Edmonton Midget (CDMFA): Final week recap


It was the final week of Edmonton and surrounding area Midget season football. It was the end of a great season for all the teams.  Sure there were ups and downs, but every team and every player and every coach did their best.

The South Edmonton Chargers came down hard on the Sherwood park Wolverines, winning the game 40-8. The first half was definitely in the chargers favour, as they headed to the lockers with 27-0.

The Wolverines came back strong in the second half, forcing turnovers, and getting sacks.

It was a great way to close the season for the Wolverines as they will not be playing their playoff game because of injuries and because the U-18s are this week. For the Graduating players of 2011 that can’t play Midget next year, they will go on to do great things.

The Red Dogs got out to a slow start at Holy Rosary High School on Sunday, as the Ti-Cats opened up a 14–0 lead in the first quarter. The Red Dogs quickly recovered, however, and battled back to take the 32–26 victory. “I thought it was the best game we played all year, and I knew we needed to play it to win that game, and they did, the guys played really well,” said head coach Rod Kirby. “We’re proud of the boys. They were there when we needed them, and it was definitely probably the best game we played all year, and it was huge to do that in front of the home crowd.”

The Red Dogs will now travel to play the Battle River Shock in Saturday’s league championship game. The teams have already met once so far this season, as the Shock was the only team to beat the Red Dogs this season with a victory at the season opener. “We wanted another shot at them after we lost to them,” said Kirby. “I’m really impressed with the guys. We have a young team, not a lot of senior players … so it’s a huge accomplishment getting back to this game, now we just have to see what we can do to win it.”

The St. Albert Storm ended their football season on a winning note Wednesday with a 34-14 win over Millwoods Grizzlies in the Tier II playoff final at the Riel Park turf field. It was the second victory in six games for the Storm who also beat the Grizzlies 35-7 in the team’s second game in the Tier I and II division schedule. “The season was a little rough. We went against some good teams, but to get the Tier II championship makes it a good year,” Slotback Brendan Thera-Plamondon said.

The Storm roster featured Grade 9, 10 and 11 players from the Bellerose Bulldogs, Paul Kane Blues, St. Albert High Skyhawks, Ross Sheppard Thunderbirds and the St. Albert Minor Football Association bantam program. In the first quarter, a three-yard touchdown run capped off a long Millwoods drive highlighted by two big pass completions. The two-point conversion pass was successful.

In the second quarter, after the Storm turned over the ball on downs, Jay Stoneham recovered a fumble at the Millwoods’ 49. On the next play, Thera-Plamondon broke away from a defender to haul in a 49-yard TD strike from quarterback Keith Zyla. “Their guy went for the ball instead of me. I just caught it and ran into the end zone,” Thera-Plamondon said.

“It was a nice throw by Keith, my SACHS quarterback. I just dove into the end zone and caught it.”  Ryan Shorten led the defence with nine tackles and John Brouse had six. Shorten was credited with 44 tackles in only five games. Graeme Loerke recorded 17 tackles and two sacks in six games.

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Edmonton Midget (CDMFA): Final week recap


It was the final week of Edmonton and surrounding area Midget season football. It was the end of a great season for all the teams. Sure there were ups and downs, but every team and every player and every coach did their best.

The South Edmonton Chargers came down hard on the Sherwood park Wolverines, winning the game 40-8. The first half was definitely in the chargers favour, as they headed to the lockers with 27-0.

The Wolverines came back strong in the second half, forcing turnovers, and getting sacks.

It was a great way to close the season for the Wolverines as they will not be playing their playoff game because of injuries and because the U-18s are this week. For the Graduating players of 2011 that can’t play Midget next year, they will go on to do great things.

The Red Dogs got out to a slow start at Holy Rosary High School on Sunday, as the Ti-Cats opened up a 14–0 lead in the first quarter. The Red Dogs quickly recovered, however, and battled back to take the 32–26 victory. “I thought it was the best game we played all year, and I knew we needed to play it to win that game, and they did, the guys played really well,” said head coach Rod Kirby. “We’re proud of the boys. They were there when we needed them, and it was definitely probably the best game we played all year, and it was huge to do that in front of the home crowd.”

The Red Dogs will now travel to play the Battle River Shock in Saturday’s league championship game. The teams have already met once so far this season, as the Shock was the only team to beat the Red Dogs this season with a victory at the season opener. “We wanted another shot at them after we lost to them,” said Kirby. “I’m really impressed with the guys. We have a young team, not a lot of senior players … so it’s a huge accomplishment getting back to this game, now we just have to see what we can do to win it.”

The St. Albert Storm ended their football season on a winning note Wednesday with a 34-14 win over Millwoods Grizzlies in the Tier II playoff final at the Riel Park turf field. It was the second victory in six games for the Storm who also beat the Grizzlies 35-7 in the team’s second game in the Tier I and II division schedule. “The season was a little rough. We went against some good teams, but to get the Tier II championship makes it a good year,” Slotback Brendan Thera-Plamondon said.

The Storm roster featured Grade 9, 10 and 11 players from the Bellerose Bulldogs, Paul Kane Blues, St. Albert High Skyhawks, Ross Sheppard Thunderbirds and the St. Albert Minor Football Association bantam program. In the first quarter, a three-yard touchdown run capped off a long Millwoods drive highlighted by two big pass completions. The two-point conversion pass was successful.

In the second quarter, after the Storm turned over the ball on downs, Jay Stoneham recovered a fumble at the Millwoods’ 49. On the next play, Thera-Plamondon broke away from a defender to haul in a 49-yard TD strike from quarterback Keith Zyla. “Their guy went for the ball instead of me. I just caught it and ran into the end zone,” Thera-Plamondon said.

“It was a nice throw by Keith, my SACHS quarterback. I just dove into the end zone and caught it.” Ryan Shorten led the defence with nine tackles and John Brouse had six. Shorten was credited with 44 tackles in only five games. Graeme Loerke recorded 17 tackles and two sacks in six games.

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