This OFSAA Bowl report is made possible thanks to the assistance of Laurentian University graduate and long-time friend John Metcalfe who was kind enough to forward game details and stats on both matchups)

An OFSAA Bowl win was most certainly the goal for the Confederation Chargers, making their first ever appearance the ever-expanding event this pat week.

But if a win was not to be, then most certainly some respectability for the state of football in Sudbury would be nice.

Pitted against the Elmira Lancers in the Independent Bowl, the Chargers spotted their opponents a 14-0 second quarter lead before storming back to deadlock the contest at 21-21 in the fourth quarter.

But with just under ten minutes to play, Karsten Smith rumbled in from the four yard line, lifting the Lancers to a 28-21 win.

Mason McLaughlin (2 yard run), Evan Doyle (1 yard run) and Owen Blay (104 yard run) scored for a Confederation squad that amassed 319 yards on the ground but just 52 through the air, with penalties also hurting the locals in the end.

Brett Bowman countered with a pair of majors for Elmira on runs of four and 17 yards, with Spencer Hume hauling in a 14 yard pass from QB Brayden Driscoll, accounting for the bulk of the Lancers' scoring.

Cam Quesnel (2 receptions - 23 yards) and Riley Clarke (1-29) were on the receiving end of the three receptions that Tyson Vitali completed (3/6), while A.J. Harris starred on the defensive side with eight tackles.

For as close as this game was, it paled compared to the remaining bowl game that involved NOSSA representation.

The Korah Colts recorded their fifth win in six bowl appearances but this time around, overtime was needed as Payton Melchiorre ran for his second touchdown of the game, allowing the NOSSA champions from Sault Ste Marie to escape with a 38-31 win over the A.N. Myer Marauders in the Golden Horseshoe Bowl.

Korah running back / place kicker A.J. Coccimiglio amassed no less than 26 points for his team courtesy of three TDs (runs of 3/29/2), a field goal (25 yards) and five converts as the Colts squandered a 31-14 lead heading into the fourth quarter of play before pulling this one out of the fire.

Much like Confederation, the Korah offense is built around the ground game, an area where they held a 388-152 advantage in yards gained. That said, the Colts were blanked 172-0 when it came to totalling the stats earned through the air.