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2017 Youth League Week 2 Primer

Games are at Algonquin High School at 11, 12, 1 and 2.
Please note there is limited seating at Algonquin, so we suggest you bring lawn chairs.
Also, there are no fill stations for water so be sure to bring enough for the entire game.  It is supposed to be a hot one again.
We will be doing our swag bag raffle again, $2 each, 3 for $5 or 10 for $10.  All proceeds to go directly to the team. (Bags include bulldogs t-shirt, hat, cinch bag, $20 gift card from sports cuts and either a Seattle Seahawks long sleeve or Chicago bears short sleeve.) Photos attached.  We will set out a line that we ask the spectators sit behind to ensure the safety of the players as well as those watching.
Last games we didn’t have our regular refs and we were not calling a lot so the kids would have a chance to correct stuff, this weekend the refs will be there and will be calling more things.
We will also have the roster handout on Saturday, so again please check your kid’s name and number is spelled correctly and if it is not, please let us know at our table at center field so we can have it corrected for the following week.

Banquet:
The banquet is on October 29th following the championship games at Callander Community Centre.  All players have free admission included in the registration fee.  Each player is entitled to purchase 2 tickets at $18 each between now and October 3rd game.  After that, any remaining tickets will be sold on a first come first serve basis.  We can not reserve tickets, they must be paid for in order to be spoken for.  Seating is limited so this is why we have to limit to 2 to start so every player has the chance to have someone attend.  Darlene will be going around on Saturday selling the banquet tickets this weekend, September 30 and Oct 3 before the remainder are up for grabs starting October 4th.  If you prefer to email transfer rather than bring cash to a game, you can email transfer to me and then just pick your ticket up at the table on game day.  If your player can not attend, please also let us know so we don’t end up paying for a meal that doesn’t get used.

Photos:
Photos have been delayed due to the number of late registrations, we want as many kids in the team pictures as possible.  I will advise when the photo night will be shortly.

Clothing:
We have an assortment of bulldogs swag and clothing available to purchase.  Please visit the website at www.northbaybulldogs.com under shop.  There is plenty of options to choose from.

Fundraising:
We have bags of pepperettes for people to sell.  They are bags of 15 (10 mild, 5 hot) and they sell for $2 so $30 for a bag.  If you would like to take a bag to try to sell please visit the table at the centre for pickup.  We will take your name and once they are sold, you bring back the $30 or remaining pepperettes.  Warning they are very addictive, we sold these in our summer program as well and they sold very quickly.  They do not have to be refrigerated so are great for snacks or lunches.

If you have any questions or problems, please feel free to let me know.

GOOD LUCK TO EVERYONE AND GO BULLDOGS!!

Youth League News & Schedule

The Youth League season is about to kick off with our week one games at Omischl Sports Complex  September 16th. Check the front page for game times, standing and results.

Omischl Sports complex has bleachers for seating and a great view of the action. For our games hosted by Algonquin please bring your own chairs as there are bleachers but they do not provide optimal viewing of the action. Remember to sit 5 yards back from the line to ensure the safety of the players.

Always remember that this is a developmental league build on the foundation of fun. Cheering and encouragement of all our athletes and teams are encouraged. Win or lose we are all BULLDOGS!!

Please find the links to the schedule along with links to add the calendar to your device.
https://northbaybulldogs.com/calendar/2017-youth-league/
https://northbaybulldogs.com/calendar/2017-tyke-schedule/
https://northbaybulldogs.com/calendar/2017-peewee-schedule/

Printable PDF: 2017 BYTFL Schedule

Please take note that team and individual photos will be taken September 13 or 14th depending on which team your child is on.

The rules of play for the Bulldog’s Youth League isn’t your typical CFL or NFL rules. We have the rules at this link https://northbaybulldogs.com/bulldogs-youth-league-rules/ if you would like to read them to better understand what you will see on the field.

See you at the field
CM

Youth Tackle Championship 2016 Results

The day started with the Gold Tyke Matchup between the undefeated Golden Dogs hosting the Graiders. These two teams had great matchups during the season where we saw the Graiders continuously improve every game they played. As has been the case all year the Golden Dogs took an early lead with the shifty fast feet of Nate Sinclair finding his way through the crowd and breaking away for a long TD run. After Aden Dionne’s sure-footed kicked convert the Golden Dogs were in the lead 8 – 0.
But the Graiders came back very quickly driving down the field capped by a Yannick Madigan rushing TD. The convert was missed and the Graiders trailed  8 – 6. The defense held off the powerful Golden offense with some great tackling by Cole Bottoms-Cau and Zonna Osas and after yielding some field position the Graiders got the ball back in their own end. Another long drive saw Seth Hamilton break tackles and finally break away to give the Graiders the lead. After Corbin Jones’ successful kicked convert the lead was 14 – 8 Graiders at half time.
The second half featured some very tough defense by both teams with great tackling emerging from the game play. But sure enough Even Drinkwalter broke a tackle and found a seam to race for a TD to tie the game for the Golden Dogs. The defenses were very tough holding off the opponents for much of the second half, until the Graiders got stopped at the Golden’s 25 yard line decided to punt the ball and it sailed over the heads of Gold’s defenders, into the endzone and through the end line for a tie breaking single point. That point proved to be the eventual winner, but late in the game Corbin Jones extended the lead to 21 – 14 with a break away run of his own.
In Game 2 the Bantam Silver Championship saw the Graiders play the Golden Dogs in a game that displayed the successfull teachings of the Bulldogs advanced tackling techniques. Over the last couple of years the Bulldogs have set out to be leaders in teaching safe and effective blocking and tackling. Our summer programs saw almost zero concussions from player to player contact and tackling effectiveness was hugely improved. These teaching transferred to our fall program and this game demonstrated how effective tackling can be as exciting as lots of scoring.
Carter Tomlinson pounded the Grey offensive line forcing the offense to hurry and ensuring that mistakes would happen. Nathaniel Major, of the Gold team, had a huge defensive impact with an interception, forced fumble, batted ball, relentless quarterback pressure and tackle after tackle. Not to be outdone Caedan Carriere of the Grey team scored a quarterback sack, hit crushing tackles and made an offensive catch pulling a pile for extra yards. Ethan Estabrooks on the Gold team was playing quarterback, for an injured Owen Webb, and did an excellent job throwing the ball and handing it off after only two games at the signal caller’s position.
The Golden Dogs and Graiders fought to a 0 – 0 score with 1 play left in the game with the Graiders sitting on the Golden’s 15 yard line. The Graiders Tyler Mullan, their normal kicker was not in the game but Aiden Burke stepped up and kicked the convert to give his Graiders the 4 – 0 win. What a terrific game and finish that was.
Game 3 was the Tyke Silver Championship where the Black K-9s took on the Arctic Wolves. Both teams improved as the season progressed with the Black K-9s winning both the regular season games. But The Arctic Wolves Evan Wells was a secret weapon in hiding. When the coaches tried him as a ball carrier he improved quickly and suddenly found some success and became a very effective ball carrier. The game opened with the Black k-9s scoring first as Tommy Pipe took a counter play 60 yards to score his first TD ever!
The Arctic Wolves came back and despite a number of stops, the Black K-9s simply could not contain Evan Wells consistently and he scored 4 TDs. Despite some receoptions by Ethan Duquette and KJ Ferriera for the Black K-9s and some strong running by Erron Beachey, the Arctic defense kept them out of the endzone for the rest of the game. Arctic Wolves’ Angus Smith scored a TD as well in what turned out to the a 32 – 6 Arctic Wolves win.
Finally, in the Gold Bantam Championship matchup the Black K-9s found themselves in a game against the Arctic Wolves undefeated team. The Bantam division was very competitive and despite the Arctic Wolves undefeated season, it took overtime for them to earn their spot in the Gold Championship as the Graiders fought to a 16 – 16 tie in the semi-finals. It took overtime and a narrowly missed convert for Arctic to prevail in the 22 – 24 win.
The Black K-9s continued to improve and found some success with the screen game and kickoff return late in the season and it certainly showed in this game. In the opening drive the Arctic Wolves drove down the field and from the 20-yard line Jay-C Janveau took a pass from Alistair Bridges and scored. After also kicking the convert the Arctic Wolves were up 8 – 0.
The lead was short-lived as the Black K-9s ran some early trickery on the return seeing the ball get lateralled twice finally ending up in Xander Bagnell’s hand, where he was able to break tackles and race up the side line to score for the K-9s. Riley Brunet kicked the convert to tie the game at 8. Both teams realized that this was winnable by either team.
Later in the first half, after some defensive stops by both teams the Arctic Wolves hit paydirt again with a well-played pass by Bridges as he was being tackled, to Jay-C Janveau again finding the endzone. Up 16 – 8 the Arctic Wolves kicked off short and was recovered by Sierra Joseph to snuff out their onside attempt. The Black K-9s took advantage of the good field position and drove down the field to the 30 yard line. On 2nd down after some tough running by Martin Primeau on the outside, Ashton Gravelle took a counter play 30 yards to score the tying TD.
The Arctic Wolves were not done yet as they scored yet again before the half to move ahead 24 – 16. On the last play of the half, it looked like Bagnell was going to score again for the K-9s but was tackled at the 20-yard line. The second half featured some good stingy defensive play as the only points managed, for the most part, was a very important field goal by Arctic’s Jaxon Sheppard to put his team up 28 – 16. However, the Black K-9s were not finished and late in the game they put together a thrilling drive capped by a 40-yard pass and run by Bagnell where he broke several tackles to finally break free to score. With the score now 28 – 24 the Black K-9s chose to ask Riley Brunet to kick an onside kickoff.
He kicked the perfect onside kick the was very difficult to catch and it bounced off an Arctic returner recovered by a couple of Black k-9 players.
The Black K-9s drove down the field and ran out of time with 1 play left in the game with the ball on the 9-yard line. The choice was to attempt the field goal to tie the game and give everyone an exciting overtime to decide the winner. But as the kick went up, it hooked just inches wide of the uprights and the game ended in a 28 – 24 win for the Arctic Wolves.
All games were super exciting to watch and play as we saw heartbreaking moments mixed with exciting moments throughout the day. The kids got a great experience this year and it was refreshing to see so many smiles and happy faces.
Thank you, everyone, for a great 2016 BYTFL season and we look forward to seeing all of you in 2017!

2016 Youth League Playoff – PeeWee Semi Finals

Monday October 17th at Omischl Sports Complex the PeeWee playoffs will take place.

The regular season has come to an end but now anything can happen. In our first PeeWee game at 6:00pm the White team (Arctic Wolves) wants to toss the predictions on their heads and give the division it’s first underdog story by putting the first blemish on defensive monster the Gold team.

The PeeWee main event of the Semi-finals will kick off at 7:40. The Grey team will square off against Black for the right to move on the Championship game. Both the teams are ready and this will be a blockbuster.