Ryan Kaczynski scored the only goal of the shootout as the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds beat the London Knights 5-4 Friday. One week after the Knights beat the Greyhounds 5-4 in overtime, it was the hosts this time who earned the extra point. Caleb Mitchell scored twice for London who let a 4-2 lead slip away before going to overtime and then the breakaway contest. Goaltender Arvin Jaswal, who was acquired by the Knights in late October, made his first start after missing time due to injury. He stopped 24 of 28 shots. Marcus Nordmark and Ryan Brown were the other goal scorers for London. The Knights are in Saginaw Saturday to face the Spirit who made a trade Friday to acquire St. Thomas, Ont. native Parker Vaughan. SOUTH LIONS WIN AA FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP The South Lions football team is headed to OFSAA after a 30-10 win over Parkside Collegiate in the WOSSAA AA final Friday. The Lions took a 14-1 lead at the half, and took a 30-3 lead late in the 4th quarter before surrendering an 85 yard touchdown in the final minute. The Lions, ranked #21 in the Ontario Coaches Poll, will now head to Richardson Stadium in Kingston for the Ontario Championship after the victory at 1Password Park in St. Thomas, Ont. CRUSADERS TO MEET OAKS IN AAA FOOTBALL FINAL The championship matchup is set in TVRA AAA Football. Catholic Central will face Oakridge for a berth in OFSAA. Oakridge advanced in double-overtime after a wild contest at CityWide Field. The Oaks surrendered a lead late in the fourth quarter and survived a wild sequence of events in extra time. The Spartans blocked an Oaks field goal in overtime, so they just needed a single point to win. They tried to punt the football out of the endzone but the Oaks fielded the punt, and punted it back out of the endzone to force a second OT. After a defensive stop, the Oaks marched down the field to the 15, Oakridge tried to punt for a rouge. The punt was fielded by the Spartans, but when they tried to punt it out, it was blocked out of the endzone by Kaden Kheav for the 22-21 win. In the other contest, the Catholic Central Crusaders, ranked #1 in the country, beat the Lucas Vikings 20-10 to move onto the final.
