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After getting off to a rocky start this season (losing their first game 35-13 to Saint John High), they managed to pull off a comeback, that can only be described as amazing. They were determined to prove they were the better team after losing that first game. And they did.

After losing to Saint John High, they went on to be undefeated for the rest of their long season. They defeated St. Stephen 14-0 and Harbour View 45-0. Then came the biggest game any of them had ever played....the KV game.

They went to the KV field as the underdogs.  The odds were against them, as were the some 150 people there to watch the KV Crusaders have their home coming game. After KV scored 2 quick touchdowns, the KV crowd was ecstatic. But the Huskies and their devoted fans held their heads high, as they knew those would be the only touchdowns that KV would get. They were right.  They went on to win it 45-14, scoring 7 unanswered touchdowns, with Craig Manzer, Jack Breen, Kyle Legassick, Josh Blizzard, Curtis Kyle with 2, Adrian Basque with an amazin 115 yd Defensive touchdown, and Dan Travis scoring 2 points by putting his kick offs through the end zone.

After KV, the Huskies went on to defeat St. Mac's 38-6, and Bernice MacNaughton 25-23, with a last minute (literally) touchdown pass from Billy Carter to Craig Manzer. This put Hampton in second place, with SJH having the same record (5-1), and they got to host a playoff game for the first time ever.

This was their second bout with KV. And yet again, we defeated them, with a score of 21-6, with the touchdowns beign scored by Craig Manzer, Dan Anger and Jack Breen.This settled it.  Hampton was in the fianls, against the only team to beat them...the Saint John High Greyhounds.

Everyone said SJH was going to beat us. Boy did we prove them wrong. It was a great game towatch, even though Hampton went into the locker rooms at half trailing 13-7, with that touchdown being scored by Dan Anger. It was also his emotonal speech at half that brought the team together, to come back out with renewed intent and heart, and to return to the field with their heads held high. The third quarter saw both teams going scoreless, but early in the fourth, Saint John High scored again. This made it 19-7. The 600+ fans there thoguht SJH had it in the bag.But the Hampton fans didn't give up hope, and kept singing and cheering, and Mr. Currie kept playing his trumpet. Then it happened. We scored again. Dan Anger caught a 14 yard pass from Billy Carter, and scored his second touchdown of the game. The score was 19-14 for SJH.It was back in reach, and the Huskeis knew it. A few minutes later, Kyle Legassick kicked a 40 yard punt through the end zone which scored a single point.19-15 now. Then the Huskies got the ball back, and took it to the 1 1/2 yard line. Jack Breen punched through for the third (and eventually game winning) touchdown.This convert missed, but the score was still 21-19 for us, and would remain so until the end of the game (about 30 seconds or so).

After the game, we were presented with our 2001-2002 "AA" Provincial Champion patches and the Mike Upward Trophy, a.k.a. the AA Provincial Champ Trophy. And now Hampton High School has it's name on the trophy... and it won't be the last time.