Here's another amateur event back after Covid hiatus.
West games take place in Langley, BC.
East games take place in Sackville, NB.
Hopefully, there will be some Youtube streams of the games--might be the only Canadian football action to be had this summer.
https://footballcanada.com/news/football-canada-east-west-challenges-return-in-2022/
The West U-16 challenge starts tomorrow.
All games will be streamed on the Football Canada YouTube channels.
https://footballcanada.com/news/west-u-16s-ready-for-the-challenge/
Saskatchewan vs Manitoba starts in 30 minutes, at 7 pm EDT.
BC vs Alberta starts at 10 pm EDT:
Just caught a few minutes of this game. Not bad quality. I'm wondering how the heck they find a 15-year-old who weighs 275 lbs!
And Saskatchewan rolls over Manitoba for a birth in the final on Wednesday.
And the host team pulls off the victory over Alberta:
This kid was dominant:
Hey Dave, is there a roster for the Team MB U16?
I found this one. Do you know any of these kids?
| Team MB U16 Top 40 Roster | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | PHONETIC PRON | # | Position | Height | Weight | School | City/Town |
| Ryan Wirtzfeld | Ryan Wurts-feld | 12 | QB | 6'1 | 162 | Oak Park | Winnipeg |
| Ethan Funk | Ethan Funk | 13 | QB | 5'6 | 135 | St. Vital Mustangs | Morris |
| Onan Furst | Onan First | 34 | RB | 5'10 | 200 | Oak Park | Winnipeg |
| Owen Britton | Owen Britton | 28 | RB | 5'10 | 170 | Vincent Massey | Winnipeg |
| Amid Kanu | Ah-mead Kanu | 11 | RB | 5'6 | 152 | Dakota | Winnipeg |
| David Sindikubwabo | David Cindy-coob-wahbow | 22 | WR | 5'9 | 155 | Dakota | Winnipeg |
| Mason Voogt | Mason Vote | 9 | WR | 5'10 | 140 | Dakota | Winnipeg |
| Mikun Odunuga | Me-coon Ode-un-newga | 14 | WR | 5'9 | 151 | Dakota | Winnipeg |
| Conner Plante | Conner Pluh-on-tuh | 4 | WR | 5'8 | 160 | Dakota | Winnipeg |
| Max Payne | Max Pain | 88 | WR | 6'1 | 185 | Grant Park | Winnipeg |
| Brady Templeton | Brady Templeton | 3 | WR | 5'5 | 130 | Vincent Massey | Winnipeg |
| Reid Monkman | Reed Monkman | 80 | WR | 5'5 | 127 | Dakota | Winnipeg |
| Carter Kalcsics | Carter Kel-sex | 55 | OL | 6'0 | 220 | Dakota | Winnipeg |
| Landon Street | Landon Street | 69 | OL | 6'2 | 250 | Grant Park | Winnipeg |
| Lochlan Gouchie | Lock-lan Gow-chee | 66 | OL | 5'11 | 300 | Hammarskjord | Thunder Bay Ont |
| Jack Prettie | Jack Pretty | 56 | OL | 6'0 | 272 | Oak Park | Winnipeg |
| Landyn Mann | Landon Man | 60 | OL | 6'2 | 265 | St. Patrick's | Thunder Bay Ont |
| Daatin Dubuc-Morrisseau | Dayton Duh-buck More-ah-so | 64 | OL | 6'1 | 260 | Grant Park | Winnipeg |
| Linkin Zylstra | Linkin Zuh-lil-stra | 90 | DL | 6'2 | 275 | Grant Park | Winnipeg |
| Xavier Brunel-Torrie | Zuh-ave-ur Brew-nel-Tore-e | 44 | DL | 6'1 | 235 | Oak Park | Winnipeg |
| Kieran Robertshaw | Keyr-ren Robertshaw | 96 | DL | 6'0 | 345 | Steinbach Regional | Steinbach |
| Holdyn Presenger | Hold-in Press-enger | 99 | DL | 6'1 | 208 | Westgate | Thunder Bay Ont |
| Connor Brindley | Connor Brindlee | 41 | DL | 5'11 | 215 | St. Patrick's | Thunder Bay Ont |
| Ryan North | Ryan North | 94 | DL | 6'0 | 195 | Dakota | Winnipeg |
| Sutherland Fox | Sutherland Fox | 68 | DL | 6'2 | 220 | Dauphin Regional | Dauphin |
| Jesse Deneka | Jesse Den-ick-a | 36 | LB | 5'9 | 165 | Grant Park | Winnipeg |
| Jake Godfrey | Jake God-free | 52 | LB | 6'2 | 185 | Dakota | Winnipeg |
| Graycen Ross | Grey-son Ross | 5 | LB | 5'11 | 203 | Oak Park | Winnipeg |
| Nolan Poirier | Nolan Pour-e-eh | 45 | LB | 5'7 | 139 | St. Ignatius | Thunder Bay Ont |
| Arnav Dabas | Arnav Duh-bas | 54 | LB | 5'9 | 180 | St. Paul's | Winnipeg |
| Ethan Haarsma | Ethan Hars-ma | 7 | LB | 5'11 | 180 | Undecided | Winnipeg |
| Jackson Rosolowich | Jackson Rose-olo-wich | 53 | LB | 5'9 | 164 | Maples | Winnipeg |
| Taylor Main | Taylor Main | 87 | DB | 5'11 | 150 | Hammarskjord | Thunder Bay Ont |
| Christian Donaldson | Christian Donaldson | 10 | DB | 5'11 | 140 | Miles Macdonell | Winnipeg |
| Mackenzie Aranguiz | Mack-n-zee Uh-ran-gees | 24 | DB | 5'8 | 150 | Grant Park | Winnipeg |
| Brayden Hyde | Brayden Hide | 2 | DB | 5'9 | 160 | St. Paul's | Winnipeg |
| Alex Klenk | Alex Kluhenk | 1 | DB | 5'6 | 120 | Dakota | Winnipeg |
| Harry Kozar | Harry Kuh-oh-zar | 16 | DB | 5'6 | 150 | Hammarskjord | Thunder Bay Ont |
| Jaxson Diakiw | Jackson Die-ah-kew | 21 | DB | 5'8 | 140 | Dakota | Winnipeg |
| Owen Sampson | Owen Sampson | 6 | DB | 5'9 | 159 | Oak Park | Winnipeg |
https://footballcanada.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/U16-WEST-C.-PHONETIC-PRONUNCIATION.xlsx
Here's the rest of the schedule. Times are PDT.
Wednesday, July 6
Bronze Medal: Alberta vs. Manitoba, 4 p.m.
Championship: Saskatchewan vs. B.C., 7 p.m
https://footballcanada.com/news/west-u-16-challenge-saskatchewan-and-b-c-advance-to-championship/
The East U16 Challenge is scheduled to take place July 19th-24th at Alumni Field in Sackville, NB.
Alberta up on Manitoba for the bronze:
Saskatchewan wins the gold.
BC silver.
Alberta bronze.
The East challenge runs in a couple of weeks:
East Challenge Schedule:
July 21st, 2022
1 4:00pm: Quebec (1) vs New Brunswick (4)
2 7:00pm: Ontario (2) vs Nova Scotia (3)
The East challenge starts tomorrow.
The U16 Eastern Canadian Challenge (ECC) will feature teams from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. The ECC will be held at Mount Allison University in Sackville from July 19-24, with games on Thursday July 21 and Sunday July 24.
Schedule
JULY 21
Game 1: 4:00pm – Ontario vs Nova Scotia
Game 2: 7:00pm – Quebec vs New Brunswick
JULY 24
Game 3: 4:00pm Bronze: Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 2
Game 4: 7:00pm Gold: Winner Game 1 vs. Winner Game 2
The first games went as expected, with the larger provinces steam-rolling the smaller one.
Let's see if Ontario and New Brunswick can get revenge for their Canada Cup losses.
