22nd annual Football Alberta Senior game goes today: All-time records & MVPs (rosters)

Football Alberta is proud to host its’ 22[SUP]nd[/SUP] Annual Senior Bowl which is a high school football all-star game for graduating Grade 12 players. This years game is a rubber match of sorts as the “South” took an early lead in the series at the start at one point leading the series 6 wins to 1 loss by 1996. However the “North” has clawed back into it over the years and on the strength of four wins in the last five games has now tied the series 10-10-1 (with the one tie coming in 2001).

HISTORY:
2011 will mark the 22[SUP]nd[/SUP] year of the Football Alberta Senior Bowl however the history of the game dates back over 40 years.
On February 10, 1968; the executive of the then Alberta Football Coaches Association (a forerunner to Football Alberta) met in Red Deer to discuss the concept of an Alberta High School Football All-Star Game to be known as the “Senior Bowl”. The proposal involved the creation of two teams in a “North” vs. “South” fashion from the 56 High School football teams in Alberta.
Due to factors beyond their control the game did not occur and the idea remained dormant until it was resurrected in 1988 at a Football Alberta’s Planning Meeting. Even then it was a full two years until Rocky Mountain House’s Craig Berger kicked off for the “North” to St. Francis’s Sam Scalise of the “South” in Commonwealth Stadium on July 7, 1990 to begin what is now an annual event.
Today’s game is not much different from the proposal made in 1968. It will be a contest between the best high school football players in Northern Alberta (from Red Deer north) against their counterparts in Southern Alberta selected from the 120 High Schools currently with football programs.
In all the games that have preceded this one, the concept of showing off the best talent that Alberta high schools have that was dreamed of in 1968 has come true. With the continued support of its sponsors the game will continue to grow in its tradition and interest. Sometimes dreams do come true.

HOW IT WORKS:
The planning for each year’s Senior Bowl actually begins in November as the coaching staffs for both the “North” and “South” All-Star teams are picked from the ranks of the high schools throughout the province.
The staff’s are filled from the provincial finalist teams in Tier I, II, III and IV and championship teams from leagues with no provincial final representation. In April two selection camps are held to screen the over 600 nominee players from the team leagues in Alberta and out of it two 40+ man teams were finalized. Finally over the May long weekend the teams reconvene for a three day training camp followed by an Awards Banquet and the Senior Bowl Game.

ALL-TIME RECORDS

SCORING
TYLER O’GORMAN NORTH 2003 STRATHCONA (EDMONTON) 26
Marco Ianuzzi South 2005 St. Francis (Calgary) 18
Robert Lines North 1995 Grand Centre 15
Andrew Jevne North 2009 H.J. Cody (Sylvan Lake) 14
Note: 5 players tied with 12 points

RUSHING YARDS
MARCO IANUZZI SOUTH 2005 ST. FRANCIS (CALGARY) 169
Sean Latter South 1991 Forest Lawn (Calgary) 142
Andrew Kamel South 1997 St. Francis (Calgary) 128
Jay Meraw North 2002 Archbishop Jordan 118
Jeff Halvorson North 2001 Grande Prairie 113

RECEIVING YARDS
JOSH LEUNG SOUTH 2006 HENRY WISE WOOD (CAL.) 129
David Raborn North 2004 Bev Facey (Sherwood Park) 127
Kevin Wuthrich North 2006 Bev Facey (Sherwood Park) 110
Todd Cook North 1990 Eastglen (Edmonton) 104
Marc Bennett North 1994 Salisbury (Sherwood Park) 101

PASSING YARDS
BEN GORNIAK NORTH 2008 LEDUC 226
Brett Serhyenko South 2008 Cochrane 215
Adam Senuik North 2009 Bev Facey (Sherwood Park) 202
Blair Zahara North 1998 Sexsmith 197
Jason Borodenko South 2004 Bowness (Calgary) 195

PUNTING AVERAGE
COREY KING NORTH 1998 AUSTIN O’BRIEN (EDMONTON) 42.3
Brendan Maher North 2003 Bev Facey (Sherwood Park) 41.6
Hugh O’Neill North 2007 Ross Sheppard (Edmonton) 39.5
Jeff Derman North 1997 Parkland (Spruce Grove) 38.5
Ryan Elaschuk South 2004 Lord Beaverbrook (Calgary) 38.5

LONGEST RUN FROM SCRIMMAGE
JEFF HALVORSON NORTH 2001 GRANDE PRAIRIE 92*
Jay Meraw North 2002 Archbishop Jordan (Sher. Park) 90*
Marco Ianuzzi South 2005 St. Francis (Calgary) 87*
Mike Spencer North 1997 Jasper Place (Edmonton) 75*
Steven Scott South 1996 Cardston 57*

* – indicates ended in a touchdown

LONGEST PASS RECEPTION FROM SCRIMMAGE
MORGAN ALEXANDER SOUTH 2000 LORD BEAVERBROOK (CAL.) 82*
FROM BRIAN HILL OF BOWNESS (CALGARY)
Mike Miller South 1997 Foothills (Okotoks) 80*
From David Manning of Bishop Carroll (Calgary)
Kevin Wuthrich North 2006 Bev Facey (Sherwood Park) 78*
From Corbin Sharun of Strathcona (Edmonton)
Todd Cook North 1990 Eastglen (Edmonton) 63*
From Chris Hardy of Harry Ainlay (Edmonton)
Robert Lines North 1995 Grand Centre 61*
From James Dyer of Grande Prairie

LONGEST FIELD GOAL
HUGH O’NEILL NORTH 2007 ROSS SHEPPARD (EDM.) 42
Tyler Mariacci North 2004 Fort Saskatchewan 39
Tyler Mariacci North 2004 Fort Saskatchewan 37
Billy Harvey North 2008 Strathcona 37
Matt McDonald South 2001 Winston Churchill (Lethbridge) 35
Hugh O’Neill North 2007 Ross Sheppard (Edmonton) 35

LONGEST PUNT
JUSTIN KELLY NORTH 1999 LLOYDMINSTER 68
Jimmy Hartley South 1997 Brooks 66
Matt Hale South 2000 George McDougall (Airdrie) 59
Brad Ollen North 2000 Lloydminster 56
Brendan Maher North 2003 Bev Facey (Sherwood Park) 56

LONGEST PUNT RETURN
LAWRENCE DECK SOUTH 1996 ST. FRANCIS (CALGARY) 96*
Josh Little North 1997 Salisbury (Sherwood Park) 75*
Brandon Workman South 1993 Raymond 73*
Willie Shulba North 2000 Archbishop Jordan (Sher. Park) 63*
Kevin Wuthrich North 2006 Bev Facey (Sherwood Park) 43

LONGEST KICKOFF RETURN

JAKE HARTY SOUTH 2009 HENRY WISE WOOD (CALGARY) 87
David Berg North 2008 Harry Ainlay (Edmonton) 76*
Anthony Oliver North 2000 Harry Ainlay (Edmonton) 47
Cheng Wei South 2005 Sir Winston Churchill (Calgary) 44
Rhys Coppens North 2007 St. Francis Xavier (Edmonton) 41

INTERCEPTIONS
MIKE FLETCHER SOUTH 1991 L.C.I. (LETHBRIDGE) 2
LANDON WHITE NORTH 1999 ROSS SHEPPARD (EDMONTON) 2
DAVID COMEAU NORTH 2005 H.J. CODY (SYLVAN LAKE) 2
RHYS COPPENS NORTH 2007 ST. FRANCIS XAVIER (EDM.) 2
KURT CHOQUETTE NORTH 2009 AUSTIN O’BRIEN (EDMONTON) 2
JAMIE McPHERSON NORTH 2009 HARRY AINLAY (EDMONTON) 2
Note – forty-two players tied with 1

LONGEST INTERCEPTION RETURN
DAVID KIGGINS NORTH 2005 ARCHBISHOP JORDAN 79*
Mike Viani South 2004 St. Francis (Calgary) 73*
Dave Connell North 1992 M.E. LaZerte (Edmonton) 49
Chris Han South 2003 Bishop McNally (Calgary) 35
Jon Colnett South 2003 Springbank 33

FUMBLE RECOVERIES
TODD FAIRBANKS SOUTH 1999 RAYMOND 2
JUSTIN COOPER NORTH 2000 LINDSAY THURBER (RED DEER) 2
Note – thirty-seven players tied with 1

QUARTERBACK SACKS
CHAD VATH NORTH 1992 JASPER PLACE (EDMONTON) 3
Note – five players tied with 2

Senior Bowl Most Valuable Players
1990 – Present
North South
1990 Chris Hardy (QB) – Harry Ainlay, Edmonton Vince Dikatis (QB) – Sir Winston Churchill, Cal.

1991 Jay Hamilton (RB) – M.E. LaZerte, Edmonton Sean Latter (RB) – Forest Lawn, Calgary

1992 Lenny Andrews (RB) – Salisbury, Sher. Park Grady Stevenson (DB) – Sir. W. Churchill, Cal.

1993 Tom Gustafson (RB) – Ardrossan Brandon Workman (WR) – Raymond

1994 Ryan Hickey (LB) – Harry Ainlay, Edmonton Barry McElligott (RB) – Bert Church, Airdrie

1995 Jason Dailey (QB) – Queen Elizabeth, Edm. Jeff Lewis (DB) – St. Francis, Calgary

1996 Russ Hart (KR) – Lindsay Thurber, Red Deer Steve Scott (QB) – Cardston

1997 Josh Little (WR) – Salisbury, Sherwood Park Jim Hartley (QB) – Brooks

1998 David Bissette (RB) – McNally, Edmonton Ryan Saurette (QB) – George McDougall, Airdrie

1999 Chad Remple (QB) – Salisbury, Sher. Park David Lowry (LB) – L.C.I., Lethbridge

2000 Matt Burrows (WR) – Jasper Place, Edm. Luke Meyer (RB) – L.C.I., Lethbridge

2001 Jason Bobst (LB) – Parkland, Spruce Grove Charles Guedo (QB) – St. Francis, Calgary

2002 Brad Leier (LB) – Whitecourt Jeff Perrett (OL) – L.C.I., Lethbridge

2003 Tyler O’Gorman (RB) – Strathcona, Edmonton Andrew Patzer (LB) – L.C.I., Lethbridge

2004 David Rayborn (WR) – Bev Facey, Sher. Park Jason Borodenko (QB) – Bowness, Calgary

2005 Joel Barry (SB) – Archbishop Jordan, S. Park Marco Ianuzzi (SB) – St. Francis, Calgary

2006 Kevin Wuthrich (WR) – Bev Facey, Sher. Park Nickalas Blevins (LB) – Bowness, Calgary

2007 Rhys Coppens (DB) – St. Francis Xavier, Edm. Anthony DeZorzi (LB) – St. Francis, Calgary

2008 Ben Gorniak (QB) – Leduc Jordan Colebrook (LB) – Henry Wise Wood, Cal.

2009 Adam Seniuk (QB) – Bev Facey, Sher. Park Storm Bartsoff (RB) – Raymond

2010 Jahlani Gilbert-Knorren (QB) – Harry Ainlay Brad Karl (QB) – Foothills, Okotoks

“SOUTH” ALL-STARS

(RED & WHITE JERSEYS)

NO. NAME POS. HGT. WGT. SCHOOL TEAM HOMETOWN
1 Marshal Broom K/P 6’2 155 Notre Dame Calgary
5 Kyle Brick SB 6’3 205 McNally/Lacombe Calgary
7 Andrew Buckley QB 6’0 185 Rundle College Calgary
10 Jimmy Underdahl QB 6’0 180 Notre Dame Calgary
11 Denzel Morrison RB 6’0 195 Bishop O’Byrne Calgary
12 Mark Black QB 5’11 225 Highwood High River
15 Aaron Rommele SB 6’1 170 Willow Creek Claresholm
17 Michael Schmidt DB 6’0 180 Western Canada Calgary
20 Jimmy Ralph SB 5’9 173 Raymond Raymond
21 Nicholas Bussiere DB 6’3 160 Notre Dame Calgary
22 Ryan Koyzan DB 5’11 170 John G. Diefenbaker Calgary
24 Jeffery Schidlowsky RB 5’10 180 Western Canada Calgary
25 Cameron Mundle RB 5’9 169 Dr. E.P. Scarlett Calgary
27 Ryan Hryn SB 5’9 170 Brooks Brooks
32 Daniel Ruddy DB 6’1 170 Henry Wise Wood Calgary
33 Alex Shackleton DB 5’9 155 Bowness Calgary
34 Connor Ralph RB 5’10 225 Raymond Raymond
35 Anthony Anderson LB 6’0 205 Medicine Hat Medicine Hat
42 Vince Greco DB 5’11 176 Notre Dame Calgary
43 Dylan Willoughby DB 6’2 165 L.C.I. Lethbridge
44 Jared Hildebrandt DL 6’3 265 Lord Beaverbrook Calgary
45 Sean McEwen OL 6’3 285 Notre Dame Calgary
50 Alexander van Olm LB 6’2 205 Western Canada Calgary
51 Cyril Iwanegbe LB 5’10 180 Brooks Brooks
52 Colin Smithwick DL 5’10 215 Henry Wise Wood Calgary
53 Dylan Erfle DL 6’2 260 Medicine Hat Medicine Hat
54 Owen Sieben DL 6’2 200 Raymond Raymond
55 Meldrick Bigstony OL 6’0 265 Canmore Canmore
56 Tylen Lewis LB 5’10 165 Notre Dame Calgary
57 Jesse Palmer LB 6’2 205 Cochrane Cochrane
58 Tyler Scott OL 5’10 270 Notre Dame Calgary
62 Kelsey Pellerin-Isbister OL 6’1 245 Henry Wise Wood Calgary
64 Justin Studer OL 6’4 270 McCoy Medicine Hat
65 Taylor Ross OL 6’5 280 Medicine Hat Medicine Hat
66 Clinton Reeder OL 6’4 335 Lord Beaverbrook Calgary
70 Jacob Williams DB 5’9 150 St. Francis Calgary
77 Keven Blencowe LB 5’10 195 St. Francis Calgary
82 Benjamin Lawrence SB 5’7 155 Cochrane Cochrane
88 Cody Chipman SB 6’4 220 Cardston Cardston
92 Riley Horvath DL 6’4 218 Catholic Central Lethbridge
95 Greg Hannah DL 6’0 268 Crescent Heights Medicine Hat
99 Daniel Lamola DL 6’4 205 Notre Dame Calgary

HEAD COACH:Dustin Ralph, Raymond
ASSISTANTS: Byron Pierson, Cardston Mike Nightingale, Catholic Central
Clayton Masikewich, Notre Dame Peter McMahon, Dr. E.P. Scarlett
David Miller, St. Mary’s Ken Polson, Cochrane
ATHLETIC THERAPIST:Naomi Hanon EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Allan Naylor
ASSISTANT MANAGER:Bobi Broadbent

“NORTH” ALL-STARS

(GREEN & GOLD JERSEYS)

NO. NAME POS. HGT. WGT. SCHOOL TEAM HOMETOWN
1 Tyree Malcolm RB 6’0 183 Ross Sheppard Edmonton
5 Christian Gottenbos WR 5’11 165 Spruce Grove Spruce Grove
7 Landyn Vick SB 5’10 170 Harry Ainlay Edmonton
10 Tanner Doll LB 6’0 215 St. Albert St. Albert
11 Jordan Olson QB 6’2 172 Jasper Place Edmonton
12 Stas Bessmertniy RB 5’11 165 Hunting Hills Red Deer
15 Taylor Yaremchuk QB 5’11 175 Bev Facey Sherwood Park
17 Connal Downing SB 6’1 190 Peace River Peace River
20 Brandon Foster DB 5’11 190 Harry Ainlay Edmonton
21 Adam Laurensse DB 6’4 165 Bev Facey Sherwood Park
22 Colton Ballou DB 6’3 195 Harry Ainlay Edmonton
24 Ryan Smith WR 5’8 155 Bev Facey Sherwood Park
25 Tyler Lewis DB 6’0 190 Hunting Hills Red Deer
27 Geoffrey Bekavac DB 6’0 155 Bev Facey Sherwood Park
32 Stephan Paleniuk RB 6’3 200 McNally Edmonton
33 Michael Hansen LB 6’2 202 Jasper Place Edmonton
34 Franklin Marion RB 6’0 200 Salisbury Sherwood Park
35 Nik Whalen LB 6’0 185 Jasper Place Edmonton
42 Matthew Hudema DB 6’0 190 Bev Facey Sherwood Park
43 Ryan Doram DB 6’1 176 McNally Edmonton
44 Braden Schram LB 6’4 230 Peace River Peace River
45 Brett Morrow LB 6’2 212 Lloydminster Lloydminster
52 Colton Cardinal DL 6’0 240 Camrose Camrose
53 Ashton Batt OL 6’2 272 St. Joseph’s Grande Prairie
54 Spencer Maisonneuve DL 6’0 235 Salisbury Sherwood Park
55 Cole McCormick DL 6’4 225 Lloydminster Lloydminster
57 Jordan Filippelli OL 6’7 275 Salisbury Sherwood Park
58 Lincoln Untereiner OL 6’1 300 Salisbury Sherwood Park
60 Steven Wuori DL 6’4 290 Cold Lake Cold Lake
62 Quinn Glanz OL 6’7 295 Salisbury Sherwood Park
64 Andrew Boisvert OL 6’2 262 Salisbury Sherwood Park
65 Taylor Frankiw OL 6’3 284 Bev Facey Sherwood Park
66 Jordan Arkko OL 6’3 305 Harry Ainlay Edmonton
70 Matthew Southwick DB 6’1 170 Peace River Peace River
77 Jonathan Heidebrecht K/P 5’10 150 Camrose Camrose
80 Theoren Long WR 5’8 155 Salisbury Sherwood Park
82 Jordan Garside SB 5’9 160 Harry Ainlay Edmonton
88 Tyler Henry WR 5’10 185 Camrose Camrose
92 Leif Davidson DL 6’3 195 Holy Rosary Lloydminster
95 Nathan Winchester DL 6’4 250 St. Albert St. Albert
99 Marcus Goods DL 6’2 280 Jasper Place Edmonton

HEAD COACH: Danny Boily, Harry Ainlay
ASSITANT COACHES:Brock Dermott, Salisbury Trevor Prichard/Shawn Allison, St. Josephs
Adam Belanger, Camrose Vince Orieux, Holy Rosary
Senny Leung, McNally Chris Friskie, Peace River
ATHLETIC THERAPIST: Nicole Lemke EQUIPMENT MANAGER: Allan Naylor
ASSISTANT MANAGERS:Jamison Enger