CJFL Total Thursday

(CJFL) — The Canadian Football Hall of Fame and Museum in Hamilton Ontario is the site for the 2006 induction ceremonies Thursday September 27 through Saturday September 30. During the festivities the Wally Buono Award recipient, Nathan Friesen will be honoured. He will be signing autographs at the Hall on Friday with the official award presentation later at the induction dinner. Nathan who will be seated next to Matt Dunigan at the dinner last played with the Winnipeg Rifles of the Prairie Football Conference in the CJFL.

This weekend will see a full slate of eight games – four on Saturday and four on Sunday.

Coming off their first victory of 2006 the Burlington Braves (1-4) travel to Windsor for a 7:00 pm kick-off with the AKO Fratmen (3-2) at Windsor Stadium. The other OFC contest will be in London as the Beefeaters (1-4) host the St Leonard Cougars (5-0) at John Paul II Field at 7:00 pm.

All three PFC games will be played Sunday afternoon. The Winnipeg Rifles (1-4) will host the Saskatoon Hilltops (4-1) at Canad Inns Stadium at 1:00 pm. At Clarke Park in Edmonton the Huskies (3-2) host the Regina Thunder (2-3) at 1:00 pm. The third game at 3:00 pm in Calgary will see the Colts (0-5) looking for their first victory as they take on the first place Edmonton Wildcats (5-0).

In BCFC action round two on the island takes in Victoria. The Vancouver Island Raiders (7-0) visit the Rebels (3-3) at Royal Athletic Park at 7:00 pm. The Raiders won round one 59-6 at home. Also at 7:00 pm the South Surrey Rams (4-2) host the Chilliwack Valley Huskers (0-7) at South Surrey Athletic Park. Sunday afternoon at the Apple Bowl in Kelowna the Vancouver Trojans (2-4) take on the Okanagan Sun (4-3) at 2:00 pm.

The 2006 Canadian Bowl will be played at the home of the BCFC champion on Saturday November 11th at 1:00 pm. The PFC will host the Intergold Cup game (CJFL semi final) October 28/29th with the OFC champion as the opponent.

NIKE CJFL Players of the Week

Offensive Player of the Week
Tristan Jones – Runningback – Edmonton Wildcats

The all time rushing yardage record of 1,666 yards is in jeopardy in 2006 and the outstanding running back from the Edmonton Wildcats, Tristan Jones is well on his way to breaking it. In the annual Black and Blue Bowl between the rival Wildcats and cross-town rival Huskies, Jones ran the dogs defense ragged with a 349 all purpose yard output. Jones had 298 yards rushing on 28 carries, a 20-yard reception, and a kick-off return for 28 yards and even chipped in with a fumble recovery for 3 yards.

Defensive Player of the Week
Ryan King – Linebacker – Edmonton Wildcats

While teammate Tristan Jones was running all over the place on the offensive side of the ball, linebacker Ryan King was stuffing things up on the defensive side. King threw all he had at the Huskies by tallying the 2nd highest defensive point total in PFC history with 38. King flew solo all night as he amassed 17 solo tackles and recorded 1 interception for a 19-yard return.

Special Teams Player of the Week
Ryan Elaschuk – Kicker – Edmonton Wildcats

Ryan Elaschuk showed everyone why you never give up on a play. After missing a long field goal on the last play of the first half, Elaschuk hustled down field and recovered a Huskies fumble and returned it 17 yards for a touchdown. Not only did this play end up being the turning point in the contest, but Elaschuk’s 2 field goals and 4 converts helped round out his 16 point output for the day as the Wildcats defeated the Huskies 36-21.

CJFL Team Rankings

Courtesy of Canadian Junior Football League