Maritime Football League
2008 Game Summaries

Week 9: July 25-26

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ROTHESAY - The Riverview Mustangs completed the Maritime Football League regular season with a 63-0 hammering of the UNBSJ Wolves here Saturday.

The Mustangs finish the regular season in first place with a 7-1 record and will host the fourth-place Halifax Shockers (6-2) in a semifinal on the weekend.

Riverview, Saint John Wanderers and Dartmouth Knights all tied for first place at 7-1, but the Mustangs were awarded top spot on a points-against versus common opponents tiebreaker between the three teams.

The Wanderers grabbed second place and the Knights took third. They'll meet in the other Maritime Bowl semifinal. Saint John fell to Halifax 31-26 for its first loss of the season Saturday.

Justin Savoie rushed for 220 yards and scored three touchdowns leading Riverview to the win over UNBSJ.

Steve Cormier added a pair of touchdowns and racked up 150 yards on the ground in the first half before he was given the second half off.

Shawn Wareham also found the end zone twice on a pair of runs for the Mustangs. The other Riverview touchdowns came from Josh Scott, on a 70-yard punt return, and Josh Dickinson, on a 35-yard reception from Kelly Nichols.

John Forbes scored a two-point conversion and Jordan Beyea kicked four converts in the victory. The Mustangs led 44-0 at halftime.

The Riverview defence allowed just two first downs in the game. Defensive lineman Dwayne Ells had two sacks and recovered a fumble while Jason Terris added three sacks and Mike MacLeod had two for the winners.

The fifth through eighth-place teams also qualified for the playoffs and will compete for the Mariner Bowl consolation championship trophy.

Semifinals will see the fifth-place Saint John Longhorns (5-3) host the eighth-place Moncton Marshals (1-7) and the sixth-place Capital Area Gladiators of Fredericton (3-5) entertain the seventh-place P.E.I. Privateers (2-6).

Moncton was awarded the eighth and final playoff spot on a three-way tiebreaker between UNBSJ (1-7) and Super City Mean Green of Halifax (1-7).

Gladiators blast Marshals

Capital Area Gladiators downed the Moncton Marshals 31-0 in Maritime Football League play last night at Rocky Stone Memorial Field.

The Gladiators improved to 3-5 on the season while the Marshals fell to 1-7.

Scorers were not available but the Marshals had interceptions by Alex Paul and D.J. Carmichael.

In league action today, the 6-1 Riverview Mustangs will journey to Rothesay for a 6 p.m. encounter with the UNBSJ Wolves.

The Mustangs are 6-1 on the season while the Wolves are 1-6.

A game last weekend saw the hometown Riverview Mustangs blank the Marshals 43-0.