Creighton Kodiaks win Northern Saskatchewan Football championship
- Mark Williment | November 03, 2014
The Creighton Kodiaks, led by Evan Linnick ,are the 2014 Northern Saskatchewan Football Champions after a 67-41 victory over the Pinehouse Lakers on Saturday, November 1at the Max Clunie Field in Prince Albert. An estimated crowd of 400 fans from the communities of Creighton and Pinehouse attended the game.
On the game’s first possession, Evan Linnick ran for the first of five touchdowns on the day. The Kodiaks never looked back, leading 24-13 at the end of the first quarter and 32-13 at half time. Adding to his performance, Linnick kicked 8 out of 8 conversions (2 pts each in 6-aside) and added a field goal to score 49 of the Kodiak points. Chris Reynolds, Brennan Van Meer and Randy Nowlin each scored a touchdown to round out the scoring for the Kodiaks.
The Pinehouse Lakers, who were the 2013 defending champions, played hard to the very end of the game. Quarterback Tanner Tinker had three touchdowns, while Johnny Tinker had two and Dray Tinker had one of his own. The Lakers had a few bad breaks in the game including a goal line fumble caused by Kodiak defender in the second quarter.
Northern Saskatchewan Football wishes to thank all of the coaches, officials, volunteers, parents and players that have worked so hard to make this a successful season.