Team Alberta & Football Canada Cup
Team Alberta U18 2010
Football Canada Cup 2010 Results
Here are the results from the Football Canada Cup in Wolfville, Nova Scotia for Team Alberta:
Quarterfinals, Sunday, July 11
Nova Scotia 27 Alberta 24
On a blusterry rain filled day in Wolfville, Team Alberta failed to hold on to a 17-10 halftime lead and wound up losing 27-24 to the host province of Nova Scotia in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Football Canada Cup featuring the top U18 players in Canada. Alberta opened the scoring on a one yard TD plunge by Taylor Yaremchuk out of Bev Facey in Sherwood Park in the first quarter. That was followed by second quarter scoring from Kris Stretton from Foothills in Okotoks on a 19 yard pass from Yaremchuk, and a 38 yard field goal from Henry Wise Woods (Calgary) Steven McCaffrey to stake Alberta to a 17-10 lead at the half. From there Nova Scotia mounted a furious attack that was only countered by a one yard run from Stretton early in the fourth. With the score 24-17 in favor of Alberta the defense put up a couragous goal line stand with 1:46 remaining in the game. Alberta then conceded a safety then disaster struck as Nova Scotia took the ensuing kickoff back for a touchdown in three plays. A two point convert sealed the deal and Nova Scotia is off to the Semi-Finals while Alberta is relegated to the consolation side of the draw. Alberta's next game will be on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. ADT vs. Western Ontario.
Consolation Semi-Finals, Wednesday, July 14
Western Ontario 33 Alberta 5
On another blusterry rain filled day in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Team Alberta suffered a big set back as Western Ontario defeated them 33-5 in front of 583 fans at Raymond Stadium on the campus of Acadia University. One of the few bright lights for Alberta was the play of defensive back/kicker Stephen McCaffrey who put Alberta on the board late in the first with a 32 yard field goal then proceeded to lead the team in defensive tackles the rest of the way out with 8 solo tackles. The double edged running game of Western Ontario's Tyler Varga and Alex Iessi was too much for Alberta to handle as both backs went for over 100 yards in a penalty filled game. The next and last action for Alberta in the 2010 Football Canada Cup will be against Eastern Ontario in the 7th and 8th Place Game. Eastern Ontario lost earlier in the day 16-0 to Manitoba.
7th & 8th Place Game, Saturday, July 17
Eastern Ontario 23 Alberta 22
Finally a sun-filled day in Wolfville but the fortunes of Team Alberta continued to be cloudy in the 7th & 8th Place Game at the Football Canada Cup. The game started out fine for Alberta with QB Mark Oness from Holy Trinity Academy making an Okotoks connection for 85 yards to his crosstown high school rival, Kris Stretton from Foothills for a TD half way through the first quarter to stake them to a 7-0 lead. Eastern Ontario then controlled the next three quarters, with Alberta only managing two singles, eventually going up 20-9 with 6 minutes to go in the fourth quarter. That's when Alberta found their spark in Dexter Brown from Archbishop Jordan in Sherwood Park. Brown returned a punt deep into Eastern Ontario territory then followed up with three straight catches from his crosstown high school rival, QB Taylor Yaremchuk from Bev Facey, including a 15 yard touchdown reception. The two point convert failed but Alberta got the ball right back on Steven McCaffrey's perfect excecution of a short kick which the Henry Wise Wood (Calgary) grad recovered himself. From there Yaremchuk and Brown hooked up again for the go-a-head score making it 22-20 with 2 minutes left. Alberta's defense forced a punt on the next series but disaster struck two plays later Yaremchuk was looking for Brown again only to have the ball deflected to a defender setting up Eastern Ontario at Alberta's 40. Four plays after that with 6 seconds remaining Eastern Ontario hit a 32 yard field goal to win the game. This marks Alberta's lowest showing in Football Canada Cup since its inception which will create a large mountain to climb when they host next years event in Lethbridge as your opponents for next year are determined by seeding based on this years results. In any event Football Alberta would like to thank their hosts from Football Nova Scotia who have done a terrific job in hosting this event and we hope to match or exceed the bar they have set next year.
TEAM ALBERTA
(listed by position in alphabetical order)
Quarterback
Mark Oness (Holy Trinity Academy, Okotoks)
Taylor Yaremchuk (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Runningback
Anthony Anderson (Medicine Hat)
Franklin Marion (Salisbury, Sherwood Park)
Trace McLelland-Eeles (Foothills, Okotoks)
Denzel Morrison (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Receiver
Dexter Brown (Archbishop Jordan, Sherwood Park)
Gregg Hannah (Crescent Heights, Medicine Hat)
Tylor Henry (Camrose)
Mackenzie Meek (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Kristopher Stretton (Foothills, Okotoks)
Conrad Whetstone (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Levi Williams (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Offensive Line
Eric Angermann (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Jordan Arkko (St. Francis Xavier, Edmonton)
Trevor Fiell (Rundle College, Calgary)
Eli Hankinson (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Cole McCormick (Lloydminster)
Ryan Preuter (John G. Diefenbaker, Calgary)
Clinton Reeder (Lord Beaverbrook, Calgary)
Defensive Line
Zack Gautreau (Archbishop Jordan, Sherwood Park)
Marcus Goods (Jasper Place, Edmonton)
Logan Laforce (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Chase Nahrebeski (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton)
Warren Neilson (Highwood, High River)
Jason Orey (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Greg Severin (St. Francis Xavier, Edmonton)
Linebackers
Zach Butcher (Austin O'Brien, Edmonton)
Tanner Doll (St. Albert)
Michael Hansen (Jasper Place, Edmonton)
Zack McEachern (Dr. E.P. Scarlett, Calgary)
Cody Andresen (St. Albert)
Defensive Backs
Justin de Gans (Archbishop Jordan, Sherwood Park)
Brandon Foster (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton)
Dillon Garry (Archbishop Jordan, Sherwood Park)
Devan Karl (Foothills, Okotoks)
Steven McCaffrey (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Mike Spagnolo (St. Albert)
Mike Stolzenberg (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Hunter Turnbull (Holy Trinity Academy, Okotoks)
Those Selected to Team Alberta will be expected to participate in the following:
- July 7-9 – Team Alberta U18 Training Camp held at the University of Calgary and McMahon Stadium (note that this camp will rotate between Calgary and Edmonton each year). The final 40 will be brought together to prepare to enter the Football Canada Cup. The cost of their participation at this level will be $1500 which is a lot we know, but this program is an expensive one even with Football Alberta subsidizing it. All interested players should note this final price tag in January to help with their decision making as well as potentially give them time to raise the funds.
- July 10-18 – Football Canada Cup in Wolfville, NS. Players will have everything taken care of in terms of travel, meals and accommodation from their registration fee as they take on the rest of Canada.
Should anyone have more questions or concerns please contact the office at (780)427-8108 or email Tim Enger at tenger@telus.net.
Last Years Football Canada Cup Results:
2009 U17 Division:
All Games at Griffiths Stadium in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Saturday, July 4th
Quebec 24 Alberta North 3
Saskatchewan 16 Alberta South 9
Ontario West 14 Manitoba 10
Ontario East 14 Alberta North 0
Alberta South 16 Ontario West 14
Ontario East 19 Manitoba 6
Quebec 7 Saskatchewan 0
Tuesday, July 7th
Alberta South 8 Ontario East 3
Manitoba 15 Alberta North 14
Quebec 3 Ontario West 1
Ontario East 4 Saskatchewan 1
Ontario West 9 Alberta North 7
Alberta South 19 Quebec 1
Saskatchewan 12 Manitoba 7
Friday, July 10th
Placement Pool
(Mini Games)
Alberta North 13 Ontario West 7
Manitoba 17 Alberta North 2
Ontario West 18 Manitoba 9
Bronze Medal Game
Quebec 25 Saskatchewan 7
Gold Medal Game
Ontario East 42 Alberta South 7
2009 U19 Division:
Sunday, July 5th
Manitoba 14 Ontario 14
Saskatchewan 7 Quebec 0*
Alberta 13 Ontario 13
Manitoba 7 Quebec 0*
Alberta 12 Saskatchewan 6
* - Quebec defaults both games by playing ineligible player
Wednesday, July 8th
Quebec 10 Ontario 3
Alberta 21 Manitoba 14
Saskatchewan 31 Ontario 0
Quebec 16 Alberta 0
Saskatchewan 7 Manitoba 4
Saturday, July 11th
Bronze Medal Pool (Mini Games)
Quebec wins bronze
Gold Medal Game
Saskatchewan 17 Alberta 4
For more information go to www.footballcanadacup.ca
2009 Team Alberta U19
Here are the 36 players selected to represent Alberta at the Football Canada Cup U19 Division this summer in Saskatoon picked following the Senior Bowl High School Football All-Star Game.
Team Alberta U19
(all players listed alphabetically)
Quarterback
Jeremy Long (Notre Dame, Calgary)
Adam Seniuk (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Runningback
Storm Bartsoff (Raymond)
Jake Harty (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Jeff Hassler (Holy Trinity Academy, Okotoks)
Jerit Lambert (Austin O’Brien, Edmonton)
Receiver
Mark Friesen (Medicine Hat)
Andrew Jevne (H.J. Cody, Sylvan Lake)
Tyler Nelson (Salisbury, Sherwood Park)
Austin Prince (Raymond)
Mitch Richter (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Offensive Line
Kyle Brow (Archbishop Jordan, Sherwood Park)
Andrew Carefoot (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Brennan Levie (Brooks)
Cam Luchak (Holy Trinity Academy, Okotoks)
Brad Nehring (Salisbury, Sherwood Park)
Shane Porter (Hunting Hills, Red Deer)
Connor Reh (Ross Sheppard, Edmonton)
Defensive Line
Jordan Dyck (Raymond)
Gradyn Fast (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Victor Fayemi (Notre Dame, Calgary)
Riley Hince (Jasper Place, Edmonton)
Terry Lait (Medicine Hat)
Joel Seutter (Salisbury, Sherwood Park)
Linebacker
Stephen Dereniwski (Medicine Hat)
Nick Demas (Raymond)
Thomas Hilderman (Camrose)
Joel Quinn (Notre Dame, Calgary)
David Green (Austin O'Brien, Edmonton)
Defensive Back
Tony Buffalo Calf (Medicine Hat)
Michael Duce (Raymond)
Ryan George (Notre Dame, Calgary)
Kevan Hafichuk (Notre Dame, Calgary)
Jamie McPherson (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton)
Thomas Spoletini (Rundle College, Calgary)
Scott Wendell (Medicine Hat)
U17 Selection Camps:
The U17 teams are a different story as both "North" and "South" teams were selected by separate selection camps in April. Here are the results of the Selection Camps and the teams chosen to represent Alberta at the Football Canada Cup.
TEAM ALBERTA U17 "SOUTH"
(all selections listed alphabetically)
Quarterback
Chris Sheppard (Lord Beaverbrook, Calgary)
Cody Dickinson (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Runningback
Connor Kopczynski (Central Memorial, Calgary)
Anthony Anderson (Medicine Hat)
Denzel Morrison (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Jeffery Schidlowsky (Western Canada, Calgary)
Receivers
Josh Saunders (Lord Beaverbrook, Calgary)
Ben Lawrence (Cochrane)
Sam Murphy (Lord Beaverbrook, Calgary)
Jahmel Smith (Crescent Heights, Calgary)
Kris Stretton (Foothills Falcons, Okotoks)
Offensive Line
Clinton Reeder (Lord Beaverbrook, Calgary)
Mack Corley (Central Memorial, Calgary)
Eli Hankinson (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Evan McCann (Central Memorial, Calgary)
Connor Emigh (L.C.I., Lethbridge)
Ryan Preuter (John G. Diefenbaker, Calgary)
Justin Studer (McCoy, Medicine Hat)
Defensive Line
Tyler Scott (John G. Diefenbaker, Calgary)
Warren Neilson (Highwood, High River)
Shaheed Watson (Crescent Heights, Calgary)
Ryen Reid (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Jason Orey (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Bradey Lee (Foothills, Okotoks)
Linebacker
Jesse Leimer (Cochrane)
Ethan Brown (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Marco Arcega (Central Memorial, Calgary)
Brendan Hamilton (Western Canada, Calgary)
Jude Marasigan (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Defensive Back
Matt Mancini (George MacDougall, Airdrie)
Mike Schmidt (Western Canada, Calgary)
Brayden Bullen (Western Canada, Calgary)
Mitch Koch (Notre Dame, Calgary)
Mike Stolzenberg (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Steven McCaffrey (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Daniel Ruddy (Bishop Carroll, Calgary)
TEAM ALBERTA U17 "NORTH"
(all selections listed alphabetically)
Quarterbacks
Eli Eidsvik (Lloydminster)
Joshua Gorniak (Leduc)
Runningbacks
Alex Bradley (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton)
Zachary Butcher (Austin O'Brien, Edmonton)
Brendan Fair (Salisbury, Sherwood Park)
Devin Kondro (Bellerose, St. Albert)
Kyle Stern (Leduc)
Receivers
Dexter Brown (Archbishop Jordan, Sherwood Park)
Tyree Malcom (Ross Sheppard, Edmonton)
Micheal Spagnolo (St.Albert)
Conrad Whetstone (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Levi Williams (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Offensive Line
Jordan Arkko (St. Francis Xavier, Edmonton)
Andrew Boisvert (Salisbury, Sherwood Park)
Bennett Douglas (Fort Saskatchewan, Fort Saskatchewan)
Tyler Jorgenson (Beaumont)
Chance Macpherson (Lac La Biche)
Taylor Waldner (Sexsmith)
Defensive Line
Marcus Goods (Jasper Place, Edmonton)
Kurtis Kereliuk (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Logan Laforce (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Spencer Maisonneuve (Salisbury, Sherwood Park)
Brett Morrow (Lloydminister)
Gregory Severin (Midget Raiders, Edmonton)
Linebackers
Danial Carriere (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton)
Micheal Hansen (Jasper Place, Edmonton)
Kerry McElhanney (St.Francis Xavier, Edmonton)
Yoholy Mwamba (Austin O'Brien, Edmonton)
Bretten Obenauer (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Braden Schram (Peace River)
Defensive Backs
Zachary Brown (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Justin De Gans (Archbishop Jordan, Sherwood Park)
Blake Ector (Fort McMurray)
Brandon Foster (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton)
Adam Proulx (Hunting Hills, Red Deer)
Ryan Smith (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
History
2007 was the first year Football Alberta sent "North" and "South" U17 teams to the Football Canada Cup in Sherbrooke, PQ. While not all that successful on-field it was a great experience for all involved. The "South" finished in 5th place while the "North" camp in 6th.
