Adam Beck Public School’s Grade 6 girls team wins Toronto touch football championship
The Adam Beck Public School Bears Grade 6 girls’ touch football team are city champions.
The Bears took the Toronto District School Board Athletic Association (TDSAA) title with a 9-6 win over Etobicoke’s Lambton-Kingsway in the championship game played Monday, Oct. 30 at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York.
Coach Marc Volpato said wind was a big factor in the championship game, and the Adam Beck girls were able to use it to their advantage in the second half.
“We were down 6-0 at the half, the wind was a major factor and at the coin toss we had taken the wind in the second half,” he said.
The wind had played a big part in Lambton’s lone touchdown which came close to the end of the first half as they were able to run back a punt that was caught up in the heavy breeze. Lambton, however, did not make the convert.
But with that wind at their backs in the second half, the Bears were able to control the ball and do what they had to do to score a touchdown of their own when quarterback Ruby Wood connected with receiver Sophie Malisani to tie the game up.
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