The Edmonton Wildcats are honoured to have a fifth year player, Kael Schryver, awarded the Wes Montgomery award this year. This honour is awarded each year to a player in Junior Football who exhibits success both academically and athletically.

Kael joined the Wildcats in 2009 from Salisbury Composite High School in Sherwood Park. He quickly established himself as a reliable part of the secondary and was a key contributor to the 2009 team that went on to win the PFC Championship and Intergold Championship. In 2012 Kael participated in the Edmonton Eskimo rookie camp and was named one of the Wildcats team captains. Off the field, Kael has been a member of the Wildcat leadership group since 2011, and is looked up to and respected by his peers. He is currently in his third year of mechanical engineering at the University of Alberta.

Kael has shown strong leadership both on and off the field, and this combined with his loyalty to the Wildcats has contributed to his being awarded this honor. We are proud that Kael will join former players Tristan Jones, Kevin Wuthrich, and Steven Giang as previous winners of the Wes Montgomery Award as it is the most prestigious award an Edmonton Junior Football player can win.

The Edmonton Wildcats fell short to the Saskatoon Hilltops for the second week in a row yesterday afternoon at Gordie Howe Bowl in Saskatoon.

The first quarter saw little action, with the only score being a safety conceded by the Hilltops, giving the Wildcats a 2-0 lead. Early in the second quarter the Wildcats surrendered a single point, decreasing their lead to 2-1. 3:35 into the second, the Hilltops got a touchdown by Graham Unruh, stealing the lead 8-2. This touchdown was followed by two more, both by Andre Lalonde at 8:13 and 10:00, giving the Hilltops a 21-2 lead. The Wildcats responded with a last-second field goal by Ideen Samadi, ending the first half with a 21-5 Hilltops lead.

The third quarter had no scoring changes until the last 30 seconds when Wildcat Rick LeMoignan got a touchdown, reducing the Hilltops lead to 22-12. The Wildcats started the fourth quarter out with a Brad Quartel touchdown. The convert was missed, bringing the score to 22-18 for the Hilltops. The Hilltops responded with another Andre Lalonde touchdown at 7:28, enhancing their lead to 29-18. With 45 seconds left in the game the Hilltops conceded a safety, ending the game with a final score of 29-20 for the Hilltops.

Offensively the Wildcats had a total of 379 yards, 173 rushing and 230 passing. Running Back Levon Hawreliak lead the rushing with 25 carries for 119 yards. Quarterback Jordan Olson carried 11 times for 54 yards, and completed 14 of 24 passing attempts for a total of 201 yards. Levi Williams caught 7 times for 121 yards. He was followed by Brad Quartel who caught 5 times for 57 yards and scored a touchdown.

The Wildcats Defense was lead by Luke Roberts and Kieran Thomas who had 12 points each. Roberts had 2 tackles, 2 assisted tackles, 1 blocked kick, and 1 pass knock down. Thomas has 5 tackles and 1 special teams tackle.

The Wildcats will have their last regular season game Saturday October 12 at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton. Game time is 2pm.

All Edmonton Wildcat practices are at Rundle Park and the players take to the field at around 7:30 pm nightly.

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Meghann Tanner
Director – Communications
Communications@edmontonwildcats.com
780-919-8624
www.edmontonwildcats.com

Congratulations to #44 Aidan Panchyshyn who is the Week 7 PFC Defensive Player of the Week!

Linebacker #44 – Aidan Panchyshyn – Edmonton Wildcats
The Edmonton Wildcats defense did something not a lot of teams can claim they have done in recent memory and that’s keeping the defending champion Saskatoon Hilltops under 10 points. The Cats were led by the PFC Defensive Player of the Week, linebacker Aidan Panchyshyn. The second year player recorded a game high 10 solo tackles and had an assist as the Cats kept the Hilltops to just eight points.

Join us on October 6 at 1:00pm to watch the Wildcats take on the Saskatoon Hilltops in Saskatoon live! We will be live-streaming the game at On The Rocks Edmonton (11740 Jasper Avenue), so make sure to drop by and join us!

For more information, feel free to contact Meghann at 780-919-8624 or communications@edmontonwildcats.com

Congratulations to LB #44 Aidan Panchyshyn for being selected as the “On The Rocks” Wildcat Player of the Game in the September 29th game against the Saskatoon Hilltops. Aidan led the defense with 10 tackles and 1 assisted tackle. Players of the Game are recognized for their efforts with a $50 gift certificate courtesy of On The Rocks (11740 Jasper Ave.).

The Edmonton Wildcats lost to the Saskatoon Hilltops this afternoon at Clarke Stadium.

The Hilltops took an early lead when the Wildcats conceded a safety 1:53 into the game, making the score 2-0. The Hilltops increased their lead with two field goals by Brett Thorarinsson at the 4:52 and 10:15 marks. The Wildcats responded with an Ideen Samadi field goal at 12:00, ending the first quarter with the Hilltops leading 8-3. The second quarter saw no change on the score board until the last minute when Wildcat Ideen Samadi kicked another successful field goal, narrowing the Hilltops lead to 8-6.

The second half of the game saw a lot of strong defense plays, with no touchdowns or successful field goals from either team. The game ended with a score of 8-6 for the Hilltops.

Offensively the Wildcats had a total of 355 yards, with 206 yards rushing and 152 yards passing. Quarterback Taylor Yaremchuk completed 12 out of 35 passing attempts for 152 yards. Running Back Levon Hawreliak had 22 carries for 179 yards. Receiver Brad Quartel had 5 catches for a total of 56 yards, and Rick LeMoignan had 3 catches for 27 yards.

Defensively for the Wildcats, Aidan Panchyshyn lead the team with 21 points, comprised of 10 tackles and 1 assisted tackle. Brett Morrow had 5 tackles giving him 10 points.

The Wildcats play again Sunday, October 6 against the Saskatoon Hilltops at Gordie Howe Bowl in Saskatoon. Game time is 1pm.

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Meghann Tanner
Director – Communications
Communications@edmontonwildcats.com
780-919-8624
www.edmontonwildcats.com

Congratulations to DB #18 Kael Schryver for being selected as the “On The Rocks” Wildcat Player of the Game in the September 22nd game against the Winnipeg Rifles. Players of the Game are recognized for their efforts with a $50 gift certificate courtesy of On The Rocks (11740 Jasper Ave.).

The Edmonton Wildcats had their three game winning streak ended by the Winnipeg Rifles at Investors Field on Sunday.

The Rifles took an early lead in the game, with a touchdown from Matthew Lariviere at the 2:19 mark. The Wildcats responded exactly four minutes later with a Jordan Olson touchdown, tying the game 7-7. The Rifles got a field goal (by Brad Mikuloff) at 10:32, pushing them back into the lead 10-7. The Wildcats fought back with a Brad Quartel touchdown with a minute left in the 1st, taking a 14-10 lead. The first quarter ended with a Rifles touchdown by Kurt Goodrich, taking their lead back with a score of 17-14. The second quarter saw only two field goals – the first one at 9:19 by Brad Mikuloff of the Rifles. The second was by Wildcat Ideen Samadi with 9 seconds left in the first half, ending it with a score of 20-17 for the Rifles.

Early in the third, the Wildcats gave up a safety enhancing the Rifles lead by 2 points. Matthew Lariviere pushed another Rifles touchdown through at 4:40, which was followed shortly by a Wildcats interception-return touchdown by Riley Aitken narrowing the Rifles lead to 29-24. At 9:55, Kurt Goodrich scored a Rifles touchdown, ending the third with a score of 36-24. The fourth quarter saw a touchdown by Rifle Matthew Lariviere at 3:50 and a field goal by Brad Mikuloff at 12:07, ending the game with a score of 46-24 for the Rifles.

Offensively the Wildcats had a total of 383 yards, with 225 yards rushing and 176 yards passing. Quarterback Jordan Olson completed 13 out of 21 passing attempts for 176 yards and scored one touchdown. Receiver Brad Quartel had 5 catches for a total of 53 yards and one touchdown.

Defensively for the Wildcats, Riley Aitken and Ryan Migadel led the team with 13 points each.

The Wildcats play again Sunday, September 29 against the Saskatoon Hilltops at Clarke Stadium in Edmonton. Game time is 1pm.

All Edmonton Wildcat practices are at Rundle Park and the players take to the field at around 7:30 pm nightly.

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Meghann Tanner
Director – Communications
Communications@edmontonwildcats.com
780-919-8624
www.edmontonwildcats.com

The On The Rocks Player of the Game for the Sept 15th game against the Calgary Colts is LB Brett Morrow. Brett led the Defence with 14 defensive points earned from 6 solo tackles and 2 assisted tackles. Brett completed his stalwart defensive play through his leadership both on and off the field and helped contain what normally would have been an effective Calgary offense limiting the running game to 85 yards.

The Edmonton Wildcats added another Win to their season Sunday afternoon at McMahon Stadium in Calgary!

The Wildcats took an early lead in the first quarter with a Field Goal by Ideen Samadi at the 3:31 mark. Chase Nahrebeski furthered this lead at 12:21 with a Touchdown, giving the Wildcats a 10-0 lead at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter started out strong with a Touchdown by Wildcat Levon Hawreliak, three minutes in, bringing the score to 17-0. The Wildcats then got two single points, leaving a score of 19-0 5:57 into the second quarter. The Colts responded at the 7:27 mark when Jeremy Long scored a Touchdown, making it 19-7. At 12:33 into the second, the Colts gave up a safety, giving the Wildcats two points. With 5 seconds left, Chase Nahrebeski got a Touchdown, bringing the first half to a close with a score of 28-7 Wildcats.

The Colts started out the third quarter with another Jeremy Long Touchdown, reducing the Wildcats lead to 28-14. At the 7:00 minute mark, Ideen Samadi got another Field Goal, giving the Wildcats another 3 points. The third quarter ended with Colt Marshal Broom getting a Field Goal, making the score 31-17. Five minutes into the fourth quarter, Ben Hnatiuk got a Touchdown for the Colts, making the score 31-24. With 2:41 left in the game, the Wildcats got a single point, which was followed by an Ideen Samadi Field Goal with 0:56 left in the game, making the final score 35-24 for the Wildcats.

Offensively the Wildcats had 499 total yards, with 273 of then rushing and 226 passing. Quarterback Jordan Olson completed 14 of 24 passing attempts for 226 yards. Running Back Levon Hawreliak had 32 carries for a total of 229 and one Touchdown. Receiver Brad Quartel had 6 catches for 78 yards, and Landyn Vick had 3 catches for 32 yards.

Defensively for the Wildcats, Brett Morrow lead the team with 14 points, consisting of 6 tackles and 2 assisted tackles.

The Wildcats play again Sunday, September 22 against the Winnipeg Rifles at Investors Field in Winnipeg. Game time is 11am (Edmonton time).