WIDESIDE the Official Newsletter of Football Alberta
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WIDESIDE The Official Newsletter of Football Alberta Inside this issue: Winter Edition, 100th Issue Winter 2018 2018 Calendar of Events 3 2017 Provincial Champions Provincial Team Coaching 3 Staffs for 2018 Bantam Team Alberta U17/18 High School 4 Top 100 Shortlisted Tier I — Sherwood Park Rams Tier I — Harry Ainlay Titans Alberta Summer Games 5-6 Tier II — R.D. Notre Dame Cougars Membership & Insurance 7 Tier II — Foothills Falcons Tier III — St. Paul Bengals Coaching Canadian 8 Football Book Pee-Wee Tier III — Cochrane Cobras Upcoming Coaches Clinics 9-10 Tier I — Spruce Grove Cougars Tier IV — Willow Creek Cobras Yearbook of Results 11-15 Tier II — Calgary Mavericks 6-Man — Rimbey Spartans Minor Provincials Results 16 Tier III — Lloydminster Colts A.S.A.A. High School 16 Provincials Results WIDESIDE is the official newsletter of Football Alberta. 11759 Groat Rd Edmonton AB T5M 3K6 780-427-8108 www.footballalberta.ab.ca Executive Director Tim Enger [email protected] Chief Financial Officer Brian Fryer [email protected] Technical Director: Taylor Stiles [email protected] Administrative Coordinator: Sally Ferrero [email protected] The Harry Ainlay Titans are your 2018 Alberta Bowl Tier 1 Champions 2018 Football Alberta Calendar of Events February 9-11 Team Alberta U16 Identification Camp - Edmonton (Foote Field Dome) February 16-18 Team Alberta U18/U17 Mini-Camp – Edmonton (Foote Field Dome) March 2-3 Football Alberta U of A Coaches Clinic - Edmonton March 2-4 Football Alberta U of C Coaches Clinic - Calgary www.footballalberta.ab.ca March 16-18 Team Alberta U18/U17 Mini-Camp – Edmonton (Foote Field Dome) April 6-8 Team Alberta U16 Identification Camp – Calgary (McMahon Stadium) April 6-8 Senior Bowl South Camp – Calgary (McMahon Stadium) April 13-15 Senior Bowl North Camp – Edmonton (Foote Field Dome) April 20-22 Team Alberta U18/U17 Final Selection Camp – Calgary (McMahon) April 20-22 Team Alberta U16 Final Selection Camp – Calgary (McMahon Stadium) April 27-30 U of C Spring Camp & U of A Spring Camp May 5-7 Calgary Colts/Edmonton Wildcats/Edmonton Huskies Spring Camps May 18-21 Senior Bowl Main Camp/Game – Edmonton (Foote Field) May 18-21 6-Man All-Star Main Camp/Game – Lacombe (MEGlobal Park) June 8-10 Team Alberta U18 Final Roster Mini-Camp – Red Deer (Notre Dame) June 9 Football Alberta Board Meeting – Red Deer (Notre Dame H.S.) July 1-3 Team Alberta U16 Final Roster Training Camp – Edmonton (Foote Field) July 4-7 Western Canada U16 Regional Championship – Edmonton (Foote Field) July 4-5 Team Alberta U18 Main Training Camp – Edmonton (Foote Field) July 15-22 Football Canada Cup – Calgary (Shouldice Park) July 19-22 Alberta Summer Games – Grande Prairie July 26-29 U16 & Senior Flag Championships – University of Regina August 1 First day of Minor Football Practices August 2-5 U18 Flag Nationals – Nova Scotia August 10 Opening of CIS Training Camps August 5-12 Team Alberta U17 Camp and Game – Maui August 16 First day of High School Practices August 22 U of A vs. U of C Exhibition Games - Red Deer Nov. 3 All H.S. and Minor League Finals Nov. 3 Canadian Bowl – PFC Hosts Nov. 10 First week of H.S. and Pee-Wee Minor Provincials Nov. 17 Second week of H.S. Provincials and Finals for Minor Provincials Nov. 23-24 Alberta Bowl High School Finals– Fort McMurray Nov. 24 Vanier Cup – TBA Nov. 25 Grey Cup – Edmonton, Commonwealth Stadium Dec. 1-2 Football Alberta Planning Meeting – Calgary 2 Provincial Team Coaching Staffs for 2018 The following coaching staffs are working with Team Alberta in 2017. Team Alberta U18 will be hosting the Football Canada Cup in Calgary July 15-22. Team Alberta U17 will be participating in the Pacific Challenge in Maui August 5-12. Team Alberta will also host the 2018 Football Canada U16 Western Challenge. www.footballalberta.ab.ca Team Alberta U18 Head Coach: Chris Morris (U of Alberta Golden Bears – CIS) Assistants: Tim Burris (St. Mary’s University Huskies) Craig Korte (M.E. LaZerte Voyageurs H.S. - Edmonton) John Price (Foothills Falcons H.S. - Okotoks) Trevor Prichard (St. Josephs Celtics H.S. – Grande Prairie) Mike Schwieder (U of Calgary Dinos – CIS) Jason Sulz (U of Alberta Golden Bears – CIS) General Manager: Gino Castellan (Notre Dame H.S. - Red Deer) Team Alberta U17 Head Coach: Team Alberta Staff Tim Enger (Football Alberta) Athletic Therapy Assistants: Nicole Lemke - Head Therapist Cam Fraser (Salisbury H.S. - Sherwood Park) Melissa Petryna Dan Aloisio (Archbishop Jordan - Sherwood Park) Quinn Skelton (Medicine Hat H.S. - Medicine Hat) Equipment Management Mike Wilson (Crescent Heights H.S. - Calgary) Allan Naylor - Head Equipment Mng. Mackenzie Enger (Paul Kane H.S. - St. Albert) David Fritsen Bill McConkey (St. Mary’s H.S. - Calgary ) Rick Gilson (Westwind School District) Team Alberta U16 Head Coach: Darcy Park (Edmonton Wildcats - CJFL) Assistants: Cody Ehrmann (Henry Wise Wood H.S. - Calgary) Tyler Greenslade (Harry Ainlay H.S. - Edmonton) Irv Loucraft (Bev Facey H.S. - Sherwood Park) Garth Melrose (Centennial H.S.- Calgary) Donavin Obenauer (Edmonton Wildcats - CJFL) Kwame Osei (Holy Trinity Knights H.S. - Fort McMurray) Kyle Sedgwick (Hunting Hills H.S. - Red Deer) 3 Team Alberta U17/U18 A diverse range of talent and skill sets from across the province were assessed in Football Alber- ta’s Super Weekend camp, held from Jan. 12-14 at Foote Field in Edmonton. With more than 40 top coaches running the camp and 350 players in attendance, only the best players have been handpicked to progress into the next round of training. This is the first step for Football Alberta in selecting their Team Alberta U18 that will compete in www.footballalberta.ab.ca the Football Canada Cup this summer to be hosted in Calgary from July 15-22. The Football Cana- da Cup is a National Championship featuring provincial teams from across Canada competing at the U18 level. The selected athletes will now be expected to attend winter camps at the Foote Dome at the Uni- versity of Alberta in February and March with the final selections of the team scheduled for April 20-22 at McMahon Stadium in Calgary. At the Calgary Camp in April the Top-40 will be selected for the final roster of Team Alberta U18, while a 40 man Team Alberta U17 will also be selected, which will head to Maui in August to partake in the Pacific Challenge featuring Team Saskatche- wan U17 and local Hawaiian high schools. Here is the list of selected players advancing in the process listed alphabetically by position: QUARTERBACKS OFFENSIVE LINE LINEBACKERS Anton Amundrud (Lloydminster) Jaxon Baker (L.C.I., Lethbridge) Keon Adams (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary) Eli Hetlinger (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton) Kalin Betts (L.C.I., Lethbridge) Matthew Bramwell (Sal., Sherwood Park) Tristan Lefebvre (Ernest Manning, Calgary) Sam Carson (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary) Colin Clarke (Springbank) Bryden O’Faherty (Bishop O’Byrne, Calgary) Jacob Gulbransen (HTA, Okotoks) Evan Eide (Holy Rosary, Lloydminster) K.J. Stembridge (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary) Jacob Hegerfeldt (Spruce Grove) Matthew Fetter (Strathcona, Edmonton) Xavier Vaillancourt (Cochrane) Chace Laprise (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary) Daniel Flanagan (St. Francis, Calgary) Zach McNeil (Salisbury, Sherwood Park) Garret Hatchard (Lloydminster) RUNNINGBACKS Pierce Murphy (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary) Dolan Hills (Hunting Hills, Red Deer) Michael Delgado (Notre Dame, Calgary) Parker Nakamura (Foothills, Okotoks) Treyton Hunt (St. Joseph’s, Grande Prairie) Dayton Gibb (Wainwright) Cody Neumann (Salisbury, Sherwood Park) Daniel Joseph (St. Francis, Calgary) Cordae Hall (Strathcona, Edmonton) Daniel O’Blenes (John G. Diefenbacker, Cgy) Simon King (St. Francis, Calgary) Melchis Ilunga (Ross Sheppard, Edmonton) Albert Reese (Strathcona, Edmonton) Oliver McIntosh (Leduc) Zach Krottner (Henry Wise Wood, Edmonton) Evan Selzler (ABJ, Sherwood Park) Carson Remus (Foothills, Okotoks) David Lezama (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton) James Sentell (Strathcona, Edmonton) Gabriel Speerin (St. Joseph’s, Grande Prairie) Matthew Morin (Lloydminster) Ty Thompson (Ross Sheppard, Edmonton) Jacob Tighe (Foothills, Okotoks) Matthew Peterson (Brooks) Cullen Wagner (Holy Rosary, Lloydminster) Conner Tywoniuk (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton) Justin Quinones (Austin O’Brien, Edmonton) Tommy Walters (Salisbury, Sherwood Park) Kole Watson (Salisbury, Sherwood Park) Nathan Zacharias (Lloydminster) Navarone Watchmaker (Bonnyville) Branson Wilke (Bellerose, St. Albert) Jacob Weller (Notre Dame, Red Deer) Kosta Zannis (Crescent Heights, Calgary) RECEIVERS Ajou Ajou (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton) DEFENSIVE LINE DEFENSIVE BACKS Sony Bermudez-Chavez (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton) Ty Anderson (Centennial, Calgary) Tyshon Blackburn (St. Francis, Calgary) Christian Bowman (St. Francis, Calgary) Mikhail Biggs (Austin O’Brien, Edmonton) River Cameron (Strathcona, Edmonton) Payton Burbank (Foothills, Okotoks) Luke Brower (Bishop Grandin, Calgary) Charlie De Land (St. Francis, Calgary) Nicholas Dielissen (Holy Trinity Academy, Okotoks) Matt Bruce (Foothills, Okotoks) Thomas Eccles (Salisbury, Sherwood Park) Mike Finn (Holy Trinity, Fort McMurray) Xavier Chacana (ABJ, Sherwood Park) Isiah Erskine (Centennial, Calgary) Dawson Gladue (Cochrane) Blake Gibb (L.C.I., Lethbridge) Jackson Ganton (St. Albert)* Mathew Grenier (Notre Dame, Calgary) Dante Gibson (Notre Dame, Calgary) Jonathan Giustini (Notre Dame, Calgary) Travis Heggart (Bellerose, St. Albert) Lamar Goods (Father Mercredi, Fort Mac.) Michael Hare (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary) Jaxon Hume (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton) Tristan