013
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
When the high school football season was finished last autumn at Holy Cross, Aaron Brownlee was pleased to be getting his fair share of attention from university recruiters.
Problem was, he wasn't getting a sniff from one school that interested him.
"X was one of the schools... [Read More] | |
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Junior Grenadiers bow to Mississauga June 30th, 2013
Mississauga Warriors kept their perfect junior varsity record intact through five games Saturday as they defeated the Kingston Grenadiers 28-8 in an Ontario Varsity Football League game at Loyalist Collegiate.
The loss was the fifth in six games for the Grenadiers, who trailed14-1 at the break,... [Read More] | |
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Defence leads varsity Grenadiers to fifth straight win June 23rd, 2013
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
Though it was finally solved for a touchdown, the Kingston Grenadiers' varsity defence was still plenty good enough Saturday to steal a victory from the Cumberland Panthers.
On a day when the Kingston offence would fail to produce a major score, the Grenadiers still prevailed,... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers remain undefeated with 28-0 win over Oshawa June 15th, 2013
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
Kingston Grenadiers kept their perfect defensive record intact and they did it in style Saturday afternoon in a 28-0 Ontario Varsity Football League varsity division victory over the Oshawa Hawkeyes.
The Grenadiers, who have not allowed the opposition offence to score a single... [Read More] | |
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Varsity Grenadiers put perfect record on the line June 14th, 2013
By CLAUDE SCILLEY
Once was enough for Bob Mullen.
"We were bitten by that dog last year," the defensive co-ordinator of the varsity Kingston Grenadiers said. "We laid an egg against Markham last year in the third game and it came back to haunt us."
Indeed, the Grenadiers paid dearly last summer... [Read More] | |
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Varsity Grenadiers extend unbeaten streak to three games June 9th, 2013
Kingston Grenadiers surrendered - literally - their first points of the season but they remain undefeated in varsity play after a 14-2 win over the Pickering Dolphins Saturday night in Pickering.
In three Ontario Varsity Football League games the Grenadiers defence has yet to allow a point. It was... [Read More] | |
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Varsity Grenadiers win second straight June 2nd, 2013
Kingston Grenadiers won their second Ontario Varsity Football League varsity game Saturday in Don Mills, but they paid dearly for their 18-0 victory over the Toronto Thunder.
The undefeated Grenadiers lost running back Cole Goodfellow and quarterback Dylan Bell to injury in the first half of the... [Read More] | |
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Grenadiers win one of three games to open Ontario Varsity Football League season May 26th, 2013
Kingston Grenadiers suffered an Ontario Varsity Football League junior varsity defeat that was devastating on two counts Saturday afternoon.
Two touchdowns in the final two minutes of the game doomed the Grenadiers to a 39-35 defeat at the hands of the Newmarket Bucs. Then, after the game, the... [Read More] | |
