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  July 2003 - FOOTBALL ALBERTA REPORT - By Brian Fryer  

Here is a re-cap of results from the summer and fall for you amateur football fans out there.  Highlights of notable Eskimo sons: Dan Bass’s son was a LB on the Provincial winning team, the Ardrossan Bisons at the Tier 4 level (based on school size), Emilio Fraietta’s boy, was the MVP for the junior league at the Edmonton Metro High School league out of Archbishop O’Leary and Pete Lavorato’s boy made the roster of the U of AB Golden bears as a rookie (big feet, big future, just like his dad).  Pete Lavorato, Head Coach at Archbishop Jordan, had a great year getting to the final in the Tier 3 championship game but lost out to Taber.
 

FOOTBALL CANADA CUP

Team Alberta’s foray into the July edition of the Football Canada Cup (19 & Under National Championship), saw Alberta add to its impressive array of Titles nailing down its 5th Championship in 7 years.  142-28 over three games.  Team Alberta, the top graduating players in Alberta from the 2000 season, completed another dominant showing at the event hosted in Medicine Hat.  In the three game round robin tournament Alberta crushed its opponents by the following scores:

Alberta 58  

Nova Scotia 0

 Alberta 35  

New Brunswick 7

 Alberta 49  

Manitoba 21

 
Football Canada Cup 2002 will be held in Ottawa and up to seven teams will be suiting up in July.  The selection of athletes to represent Alberta will be done via the Senior Bowl.

SENIOR BOWL

The annual Senor Bowl High School All-Star game will take place on Monday, May 22, 2002 at12:00 Noon at Foote Field at the U. of AB south campus.  Tryout camps for the North is April 12-14 and for the South, April 19-21.  Nominations by high school coaches for camps are due into our office as of Jan. 31, 2002.

RESULTS

HIGH SCHOOL
Provincial finals concluded and the results are:

    Tier I             Strathcona 25 - LCI 14
    Tier 2             Medicine Hat 34 - Okotoks 31
    Tier 3   Taber 42 - Archbishop Jordan 21(Sherwood Park)                  
    Tier 4             Ardrossan 15 - Black Diamond 7
  BANTAM Calgary Cowboys 32 - Sherwood Park Ram 6
  PEE-WEE Edmonton Chargers 34 - Calgary Wildcats 21
  ATOM      West Edmonton Raiders 14 - Edmonton Seahawks 8
 
Prodigal Skyhawk

In the year 2000 the St. Albert high school skyhawks were lead to the Edmonton Metro Carr Conference Championship in football by several special athletes none the least of which was their Grade 11 quarterback Matt Connell.  Over the off season Matt was offered something no one in Alberta had ever received before and that was a full scholarship to finish out his high school at one of the most prestigious prep-schools in the U. S. - Kent School in Connecticut.

Kent School is well know for its academic and athletic successes and is school to the children of some of the most prominent business people in the Eastern Seaboard.  As their starting QB he lead Kent on an amazing journey which culminated on Nov 29 as Kent won their first ever New England Class “A” Championship with a 42-7 victory. 

Not bad for a St. Albert kid!
 
 
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