RSEQ: Notre Dame Cactus dominate awards at Juvenile banquet (high school)

The RSEQ (Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec) honoured its best juvenile players, coaches and teams at its annual banquet. The Notre Dame Cactus, CFC #2 in 2011, came out the big winners of the evening. Expect to see many of these names playing for Team Quebec at this summers Football Canada Cup.

Division 1

Matthew Betts (Montreal, Que.) won the title of player of the year. The defensive lineman managed twelve sacks in nine regular season games. He also made 21 solo tackles, 26 tackles and six for a loss. Finally, Matthew managed an interception, recovered a fumble and scored two touchdowns.

Under a tie, two student athletes received the honor of the offensive player. Receiver Louis-Mathieu Normandin (Montreal Que.) of the Cactus and Brad Laplante (Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Que.) of the Blizzard of Séminaire Saint-François are the winners. Louis-Mathieu had 37 catches for 898 yards gains in addition to seven touchdowns. As for Brad, he has amassed an impressive total of 1489 yards in 196 carries and ran the ball into the end zone 18 times.

William Levesque (Quebec, Que.) Eagles High School St. John Eudes was voted defensive player. The Linebacker managed 29 solos tackles and three sacks. William also made good on 7.5 tackles for loss, one interception and recovered two fumbles.

The rookie of the year went to Janelle Francis (Montreal, Que.). The Cactus defensive back for Notre Dame had six interceptions during the 2011 season. He also made 16 solo tackles and 21 assisted tackles.

Finally, Fraser Baikie (Montreal, Que.) Cactus Notre Dame won the title of lineman of the year.

Coaching team
Notre Dame College

Organization of choice
High School Saint-Jean-Eudes

Sports Ethics
High School Pointe-Lévy

Jacques Gauthier Trophy – Champions regular season
Séminaire St-François

Bol d’or
Notre Dame College

OFFENSIVE

Position, name, team, hometown

Quarterback, Alexandre Hardy, Academy St-Louis, Quebec

Running back, Mike, Brian Lusikila, Collège Notre-Dame, Montreal

Running back, Jozu Côté, School Jacques-Rousseau, Varennes

Receiver, Christopher Charest, Academy St-Louis, Quebec

Receiver, Marc Elias Jace, High school Curé-Antoine-Labelle, Montreal

Receiver, John-Mario Magri, College Jean-Eudes, St. Leonard

Receiver, Pierre-Olivier Denault, High School St. John Eudes, Quebec

Offensive line, Karl Gagnon-Sénéchal, Collège Notre-Dame, Montreal

Offensive line, Joseph-Alexandre Poirier-Couture, Séminaire St-François, Quebec

Offensive line, Alex Delorme, Séminaire St-François, Quebec

Offensive line, Mazen Abu-Said, College Jean-Eudes, Beirut, Lebanon

Offensive line, Thiery Taillon, High School St. John Eudes, Quebec

Offensive line, Philippe Leduc, High School Pointe-Lévy, Lévis

DEFENSIVE

Position, name, team, hometown

Defensive line, Marc-Alexandre Beaulieu, Jacques-Rousseau High School, Varennes

Defensive line, Vincent Desjardins, Séminaire St-François St-Augustin-de-Desmaures

Defensive line, Zachary Guénette, Collège Jean-Eudes, Repentigny

Defensive line, Ludovic Petit, High School St. John Eudes, Quebec

Linebacker Cedric Vaillancourt, Academy St-Louis, Quebec

Linebacker, Kamba-Manuel Katchelewa, Collège Notre-Dame, Montreal

Linebacker, Jean-Philippe Hudon, Séminaire St-François, Saint-Nicolas

Linebacker, Francis Chiasson-Talbot School of Friendship, Epiphany

Defensive back, Mathieu Boutin, Academy St-Louis, Quebec

Defensive back, Lawrence Rondeau, Collège Notre-Dame, Montreal

Defensive back, David MacDonald, Jacques-Rousseau High School, St-Hubert

Defensive back, Mathieu Bouchard, Séminaire St-François, Quebec

Defensive back, Mathieu Besmargian, High School St. John Eudes, Quebec

Defensive back, Pileak Sun, Laval Liberty High School, Montreal

SPECIAL TEAMS

Position, name, team, hometown
Punter, Alexandre Gagnon, École secondaire Saint-Jean-Eudes, Quebec

Kicker, Samuel Chenard, Séminaire Saint-François, Quebec

Kick return specialist, Yakima Sarrazin, School Curé-Antoine-Labelle, Montreal

Academic Merit

Name, team, hometown

Gabriel Landry, School of Friendship, The Assumption

Mathieu Boutin, Academy St-Louis, Quebec

Vincent Beaudoin-Cloutier, School Curé-Antoine-Labelle, Laval

Jean-Philippe Aumont, Collège Jean-Eudes, Montreal

Christopher Vezina, Collège Notre-Dame, Montreal

Iannick Francoeur, High School St. John Eudes, Quebec

Quentin Phaneuf, Jacques-Rousseau High School, Longueuil

Trifon Monant, Laval Liberty High School, Montreal

Jonathan Thibault, School Pointe-Lévy, Lévis

Henry Kinkead, Séminaire Saint-François, Quebec

Division 1-b

In Division 1-b, Alexandre Gagné (Montreal, Que.) MVP
-2003 yards in 146 runs, averaging nearly 14 yards per carry.
– 16 TDs
– 10 receptions, 228 yards, 1 TD

Kevin Jobin (Quebec, Que.) offensive player of year
-175 carries for 1357 yards 11 TDs, and 119 yards on four passes intercepted and two touchdowns

Aleck Bélanger (Saint-Eustache, Que.) Of the Deux-Montagnes defensive MVP
– 143 tackles in nine games, two interceptions.

The rookie of the year Gabriel Marois (Saint-Eustache, Que.)
– linebacker had 36 tackles, four tackles for loss and one sack

Finally, Pierre-Luc Crete (Trois-Rivieres, Que.) won the title of lineman par excellence.

Coaching team
St. Joseph’s Seminary

Organization of choice
St. Joseph Seminary

Sports Ethics
St. Joseph Seminary

Winners in the final of the division 1-b
Roger-Comtois high school

OFFENSIVE

Position, name, team, hometown

Quarterback, Alex Campeau-Perreault, College Charles-Lemoyne, Greenfield Park

Quarterback, Simon Cossette, Séminaire St-Joseph, Trois-Rivières

Running back, Stephen St-Laurent, Petit Séminaire de Québec, Quebec

Running back, Cedric Drapeau, versatile Benoit-Vachon, St. Bernard

receiver, Simon Laplante, High school Roger-Comtois, Quebec

receiver, Gabriel Breton, versatile Benoit-Vachon, St. Bernard

receiver, Yanic Lessard, College Charles-Lemoyne, Greenfield Park

receiver, Guillaume Dufresne, College Charles-Lemoyne, Longueuil

Offensive line, Stephen Robinson Chabot College Mont-Saint-Louis, Montreal

Offensive line, Tristan Rochette, Séminaire St-Joseph, Trois-Rivières

Offensive line, Maxime Brassard, Academy booms, Nicolet

Offensive line, Medin Dergic, High school Roger-Comtois, Quebec

Offensive line, Wade Leeroy Cyr, Versatile Two Mountains, Montreal

DEFENSIVE

Position, name, team, hometown

Defensive line, Marc-Antoine Ouellet, Petit Séminaire de Québec, Quebec

Defensive line, Tristan Marchand-Lamothe, Séminaire St-Joseph, Trois-Rivières

Defensive line, Patrice Gagnon, High school Roger-Comtois, Quebec

Defensive line, Cedric Lavoie, Versatile Two Mountains, St-Eustache

Linebacker Cedric Lussier-Roy, Séminaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke

Linebacker Andrew Pepin, Séminaire St-Joseph, Trois-Rivières

Linebacker, Alexandre Blouin, High school Roger-Comtois, Quebec

Defensive back, Justin Roy, Séminaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke

Defensive back, Marc-Olivier Simard, Séminaire Saint-Joseph, Trois-Rivières

Defensive back, Jean-Sébastien Bélisle, St. Joseph Seminary, Val d’Or

Defensive back Eric Fraser High School Roger-Comtois, Quebec

Defensive back, Frand Tousignant-Berry, High school Roger-Comtois, Quebec

Defensive back, Mathieu cupana, Charles-Lemoyne College, Montreal

SPECIAL TEAMS

Position, name, team, hometown

Punter, Charles-Olivier Blanchette, School Roger-Comtois, Quebec

Kicker, Samuel Rivard, Séminaire Saint-Joseph, Vanier

Kick return specialist, Jean-Sébastien Bélisle, St. Joseph Seminary, Val d’Or

Academic Merit

Name, team, hometown

Justin Leboeuf, Academy booms, Trois-Rivières

Hugo Walsh, Séminaire de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke

François Chartray, College Charles-Lemoyne, Greenfield Park

Laurent Allard, Collège Laval, Montreal

Charles Colizza, Collège Mont-Saint-Louis, Montreal

Cédric Morin, Versatile Two Mountains, Montreal

Laurent Morissette-Boileau, Petit Séminaire de Québec, Quebec

Benoit Lachance-Morin, High school Roger-Comtois, Quebec

Simon Cossette, Séminaire Saint-Joseph, Trois-Rivières

Olivier Roy, versatile Benoit-Vachon, Sainte-Marie

Translation by CFC