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Alberta Bowl results

Nov 25, 2023 | 11:52 AM

Ernest Manning’s second half comeback shocked the province in the Brian Fryer Tier I Championship, winning 28-24 over Raymond.

Just when you thought nothing could be better than the Larry Wilson Tier I final that went into overtime between Salisbury and Foothills, along came the Brian Fryer Tier I Final. The defending champion Raymond Comets started business as usual with a 7 minute drive to paydirt to start the game and led 17-6 at the half.

A funny thing happened on the way to the blowout though as the Ernest Manning Griffins, lead by QB Cohen Wright staged a comeback.  Down 24-6 in the third quarter, Wright – who was Team Alberta’s signal caller in the summer – almost single handedly willed his team to a TD, a two point convert, a successful short kick off, and another TD to draw within 3 points with Comets with 10 minutes left in the game.  From there both teams challenged until the Griffins got the ball with three minutes remaining. A mixture of Wright passes and Damien Cherry runs, took the ball to the Comets 10 yard line with a minute remaining. The next play saw Wright connect with Alex Poitenvien for the go ahead TD and the Griffins held on from that point.

The victory was the first in school history for the football team winning a Provincial Tier I Title.

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Salisbury beat Foothills 34-27 in an overtime classic in the Larry Wilson Tier I Game at the Alberta Bowl at Setters Place at Great Chief Park in Red Deer Saturday.

In a game that featured everything, the Salisbury Sabres outlasted the Foothills Falcons 34-27 in the Larry Wilson Tier I Championship Game at the 2023 ASAA Alberta Bowl. The Larry Wilson Division of Tier I is a Regionally based championship for those teams who did not declare for the Brian Fryer Division. Five lead changes, interceptions, fumble recoveries, third down gambles, third down stuffs, one handed TD grabs, and a catch for the ages in overtime highlighted the best high school game of the year so far.

With the score 20-17 at the half for the Sabres, both teams traded punches in the second half with Foothills tying it up with 2 minutes left on the clock on a 27 yard field goal. In overtime, Salisbury’s Jackson Stirling reeled in a 35 yard bomb from Carson McFaul, managing to avoid both the defender and the goal post while catching it almost bent over backwards to secure the win for the Sabres as Foothills was unable to score on their turn in overtime.

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Holy Rosary recorded its second Tier III title in a row over Cardston, winning 28-6 over Cardston at Setters Place at Great Chief Park in Red Deer Saturday.

The Holy Rosary Raiders from Lloydminster scored their second Tier III Championship in a row with a dominant victory over the Cardston Cougars on a windy day in Red Deer at the Alberta Bowl.

Cardston was in the game recording a similar amount of offense but were derailed by costly turnovers, including two deep in their own territory in the first half which lead to Raider touchdowns and a 14-0 lead at the half.  The Cougars opened the second half with a textbook short kick recovery but failed to take advantage of that and other opportunities in that time period and only broke the shutout with a minute left in the game while the Raiders scored twice to secure the victory.

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St. Paul leaves no doubt In the Tier IV Alberta Bowl Game, shutting out Drumheller 41-0.

After going 0-3 in previous appearances in the Alberta Bowl Tier IV Final, the St. Paul Lions scored early and often on their way to a runaway blowout of the defending Tier IV Champion Drumheller Titans.

With the score 35-0 at halftime, the Lions showed total domination in all three facets of the game to leave no doubt with their first ever Provincial Championship.

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Austin O’Brien won a defensive classic in the Tier II Final at the Alberta Bowl at Setters Place at Great Chief Park in Red Deer on Friday.

Austin O’Brien downed Cochrane 7-3.

Imagine winning a Provincial Championship without scoring a single point on offense.

Well, that was the case Friday in the Tier II final of the Alberta Bowl, the ASAA’s Alberta High School Football Championships where the Austin O’Brien Crusaders from Edmonton, on the strength of a pick six TD by defensive back Zayden Ward in the first quarter, held on for dear life against the powerful Cochrane Cobras.

The Cobras threatened a few times but only came away with a field goal.

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J.C. Charyk outlasted Hinton in the 6-a-side Final of the 2023 Alberta Bowl on Friday.

J.C. Charyk defeated Hinton 76-47 at Setters Place at Great Chief Park in Red Deer.

In the first game of the ASAA Alberta Bowl, the High School Football Provincial Championships, the J.C. Charyk Hawks from Hanna pulled away at the end in a shootout in the 6-a-side Final.

Essentially tied 41-40 at the half, the Hawks stiffened on defense and scored at will in the second half to win their third title in five years.

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