Clarence Fulton Maroons vs Kelly Road

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Last week, the Fulton Maroons won a tightly contested one-score game. This Friday, the Maroons were in the driver's seat from early in the first half in their 47-0 defeat over Kelly Road.

In today's game, offences are better than ever. Because of this, shutouts are increasingly rare, so in order to achieve this difficult feat, a defensive unit has to play lights out. The Maroons' unit did just that on Friday.

"I thought our defence played very well. The kids played gap control well and attacked their offence," Maroons' head coach Mike Scheller said postgame. 

Scheller says multiple players stepped up for his team's defensive unit.

"Linebacker Ollie Horne played super. Jordan Lorinczi stepped up and made a lot of tackles from his linebacker spot and had his best game as a Maroon. DT Joe Zerrtah and DE Max Hammell were solid on the d-line for us," he said.

The Maroons' defence didn't just keep their opponents out of the endzone all game; they also managed to find it themselves when Ollie Horne stole the ball from his opponents on a 67-yard interception return. 

Speaking of finding the endzone, that's something Fulton's offence did early and often. Quarterback Ryder Altwasser and running back Finn Holiday both found the promised land on big runs. Altwasser from 47 and Holiday from 55 yards out. 

The Maroons' rushing attack continued to impress when Caden O'Dwyer found the endzone on a 30-yard run, before Brandon Gotro got in on the scoring from fifteen yards out. Scheller gave credit to his guys up front for creating lanes for his ball carriers.

"Our offensive line played great and controlled the line of scrimmage. Jacob Glover, Hunter Robinson and Noah McIntyre were all tough for us up front," he said.

It wasn't just the ground game that was cooking for Fulton. Altwasser continued his strong play at quarterback, finding Austin Thomas on a 28-yard catch and run. With the Maroons playing complementary ball in all aspects of play, as the final whistle sounded, the scoreboard read 47-0 in their favour.

"This was a good win for our kids. We had a very good first half, and I thought we executed well on all three phases of football. We need to clean up penalties on both sides of the ball. We took too many dumb penalties tonight," said Scheller on his team's performance. 

The Maroons will get back to work on Monday and prepare to put their undefeated record on the line in a big game against South Kamloops next Saturday.