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June 21, 2009
Audia Selected to Play in Zidane
& Friends Game
Joey
Audia has been selected to play in the Zidane &
Friends exhibition soccer game in Vancouver.
Retired French international Zinedine Zidane
is on a soccer tour which is set to visit BC Place Stadium on July 4th. The
visit will also include former Manchester United goalkeeper Fabien Barthez,
Christian Vieri, AC Milan's Paolo Maldini and Barcelona's Samuel Eto'o.
Zidane and Friends tour will have two other
stops in Canada, in Toronto on June 25th at BMO Field and in Montreal on
June 27th at Olympic Stadium. Joey will be playing with either the Zidane &
Friends team or with the Vancouver All Stars.
"Wow....just to be on the same field as some
of these great international stars is amazing" said Joey. "It's going to be
a great experience and I'm really excited!"
Congratulations Joey!
June 15, 2009
Vanderwood Receives Athletic
Honors
Congratulations to Jacob
Vanderwood who was recently named the Most Inspirational Player for
2008/2009 Senior Boys Rugby at Seaquam Secondary.
Jacob also received a Seahawks
Athletic Award for 2008/2009 in recognition of outstanding contribution to
school sports.
June 8, 2009
New Plays of the Week Posted.
June 1, 2009
Walker signs with Saskatchewan
VSS Panthers’ grad Matt Walker, 17, has earned a
full-tuition scholarship to play CIS football with the University of
Saskatchewan Huskies this fall.
 VSS
grad Matt Walker has no illusions that making the leap to Canadian
Interuniversity Sport (CIS) football straight out of high school will be
easy.
The Panthers’ star quarterback, who earned a full-tuition scholarship with
the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, got a glimpse of what the bigger,
stronger, faster CIS game will be like while attending the Huskies’ annual
Dog’s Breakfast fundraiser recently.
Walker, who tried out as a slotback, was one of 10 prospects to be
interviewed in front of a crowd of 2,000 ardent football fans at the
banquet.
“You stand up to be presented and stand beside a CFL guy, and then I realize
I’m standing beside a guy that’s 6-foot-10ish and about 310 pounds or so,”
grinned Walker, who turns 18 in July. “He made me look like a little girl.
You look around, and that’s like 90 per cent of the people there.”
Undaunted, the ultra-athletic Walker looks forward to the challenge, and
hopes to add to the accolades – B.C. High School Football Interior
Conference Offensive MVP as the Panthers’ quarterback, and B.C. Senior Bowl
Wide Receiver MVP – he has already collected. He also knows those giants
towering over him will be the same ones blocking for him on the field.
“Intimidating? At first, yes, but then you don’t really notice it, and then
it’s just teammates. They’re really, really helpful, especially since I’m
coming right out of high school.”
With calls from around 20 universities over the past year, Walker has
visited campuses all over Canada. From Halifax in the east to SFU and UBC in
the west, he’s been all over the map.
“What it came down to was I just got a feel for it,” said Walker, of the
Huskies’ program. “U of S has been one of the best teams in Canada for many,
many years and they have a very good reputation.
“Since the season ended, I’ve been doing workouts all over Canada, so it
feels good to be with one team now.”
Walker will have the chance to get reacquainted with an old adversary – Adam
Nesbitt. He quarterbacked the Seaton Sonics before redshirting as a receiver
with the Huskies last season.
“I never really met him or knew him (in Vernon), but after spring camp, I’d
say he’s a pretty good guy,” said Walker, of Nesbitt. “It’s good to have an
honest opinion.”
Asked if Nesbitt had any advice for him coming to Saskatchewan, Walker
laughed: “Bring a coat.”
Added Walker: “He’s kind of in a learning curve with me, too. It’s a tough
haul coming out of high school and going into the CIS level like that.”
Whether Walker cracks the Huskies’ lineup, or opts to redshirt his first
year, is still in the air, although he appears to be leaning towards the
latter.
“I want to be great, both for myself and for my teammates,” said Walker. “I
don’t want to be going out there not really knowing what I want to do and
hurting my team in any way.
“I want to make sure I know the ropes a little bit better, and if that means
redshirting... I’ll be happy to do that.”
Panthers’ head coach Tim Thorpe, who knows several Huskies alumni, believes
Saskatchewan will be a good fit for Walker.
“Brian Towriss (head coach), is a phenomenal coach. Matt’s going to have fun
out there for sure.
“There’s a chance he could play, and play a lot... if they give him a shot.
The kid is right up there for being one of the most athletic kids I’ve ever
coached. They’re lucky to have him.”
To help bolster the Panthers’ roster last season, Walker made a deal with
several of his buddies, one he wasn’t sure he would enjoy that much.
“I got a couple of my friends to play football for us, and in return, I had
to play basketball for them.
“It was kind of a trade, but I really enjoyed it. Obviously, I wasn’t that
good. It was my first year of playing basketball, ever. I tried basketball
skills in Grade 10 once, and pretty much got laughed at the whole time.
“I’m very bad at not being good at a sport. It definitely helped me because,
coming into a sport where I’m not competing for one of the best players on
the team, it helps put you into your place and puts things into
perspective.”
May 25, 2009
O'Neill Heads to Laurier
Sean O'Neill, running
back/defensive back from the Seaquam Seahawks, has committed to attend
and play for Wilfred Laurier U this fall. He will join another
former NSAAC client Mitchell Bosch as a member of the golden Hawks.
Congratulations Sean!
May 24, 2009
Calgary Dino Linebacker Duncan Mclean
has been suspended as a result of
positive test for anabolic steroids.
OTTAWA - The Canadian Centre for Ethics
in Sport (CCES) announced today that a
Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS)
football athlete, Duncan McLean, has
committed an anti-doping rule violation.
The violation occurred during an
out-of-competition doping control
conducted on March 20, 2009.
The anti-doping rule violation is a
result of the athlete's urine sample
returning an adverse analytical finding
for Oxymetholone metabolites, a
prohibited substance according to the
2009 World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
Prohibited List. Oxymetholone is a very
toxic anabolic steroid with serious
potential side effects.
In response to the CCES' notification of
the adverse analytical finding, Mr.
McLean waived his right to a hearing and
acknowledged the commission of an
anti-doping rule violation. Mr. McLean
has received a sanction of a two-year
period of ineligibility.
Paul Melia, President and CEO of the
CCES, said "The CCES works closely with
CIS to conduct a comprehensive
anti-doping program and appreciates the
commitment to clean sport shown by CIS,
by officials at Canadian universities,
and by the great majority of
student-athletes."
"Hard work is the best way to achieve
excellence and we can be proud that the
vast majority of CIS student-athletes
are training hard and competing fairly,"
said CIS Chief Executive Officer, Marg
McGregor. "However, some individuals
exercise poor judgement in terms of the
choices they make to meet their goals."
"The University of Calgary is
unequivocally opposed to the use of
banned substances by our
student-athletes," said Kevin Boyles,
Director of Athletics. "We have a
zero-tolerance policy both at the UofC
and in CIS. We are fully supportive of
the Canadian Anti-Doping Program and
hope that this unfortunate situation
sends a strong message throughout the
league."
The CCES is an independent, national,
non-profit organization. Our mission, to
foster ethical sport for all Canadians,
is carried out through research,
promotion, education, detection and
deterrence, as well as through programs
and partnerships with other
organizations.
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The National
Student Athlete Advisory Council is totally opposed
to the use of performance-enhancing drugs and is
fully supportive of the CCES, WADA, CIS and
NCAA in their drug-testing polices.
We urge all our
clients to take note of the preceding article.
For more
information on the Prohibited Drug List go to
www.cces.ca or
www.wada-ama.org
A list of banned
substances is available
here (PDF File)
May 9, 2009
Davies Chooses Queen's
It was a tough choice but
Queen's University won out.....Blake Davies (West Vancouver High
School) will be a Golden Gael this Fall.
Blake, one the highest
recruited players coming out of BC this year, had visited several
schools recently and after looking at all the pro's and con's he opted
for an opportunity to attend and play for one of the premier
universities in Canada.
"Queen's is such a great
school and their football program has such a terrific reputation that,
at the end of the day, it just seems like the right place for me." said
Blake. "I'm looking forward to the challenge of competing for a starting
spot within the next couple of years."
Congratulations Blake!
May 8, 2009
25th Annual Western
Canadian All Star Camp
It seems like it was just yesterday that
a fellow by the name of Larry Reda had an idea of holding a
football camp in the summer at Simon Fraser University and now the camp
is celebrating its 25th Anniversary.
The camp is now wholly owned by the
football program at SFU but Larry, at 75 years of age, still plays a
huge role as the General Manager.
"I'm so proud of what we have
accomplished over the past 25 years," said Reda. "When I think of how
many kids have come through this camp and gone on to great careers at
university and professional teams all over North America it make my head
swim!"
The camp has grown to such a size that it
has become necessary to split the camp into a Junior Camp (11-14 yrs
of age) and a Senior Camp (15 - 18 yrs of age) over a
two-week period.
"From the perspective of our football
program, the camps are just great." said Dave Johnson, Head Coach
of the SFU Clansmen. "We get to spend two weeks doing what we love to
do.....coach football with a bunch of great kids and other coaches from
outside our staff. It gives us a chance to give something back to
the football community while connecting with players, coaches and
parents and giving them an opportunity to experience the university
environment. Our coaches and players look forward the camps every
year and I can't thank Larry Reda and Lou DesLauriers (SFU
Camp Director/Defensive Coordinator) enough for all their
efforts.....they make my job really easy."
The Camp Staff is led by Camp Head Coach
Tom Kudaba (currently Head Coach at Terry Fox HS and SFU Alumnus)
and features the SFU Coaching Staff augmented by coaches from high
school and community programs.
The Junior Camp runs from July 7 thru'
July 11th and the Senior Camp runs from July 14 thru' 18th.
For more information and to download the
camp brochure go
here
May 1, 2009
Betts Named Rookie of the Year
 Congratulations
to Spencer Betts on being named the UBC Thunderbirds Rookie of
the Year at the recent Big Block Dinner.
Spencer had an
outstanding rookie season with the 'Birds and in addition to being named
to the 2008 Canada West All Star Team, he was selected as Player of the
Week on Sept 8 and was a finalist as Canada West Rookie of the Year.
Congratulations Spencer!
April 18, 2009
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to ensure you are not taking substances that may be: 1)
dangerous to your health, and 2) contain substances that are on the
Banned Substance list (performance enhancing drugs).
April 10, 2009
Weekly Updates
Melanie Martin is a
very busy athlete these days..... she is playing for her high school
team (North Delta) as well as the Surdel Sting where she scored two
goals to lead the Sting to a 3-1 victory last weekend. The Sting
competes in the Girls Can Showcase Tournament this weekend at Burnaby
Lakes where they will take on teams from Canada and the United States.
Melanie has also made the traveling roster for the TSS Academy.
Jason Racanelli will
be on the shelf for a couple of months due to a knee injury. Jason
was
scheduled to play for a Men's U-21 Teams in the Summer in Peace Arch,
but that is now on hold. In September, he should be playing for a
Men's U-21 team or Div.1
Matt Walker from Vernon High
School has committed to the University of Saskatchewan.
"I had a chance to visit several
schools and, while I liked them all, the atmosphere and the coaches at
Saskatchewan really impressed me". said Matt. "Coach Towriss and his
staff made me feel at home and gave me a realistic expectation of my
future with the Huskies. They have been recruiting me for a while
and encouraged me to visit the other schools and so that at the end of
the day I would make a good decision. My head and heart tells me
that the U of S is right for me. I'm excited!"
April 3, 2009
Updates
Congratulations to Keynan
Parker who was recently named Sport BC 2007 Athlete of the Year.
Keynan, son of CFL Hall of Famer James "Quick" Parker, is a nationally
ranked sprinter who won 3 Gold Medals at the 2007 BC High School Track
Championships in the 100m, 200m and 4 x 100m relay. He also won a
Silver Medal in the 4 x 400m relay.
Keynan, also an accomplished
hockey player, played football at St Thomas More Collegiate from Grade 8
through Grade 12 where he was the leading rusher in the Province in his
senior year. He was heavily recruited throughout the United
States, finally signing with Oregon State University where he is
wrapping up his freshman year.
Ironically, Keynan is the
second consecutive St Thomas More graduate to be named BC's Athlete of
the Year.....Kyle Turris won that honor in 2006.
Francesco Renzullo
(LB/FB, Vancouver College) has signed with UBC; Alex Anthony (WR,
Mt Douglas) has signed with Laurier; Thomas Hahn (WR/DB, Seaquam
HS) has signed with Queen's.
Blake Davies (West
Vancouver) has returned from visits to Queen's, Toronto, Calgary and UBC....should
be committing soon; Matt Walker (Vernon HS) has visited with UBC,
SFU, Saskatchewan, Mt. Allison and Acadia......stay tuned. Sean
O'Neill (Seaquam HS) will be heading either to Western or St Francis
Xavier; Lucas Brown is still being recruited by St Mary's, St
Francis Xavier, Western, York and U of Manitoba; Jacob Vanderwood
has opted to play for the South Fraser Rams next season while attending
Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
March 30, 2009
Recent News
The 2009 Football BC Senior Bowl was held
over the Spring Break three NSAAC clients turned in strong performances:
quarterback Kurtis Bardua (Cloverdale Bengals/Earl Marriott HS), 2008 AA
Player of the Year Cody Hawkins (Seaquam HS) and AA Okanagan Conference
MVP Matt Walker (Vernon HS) all impressed the various university coaches
who were in attendance. Other NSAAC Clients who were selected for the
Senior Bowl but could not attend due to scheduling conflicts or prior
commitments were: Jacob Vanderwood (Seaquam), Sean O'Neill (Seaquam),
Blake Davies (West Vancouver), Stefan Dupuis (West Vancouver),
Joe Patko
(Terry Fox), Francesco Renzullo (Vancouver College), Alex Anthony (Mt
Douglas).
Congratulations to Cody Hawkins and Sean
O'Neill from Seaquam High School who helped the Seahawks to a 6th place
finish at the AAA Boys Provincial Championship.
March 15, 2009
NSAAC Announces Latest Signings
McGrath Signs
with Northwestern: inside receiver/defensive end Richie McGrath
from the Chilliwack Giants has signed with Northwestern State College in Iowa.
Dupuis a Dino: West Vancouver running
back/linebacker Stefan Dupuis will suit up with the University of
Calgary Dino's in the Fall.
Zaruba Joins the Clan: Carson
Graham defensive end Adam Zaruba will play for Dave Johnson and the
Simon Fraser Clansmen.
Klassen Heads to Point Grey: Holy
Cross defensive back/wide receiver Troy Klassen has committed to the UBC
Thunderbirds.
Stay tuned for more announcements soon.
February 19/09
NSAAC Announces New Strategic
Partnerships
Personal and Group
Training:
All Out Performance
- contact :
Paul Bahia
www.performallout.com
Located in Surrey
Level 10 Fitness
- contact:
Anthony
Findlay
www.level10fitness.com
Located in West Vancouver
Innovative Fitness
- contact:
Casey
Souter
www.innovativefitness.com
Locations: Kitsilano,
West Van, White Rock
ST Fitness
-
contact:
Sheldon Toddhunter
Located in Abbotsford and Burnaby
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Chiropractic, Physical Therapy, Massage
Therapy:
Satori Integrative Health Centre:
contact:
Dr Sean Graham
www.satriintegrativehealth.com Located: Richmond
5th Avenue Massage
Clinic - contact:
Andrew Lewko R.M.T.
604-540-2055 Located: New Westminster
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Academic Assistance
(SAT Prep, One-on-One Counseling, Grad
Assistance)
LifeLong Education -
contact :
Jerrold
Jones 604-512-7538 Located in Surrey
February 5/09
Brandon Leyh Video Online
Check out Brandon's Skills
Video
now
online. Brandon is a senior quarterback at St. Thomas More Collegiate
January 29/09
Patko Joins the Clan
Congratulations to Joe Patko, 2008
AAA Player of the Year, from the Terry Fox Ravens who committed today to
play for the SFU Clansmen.
"We
could not be happier to get a player who has such ability and great
character." said SFU head coach Dave Johnson. "Joe was at the top
of our recruiting list and was being highly recruited
be several team. We are delighted that he has chosen to play and study
at SFU"
Good luck Joe!
January 27/09
Latest News & Updates:
Congratulations to
Tom Willcox from Centennial Secondary who has
accepted a track & field scholarship with the University of Memphis.
New
videos online today....Sean O'Neill, Jacob Vanderwood, Lucas
Brown, Cody Hawkins.
January 21/09
Please Welcome Ajay Gill
Ajay Gill
is an outstanding student athlete from Princess Margaret Secondary
School who excels in soccer. He is a 3.95 GPA student and is a
member of the Surrey Selects U-18 "A" Metro program and the Vancouver
Whitecaps Mountain WFC U-16 (USL) Super-Y league. Welcome Ajay!
January 13, 2009
Stefan Dupuis and Blake Davies videos
online today
January 10, 2009
Troy Klassen Video Online Today
January 5, 2009
New Videos On Line
New videos on-line today
for Richie McGrath & Adam Zaruba
Dec 30, 2008
Please Welcome Brandon Leyh
Brandon Leyh is the newest member of
NSAAC.
Brandon, (QB, 6' 1", 195#)is a 3.25 GPA
Grade 12 student at St Thomas More Collegiate whose goal is to attend
university and pursue a degree in business or social sciences. Welcome
Brandon.
Dec 16, 2008
Matt Walker video now On-Line
Please check out Matt Walker's
video.....Matt, from Vernon high school, is one of the most versatile
athletes who will be graduating in 2009 and was named the 2008 AA
Interior Conference Player of the Year.
Dec 9,2008
AAA Player of the Year Video
Be sure to check out the AAA Player of the Year,
Joe Patko......video now online
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