Prior to Kingston, much of the talk surrounding Monster Gym’s successor as the dominant team from Quebec belonged to Fred Lachance’s Montreal Maroons. Although the Maroons are deserved of all the praise thrown their way, those doing the praising may have overlooked another Montreal squad, the Mavericks.

Lead by Touch Football Quebec President Mike Cuscuna, the Mavericks have always been a highly competitive team. Picking up 2004 National Champion quarterback Neil Robertson, formerly of the Montreal Patriots, the Mavericks have become an even greater force to be reckoned with. This team has defeated the Maroons in two Montreal-based tournaments prior to Kingston. As the homepage suggests, the Mavericks went on to win every game they played, eventually coming out of Kingston with the “A” crown and an assurance that they would play in tier one at the next stop. Congratulations gentlemen!

Quarter Finals

Burlington Rhinos 31 vs Mississauga Cyclones 30

Hamilton Saints 7 vs Ottawa Vikings 6

Ottawa SARP Seminoles 26 vs Tornoto Force 23

Montreal Mavericks 41 vs Mississauga Axemen 17

Semi Finals

Montreal Mavericks 36 vs Burlington Rhinos 20

Hamilton Saints 25 vs Ottawa Seminoles 14

Finals

Montreal Mavericks 35 vs hamilton Saints 15

A story that needs to be shared is the resurrection of Pat Miller and his Saints. Despite merging with the experienced Hamilton Red Eyes, the Saints had a rough start to the 2005 Trillium Tour. Going 0 for 8, and dropping out the tier one picture, things were looking shaky for this unit. Despite losing team and TFO staff member Al Trevisan to health matters (he’s recovering nicely…our thoughts are with ya bro!), and being bombarded with countless negative remarks on our message boards, the Saints stepped things up in Kingston. They would post a 5 and 1 record, with that one loss occurring in the championship game to the Mavericks. Well-done fellas!!