ONTARIO PROSPECT CHALLENGE
2014-15 information coming soon
Position: DL
Height/Weight: 6’3″, 220 Ibs
Teams: North Halton Crimson Tide
Commitment: N/A
Official Visits: N/A
Consideration: N/A
Class: 2017
Every summer, when CanadaFootballChat.com hosts the Ontario Prospect Challenge (OPC), the best young football players in the country are brought together to compete with a chance to set themselves apart from their peers.
For defensive lineman (DL) Michael Allain of the North Halton Crimson Tide, this year’s OPC was a chance to test the waters as one of the younger players in the “Junior Varsity” division, made up of grade nine’s and 10’s.
Speaking on the topic, the 15-year-oldΒ expressed his thanks for having been able to use the older players as a mentor at this year’s OPC.
Next year, he looks forward to returning and serving as a mentor himself.
“Hopefully next year I can meet a lot of young people and make them into a better football player,” he said.
In the immediate future, Allain says he hopes to get strongerΒ this summer by working hard and “hitting the gym,” something he hopes to build on in the fall football season.
Notably, Allain says he hopes to “improveΒ as a player but also as a team player,” citing, “I want to be there for my teammates. I want to win a championship.”
In order to win that elusive championship, Allain admits Halton may not be the place.
“I may have to go to a higher caliber organization such as Guelph or Burlington in order to win a championship,” he said, something he concedes he’s given some thoughts but doesn’t want to do.
Playing for the West Team in his class, Allain was quick to add that he “learned that you may dominate in your own league but there are some great prospects out there and you just have to work and get better to be one of the best.β
AllainΒ took more away from the OPC than humility though too.
βI really enjoyed bringing all the great talents throughout Ontario together and just playing together in one big bowl-type league,” he said, noting that the friendships will also be lasting, “There were some really great people there making some names for themselves.”
“Iβm sure if Iβm up against them head-to-head weβll be enemies on the field but weβll still be friends.β
It’s that kind of spirited attitude the talented defensive lineman will need in order to continue to take his game to the next level.
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