Team Alberta & Football Canada Cup

Team Alberta U18 2011

GAME RESULTS - visitLethbridge.com 2011 Football Canada Cup
Here are the game results for Team Alberta's at this years Football Canada Cup held in Lethbridge from July 9-15.

Quarterfinals, July 9 - Alberta vs. Saskatchewan - 7:30 p.m.
Final: Alberta 52 Saskatchewan 19
Alberta blasted out of the gates of the 2011 Football Canada Cup in Lethbridge in the quarterfinals scoring on their first two drives to set the tone in what would be a total domination of the two time defending National Champions from Saskatchewan. Kicker Stephen Fabian from Brooks started things off with a 32 yard FG which was followed on the next series by a Bryson Wishloff-Dobush out of Bev Facey H.S. in Sherwood Park 2 yard TD run after a Saskatchewan fumble of the kickoff. Two series later Fabian added his second 32 yard FG of the day.
Saskatchewan got on the board early in the second after a long pass set up a Drake Drum TD reception to make it 13-7 Alberta. From there is was all Alberta with a Matt Bonaca from Salisbury in Sherwood Park 5 yard TD pass to Ryder Stone from Holy Trinity Academy in Okotoks. Fabian added a 39 yard FG with less than a minute left in the second quarter then Alberta blocked the ensuing Saskatchewan punt and Bonaca took a QB sneak into the endzone to end the half.
Things started off more of the same in the second half after Nathan Mitchell from Paul Kane H.S. in St. Albert intercepted a pass on the Saskatchewan 20 which lead to another one yard QB TD plunge from Bonaca. Saskatchewan answered on the first play of the fourth quarter on a 16 yard Jared Andreychuck run then added a 25 yard TD pass to Alex Thompson three minutes later (convert failed) to make it 38-19. But that was a far as the comeback went as on the next series Cochrane's Kellen Forest rushed 48 yards for a TD at 9:06 which was followed up by TD pass from Foothills in Okotoks Taylor Armsworthy to Ardrossans Colton Balicki TD after Saskatchewan fumbled the ensuing kickoff with 7:21 left in the game to close out the scoring.
Alberta's next game will be against Ontario West on Tuesday, July 12 in the National Semi-Final at 4:00 p.m. at the University of Lethbridge Community Stadium. The other Semi-Final will take place at 7:00 p.m. that day between Quebec and British Columbia.
Scores of the day
Game #1: Ontario West 33 Nova Scotia 0
Game #2 British Columbia 18 Manitoba 0
Game #3 Quebec 42 Ontario East 13
Game #4 Alberta 52 Saskatchewan 19

Semi-finals, July 12 - Alberta vs. Ontario West - 4:00 p.m.
Score: Alberta 25 Ontario West 8
Alberta woke up from a slow first half to pull away from Ontario West late in the Football Canada Cup Semi-Final in Lethbridge to win 25-8 and advance to their first National Final game since 2009. Despite dominating early Alberta could only muster 4 points in the first quarter on a single and a field goal from Stephen Fabian out of Brooks H.S. From there Alberta seemed to stall and Ontario West put a drive late in the half which ended on a 7 yard TD pass from James Roberts to Jake Frimith.They followed that up with a missed FG for a single on the last play of the half to lead 8-4 over Alberta at the half.
The second half started out more of the same with neither team generating much offense until a big hit late in the third knocked Alberta starting quarterback, Salisbury's Matt Bonaca from Sherwood Park, out of the game briefly. That seems to light a fire under the Alberta QB as he came back onto the field to lead his team to three consecutive TD drives hitting Ryder Stone out of Holy Trinity Academy in Okotoks for a 7 yard TD pass with 1:05 left in the 3rd quarter, Mackenzie Meek out of Henry Wise Wood in Calgary at 9:20 of the 4th quarter on a 30 yard strike and finishing up with a 5 yard TD pass to Adam Zajdel out of Henry Wise Wood at 6:05 of the 4th to put the game away.
Alberta will now play either Quebec in the National Championship Game on Friday, July 15 at 7:00 p.m. at the University of Lethbridge Community Stadium. Alberta has a 1-1 record against Quebec in National Championship Games in the Football Canada Cup having won 10-6 in Montreal in 1995 and lost 34-11 in 2008.
Scores of the day
Game #1: Saskatchewan 24 Nova Scotia 21 (Consolation Semi-Final)
Game #2: Manitoba 14 Ontario East 13 (Consolation Semi-Final)
Game #3: Alberta 25 Ontario West 8 (Championship Semi-Final)
Game #4: Quebec 31 British Columbia 15 (Championship Semi-Final)

Finals, July 15 - Alberta vs. Quebec - 7:00 p.m.
Score: Quebec 28 Alberta 2
Despite a valiant effort, Alberta wasn't able to hold off a furious Quebec attack and finished up the 2011 Football Canada Cup with the silver medal Friday night in Lethbridge. Alberta started the game off with a single point on a towering kickoff through the endzone from Stephen Fabian with Lethbridges famous wind behind him, however Quebec's first drive of the game seemed unstoppable but stalled on the one yard line after Alberta stiffened at that point. QB Matt Bonaca then lead his troups down the field for another single point off a Fabian missed field goal. From there Quebec seemed to carry the play but only scored once in the first half on an Alexander Huard 71 yard run. Time and time again Alberta's defense kept Quebec from cashing in and the halftime score stood at 7-2 for Quebec.
Sadly for Alberta from there, despite a few good drives, Quebec was too much for them and added three more touchdowns in the second half from Huard on a 7 yard TD catch from Hugo Richard, and Dev Lamour on two TD passed from Richard on consecutive drives for 84 and 92 yards respectively.
Still a much improved performance from the home team who finished last in the 2010 Football Canada Cup. The following players were named from Alberta to the Tournament All-Star Team
Rees Paterson - DB (Archbishop Jordan)
Troy Weissback - DL (Bev Facey)
Brayden Twarynski - DL (Bishop O'Byrne)
Mackenzie Meek - KR (Henry Wise Wood)
Kellen Forest - RB (Cochrane)
Sawyer Barth - OL (Bev Facey)
Stephen Fabian - K/P (Brooks)*
* - also named Tournament MVP for Special Teams
Scores of the day
Game #1: Ontario East 20 Nova Scotia 0 (7th & 8th Place Game)
Game #2: Saskatchewan 15 Manitoba 7.(5th & 6th Place Game)
Game #3: British Columbia 14 Ontario West 1 (Bronze Medal Game)
Game #4: Quebec 28 Alberta 2 (National Championship Game)

TEAM ALBERTA FINAL ROSTER
Quarterbacks
Taylor Armsworthy (Foothills, Okotoks)
Matthew Bonaca (Salisbury, Sherwood Park)
Runningbacks
Kellen Forest (Cochrane)
Ryder Stone (Holy Trinity Academy, Okotoks)
Bryson Wishloff-Dobush (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Receivers
Colton Balicki (Ardrossan)
Andrew Ellis (Cold Lake)
Scott Hannah (Crescent Heights, Medicine Hat)
Tak Landry (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton)
Mackenzie Meek (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Denzel Radford (St. Francis, Calgary)
Adam Zajdel (Henry Wise Wood, Caglary)
Offensive Line
Sawyer Barth (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Jacob Brett (Fort Saskatchewan)
Sean Heiligsetzer (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Conrad Krasowski (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Justin Lanceleve (Cold Lake)
Evan Rutherford (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton)
Ryan Sceviour (Bowness, Calgary)
Defensive Line
Rey Arcega (Central Memorial, Calgary)
Caleb Eidsvik (Lloydminster)
Ben Lysak (Salisbury, Sherwood Park)
Coleton Miller (Cochrane)
Brayden Twarynski (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Troy Weissbach (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Linebackers
Eric Egan (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Bradly Friesen (Jasper Place, Edmonton)
Braden Mann (Medicine Hat)
Aidan Panchyshyn (Austin O'Brien, Edmonton)
Eric Roberts (Central Memorial, Calgary)
Jadon Schneider (Holy Trinity Academy, Okotoks)
Daniel Zalucky (Bishop Grandin, Calgary)
Defensive Backs
Brandon Jennings (St. Albert)
Jordan Letkeman (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Nathan Mitchell (St. Albert)
Rees Paterson (Archbishop Jordan, Sherwood Park)
Carter Sohn (Medicine Hat)
Hunter Turnbull (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Brandon Waeyen (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Kicker/Punter
Stephen Fabian (Brooks)

Last Years Football Canada Cup Results:

Football Canada Cup 2010 Results
Here are the results from the Football Canada Cup in Wolfville, Nova Scotia for Team Alberta:
Quarterfinals, Sunday, July 11
Nova Scotia 27 Alberta 24
On a blusterry rain filled day in Wolfville, Team Alberta failed to hold on to a 17-10 halftime lead and wound up losing 27-24 to the host province of Nova Scotia in the quarterfinals of the 2010 Football Canada Cup featuring the top U18 players in Canada. Alberta opened the scoring on a one yard TD plunge by Taylor Yaremchuk out of Bev Facey in Sherwood Park in the first quarter. That was followed by second quarter scoring from Kris Stretton from Foothills in Okotoks on a 19 yard pass from Yaremchuk, and a 38 yard field goal from Henry Wise Woods (Calgary) Steven McCaffrey to stake Alberta to a 17-10 lead at the half. From there Nova Scotia mounted a furious attack that was only countered by a one yard run from Stretton early in the fourth. With the score 24-17 in favor of Alberta the defense put up a couragous goal line stand with 1:46 remaining in the game. Alberta then conceded a safety then disaster struck as Nova Scotia took the ensuing kickoff back for a touchdown in three plays. A two point convert sealed the deal and Nova Scotia is off to the Semi-Finals while Alberta is relegated to the consolation side of the draw. Alberta's next game will be on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. ADT vs. Western Ontario.
Consolation Semi-Finals, Wednesday, July 14
Western Ontario 33 Alberta 5
On another blusterry rain filled day in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Team Alberta suffered a big set back as Western Ontario defeated them 33-5 in front of 583 fans at Raymond Stadium on the campus of Acadia University. One of the few bright lights for Alberta was the play of defensive back/kicker Stephen McCaffrey who put Alberta on the board late in the first with a 32 yard field goal then proceeded to lead the team in defensive tackles the rest of the way out with 8 solo tackles. The double edged running game of Western Ontario's Tyler Varga and Alex Iessi was too much for Alberta to handle as both backs went for over 100 yards in a penalty filled game. The next and last action for Alberta in the 2010 Football Canada Cup will be against Eastern Ontario in the 7th and 8th Place Game. Eastern Ontario lost earlier in the day 16-0 to Manitoba.
7th & 8th Place Game, Saturday, July 17
Eastern Ontario 23 Alberta 22
Finally a sun-filled day in Wolfville but the fortunes of Team Alberta continued to be cloudy in the 7th & 8th Place Game at the Football Canada Cup. The game started out fine for Alberta with QB Mark Oness from Holy Trinity Academy making an Okotoks connection for 85 yards to his crosstown high school rival, Kris Stretton from Foothills for a TD half way through the first quarter to stake them to a 7-0 lead. Eastern Ontario then controlled the next three quarters, with Alberta only managing two singles, eventually going up 20-9 with 6 minutes to go in the fourth quarter. That's when Alberta found their spark in Dexter Brown from Archbishop Jordan in Sherwood Park. Brown returned a punt deep into Eastern Ontario territory then followed up with three straight catches from his crosstown high school rival, QB Taylor Yaremchuk from Bev Facey, including a 15 yard touchdown reception. The two point convert failed but Alberta got the ball right back on Steven McCaffrey's perfect excecution of a short kick which the Henry Wise Wood (Calgary) grad recovered himself. From there Yaremchuk and Brown hooked up again for the go-a-head score making it 22-20 with 2 minutes left. Alberta's defense forced a punt on the next series but disaster struck two plays later Yaremchuk was looking for Brown again only to have the ball deflected to a defender setting up Eastern Ontario at Alberta's 40. Four plays after that with 6 seconds remaining Eastern Ontario hit a 32 yard field goal to win the game. This marks Alberta's lowest showing in Football Canada Cup since its inception which will create a large mountain to climb when they host next years event in Lethbridge as your opponents for next year are determined by seeding based on this years results. In any event Football Alberta would like to thank their hosts from Football Nova Scotia who have done a terrific job in hosting this event and we hope to match or exceed the bar they have set next year.


TEAM ALBERTA U18 2010
(listed by position in alphabetical order)

Quarterback
Mark Oness (Holy Trinity Academy, Okotoks)
Taylor Yaremchuk (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Runningback
Anthony Anderson (Medicine Hat)
Franklin Marion (Salisbury, Sherwood Park)
Trace McLelland-Eeles (Foothills, Okotoks)
Denzel Morrison (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Receiver
Dexter Brown (Archbishop Jordan, Sherwood Park)
Gregg Hannah (Crescent Heights, Medicine Hat)
Tylor Henry (Camrose)
Mackenzie Meek (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Kristopher Stretton (Foothills, Okotoks)
Conrad Whetstone (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Levi Williams (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Offensive Line
Eric Angermann (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Jordan Arkko (St. Francis Xavier, Edmonton)
Trevor Fiell (Rundle College, Calgary)
Eli Hankinson (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Cole McCormick (Lloydminster)
Ryan Preuter (John G. Diefenbaker, Calgary)
Clinton Reeder (Lord Beaverbrook, Calgary)
Defensive Line
Zack Gautreau (Archbishop Jordan, Sherwood Park)
Marcus Goods (Jasper Place, Edmonton)
Logan Laforce (Bev Facey, Sherwood Park)
Chase Nahrebeski (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton)
Warren Neilson (Highwood, High River)
Jason Orey (Bishop O'Byrne, Calgary)
Greg Severin (St. Francis Xavier, Edmonton)
Linebackers
Zach Butcher (Austin O'Brien, Edmonton)
Tanner Doll (St. Albert)
Michael Hansen (Jasper Place, Edmonton)
Zack McEachern (Dr. E.P. Scarlett, Calgary)
Cody Andresen (St. Albert)
Defensive Backs
Justin de Gans (Archbishop Jordan, Sherwood Park)
Brandon Foster (Harry Ainlay, Edmonton)
Dillon Garry (Archbishop Jordan, Sherwood Park)
Devan Karl (Foothills, Okotoks)
Steven McCaffrey (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Mike Spagnolo (St. Albert)
Mike Stolzenberg (Henry Wise Wood, Calgary)
Hunter Turnbull (Holy Trinity Academy, Okotoks)

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History

2007 was the first year Football Alberta sent "North" and "South" U17 teams to the Football Canada Cup in Sherbrooke, PQ. While not all that successful on-field it was a great experience for all involved. The "South" finished in 5th place while the "North" camp in 6th.