Under-16 Eastern Challenge begins Sunday in Guelph
Five teams to compete in three-day tournament
Players and coaches have arrived this week at the University of Guelph’s Alumni Stadium for the start of the 2018 Under-16 Eastern Challenge this upcoming weekend.
Five teams will compete during the three days of competition.
It all kicks off on Sunday July 8th at 5:00pm EST as New Brunswick faces Quebec in the first game of the tournament. Then, host Ontario battles Saskatchewan at 8:00pm EST.
On the second day of competition on July 11th, the losers of those games mentioned above will play each other at 5:00pm EST. Meanwhile, Nova Scotia will square off against the winner of the New Brunswick/Quebec game at 8:00pm EST.
The medal round is set to go on the final day of competition which is Saturday July 14th. There will be four games that day starting at 9:00am EST. In the afternoon, the gold medal game will be played at 1:30pm EST.
Last year was the inaugural year for the Under-16 Eastern Challenge. In that tournament, host Nova Scotia won gold, Ontario claimed silver while Saskatchewan ended up with bronze. New Brunswick finished fourth in 2017.
This will be Quebec’s first year competing at the tournament.
All games will be streamed on FootballCanada.TV. CLICK HERE TO WATCH.
For scores, recaps, schedules and rosters please check out the tournament page HERE.
Below are the players to watch for each team in the tournament.
NOVA SCOTIA:
Owen Macrae QB/K
Ryan Arenburg OL
Kwame Franklin WR
Jaydyse Lawson DL
Naijaun David DB
Nolan Smith LB
ONTARIO:
#84 Cedric Smith REC
#10 Matthew Guenette QB
#54 JP Sardo LB
#95 Max Barber DL
SASKATCHEWAN:
Jack Foord
Brennan Horvath
Rashawn Taypotat
Damiette Orubibi
Lucas Dakiniewich
NEW BRUNSWICK:
#4 Sam Tremblay QB
#5 Caleb Tremblay REC
#88 Tyler Ivanny REC
#55 Alex Murdock DL
#99 Jamie Gallant DL
#92 Will Keats DL
#51 Reid McKay LB
#50 Robert Schofield LB
#15 Isaac Porter DB
#20 Owen Dunfield DB
QUEBEC:
Alexandre Benoit QB
Dylan Dejete REC
Berthelemy Huge K
Raphael Lemieux RB
Yann Ulrich Longa LB
Yan Ntontolo LB
Henri Plante REC
Nelson Gomes Victor DL
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