X-Men to face Rookie QB
October 4, 2008
Huskies call on rookie QB
By MONTY MOSHER , Courtesty of the Chronicle Herald
Sat. Oct 4, 2008 - The undefeated Saint Mary’s Huskies will turn to 19-year-old rookie Jack Creighton of Port Colborne, Ont., at quarterback this afternoon against the St. Francis Xavier X-Men at Oland Stadium. The CIS No. 3 Huskies have a pair of quarterbacks on the shelf with Erik Glavic on the mend after tweaking his knee two weeks ago and Nathan Marsman out with a concussion from last week’s 28-23 win at Acadia.
Saint Mary’s head coach Steve Sumarah said Friday he will hand the ball to the highly regarded Creighton, the son of former NHL forward Adam Creighton and one of the top high school recruits in the country last year, over Ted Abraham, last year’s Vanier Cup starter, and Pat Hooey. Abraham has had trouble moving the team in his chances this year. Hooey has played sparingly in his career. Sumarah is known for extreme caution with young players, but believes the six-foot-four Creighton, while raw, is close enough to ready to get his feet wet. With the most productive run offence in the CIS at his fingertips, Sumarah will likely ask Creighton, a strong-armed pocket passer with mobility, to keep it simple.
"He’s improved weekly in terms of his reads and his understanding of the offence," said Sumarah, who hopes his team will rally around the freshman signal-caller. "We’ve thought long and hard about this and, at this stage, Jack getting the start will be positive for the program." St. F.X. head coach John Bloomfield only knows Creighton from recruiting tapes. "He’s a good young quarterback and he certainly fits the mould of things they like to do," he said. "He can run and he can throw."
The Huskies, 4-0, can all but clinch first place and home-field advantage for the AUFC championship game Nov. 8 with a win over the X-Men (2-2). "We’ve played well at times, but we haven’t really finished what we’ve started and we’ve broken down at certain points," said X-Men running back James Green. "It’s been frustrating, but we really still feel like we have the guys here. We feel if it comes together we can play with the best of them."
At Raymond Field, the last-place Axemen (0-4), welcome the Mount Allison Mounties (1-3). Acadia is on an eight-game losing streak. The Mounties will look to shake off an ugly streak. They’ve lost 16 a row in the series and haven’t won in the Annapolis Valley since the opening day of the 1998 season.
Huskies at X-Men
After tailback Allistair Blair left with a hamstring strain last week, the Huskies just put another bullet in the chamber and fired rookie Devon Jones at the Acadia defence instead. He had 251 yards and two touchdowns, earning CIS offensive player of the week as the Huskies continued to pile up huge rushing totals (1,267 yards) through four weeks. The Huskies won’t have Blair or slotback Carl Hardwick, who injured his ankle in the Acadia game.
St. F.X. has played consecutive overtime games, losing to the Mounties 27-24 on the road last weekend. They’ll draw on their appearance against the Huskies in last year’s Loney Bowl at Saint Mary’s. They threatened to upset the Huskies until SMU rallied for a 25-24 win. The Huskies have averaged 317 yards per game on the ground, the best mark in the nation by more than 80 yards.
By MONTY MOSHER , Courtesty of the Chronicle Herald
Sat. Oct 4, 2008 - The undefeated Saint Mary’s Huskies will turn to 19-year-old rookie Jack Creighton of Port Colborne, Ont., at quarterback this afternoon against the St. Francis Xavier X-Men at Oland Stadium. The CIS No. 3 Huskies have a pair of quarterbacks on the shelf with Erik Glavic on the mend after tweaking his knee two weeks ago and Nathan Marsman out with a concussion from last week’s 28-23 win at Acadia.
Saint Mary’s head coach Steve Sumarah said Friday he will hand the ball to the highly regarded Creighton, the son of former NHL forward Adam Creighton and one of the top high school recruits in the country last year, over Ted Abraham, last year’s Vanier Cup starter, and Pat Hooey. Abraham has had trouble moving the team in his chances this year. Hooey has played sparingly in his career. Sumarah is known for extreme caution with young players, but believes the six-foot-four Creighton, while raw, is close enough to ready to get his feet wet. With the most productive run offence in the CIS at his fingertips, Sumarah will likely ask Creighton, a strong-armed pocket passer with mobility, to keep it simple.
"He’s improved weekly in terms of his reads and his understanding of the offence," said Sumarah, who hopes his team will rally around the freshman signal-caller. "We’ve thought long and hard about this and, at this stage, Jack getting the start will be positive for the program." St. F.X. head coach John Bloomfield only knows Creighton from recruiting tapes. "He’s a good young quarterback and he certainly fits the mould of things they like to do," he said. "He can run and he can throw."
The Huskies, 4-0, can all but clinch first place and home-field advantage for the AUFC championship game Nov. 8 with a win over the X-Men (2-2). "We’ve played well at times, but we haven’t really finished what we’ve started and we’ve broken down at certain points," said X-Men running back James Green. "It’s been frustrating, but we really still feel like we have the guys here. We feel if it comes together we can play with the best of them."
At Raymond Field, the last-place Axemen (0-4), welcome the Mount Allison Mounties (1-3). Acadia is on an eight-game losing streak. The Mounties will look to shake off an ugly streak. They’ve lost 16 a row in the series and haven’t won in the Annapolis Valley since the opening day of the 1998 season.
Huskies at X-Men
After tailback Allistair Blair left with a hamstring strain last week, the Huskies just put another bullet in the chamber and fired rookie Devon Jones at the Acadia defence instead. He had 251 yards and two touchdowns, earning CIS offensive player of the week as the Huskies continued to pile up huge rushing totals (1,267 yards) through four weeks. The Huskies won’t have Blair or slotback Carl Hardwick, who injured his ankle in the Acadia game.
St. F.X. has played consecutive overtime games, losing to the Mounties 27-24 on the road last weekend. They’ll draw on their appearance against the Huskies in last year’s Loney Bowl at Saint Mary’s. They threatened to upset the Huskies until SMU rallied for a 25-24 win. The Huskies have averaged 317 yards per game on the ground, the best mark in the nation by more than 80 yards.