"Bulldogs This Week" is back on the airwaves tonight from 6pm to 7pm on 93.3 The Peak FM.
The guestlist tonight is as follows (subject to change)
Bulldogs Assistant Coach Chris Shaw
Bulldogs Assistant Captain Chris Moulson
Nanaimo Clippers play-by-play voice Dan Marshall
Cowichan Valley Capitals play-by-play voice Alf Orton
Big congrats goes out to the Athletes and Coaches and everyone else involved with Alberni Wrestling after another hugely successful weekend. Thanks Tom for the update!
ADSS Wins Island Wrestling Titles in Both Boys and Girls
The ADSS Armada lived up to their number 1 Wrestling ranking on Vancouver Island by winning the Island Secondary Schools Wrestling titles in both the Boys and the Girls divisions in Campbell River on the weekend.
In the boys division it wasn’t even close as ADSS finished with a massive 152 points compared to second place Esquimalt of Victoria with 50 pts. Reynolds of Victoria were third with 30 pts with Ballenas of Parksville and Vanier of Courtenay rounding out the top five teams in the boys.
In the girls division ADSS took the title with 36 pts compared to Nanaimo’s Dover Bay with 24 pts. Ucluelet Secondary were third at 17 pts. Marks Isfeld of Courtenay and Queen of Angles of Duncan were fourth and fifth respectively.
The Alberni dominance at the Islands was also evident in the individual placers as local wrestlers won 11 of the 22 weight classes contested. For the boys it was Dakota Sutton of Dunn Middle School starting off the dominance with a gold at 45 kg. Then it was the ADSS juggernaught taking over with Kraig Doskotch (51 kg), Kyle Plaunt (57 kg), Cullen Hines (66 kg), Michael Cappus (70 kg) and Isaiah Taylor ( 78 kg) all winning their respective weight classes.
On the girls side ADSS won with quality not quantity as all 4 ADSS girls entered won their weight classes. Brittany Henderson won gold at 47 kg, Brianne Charles at 60 kg, Savannah Toth at 64 kg and Daley Forbes at 69 kg. Young Jordie Bodnar of Dunn took the gold in the 40 kg weight class.
Five ADSS wrestlers were silver medalists for the boys at the Islands - Austin Evans (54 kg), Sky Daoust (57 kg), Ashton Lommen-Clayton (63 kg), Cody McEvay (66 kg) and Christian Hansen (70 kg). Norman David of ADSS took the bronze in the 54 kg weight class while Alec Delcourt ( 54 kg) and Dustin Haddad (60 kg) were fourth place finishers.
ADSS also won both the male and female Outstanding Wrestler Awards. Michael Cappus continued his season long dominance with his selection as the top male Wrestler of the meet while grade 10 ADSS wrestler Brianne Charles showed her promise with the female selection. Both had exceptional performances.
In total 19 local wrestlers qualified for the BC Secondary Schools Wrestling Championships in Burnaby in two weeks. ADSS is currently ranked in the top 5 in BC for both the boys and the girls an accomplishment they are very proud of.
“ It is quite amazing that each and every year we field such competitive wrestling teams,” said ADSS head coach John McDonald, “ we have consistently been in the top 5 for probably 15 of the past 30 years and in the top 10 in all but a couple of years. To do this in both the boys and the girls divisions since the mid 90’s is unprecedented by anyone else.”
This coming weekend the younger wrestlers in the Alberni program hit the mats at the Island 15 and Under in Victoria. Some of the younger ADSS wrestlers will choose to use this as a tune up for the BC’s while for most of the Dunn and Neill wrestlers it will be their last competition of the 2008-2009 season.
Isiah Taylor of ADSS scores a take down in the 78KG final
Brianne Charles of ADSS on the podium as the Most Outstanding Female Wrestler at the 2009 Islands.
Daley Forbes of ADSS in action in the 68kg Girls Final
Thanks Simon for this update on the Midget Dogs....Way to go and good luck!
MIDGET A BULLDOGS IN ISLAND CHAMPIONSHIP
The Alberni Valley Midget A Bulldogs defeated the Juan de Fuca (AA) Grizzlies 7-2 in semi-final action at the Multiplex on Valentine’s Day.
They now advance to the best of three series for the Vancouver Island Tier 2 Championship against Saanich Braves. Saanich defeated Oceanside 5-2 in the other semi-final.
The Bulldogs came out hard from the opening face-off, skating fast and controlling play. Two minutes in AP Aaron Lambert made a long pass up the middle behind the Grizzlies defence to Catlin MacLeod, who then carried it in and scored. Seconds later MacLeod passed across the crease to Darrin Oscienny who snapped it behind the goalie on the right side. With a two goal lead in the first three minutes, the momentum was definitely with Alberni, but Juan de Fuca capitalized on the offensive mood of the Bulldogs midway through the first. They got behind the defence for two quick goals of their own to tie it up and pressed hard for the rest of the period.
Alberni regained some of their momentum to start the second period. In the second minute the small speedy line of Myles and Leo Fitzgerald and Andre Savard controlled the puck until Savard found a small opening and wristed it in on the stick side. The Bulldogs had to kill six penalties in the second period, but even so found ways to capitalize, forcing turnovers, and keeping the Grizzlies in their own end much of the time.
At 11:05 Sheldon Trees and Darrin Oscienny stole the puck and created a short handed two on one opportunity in which Trees made the first shot and Oscienny grabbed the rebound and put it in stick side for a short handed goal. At the 10 minute mark Bulldog forechecking turned over a break out attempt inside the JDF blue line, leading to their fifth goal. This time it was Savard who banged in the rebound off Kody Isherwood’s shot.
Down 5-2 at the start of the third period and knowing they faced elimination, the Grizzlies resorted to more physical play. They were rewarded with 41 minutes in penalties in the third including two misconducts.
For their part the Bulldogs mostly refused to rise to the bait and collected two more goals. In the first minute Carson McCulloch combined with Savard on a give and go to beat the defence and the goalie. The final goal of the game came four on four with defencemen Keenan McConnell and Boden Wangler jumping up to feed MacLeod for his second goal.
The score reflects a strong effort from all the Bulldogs on the ice. Playing without big defencemen Campbell and Rata, Alberni used speed, passing and tenacity to overcome their much bigger opponents. Team defence created numerous turnovers and kept JDF in their own end much of the game. On offence the Bulldogs outshot the visitors 37-18 through the first two periods. When the Grizzlies turned it up in the third period with 16 shots, Matt Larose stood on his head to turn away all of them.
Coach Brent Demerais was mostly satisfied with the play, but noted that the Bulldogs will need to play consistently at their best to win the final series that start next weekend. The Midget A Bulldogs are sponsored by GDM Boom and Sort and Rain Coast Erosion Control.
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