Posted: Oct 03, 2021
In their home game against the St Thomas University Tommies, the UKC Blue Devils started their game day off by wear orange t-shirts sporting #everychildmatters to bring awareness to residential schools following National Truth and Reconciliation Day on Sept 30th.
Shortly after kick off the Tommies Becca King scored on a long run followed by a conversion from Kyleigh King. Not holding back the UKC ladies brought the score back to even (7-7) with a try from Chloe Beamish and a conversion from Taryn Hanrahan. The ladies then took a lead with three tries before half coming from Mali Triger (2) and Liv Obura. Score at halftime was 22-7 for the Blue Devils.
Following half Chloe Beamish broke the line again for her second try of the day with a conversion from Taryn Hanrahan to bring the score to 29-7. The Tommies then had multiple runs by Becca King (2) and Sarah Hetherington, with conversions by Kyleigh King (2) to bring the score to a close 29-26 in favour of the Blue Devils. The ladies then broke through with tries from Captain Rosa Toutah, Taryn Hanrahan and Catie Gannon to bring the score to 44-26. A final try by Mali Tiger and conversion by Taryn Hanrahan right before the final whistle left the game at 51-26 for the UKC Blue Devils.
Now ranked 2nd in the league the Blue Devils will face the first place UNB Reds on Sunday, October 17th @ 2pm at home, which is sure to be a great show down.