August 22, 2011
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AFL: Calgary Wolfpack win championship, play Tri-City in Nationals (video)


The Calgary Wolfpack travelled to Grande Prairie Saturday night to battle for the 2011 AFL Championship. The two teams met back in July with the Drillers winning a thrilling 50-49 game! That game helped them remain unbeaten heading into the final. The game was fairly close through the first half with the Wolfpack holding a 15-8 lead at halftime. All season long the Wolfpack has struggled in the 3rd quarter of games….not the case on Saturday night.

The Pack dominated the 3rd putting up 17 points while holding the Drillers scoreless. Both teams traded touchdowns in the 4th quarter but the damage had been done and the Wolfpack claimed their 14th AFL Championship with a 38-14 victory!

The Wolfpack offence was balanced and dominated play all night. The Wolfpack put together 175 yards rushing & 3 TD’s led by QB Darryl Leason with 74 yards on 8 carries. RB Sean Ahronson had 14 carries for 61 yards and 1 TD. FB Matt Squires had 5 carries for 11 yards and 2 TD’s. Leason was also efficient through the air finishing 17 of 26 for 247 yards and 2 TD’s. WR Mike Wasylyniuk led all receivers with 5 receptions for 48 yards. RB Sean Ahronson hauled in 3 passes for 35 yards while WR Tim Johnson added 3 catches for 59 yards and 2 TD’s.

The Wolfpack defence was stifling. Leading the assault was DHB Reilly Penner with 6.5 tackles (6 solo, 1 assist, 2 for loss) and 2 knockdowns. LB Jon Scratch contributed 5.5 tackles (5 solo, 1 assist, 1 for loss) and 1 sack. LB Jordan Gruman finished with 4.5 tackles (3 solo, 3 assists, 1 for loss) and 1 sack. DE Jim Chappelle had 2 tackles & recovered a Drillers fumble while LB Gunnar Godhe also had 2 tackles one of which was for a loss. The Pack’s special teams was also impressive as P James Balsdon averaged 47.7 yards on his 3 punts and WR Denver Roy & SB Jesse Krsa led the charge on the coverage teams.

The Calgary Wolfpack will now represent the AFL in the 2011 CMFL Senior National Championship against a familiar foe…the Tri-City Outlaws, 2011 Champions of the NFC. The game will be held at 7:00pm, Saturday September 17, 2011 at Warriors Stadium at the University of Waterloo, Waterloo Ontario. The Wolfpack have beaten the Outlaws twice before in the National Championship game (2005 & 2008) but will be taking nothing for granted in their preparations for the big game!

Calgary Wolfpack

WOLFPACK STATS AUGUST 20
VS GRANDE PRAIRIE DRILLERS


PASSING

NAME
ATT.
COMP.
%
YDS.
TD
INT
SACKS
DARRYL LEASON
26
17
65.4
247
2
0
2 (-15)
TEAM TOTAL
26
17
65.4
247
2
0
2 (-15)




RUSHING

NAME CARRIES YARDS
AVG.
 LONG TD FUMBLES
DARRYL LEASON
8
74
9.3
19
0
0
SEAN AHRONSON
14
61
4.4
12
1
0
HASSAN COHEN
6
24
4.0
15
0
0
MATT SQUIRES
5
11
2.2
5
2
0
EVAN KALUTA
1
5
5.0
5
0
0
TEAM TOTALS
34
175
5.1
19
3
0




RECEIVING

NAME
REC
YARDS
AVG.
LONG
TD
FUMBLES
TIM JOHNSON
3
59
19.7
34
2
0
MIKE WASYLYNIUK
5
48
9.6
13
0
0
SEAN AHRONSON
3
35
11.7
15
0
0
EVAN KALUTA
1
32
32.0
32
0
0
DENVER ROY
2
32
16.0
20
0
0
DANNY WARRACK
2
32
16.0
19
0
0
MIKE LEASON
1
9
9.0
9
0
0
TEAM TOTALS
17
247
14.5
34
2
0

KICK-OFF RETURNS

NAME
RET
YARDS
AVG.
LONG
TD
FUMBLES
DENVER ROY
1
0
0.0
0
0
0
TEAM TOTALS
1
0
0.0
0
0
0



PUNT RETURNS

NAME
RET
YARDS
AVG.
LONG
TD
FUMBLES
REILLY PENNER
2
36
18.0
21
0
0
DENVER ROY
2
23
11.5
18
0
0
TEAM TOTALS
4
59
14.8
21
0
0



KICKING

NAME
XPA
XPM
FGA
FGM
LONG
ROUGE
BLOCKED
TOTAL POINTS
MORGAN WILLIS-JONES
5
4
2
1
34
1
0
8
TEAM TOTAL
5
4
2
1
34
1
0
8

PUNTING

NAME
#
YARDS
AVG.
LONG
ROUGE
BLOCKED
JAMES BALSDON
3
143
47.7
55
0
0
TOTALS
3
143
47.7
55
0
0

SCORING

NAME
FG
CONVERT
 ROUGE
RUSH TD
REC TD
RETURN TD
TOTAL POINTS
TIM JOHNSON
2
12
MATT SQUIRES
2
12
MORGAN WILLIS-JONES
1
4
1
8
SEAN AHRONSON
1
6
TEAM TOTALS
1
4
1
3
2
38









ALL PURPOSE YARDS (100 OR MORE)

NAME
RUSHING YARDS
REC. YARDS
RETURN YARDS
TOTAL YARDS




TACKLES

NAME
SOLO TACKLES
ASSISTED TACKLES
TACKLES FOR LOSS
TOTAL TACKLES
REILLY PENNER
6
1
2
6.5
JON SCRATCH
5
1
1
5.5
JORDAN GRUMAN
3
3
1
4.5
ROB SAKIRES
4
4.0
MORGAN WILLIS-JONES
3
3.0
DENVER ROY
2
1
2.5
SEAN STEWART
2
2.0
GUNNAR GODHE
2
1
2.0
JIM CHAPPELLE
2
2.0
SEAN AHRONSON
2
2.0
JAMES BALSDON
2
2.0
JOSH COMEAU
2
1.0
HAROON KHAN
1
1.0
CAMERON TODD
1
1.0
NICK DEBORTOLI
1
0.5
JESSE KRSA
1
0.5
TOTALS
35
10
5
40.0


SACKS

JORDAN GRUMAN
1.0
JON SCRATCH
1.0
TOTAL
2.0



KNOCKDOWNS

REILLY PENNER
2
ROB SAKIRES
1
TOTAL
3



INTERCEPTIONS

NAME
INT
RETURN YARDS
LONG
TD
TOTAL


FUMBLE RECOVERIES

NAME
RECOVERED
RETURN YDS
LONG
TD
JIM CHAPPELLE
1

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