For the first time in team history, the Bellrose Jr. Bulldogs win the Metro Edmonton Football Association Premier Conference Championship.
The Bulldogs defeated the St. Joseph Saints at Clark Park on November 13th, 2012 by a score of 44 - 6. This win capped off an amazing season with a record of 9 wins and 0 losses. Almost forgotten in the celebration of the championship by a determined team was the fact that they scored 301 points (33.4 pfg) and only gave up an incredible 40 points (4.4 pag) through the season.
A tough first half where both teams worked hard, the Bulldogs led by only 8 points, 14 -6. In the second half the Bulldogs were not going to be denied their first Premier Conference Championship and they scored 30 unanswered points to secure the win.
Congratualtions to all of the players, the coaching staff and everyone involved in Bulldogs Football in 2012.
Videos of the all the touchdowns and the post game presentation of the medals, Trophy and Championship Banner are now on the Jr. Bulldogs page.
GO DAWGS!
At the Carr Conference final game on Saturday night, Ben Graunke was announced as the league MVP. He becomes the first Bulldog to ever be awarded the Haliburton Trophy as the Metro Carr Conference MVP.
CONGRATULATIONS BEN ON AN OUTSTANDING SEASON!
Bulldogs Annual 3rd Jersey for Charity - 2012 Edition - Photo By Lisa Shorten
Bulldogs Senior Players wore a special Black & White 3rd Jersey a for games against the Salisbury Sabres on Oct 4th and the Austin O'Brien Crusaders game on Oct 25th. These Special Jerseys were sold following the game on Oct 25th for $75 each. Players had first choice on purchasing their own Jersey. All money raised from the sale of these Jerseys went towards the Bellerose "MAKING 'CENTS' OF BRAIN TUMORS" initiative to raise money for the Brain Tumor Foundation. Bellerose High School is raising this money in memory of our family and friends who are or have been affected by a brain tumor. On November 14th, Bulldogs Football wrote a Cheque for $1,100 to the Brain Tumor Foundation. Thank for all who purchased jersey's in support.
David Jung - Bellerose Student, Jennifer Schwam - Daughter of a Bellerose staff member, Lee Grant - former student and STORM Football Player.
November 21st saw our Bulldogs Family celebrate a fantastic 2012 season by both our Junior and Senior Teams. It was a wonderful celebration of an exciting year surrounded by teammates, parents, friends and special guests. We were honored to have the Principal of Bellerose, Mr. Larry Dyck as well as the Bellerose Athletic Director Ms. Sue Leighton attend our banquet. We also had Rick Walters, Head Coach of the Edmonton Huskies Football Club join us as well as Sean Reader from the University of Alberta Golden Bears.
In addition to all the Bulldogs players who were presented awards, we had our First Bulldogs Citizen Bursary presented to Mr. James Comeau who graduated from Bellerose in 2011 and is now attending St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia. Larry Olexiuk, Bulldogs Coach gave Jeff Hansen from the St. Albert Gazette, a career achievment presentation on behalf of Bulldogs Football for his 20 years of outstanding football coverage in the media.
Here is a complete list of the awards that were handed out at the banquet and sincere congratulations to all award winners.
BULLDOGS FOOTBALL AWARDS
SENIOR TEAM AWARDS
ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AWARD- Dean Ciampanelli
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER- Josh Dobbins
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER– Liam Gray
MOST CONTRIBUTION/LEAST RECOGNITION– Foster Rae
OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE LINEMAN– Liam Gray
OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE LINEMAN-BOB BRAYMAN TROPHY- Jacob Neuls
OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE PLAYER– Ben Graunke
OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER- Ryan Shorten
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD- Ben Graunke
LEE GRANT MEMORIAL TROPHY- Billy Clapp / Ryan Shorten
FIRST ANNUAL “BULLDOGS CITIZEN BURSARY” $1000
Presented by: Mike Moulds - James Comeau
JUNIOR TEAM AWARDS
TRUE ROOKIE AWARD- John Comeau
MOST IMPROVED PLAYER- Omar Rafat / James Ho
OUTSTANDING SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER– Seth Waselenchuk
MOST CONTRIBUTION/LEAST RECOGNITION- Josh Coogan
MOST OUTSTANDING LINEMAN AWARD– Shawn Campbell
OUTSTANDING SPORTSMANSHIP & DEDICATION– Ben McKay
OUTSTANDING OFFENSIVE PLAYER- Matthew Short
OUTSTANDING DEFENSIVE PLAYER- Nick Cowan
MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD- Dylan Shorten