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South 19 North 13

“South” hangs on in barnburner of a Senior Bowl

Jan 5, 2026 | 3:30 PM

The 35th Annual Senior Bowl High School All-Star Game for graduating Grade 12’s in Alberta was a thriller that featured pretty much every type of scoring that could happen in a football game and went right down to the wire.

Both teams took a while to get going initially until Nathan Watson from Joanne Cardinal-Schubert in Calgary opened the scoring for the South with a 26 yard fieldgoal. That was followed quickly by a blocked punt and scoop and score by the South’s Malik Robbins from Holy Trinity Academy in Okotoks to make it 10-0 at the end of the first quarter.

The second quarter saw both defenses stand tall, including a defensive stand for the South at their one yard line as the North failed to score in three attempts. The South followed that up with a 85 yard drive that culminated with a 28 yard Watson field goal to go ahead 13-0. However, just before the half, Lorenzo Monus from Beaumont connected on a 33 yard fieldgoal to put the North on the board and leave the score at halftime 13-3 for the South.

The second half saw the awakening of the North offense led by the gutty performance of quarterback Jordan Marchand from Salisbury in Sherwood Park who came back from being injured in the first half. However, it was the South that struck early with a 33 yard field goal from Matias Piza from George McDougall in Airdrie making it 16-3. The North then received a safety on an intentional grounding penalty in the end zone to make it 16-5 at the end of the third.

In the fourth the North finally found paydirt on a 44 yard TD pass from Marchand to Denem Weber from Holy Rosary from Lloydminster. That was followed up by a Marchand to Keaton Onysyk from Archbishop Jordan in Sherwood Park 2 point convert pass to draw the North to within three with 6 minutes left. From there, the South put a long time spending drive together capped off by a Piza fieldgoal with two minutes left. With time running out, the North valiantly moved the ball down the field but had it intercepted in South territory with 5 seconds left. Final score, South 19 North 13.

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Most Valuable Linemen for the game were Rhys Belcher from Notre Dame H.S. in Red Deer for the North and Colton Colangelo-Carr from St. Francis in Calgary for the South.

The Most Valuable Player for the North was Denem Weber with 5 catches for 123 yards and one TD. The Most Valuable Player for the South was runningback Keene Shigehira from Medicine Hat H.S. who rushed for 120 yards on 8 carries.

The football season for 2025 is now complete. Football Alberta thanks everyone who made it special and is looking forward to next year.