Monthly Archives: July 2007
Injuries Force Myers Riders to Forfeit Playoff Game.
I had wondered about this. The OVFL schedule for this playoff weekend first showed the Myers Riders playing at Huronia. I was pleased for the Riders because I wasn’t sure if their 4-4 record ahd been good enough to qualify. But suddenly the game was listed as cancelled. Neither team website provided an explanation, that [...]
Gee-Gees Announce Seasons Tickets Structure
The Gee-Gees are proud to announce their 2007 Season Tickets Partnership with the National Capital Amateur Football Association (NCAFA) this upcoming 2007 season. In association with NCAFA and our sponsors, we will be offering the 2007 University of Ottawa Gee-Gees Football Season Ticket Package at the price of $20 (50% off) of which $10 go [...]
RIP Jim Gilstrap
Earl McRae makes us aware that former Riders coach Jim Gilstrap has passed away. I’ll remember his distinctive laugh, loud and raspy, that would come at you suddenly and unexpectedly, building in volume, and to meet him was to admire and respect him for his innate kindness and modesty, and it always seemed to me [...]
And Ode to Princess Margaret
I missed this when it was first published. Wayne Scanlan of the Ottawa Citizen dedicated a portion of an article from July 11th to praise a long-time Rough Riders fan. The Ottawa Valley lost a vital sports figure and a gem of a lady when Margaret Ritza of Renfrew passed away on Friday at age [...]
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Deacon Demons Game Recap
Deacon Demons defensive lineman Desi Beam posted the following recap of the team’s victory last weekend over the St. Lawrence Valley Trailblazers on their Facebook page. I’m unsure of the original source, but will link to it if I come across it. POTSDAM — A sequence of two plays in 30 seconds kept the St. [...]
Canada Cup U17 All-Star Team
The results of the U19 tournament have yet to be announced, but Eastern Ontario earned the Bronze medal in the U17 tournament. There were a number of players from the Capital Region on the Eastern Ontario team, and those selected to the All-Star are highlighted below. RB Brendan Gillanders was also named the tournament’s offensive [...]
Demons Kickoff the 2007 Season this Weekend!
As the OVFL regular season winds down, the Empire Football League season begins with the Deacon Demons playing in St. Lawrence Valley on Saturday, July 14th. The Demons enter the season with a new Head Coach, but a familiar one. Jeff Pinck was the team’s defensive coordinator last year and that side of the ball [...]
Football Canada Cup 2007
This weekend marked the start of the 2007 version of the Football Canada Cup. In their own words: “Football Canada Cup is the Under 19 National Tackle Football Championship that was developed in 1992, featuring the best high school and midget football players from across Canada who had not yet played at the university or [...]