The Cumberland Panthers have chosen to fold their team today for the remainder of the 2016 season. The Warriors Bantam game for this coming Friday (September 30) is cancelled. accordingly. The Warriors Bantams will be awarded a 1-0 win which will take their record to 6-0 on the season.
The Bantams play next Saturday October 8th against our neighbours the Kanata Knights. This will be a home game so be sure to contact our Bantam manager Veronica Papalia to lend your support.
Bring on the playoffs!
Our Mosquito team has a bye week this weekend but our Tykes, Pee Wees and Bantams will be competing. This week’s game for our Tykes will be a sudden-death game to be able to proceed to the C-Cup semi-finals. They’ll be competing in Brockville at the Commonwealth Public School at 10:00 (Tyke game details) vs the Rideau Redblacks. The two teams faced each other October 4th at the Warriors inaugural Homecoming Day in a tough battle which saw the Warriors lose a 0-6 nail biter.
Tyke Captains (L to R): Julien Beaulieu (#33), Owen Lavigne (#44), Ryan Morissette (#34) and Jack MacKay (#7)
At the same location and on the same day, the Warriors Bantams will be looking for a different outcome with the Redblacks to their Homecoming Day match up. The Bantams play at noon (more game details). This will be a rugged battle that you won’t want to miss.
Bantams Defense is ready to go! With Keenan Broad (#42), Aaron Masalinga (#22) and Captain, Nic Simms (#59)
Our Pee Wee club plays the next day, Sunday, October 18th at 9:00 a.m. at Beckwith Park Field against the 5-3 Gloucester South Raiders (more game details). Our Pee Wees are the NCAFA Western Conference Champions this year. The 7-1 Warriors won the conference title for the second straight year and for the 5th time in the past 6 years! The Raiders are always fast and tough so our Pee Wees will be looking for all the support they can get. Let’s get there Warriors and cheer on our Pee Wees!
Pee Wee RB #21 John Lubemba will be a go-=guy again Sunday as he has been all year.
If you haven’t had enough football this weekend, our sister club at the Midget level (17-19 year olds) the 6-2 Bel-Air Norsemen will have their quarter-final playoff against the North Gloucester Giants at Notre Dame School field at 3:00 p.m.
The Bel-Air Norsmen (our Midget sister club) have lots of Warriors alumni to cheer on including #96 Jacob “Bubba” Stuart-Lafleur and #42 Brad Cowan.
Get rested up and be ready to cheer with all you’ve got Warriors!!! GO WARRIORS!!! #Warriors4Life
Joe Papalia went out this morning for an early trip to the store. What he found on his return blew him away. In his drive way was a Riddell bag that he hadn’t seen before he left. Sure enough it was the same bag that had been stolen from his yard 6 days earlier! ….and in it were all of the missing stolen Warrior game pants.
Check out some of this news coverage for more of this amazing story.
CTV Ottawa – Bell Warrior Game Pants Returned
CTV Ottawa (full story) – Stolen Game Pants Mysteriously Re-Appear
CFRO – Thief returns football team’s pants
Ottawa Citizen – Stolen Bell Warriors football pants returned
Ottawa SUN – Bell Warriors stolen football pants returned
Bell Warrior Bantams holding up the stolen game pants that were anonymously returned 6 days after being stolen.
This is the case of the good that can come of a lot of good people getting engaged. The outrage that followed the senseless theft woke up Ottawans and the outreach and support was amazing. There is no question that the return of the stolen pants was 100% due to the awesome support of our community and for that, the Warriors want to say THANK YOU ALL!!!!
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