Team Alberta & Football Canada Cup

Team Alberta U18 2012

Football Alberta Announces Team Alberta 2012

Football Alberta is proud to announce the following 40 names of players selected from all over the Province that will represent Alberta at the Football Canada Cup this summer in London, Ontario from July 14-21. The Football Canada Cup is a competition for the top high school football players selected onto Provincial Teams at the U18 level (mainly Grade 10’s and 11’s). The following names were selected from the 115 players who attended the Final Selection Camp at Edmonton's Foote Field this past weekend. Originally 320 players tried out at Regional Talent ID Camps to make it to this past weekends camp.

The next action for this team will be a mini-camp at Notre Dame H.S. in Red Deer from June 15-17 before getting together for the Main Training Camp in July. Here is the list of Team Alberta listed alphabetically by position and the high school they represent.

Quarterbacks
Chris Merchant - Western Canada (Calgary)
Boston Rowe - St. Francis (Calgary)

Runningbacks
Bryson Dobush - Bev Facey (Sherwood Park)
Cole Fiedler - Catholic Central (Lethbridge)
Edward Ilnicki - Spruce Grove
Ryder Stone - Holy Trinity Academy (Okotoks)

Receivers
David Gibbs - McNally (Edmonton)
Scott Hannah - Crecent Heights (Medicine Hat)
Tak Landry - Harry Ainlay (Edmonton)
Tyler Ledwos - Sylvan Lake
Andrew Macdonald - Winston Churchill (Lethbridge)
Derek Newman - Bev Facey (Sherwood Park)
Adam Zajdel - Henry Wise Wood (Calgary)

Offensive Linemen
Matthew Hubert - St. Francis (Calgary)
Mark Korte - Spruce Grove
Justin Lawrence - Spruce Grove
Bryce McKinnon - Cochrane
Chase Quewezance - Ross Sheppard (Edmonton)
Ryan Sceviour - Bowness (Calgary)
Tyler Winchester - Bishop McNally/Father Lacombe (Calgary)

Defensive Linemen
Nicholas Haggerty - Jasper Place (Edmonton)
Justin Keys - Henry Wise Wood (Calgary)
Justin Lanceleve - Cold Lake
Zak Palek - Spruce Grove
Troy Richardson - Henry Wise Wood (Calgary)
George Saloum - Bishop O'Byrne (Calgary)

Linebackers
Liam Asuchak - Henry Wise Wood (Calgary)
Ross Delauw - Winston Churchill (Lethbridge)
Brad Friesen - Jasper Place (Edmonton)
Carter Ganton - St. Albert
Troy Hansen - Jasper Place (Edmonton)
Bradley Hoddinott - St. Albert
Ryan Shorten - Bellerose (St. Albert)

Defensive Backs
Robert Barnett - Henry Wise Wood (Calgary)
Andrew Britton - Henry Wise Wood (Calgary)
Daniel Ellis - Harry Ainlay (Edmonton)
Joshua Normandeau - Fort Saskatchewan
Jordan Rae - Holy Trinity Academy (Okotoks)
Levi Sim - Austin O'Brien (Edmonton)
Brandon Waeyen - Henry Wise Wood (Calgary)

RESULTS FROM FOOTBALL CANADA CUP 2011

GAME RESULTS - visitLethbridge.com 2011 Football Canada Cup
Here are the game results for Team Alberta's at this years Football Canada Cup held in Lethbridge from July 9-15.

Quarterfinals, July 9 - Alberta vs. Saskatchewan - 7:30 p.m.
Final: Alberta 52 Saskatchewan 19
Alberta blasted out of the gates of the 2011 Football Canada Cup in Lethbridge in the quarterfinals scoring on their first two drives to set the tone in what would be a total domination of the two time defending National Champions from Saskatchewan. Kicker Stephen Fabian from Brooks started things off with a 32 yard FG which was followed on the next series by a Bryson Wishloff-Dobush out of Bev Facey H.S. in Sherwood Park 2 yard TD run after a Saskatchewan fumble of the kickoff. Two series later Fabian added his second 32 yard FG of the day.
Saskatchewan got on the board early in the second after a long pass set up a Drake Drum TD reception to make it 13-7 Alberta. From there is was all Alberta with a Matt Bonaca from Salisbury in Sherwood Park 5 yard TD pass to Ryder Stone from Holy Trinity Academy in Okotoks. Fabian added a 39 yard FG with less than a minute left in the second quarter then Alberta blocked the ensuing Saskatchewan punt and Bonaca took a QB sneak into the endzone to end the half.
Things started off more of the same in the second half after Nathan Mitchell from Paul Kane H.S. in St. Albert intercepted a pass on the Saskatchewan 20 which lead to another one yard QB TD plunge from Bonaca. Saskatchewan answered on the first play of the fourth quarter on a 16 yard Jared Andreychuck run then added a 25 yard TD pass to Alex Thompson three minutes later (convert failed) to make it 38-19. But that was a far as the comeback went as on the next series Cochrane's Kellen Forest rushed 48 yards for a TD at 9:06 which was followed up by TD pass from Foothills in Okotoks Taylor Armsworthy to Ardrossans Colton Balicki TD after Saskatchewan fumbled the ensuing kickoff with 7:21 left in the game to close out the scoring.
Alberta's next game will be against Ontario West on Tuesday, July 12 in the National Semi-Final at 4:00 p.m. at the University of Lethbridge Community Stadium. The other Semi-Final will take place at 7:00 p.m. that day between Quebec and British Columbia.
Scores of the day
Game #1: Ontario West 33 Nova Scotia 0
Game #2 British Columbia 18 Manitoba 0
Game #3 Quebec 42 Ontario East 13
Game #4 Alberta 52 Saskatchewan 19

Semi-finals, July 12 - Alberta vs. Ontario West - 4:00 p.m.
Score: Alberta 25 Ontario West 8
Alberta woke up from a slow first half to pull away from Ontario West late in the Football Canada Cup Semi-Final in Lethbridge to win 25-8 and advance to their first National Final game since 2009. Despite dominating early Alberta could only muster 4 points in the first quarter on a single and a field goal from Stephen Fabian out of Brooks H.S. From there Alberta seemed to stall and Ontario West put a drive late in the half which ended on a 7 yard TD pass from James Roberts to Jake Frimith.They followed that up with a missed FG for a single on the last play of the half to lead 8-4 over Alberta at the half.
The second half started out more of the same with neither team generating much offense until a big hit late in the third knocked Alberta starting quarterback, Salisbury's Matt Bonaca from Sherwood Park, out of the game briefly. That seems to light a fire under the Alberta QB as he came back onto the field to lead his team to three consecutive TD drives hitting Ryder Stone out of Holy Trinity Academy in Okotoks for a 7 yard TD pass with 1:05 left in the 3rd quarter, Mackenzie Meek out of Henry Wise Wood in Calgary at 9:20 of the 4th quarter on a 30 yard strike and finishing up with a 5 yard TD pass to Adam Zajdel out of Henry Wise Wood at 6:05 of the 4th to put the game away.
Alberta will now play either Quebec in the National Championship Game on Friday, July 15 at 7:00 p.m. at the University of Lethbridge Community Stadium. Alberta has a 1-1 record against Quebec in National Championship Games in the Football Canada Cup having won 10-6 in Montreal in 1995 and lost 34-11 in 2008.
Scores of the day
Game #1: Saskatchewan 24 Nova Scotia 21 (Consolation Semi-Final)
Game #2: Manitoba 14 Ontario East 13 (Consolation Semi-Final)
Game #3: Alberta 25 Ontario West 8 (Championship Semi-Final)
Game #4: Quebec 31 British Columbia 15 (Championship Semi-Final)

Finals, July 15 - Alberta vs. Quebec - 7:00 p.m.
Score: Quebec 28 Alberta 2
Despite a valiant effort, Alberta wasn't able to hold off a furious Quebec attack and finished up the 2011 Football Canada Cup with the silver medal Friday night in Lethbridge. Alberta started the game off with a single point on a towering kickoff through the endzone from Stephen Fabian with Lethbridges famous wind behind him, however Quebec's first drive of the game seemed unstoppable but stalled on the one yard line after Alberta stiffened at that point. QB Matt Bonaca then lead his troups down the field for another single point off a Fabian missed field goal. From there Quebec seemed to carry the play but only scored once in the first half on an Alexander Huard 71 yard run. Time and time again Alberta's defense kept Quebec from cashing in and the halftime score stood at 7-2 for Quebec.
Sadly for Alberta from there, despite a few good drives, Quebec was too much for them and added three more touchdowns in the second half from Huard on a 7 yard TD catch from Hugo Richard, and Dev Lamour on two TD passed from Richard on consecutive drives for 84 and 92 yards respectively.
Still a much improved performance from the home team who finished last in the 2010 Football Canada Cup. The following players were named from Alberta to the Tournament All-Star Team
Rees Paterson - DB (Archbishop Jordan)
Troy Weissback - DL (Bev Facey)
Brayden Twarynski - DL (Bishop O'Byrne)
Mackenzie Meek - KR (Henry Wise Wood)
Kellen Forest - RB (Cochrane)
Sawyer Barth - OL (Bev Facey)
Stephen Fabian - K/P (Brooks)*
* - also named Tournament MVP for Special Teams
Scores of the day
Game #1: Ontario East 20 Nova Scotia 0 (7th & 8th Place Game)
Game #2: Saskatchewan 15 Manitoba 7.(5th & 6th Place Game)
Game #3: British Columbia 14 Ontario West 1 (Bronze Medal Game)
Game #4: Quebec 28 Alberta 2 (National Championship Game)

TEAM ALBERTA FINAL ROSTER
Quarterbacks
Taylor Armsworthy (Foothills, Okotoks)
Matthew Bonaca (Salisbury, Sherwood Park)
Runningbacks
Kellen Forest (Cochrane)
Ryder Stone (Holy Trinity Academy, Okotoks)
Bryson Wishloff-Dobush (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Receivers
Colton Balicki (Ardrossan)
Andrew Ellis (Cold Lake)
Scott Hannah (Crescent Heights, Medicine Hat)
Tak Landry (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton)
Mackenzie Meek (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Denzel Radford (St. Francis, Calgary)
Adam Zajdel (Henry Wise Wood, Caglary)
Offensive Line
Sawyer Barth (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Jacob Brett (Fort Saskatchewan)
Sean Heiligsetzer (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Conrad Krasowski (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Justin Lanceleve (Cold Lake)
Evan Rutherford (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton)
Ryan Sceviour (Bowness, Calgary)
Defensive Line
Rey Arcega (Central Memorial, Calgary)
Caleb Eidsvik (Lloydminster)
Ben Lysak (Salisbury, Sherwood Park)
Coleton Miller (Cochrane)
Brayden Twarynski (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Troy Weissbach (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Linebackers
Eric Egan (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Bradly Friesen (Jasper Place, Edmonton)
Braden Mann (Medicine Hat)
Aidan Panchyshyn (Austin O'Brien, Edmonton)
Eric Roberts (Central Memorial, Calgary)
Jadon Schneider (Holy Trinity Academy, Okotoks)
Daniel Zalucky (Bishop Grandin, Calgary)
Defensive Backs
Brandon Jennings (St. Albert)
Jordan Letkeman (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Nathan Mitchell (St. Albert)
Rees Paterson (Archbishop Jordan, Sherwood Park)
Carter Sohn (Medicine Hat)
Hunter Turnbull (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Brandon Waeyen (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Kicker/Punter
Stephen Fabian (Brooks)