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Game 2 Story
Game Story: Mill Woods Grizzlies
With perfect football weather, the Millwoods Grizzlies hosted the Spruce Grove Cougars Sunday afternoon. After strong defensive play by both sides throughout most of the 1st quarter Millwoods broke through the left side with a long run for a major.
The offense was worried by the constant pass rushing of the Cougars, however for the most part, our quarterback was able to get rid of the ball. The Grizzlies with outside speed and blocking were successful in running the ball on both sides. The inside run was in tough again this week as they faced an aggressive defensive line. A smart play call and good execution resulted in another touchdown in the second half.
The defense showed moments of strong field tackling and a number of long runs were stopped. A number of fumbles were caused by focused hits on the Cougar ball carriers. Great positional play resulted in an interception, however the officials called it back.
The improvement in special teams this week was great. Kicks were solid, positions found with ease and the receiving team controlled the ball well.
Improved team! Go Grizzlies!
Thanks go out to the Cougars cheerleading squad for a great halftime show!
Game 1 Story
Game Story: Mill Woods Grizzlies
The Pee Wee Grizzlies were in tough Sunday afternoon against their fellow MMF team, the Maulers.
With the Maulers blitzing from the very first play, the offense protected their quarterback who went the entire game without a sack. Several good throws and key catches show the promise of the budding offense. A pressured throw resulted in an interception for the Maulers and a major score. A third down punt surprised the Maulers and gained valuable field position for our team. Our running game showed speed to the outside, while the experienced Maulers defensive line stalled our inside running game.
With their eye on the ball, the defense recovered 2 Mauler fumbles and strong effort resulted in a forced fumble and another recovery for the Grizzlies. The defensive core gained experience from the strong Maulers passing game. The Grizzlies shut down the Maulers inside run but struggled to contain the outside run. Special teams, both kick off and return, once positioned, played the ball very well.
With almost half of the Grizzlies playing in their first ever football game, the Millwoods Maulers bested them 22 – 0 in the premiere outing of the season. Well done!!
Bar-B-Que @ Sobey’s (34 street & 38 Avenue)
We have been approached by Sobey’s with an amazing offer to host a Bar-b-que.
We have all the necessary volunteers in place, but we ask that any and all players who have some time to spare on Saturday to stop by Sobey’s between 11 & 5 PM with or without equipment if possible to help us promote minor football as well as Millwoods Football.
We have had all the products and supplies donated to us by Sobey’s & Johnsonville for the Bar-b-que, and Sobey’s is also willing to supply us with Car Wash supplies. So we are asking any and all players to come out and help out where needed mostly with the car wash, and even talking to people and patrons about the sport of football, as well as just being present and throwing the ball around with some fellow team mates.
CISN country 103.9 will also be on site promoting our organization and the Bar-b-que throughout the day. Sobey’s has put up numerous poster’s throughout their store promoting this event. So we expect it to be very successful for our organization.
This is a great opportunity to bring attention and interest to minor football. We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow; please drop by whenever you can and for as long as you can.
I hope the weather works in our favour!!!!
Football Alberta has passed a season of play regulations this past month. Below are the details of the regulations of play. We wanted to inform all of our parents once this was decided at the Football Alberta Annual General Meeting on January 30th, 2010 in Calgary.
Once we have more information from the CDMFA on when the regular season will start we will work with our Coaches and parents for solutions to ensure all players have ample practice time prior to their first game.
Please Note: This proposal affects every team that plays minor football in the Province of Alberta. This information and information regarding the AGM will be posted on the website for everyone to view as well.
Dear Minor Representatives, League Presidents/Commissioners and Board Members:
The following are items addressed by the Minor Football Committee, voted on and passed at our recent Football Alberta AGM for inclusion in the Minor Provincials Policy and Procedure Manual. Please ensure that this information is distributed accordingly throughout your league so that all member clubs are aware of the following:
The Football -
Starting in the 2010 season the official football to be used for Provincial Playoffs will be the Wilson TDY Leather football for Bantam and Wilson TDJ Leather Football for Pee-Wee and Atom. Leagues and teams may continue to use whatever they wish during league play but for the purposes of Provincials the host team must have a good selection (minimum 3) of quality TDY or TDJ leather balls for usage by the officials. No ball switching will take place during Provincials as per the rule book.
Season of Play -
Season of Play for all Minor Football in the Province to be included in the Minor Provincials Policy and Procedure Manual read as follows:
- Off-Season: This includes the months of December, January, and February in their entirety. Teams and association may do all the administrative activities they wish and are also free to host gatherings for their players in whatever venue they wish (i.e. gym nights). Players can attend off-season camps as individuals or whatever indoor team activity their club provides.
- Spring Season: This includes the months of March, April, May, and June in their entirety. All teams may do any and all on and off-field activities they wish during this time. This will allow for ample time for the Midget season to take place and all other levels of minor football to run as much or as little spring programming as they wish.
- Summer Break: This includes the entire month of July. Teams and associations may continue to do administrative activities during this time (i.e. registrations, equipment handouts), but no formal on or off field activities for the players will be allowed in equipment or not. Athletes may attend summer football camps (i.e. University of Calgary Summer Football Camp) or Alberta Summer Games/Football Alberta elite program events as individuals but no coach, team, league, or association that is a member of Football Alberta at the minor football level may be the sponsor or organizer of summer camps for the purposes of training their athletes as a team.
- Fall Season: Teams and Associations will be allowed to start practices on August 1st of each year. Leagues and Associations will be allowed the flexibility to determine when they can start their regular season and/or pre-season tournaments but it would be recommended that 10 calendar days and at least 6 practises be allowed before any competition between teams takes place. The regular season for all leagues will conclude with their championship games played the first full weekend in November (i.e. both Saturday and Sunday are November dates). This will allow for 14 weeks of league play including playoffs.
- Provincials: Provincial play for Pee-Wee and Bantam representative teams will commence the second full weekend in November and will conclude as per the schedule set by the Minor Football Committee and the previous years Planning Meeting. Atom football will continue finish up at the end of the regular season with the champions of the Capital District Tier I division declared Provincial Champion at that age category.
Consequences for not following the Seasons of Play Guidelines would fall into two categories:
TEAM - if a single team chooses not to follow the Seasons of Play Guidelines they would then forfeit any right to access Football Alberta programs and services. This would include everything from insurance to coaches clinic access to Alberta Summer Games and Bantam Bowls. Their League or Association would be free to choose whether or not they would be allowed to continue in regular season play or not but regardless of their record on the year, should they be allowed to continue, they would not be eligible for Provincials.
LEAGUE or ASSOCIATION - if an entire league or association chooses not to follow the Seasons of Play Guidelines they would suffer the same consequences as in the TEAM section above as a group and none of their representative teams would be eligible for Provincials.
NOTE: In either situation above the discovery of these incidents would have to be proven by evidence provided and would be dealt with on a case by case basis.
Extra Week for Pee-Wee Playoffs -
This years schedule will see an increase in the Pee-Wee playoffs by one week thus eliminating the need for mid week semi-finals. Following our standard protocol of having no BYE’s or teams sitting around for a week with no one to play the schedule is filled accordingly for the Pee-Wee semi-finals. Those second teams at Tier III and IV would rotate amongst the leagues each year. The last item is that since the Pee-Wee and Bantam Finals would now take place on the same weekend we would try for 2010 to concentrate the possible locations for the finals in the South for Bantam and the North for Pee-Wee. In 2011 we would switch and so on and so on. The concept being that we don’t want to put a strain on facilities and officials if that can be avoided.
Here is the proposed schedule for 2010:
Bantam
SEMI-FINALS – Saturday, November 13
Tier I
Southern Alberta “A” at Capital District “A1”
Capital District “A2” at Calgary “A”
Tier II
Central Alberta “A” at Capital District “B”
Southern Alberta “B” at Calgary “B”
Tier III*
Capital District “C” at Wheatland
Central Alberta “B” at Calgary “C”
Tier IV*
Grande Prairie at Capital District “D”
Southern Alberta “C” at Central Alberta “C”
FINALS – Saturday, November 20
Tier I – Capital District “A2”/Calgary “A” host
Tier II – Southern Alberta “B”/Calgary “B” host
Tier III – Central Alberta “B”/Calgary “C” host
Tier IV – Southern Alberta “C”/Central Alberta “C” hosts
* – switch from past years with Southern Alberta “C” dropping to Tier IV thus eliminating the need for a quarter-final in Tier III and a second team from Capital District in Tier IV
Pee-Wee
Semi-Finals – Saturday, November 13
Tier I
Calgary “A2” at Capital District “A1”
Capital District “A2” at Calgary “A1”
Tier II
Calgary “B2” at Capital District “B1”
Capital District “B2” at Calgary “B1”
Tier III
Calgary “C2” at Capital District “C”
Central Alberta “A” at Calgary “C1”
Tier IV
Lloydminster at Capital District “D1”
Capital District “D2” at Central Alberta “B”
FINALS – Saturday, November 20
Tier I – Calgary “A2”/Capital District “A1” hosts
Tier II – Calgary “B2”/Capital District “B1” hosts
Tier III – Calgary “C2”/Capital District “C1” hosts
Tier IV – Lloydminster/Capital District “D1” hosts
Tim Enger
Technical Director
Football Alberta
11759 Groat Road
Edmonton, AB T5M 3K6
(780)427-8108 (ph.)
www.footballalberta.ab.ca