Article content A passionate and inspiring player led halftime speech failed to get the desired result. Without getting too heavy into the finer details of the breaktime outburst, the gist was ‘we can be better.’ But for one game, that was not the case.
The varsity Sault Sabercats lost 13-0 to the Vaughn Rebels in AA OSFL action at Superior Heights on Saturday night. “We got beat, plain and simple,” head coach Jamie Antonello told the Sault Star. As a testament to the stoutness of the Rebels ‘D,’ the Cats recorded a pair of first downs in the second half and reached the redzone just once.
Running back Nathan Guizzetti wasn’t a factor with his legs. “(The Rebels have) a tough front who are athletic,” Antonello said. “They are not a complicated defence but they just play fast, and they were able to make some plays.
” The first opportunity for the home side to grab points was squandered when ‘Cats wideout AJ Romano dropped a Tucker throw in the first quarter, the receiver wide open down the far sideline. As previously mentioned, the team’s only venture into the redzone resulted in a Matti Tucker fumble inside the 20 late in the second quarter. The Rebels recovered the ball at their 14 with 3:08 remaining.
“We left some points off the board, obviously,” Antonello said. The last time the ‘Cats lost by way of a shutout was July 23 nearly two years ago when they lost 39-0 to the Hamilton Junior Ti-Cats in the first round of the OSFL AAA playoffs. “Th.