Fox 40 Prospect Challenge (West Coast): Lineman Bedard gets called up

There have been many lesson learned in the six years that lineman, Noah Bedard, has been playing football. From the first and second year of playing with the North Surrey Hawks where they didn’t have great seasons, to his third season which was the third best season he has ever played.

The second year of North Surrey Eagles was my third best season I ever played, being undefeated and having no score on us until final game – the championship losing 12-0, that was heartbreaker and we lost because we were so cocky we were the team that no one could score on the team that had never been beaten,” he reflects. 

Skip ahead to his grade 9 season where he once again, learned more of the game. “Grade 9 football season was a season I learned strength and form are critical because I had to face against guys who were bigger than me,” he says. “This season, I am in grade 10, thinking I was going to being playing the second year of JV, but the senior coaches call me up to play Varsity which was an amazing experience. We didn’t have the best season, but we all learned a lot of long, lasting life skills of teamwork, pushing past your limit.”

He goes on to say that he thought his season was over as the Varsity team was out of the first round of the playoffs, but he was able to play four more games with the JV team in which they won the BC Provincial Championship.

Bedard has obviously learned those lessons as he was awarded the Ironman Award and Best Offensive Lineman and he starts on the offensive line.

I love the game because bring excitement to my life, it allows me to hit people without getting in trouble, and it creates that bond that can’t ever be forgotten,” he says. 

During the off-season, Bedard trains at Game Ready three times a week, BFS five times a week, and plays rugby three times a week. In addition to this, he attends camps that help him to improve his football skill and ability.

My goal [for the FPC] is to make the team perform to the best of my ability and to add on to my football resumé, to find a place to go after high school to play football, and to study to become an Engineer,” he explains. 

He finishes by explaining why Angus Reid is his role model.

My Football idol is Angus Reid because he wasn’t the tallest, the heaviest, or had the biggest hands, and he still made it to the BC lion. When I went to one of his camps, he told us how he was going to get cut, but he made himself useful and became a centre. I admire him because he made himself useful he chose not be a nuisance to his team.”

Noah Bedard (#79)
Position(s): Offensive guard, Defensive guard
Ht/Wt: 5’11, 320lbs
Teams: North Surrey Hawks, Eagles, Lord Tweedsmuir (Gr. 8, JV, Varsity)
Class: 2019

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