Ross starts defence of football title with victory

GUELPH – The defending champion Ross Royals opened their District 10 high school football season with a 21-14 victory over the Bishop Macdonell Celtics Friday at Eastview Park.

The Royals won the league title in 2019 and all high school sports from March of 2020 through the 2020-2021 school year were cancelled due to the global pandemic.

First names were not reported for the Ross scorers. Nixon had nine points while Jean-Gaston and Utting each had six.

Jack Shoniker scored two touchdowns for Bishop Mac and Martina Vair kicked two converts.

This year all games are to be played spectator-free at the Eastview Park fields with tripleheaders each Friday.

Each team gets four games in the regular season. As usual, top four teams qualify for the playoffs in November.

Guelph CVI 14 Lourdes 0

No details were reported.

St. James 28 Centennial 15

Owen Ellis struck for three touchdowns for the Lions while Sam Barry had the other touchdown and Cam Ross converted all four.

Jackson Wallace had a touchdown and a two-point convert for the Spartans while Mason Hill added a touchdown and a convert.

• Guelph Sports Journal