Champions!

The WHSFL started with 40 teams. Four teams ended their season with a win. The Wolverine Football team was one of them! What a feeling. To be a champion is really special!

It was an amazing game to be apart of. I suppose anytime you win a championship you're going to say it was amazing!

Again the story of this game, and the surprising Wolverine playoff run was defence! The Wolverines almost shutout the potent Celtic offence; an offence that averaged 24 points per game. The Celtics were able to score on the very last play of the game. However, the game did not start very well for the defence. The Celtics' QB Rosenfelt looked good early, driving down the field throwing the ball into tight coverage. The Celtics looked poised to strike first, and probably would have, if it were not for an amazing defence play by Wolverine all-star Austin Benevides. 

Coach Boughen, coaching up his All-Star DB Austin Benevides.

Benevides had another wonderful night defensively. Two knocked down passes and a pic. Making the stats more impressive was the fact that Benevides  was matched up against St.Norbert's best; the leading receiver in receptions in the Currie division, Coyston. Have a look below:

The Celtics' drive stalled and were forced to a FG attempt, which hit the upright. From that point on the defensive grind was on. The Celtics were able to move the ball between the 30s with some great pass plays. The Wolverine defence tightened up when it needed to and did not allow a point in the first half. The biggest run the Celtics had in the first half was a QB scramble for 8 yards. In the air, they allowed a short catch, and then their shifty receiver Coyston slipped some tackles and ran for 27 yards.

The best way to describe the Wolverine offence on this night, and their entire playoff run, is ground and pound! Let's face it; if you want a championship in November in Winnipeg, you need to play good defence, run the ball effectively and limit big special teams plays! That's exactly what the Wolverine playoff run was about. Below is another example of the Wolverine O-line opening holes for Fyfe.

 

The O-line, lead by captain Danton Beaudry in the middle, did an amazing job again on this night, making blocks and allowing Fyfe to run 32 times (3 short of a single game WHSFL record) for a hard fought 160 yards. Fyfe, and the O-line got a little bit of help from the passing game when, unlikely target Eyob Melese caught a 17 yard pass from Taylor Ward, late in the 3rd quarter. Have a look:

Defensive End Eyob Melese hauling in a pass. He is part of Wolverines double tight Rhino package.

Duane Penner, first year player in grade 10 had a great game. He finished the night with 3 tackles, as a corner ( all of them text book) and an INT. The INT was gift for Penner, as Rosenfelt threw up a muffin as Julian Beltrand was right in his kitchen reeking havoc. 

Wolverines sealed the game late in the fourth quarter. Celtics were facing a 3rd and 2 on their own 26 yard line. The Wolverine defence did their job and stopped them and forced the turnover. The offence took over ran a couple of run plays and then lined up for the FG, St.Norbert blocked the kicked; but did it illegally - coming right over center. 

St.Norbert Blocking the FG, but getting called for roughing the center.

That gave the Wolverines the ball on the Celtic one yard line. Taylor Ward easily punched it in for the TD. The Wolverines went for 2 and it was no good. Making the score 12-0 with 58 seconds left.

The Wolverines then went in a prevent defence making sure if the Celtics were to score they were going to have to take time to do it. The Celtics scored on a TD with 0:00 time left, on a nice scramble by Rosenfelt who got free and then threw a great touch pass just over Penner for the TD.

Gameover! Wolverines charge the field, as Currie division Champions.

The win capped off an improbable run for the Wolverines. At one point in the season the Wolverines were 2-3. They were able to turn their season around and make a great playoff run. Entering the post season as the fifth seed they were underdogs in each of their 3 playoff wins. They also had to face each of the three teams that beat them in the regular season. They say defence wins championships. The Wolverine defence played awesome. Lead by three year starter, grade 12 captain, and leader Ethan Marks. Ethan was injured near halftime in the second week of the season this year. He missed 6 regular season games but was able to come back just in time for the playoffs. He definitely made a difference at linebacker playing strong-side against DMCI, Elmwood, and Celtics. 

Grade 12 captain, Linebacker Ethan Marks

Grade 10 first year Wolverine Jordan Mages was also a key component to the defensive success.  Like Ethan he was injured during the regular season. He played in the playoffs with a casted broken finger. The big reason why the defence was so good in the playoffs; Mages and Marks were on the field at the same time! Because of injury it never happened in the regular season.

Grade 10 Linebacker - Jordan Mages.

Finally, last but not least was Simon Sepke. This kid is best described as a baller! Because of the injuries mentioned above most of the season Sepke was playing as an undersized LB. During the playoff run Sepke was able to play his natural position, safety! Calling all the plays, and formations. He is a very intelligent football player!

Grade 11 Safety- Simon Sepke

The playoff run was amazing, memories were made that will last a lifetime for these players and coaches. Great Season Wolverines!

Like every year, we worked hard this year. Feels good to be Champions

Next Wolverine game; spring camp late May

-Let's go Wolverines

-Corbin Boughen

WHAT A GAME!!

It was one for the ages. It was cold, it was windy, it was playoff football in Winnipeg - something we have not seen from the Bombers in a while, hahaha. It was a defensive grind, me being a defensive coordinator I loved it. Don't get me wrong I much prefer when our offence lights up the scoreboard for 50 points, but there is something special about a tight defensive battle in the playoffs! Especially when you win.

This was a true team victory for the Wolverines. On offence; the O-line did a great job opening holes for Fyfe all night long. Elmwood's defence is good. Heck, Elmwood's defence has been probable the best Currie Division D for the last two years. They don't give much. Their front seven are fast, big, and athletic! Coach Medwick's game-plan this week was to go right at the heart of their D, run inside! And it worked. Fyfe was able to pound the ball down the middle, 7 yards at a time. The offence was able to string together to long sustaining drives for scores. The first was in the 2nd quarter; they marched it down and came away with a missed field goal for a point. The second drive was in the 3rd quarter, where they took it right down the middle of the field and punched it in for seven points.

I know what you're thinking, that's it? Yup, and that's all the Wolverines needed! Wolverine defence played lights out! Plus driving it down the middle of the field against the Elmwood Giant defence is a great accomplishment.

The defence had a game plan, and they executed it perfectly. The game plan was STOP THE RUN! We did! We won! I love this play below. It doesn't seem like much but our MLB likes to bring it! He made this hit with three steps, and this kid is in grade 10, oh my!

The best part about this win(besides only allowing 3 pts) was the fact we got to knock off the champs, that we got to end the Giants' winning streak, and finally the fact that we got to beat the team that we lost to in the finals last year.

The Wolverines at one point this year were 2-3. They lost to DMCI, Elmwood, and St.Norbert. Have a look at the Wolverines Playoff bracket:

They beat DMCI, and just beat the GIANTS. Now they get to avenge their lost to the CELTICs. WOW this is fun stuff!

-Let's Go Wolverines

-Coach Boughen

Coulis Breaks a Record

It was another great win for the Wolverines! They went into Fort Frances Ontario and came away with a solid 46-16 win. It was a solid team win, however Brayden Coulis had a tremendous game.

When the day was done he broke the WHSFL record for points in a game.

The Wolverines were clicking in all three phases of the game. Take a look at some of the offensive numbers:

Defensively the Wolverines were strong, not allowing any rushing yards. They missed one play where Fort Frances was able to capitalize on a deep pass down the middle for a TD. On the ensuing kickoff the Wolverines took it back for a TD. Have a look:

Great blocking by Fabian, Austin, Julian, Sepke, and Tops!

Then on the ensuing kickoff Fort Frances scored their other TD.

The Wolverines executed a great play in the second quarter. The offensive line gave Taylor Ward great protection, Taylor threw a bullet to Coulis, who then turned on the jets and ran it in for another TD. Have a look here:

The offensive line did a great job protecting Taylor Ward all game. They also opened some huge holes for Coulis to run for some big gains. On Coulis' TD run Lucas Barstad did a wonderful job lead blocking for Coulis who pretty much went untouched through a gigantic hole made by the offensive line. In the video below Lucas is 59, watch him lead block for Coulis.

That is it for the regular season. The Wolverines finish 5-3. However, they have to drop one of their wins. So they finish 4-3 good for 5th place. Now the real season begins. PLAYOFFS! 

The Wolverines now get a chance at redemption as they travel to DMCI and look to avenge a loss earlier in the season. It should be a great game.

Let's go Wolverines!

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-Corbin Boughen

AUSTIN POWERS! NOPE BENEVIDES!!!!

Holy Shmoly Guacamole what a great win for the Wolverines!
Wolverines won the 7oaks bowl decidedly 38-0, in a dominating offensive and defensive performance. The game could not have started better when Maples attempted an onside kickoff and failed. So the Wolverines had possession, and a short field, guess what they did?

Yup, deep to Austin Benevides! It was a beautiful pass by Taylor Ward to Benevides who ran it down to the 3 yard line. Two plays later the Wolverines were up 7-0!

How about defence?

When Maples took their first snap, Fyfe, and Sepke combined for a 6 yard sack. Second play of the game?

Sepke with a tackle for a 4 yard loss. And those first 6 plays set the tone for the rest of the game.

The Wolverine offence was able to do pretty much what ever they wanted! Fyfe had 10 carries for 128 yards and two TDs. Fabian had two receptions for 51 yards! Ward was 6 for 10 for 121 yards.
On defence Mages had 5 tackles and 2 sacks. But the night belonged Austin Benevides. What a great show. He had 3, yes 3 interceptions, one returned for a TD. And get this one INT was called back, so Austin could have had 4 INTs on the night.

Wolverines look to continue the winning streak as they take on the Fort Frances Muskies On Friday!


Let's go Wolverines!


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-Corbin Boughen

WOLVERINES EVEN RECORD AT 3-3

It was cold. It was wet. It was sloppy. It was a win. Wolverines won an old-school hard-nose football game 27-6, in the wind and rain in chilly Brandon MB.
It was a tough game for both QBs as each quarterback completed only  one pass. To make it worse for Neelin's quarterback, he was picked off by Austin Benevides, to seal the victory late in the fourth quarter.

The name of the game yesterday afternoon was defence. The Wolverine defence did an amazing job stacking the line of scrimmage and stuffing the Spartans. Jordan Mages had another strong game playing MAC, finishing with 6 tackles and 1 tackle for loss in 3 quarters of work. If you were to ask Jordan how his game went he would probably mention the INT he dropped early in the 3rd quarter. 

The Wolverines only had one defensive breakdown in the game when Neelin was able to break a 60 yard run for a TD. After that play early in the game, the Wolverines were able to shut down the Neelin offence. The Wolverine defence even got it some scoring, scoring a defensive TD. Sepke did an amazing job finding the bouncing ball, scooping it up and running it in for the TD.

Both Mike Fyfe and Brayden Coulis were running hard this game. Fyfe finished with 17 carries for 153 yards and a TD. Coulis had some nice runs as well, finishing with 10 carries for 77 yards. Another great highlight was Mika M's first catch as a Wolverine!

I couldn't publish this article without showing the picture of the night! It was cold and wet and windy and some of the players on the sidelines had to show the true meaning of teamwork. Here we have 6'7'' Drake sharing his Wolverine Parka with 5'5'' Nolan! Great work Wolverines.

The Wolverines look to make it two wins in a row as they face the 0-5 Maple Marauders this Thursday @ Maples' field. Be sure to come and cheer them on.

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-Corbin Boughen

CLOSE TILL THE END

This was a great game to watch and coach. Unfortunately, the Wolverines came up short and lost to the Giants 26-10. The Giants remain undefeated at 5-0, and the Wolverines fall to 2-3 on the season.

The game was close heading into the fourth quarter 12-9, and then the Giants pulled away scoring two TDs late to seal the victory. The Wolverine defence was again lead by Sepke, who had a strong game. Never coming off the field, except of course when a Giant punched him in the face and popped his helmet off. When your helmet comes off in the WHSFL players have to come off for three plays. Sepke rested up grabbed some water, cleaned the blood off his face and went right back out there. Sepke finished up with 13.5 tackles, three of which were for losses. He also had some amazing special teams tackles. Add in a couple of receptions and Sepke had himself one heck of a football game.

Mike Fyfe also stepped up his defensive game adding 8.5 tackles to the cause. Fyfe also ran the ball hard for another 45 yards. The Wolverine offence was looking to pass. For the first time in a long time, the Wolverine offence had more pass attempts than rushing attempts. Wolverines scored their TD on a beautiful throw from Taylor Ward to his favourite target, Brayden Coulis, who turned on the jets and ran it in for 36 yards for the score.

The offence had a good push in the third quarter, literally driving the Giant defence back 8 yards a pop. However, the Wolverines were unable to finish off the drive and score.

The Wolverines also started a handful of players that have never played football before. Congratulations, Julian Bertrand who saw his first action, and played quite well at defensive end. Jordan Mages a sophomore, started his first game at middle linebacker and was able to hold his own in the middle of the defence.
Here is a clip of Jordan making a nice hit when the Giants were on the doorstep looking to score.

The Wolverines look to stop their 2 game losing streak as they travel to Brandon to face the Neelin Spartans on Thursday.

Here are the game stats

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- Corbin Boughen

Wolverines Lose a Physical Game

The Wolverines fell to the DMCI Maroons Friday night 28-19. It was a tough hard nose game, and the Wolverines playing for the third time in 8 days simply could not stop DMCI when they needed to. The game could not have started any worse for the Wolverines. On DMCI's first two possessions they drove the field and scored, and it looked like this game was going to be a blowout. They were down 14-1 early.

The Wolverine defence could do little to stop both the DMCI pass, and run game. When it was all said and done, the Maroon offence racked up 196 rushing yards. The offence had a tough start to the game as well, as they could not get much going only able to score a field goal by kicker Brayden Coulis in the first half.

The second half could not have started any worse for the Wolverines as it looked like the Maroons returned the opening kickoff for a TD. However, the Maroons lined up offside and had to kick it again. DMCI was able to strike again early in third with a nice pass and catch play for a TD. The Wolverines were down 21-3.

Then the Wolverines woke up and decided to make a game of it. Behind some hard running from Michael Fyfe, and a great push from the offensive line the Wolverines were able to drive the field and score on a QB sneak.

If the Wolverines were able to complete the comeback and win the game, the 'TSN turning point,' would definitely have been Simon Sepke's interception. Sepke made a beautiful dive to scoop up the ball right before it hit the turf.

On the ensuing possession the offence was able to drive the short field and score a TD. Making the score 21-19. However, the defence could not hold them when they needed to and DMCI was able to score another TD.

Fyfe had a nice game finishing with 17 carries for  148 yards. Sepke lead the way on defence for the second game in a row, finishing with 13 tackles and an 1 interception. The Wolverine's schedule now gets back to normal, as they only have one game this week. They will go on the road for the first time this year as they play the Giants Friday night at 5pm.

Click here to see the Game Stats

Let's go Wolverines

-Corbin Boughen

Wolverines Win Again

Another great home field win for the Wolverines. Yesterday afternoon the Wolverines were able to earn another victory, with an impressive air show put on by Taylor Ward and his team of receivers. Ward had a great afternoon, probably his best as a Wolverine. Spreading the ball around to 6 different receivers. Throwing for 2 TDs, one to Austin Benevides and one to Simon Sepke. Ward's stats were nice and tidy finishing 12 for 15, 2 TDs and 0 INTs and rushing for 1 TD and a quarterback rating of 150.4

Not to be out done the defence played amazing as well. They gave up some yards in the 2nd and 3rd quarters, but when they needed to they came up big with either a turnover or fumble recovery. The defence was lead by grade 11 linebacker Simon Sepke with 10 tackles and 5 assisted tackles. Another standout on defence was grade 10 linebacker Jordan Mages with 8 tackles, 8 assisted tackles, and 4 tackles for loss.

Wolverine's special teams still needs some work as they allowed the Eagles to recover not one but two onside kicks in the second half.

The Wolverines have a tough week as they played yesterday on a Tuesday, and now have a quick turn around and look to face DMCI on Friday for their fourth and final home game of the year. Be sure to come and cheer them on. Game time is 5pm!

Let's go Wolverines

-Coach Boughen

Wolverine's Lose A Tough One

The Wolverines fell to the St.Norbert Celtics 22-15 Thursday September 11.

The game started great for the Wolverines with grade 11 player Michael F. tackling the Celtic running back for loses on first down and second down. The Wolverine offence then took over and was able to march the ball all the way down to the Celtic 1 yard line. However, they were unable to punch it in.

The Celtics were able to capitalize on a Wolverine fumble inside their own 10 yard line, and scored easily on the next play, putting them up 7-0 early. The Wolverines special teams had a second quarter to forget! First, the punt team was caught standing around as the Celtic player was able to pick up the ball on one bounce and go untouched into the end zone. Later with under 2 mins to go in the half the Celtics lined up for a field goal. It was a fake, and they were able to turn it into 7 points. The Wolverines also gave up a safety in the second quarter, making the half time score 22-1 for the Celtics.

The Wolverine offence woke up early in the third with an amazing pitch and catch between QB Taylor W. and receiver Brayden C. . He was able to make at least 3 Celtics miss as he ran the length of the field for the score.

Brayden and Taylor hooked up later in the half for another score. This time Taylor showing great pocket presence, avoided the rush and then found an open Brayden behind the Celtic coverage. Brayden finished the game with 3 receptions for 132 yards and 2 TDs.

In the end the Wolverines ran out of time and were unable to complete the comeback coming up 7 points short. It was a hard fought game for the Wolverines loosing many starters to injury throughout the game. The Wolverines are in the toughest stretch of their schedule playing 3 games in a span of 8 days. Come and check out their next home game:

Tuesday September, 16th at West Kildonan Collegiate.

-Coach Boughen

Wolverines over Maples

September, 2013


The Wolverines won their first game of the season Friday night against divisional rival Maples. The Wolverines opened the scoring with a great effort from Michael Fyfe who was hustled downfield covering a punt, when the ball popped out of the player’s hand, Mike was Johnny on the spot and recovered it in the endzone. After a back and forth half, Maples were able to score on the last play of the first half taking the lead 15-13.

The Wolverines came out strong in the second half and, in the end, simply worn down the Maples team, finishing them off 43 – 22. A huge “shout out” to the offensive line of J.Williams, D. MacKay, D. Beaudry, J.Ramgotra, M.Hot, B.Cadieux, A.Wood, D.Kohinski and D. Zilli who all did an amazing job opening holes for T.Byron. Byron ended the game with close to 300 yards, and 4 TDs. On one of his TDs, the opening the line created was so big, he could have stopped running and walked in. There was also one drive in which the offence ran the same play 7 times in a row to drive the field and score! Maples simply had no answer for the push from our dominant offensive line.  Byron also earned offensive player of the week for his efforts! Congratulations Byron.

Wolverines have their homecoming/Alumni game coming up next. Be sure to come and check out the festivities. The program starts at 4pm, with kick off set for 5pm this Friday on our home field.
-Coach Boughen

October, 2011

The Wolverines earned their second win of the season with a tough hard fought win over the Vincent Massey Vikings.  The Wolverines came into the game as heavy underdogs. The Vikings were 4-1 and in second place in the division, the Wolverines were 1-4 and tied for second last in the division. The Wolverines played their best game of the season, mostly due to the fact that they played well in all three phases of the game; offense, defense, and special teams.

The offense moved the ball behind some hard running by Demidiuk, who finished the day with 160 yards, and Byron who added 41 yards rushing and 35 yards receiving. Josh R did what he does best, and that is catch TDs. Josh has 11 receptions this year, and 6 have gone for touchdowns.

The TSN turning point was in the fourth quarter when West K’s drive was somewhat keep alive by a roughing the kicker penalty. After the penalty, it put the Wolverines in 3^rd and 7 on the Vikings 30 yard line. With a bold and decisive call by Wolverine, offensive coordinator, Coach Medwick, the Wolverines went for it. Byron snatched a beautiful pass out of the air and stretched his short-statured frame as far as he could. Fortunately it was enough for the first down. Three runs later by Demidiuk, and the Wolverines were ahead by a score of 14-0. Based on the way the Wolverine defense was playing it all but sealed the deal.

The Wolverine defensive sure came to play, and earned their second shut out of the year. The defense allowed a paltry 182 total yards to the Vikings, they had 2 interceptions, and also turned it over on downs. The biggest play from scrimmage that they allowed was a 30-yard reverse. Other than that the Wolverine defense handled the Viking offense all game. The defense was led with some great play from all 12 of its members. However, Ethan M led the way with 9 tackles, 2 of which were tackles for losses. His efforts earned him defensive player week for the WHSFL. Congratulations Ethan!

The Wolverines have one more regular season game this year on Thursday in Portage. Be sure to wish them luck!

Go Wolverines.

-Coach Boughen

Wolverines Win

The Wolverines kicked off their 2014 season with a convincing 40-6 win over the St.John’s Tigers. The Wolverine offence was lead by the hard-nose running of grade 11 starter Michael Fyfe, who pounded out 142 yards on 16 carries, and 2 TDs.

 The Wolverines were also able to score on a beautiful pass and catch between Taylor Ward and Simon Sepke. Ward was able to drop in a pass into the waiting arms of Sepke for a TD, putting the Wolverines up for good. That was Ward’s only completion of the afternoon, as the strong winds and rain really made it tough to throw the ball.

 The Wolverine Defence had an impressive outing limiting the Tiger offence to just one score. They did allow the Tigers running back to dance around and chew up some yards throughout the game, but they were able to tighten up when needed. The opportunistic defense was even able to score a TD, when the Tigers had a bad snap Jordan Mages was able to jump on the ball in the endzone. Speaking of Mages, he had an excellent first game as a Wolverine leading the team with 6.5 tackles, he was flying around the field on Thursday.

 The Wolverines have a short week, as they look to welcome the St.Norbert Celtics in their homecoming game this Thursday, at 4PM.

Be sure to come and cheer them on.

 Go Wolverines

 -Coach Boughen