Predators Players - Moving Up to Junior Football?

The Edmonton Wildcats (www.edmontonwildcats.com) are interested in talking to any Parkland Predators who are eligible to play Junior Football next year. You'll have an opportunity to meet with representatives from the Wildcats on Monday November 24th from 6:30 - 7:30 at Spruce Grove Composite High School. Please contact your Predators Team Manager if you have any questions!

Attention Golfers!

The Parkland Predators are holding their second annual Predators Football Golf Tournament on September 20th, 2008. We're golfing at Cougar Creek Golf Course and if it's anything like last year it's going to be a BLAST! We have a shotgun start at 1:00pm. Entry fee is only $150 and it includes a cart, supper after the tournament, prizes. It's a great fundraiser for Predator Football. If you're interested in golfing contact Jayson. (jdayman@gmail.com)

Another Big Long Silence!

Another long silence from the Old Football Blogger! This time it's because some other projects were on the front burner. Projects like a new web site for Spruce Grove and District Minor Football! Check it out at www.sgdmfa.com.

The new site has space for all the teams that operate under Spruce Grove and District Minor Football - including the Parkland Midget teams and Parkland Predators high school football. (Those two programs are operated jointly with the Stony Plain Minor Football Association.) So in a sense the new site could duplicate what's been going on here at the Parkland Football blog. But I think the SGDMFA web site will be a lot more "feature rich" and will probably have way better content since we have a number of people involved in creating content - not just one tired old blogger.

Anyway - be sure to check back here once in a while because I don't intend to let the blog die out just yet. In fact I think the new web site and this blog will complement each other and I'd like to see both of them kept up.

Midget Football Update

Bandits play their first game of the 2008 season tonight, against the Leduc Ti-Cats. Game time is 7:30 pm at Clarke Park and the team bus leaves from our practice field at 6:00pm sharp! Players should arrive at the practice field at approximately 5:00pm. Be there or be square.

Meanwhile the Outlaws have won their second straight game in the Midget Tier I division, defeating the Sherwood Park Wolverines last night 36 - 20. The game story will be published on the CDMFA web site. There should be a link on their page shortly - look for it here. You should also find a link to read about the Outlaws game one victory over the Black Raiders.

Midget Football Schedule

The league has released the 2008 Midget Football Schedule, with games starting this weekend. You can use these links to jump to the schedules on the CDMFA web site:

Midget Tier I (Outlaws)

Midget Tier II (Bandits)

Hey Parkland Football Players! Can You Beat This?

I just got an email today, letting me know that Ryley Richardson has posted a highlights reel on YouTube. Can anybody else out there beat this? (C'mon you O-Line guys. Linebackers. You gonna' let the receivers and D-Backs hog the limelight? Oh - I forgot. That's football! But post a comment on this blog entry if you've got something to show off.)

Seriously - nice job Ryley. Both on the football field (naturally) and on the video editing.

Additional Midget Practice Sessions

Yes, the rumours are true! We're trying to add three additional practice sessions for all Midget football players between now and the end of spring break. Players should make every effort to participate! The tentative schedule for practices is...

• Thursday, March 20th: 6:00pm until 9:00pm
• Monday March 24th: 6:00pm until 8:00pm
• Wednesday March 26th: 6:00pm until 8:00pm

All sessions will be at Spruce Grove Composite High School in the Gym. Players MUST bring a pair of clean indoor shoes. See you there!

Coming Soon: Parkland Football Photo Gallery!

Stay tuned - I'm optimistic that I can make this work! (I'm always optimistic that I can make stuff work.) I'm planning to start a photo gallery where I can post photos of the various teams. I might even open it up so that others can add their own photos.

Here's a teaser. Photo was taken last night on the first day of our Midget Football Spring Camp. Can you feel the ground shake?

Midget Football - Spring Camp Starts This Weekend!

If you've registered to play Midget Football, then you need to be at our Spring Camp starting this weekend. Here are the details...

Dates and Times

• Saturday, March 8th from 5:00pm until 10:00pm
• Sunday, March 9th from 4:30pm until 6:30pm
• Also on Sunday, March 9th - Parents Meeting at 4:15pm!
• Sunday, March 16th from 1:00pm until 5:00pm

Location

• All Indoor Sessions at the TransAlta Tri-Leisure Centre

Players Need To Bring…

• Shorts or Sweats
• T-Shirt
• Water Bottle
• Any Registration Documents that were not available at the time of Player Registration - especially Medical Forms! (Players can not be allowed on the field unless we have a completed and current medical form on file.)

From the "Where Are They Now File" - Shologan!

Regular readers of the Parkland Football blog will know that I like to post football related news items about Parkland Football alumni. I've had a few previous posts on Ryan Karhut. (Most recent one is here with links to the older posts.) I've had one earlier post on Keith Shologan. (Find it here.)

A recent article on the cfl.ca website was drawn to my attention today - looks like Keith Shologan is about to wrap up a pretty awesome college career and he may be about to take the next step - playing Pro Football! You can read the full article here...
http://www.cfl.ca/index.php?module=newser&func=display&topicnum=&nid=22544&writer=0

Congratulations Keith! We certainly want to wish you all the best!

Midget Football Registration!

Registration dates are now set for the 2008 Midget Football Season. All players interested in playing Bandits or Outlaws this year need to register ASAP. Registration dates are as follows...

• Wednesday, January 23rd from 7:00pm to 9:00pm
• Saturday, February 2nd from 1:00pm to 3:00pm
• Sunday, February 10th from 1:00pm to 3:00pm

Registration will be at the TransAlta Tri Leisure Centre in Spruce Grove.

Players should bring their Alberta Health card and their most recent school report card as verification of school enrollment and grade level.

Parkland Football Blog is BACK!!!

The Old Blogger is pretty well finished his long winter nap - or at least he can't think of any good excuses for the lack of activity. Time to get back on the job and update the Parkland Football Blog!

First order of business - Congratulations to our Junior Predators on their 2007 league championship! (That's "Back-to-Back" championships by the way - they won it in 2006 also.) Awesome achievement and a nice way for head coach James Pratt to go out. He'll hand over the head coaching duties to brother Scott and James will take a little break from football to spend more time with his family.

Once again - congratulations to the players, coaches and everyone who helped the Junior Predators in another successful season of high school football.