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Celtics leave way too many points on the field for early lose to the G.P. Comp

This Friday, the Celtics renewed their rivalry with the G.P. Comp Warriors. This match up did not disappoint as the two teams battled up and down the field being stymied by two incredible defences. The Celtics struck first on their opening drive going down the field to score a Parker Ljuden run into the endzone. With the score remaining 7-0 until 15 seconds left in the first half as the Warriors scored after a miscommunication by the Celtic offence and the score at halftime was 7-6. With a little over a minute remaining and Warriors driving the field into the Cetic redzone, a controversial strip by the Celtics was not called and the ball remained in the Warriors possession, giving them the chance to kick a field goal with no time remaining. Those who attended where treated to a Grande Prairie football classic. The Celtics will go back to the drawing board this week to prepare for the Valleyview Cougars on Wednesday.

Celtics defeat provincial rival McNally

On Friday, the Celtics made the trip to Edmonton in order to match up with McNally. Last season the Celtics recorded their first provincial win in Tier II history narrowly defeating the Tigers 11-10 on a last minute drive and rouge. This season the Celtics came to Clark Stadium to re-establish their place as a Tier II force for the 2011 season.
Getting off the bus with a good case of bus the legs the Celtics did not disappoint, as they opened an early 14-0 lead early in the second quarter. The defence only allowed the Tigers 6 plays mid way through the second quarter, while the offence chewed up the clock on long drives. The Tiger struck back scoring a rushing TD and adding a two point convert. The Celtics then responded going into the half with another major, and a 21-8 lead.
In the second half it was all Celtics. The defence did not allow the Tigers to get going snuffing out their drives to quick 3 and outs and recording two interceptions. The offence continued to dominate the clock and scored 2 more TDs, while everyone got into the game making significant contributions. The end score was 35-8 and it was a great day of football to open up the 2011 season.

Celtics have successful opening weekend going undefeated at home.

This past weekend the Celtics hosted teams from Edmonton in the Northern Lights football extravaganza. Scona, Bellerose and Ardrossan, joined MPFL teams, Peace River, GP Comp, Sexsmith and ourselves for a great weekend of football. On Friday night the Celtics played a three way game against Scona and Sexsmith, scoring 28 points, and not giving up any against.
On Saturday all the teams took part in a jamboree that saw the Celtics play all three of the Edmonton clubs. The boys were focussed as they scored 18 total touchdowns, while only giving up 3 against. It was a very successful weekend to start the 2011 campaign. Next up a trip to Edmonton to visit provicial rival McNally.

Future Celtic powers his way onto Bantam Bowl lineup

Congratulations go out to one of our future members of the St. Joes Celtics, as Colby Smith made the 2011 edition of the Bantam Bowl all-star game. Colby is a member of the Grande Prairie Raiders bantam program and has just finished coming off a provincial championship this past season. Colby will represent the North team as a Defensive Tackle. Great work Colby!!!!

Two members of the Celtics make Senior Bowl

Two members of the 2010 edition of the St. Joes Celtics will be going to Calgary to participate in the 2011 Football Alberta High School All-Star game on May long weekend. Congratulations go out to Ashton Batt and Taylor Collins for their achievement. The other Celtics that participated in the camp had very good performances and all five Celtics will now go on to tryout for various junior football teams in Canada. Way to go guys!!!!!

Senior Bowl
April 9-11

Good luck this weekend to five members of the Celtics as they are off to Edmonton to try out for the annual Senior Bowl High School All Star team. The five Celtics include: Dayton Roberts, Owen Zawryucha, Ashton Batt, Brandon Wilkinson, and Taylor Collins. Make the Celtics proud - GANG GREEN!!!!!!!!

MPFL Schedule for 2011 Released for Boys and Girls

You will notice if you go to the MPFL section of the website that the upcoming schedule for 2011 has been released for both the Celtic and Ceinah football teams. See the MPFL section for the Celtics schedule and the Ceinahs section for the girls schedule. Please check the site often for updates and changes to the league schedule. Also note that league standings are posted in the MPFL section of the site.

Celtics run out of steam after a great season

The Celtics momentum came to a halt on Saturday, as they were defeated by the Catholic Central Cougars of Lethbridge by a score of 25-0. It was a tough loss that capped a remarkable season by St. Joes, going to the Peace Bowl and acheiving a Tier II Provincial Silver medal. All of this while being a very young team, the future looks extremely bright.

CELTICS ARE GOING TO CALGARY FOR THE PROVINCIAL FINALS

It has been a long journey for the St. Joes Celtics between appearances in the big game provincially, but on Saturday they got are going back. The Celtics played a much improved AOB Crusaders team from Edmonton in the Tier II provincial semi-final hosted in Grande Praire for the right to move on to the final in Calgary. The Crusaders struck first on the opening drive with a long, methodical drive to score, going up early 6-0. Then it was all Celtics in the first half scoring 3 unanswered touchdowns through the air to go up 20-6. The Crusaders came back with seconds remaining in the first half with a touchdown through the air to tighten the score at 20-13 going into the half. In the second half it was all defence. Both teams had diffculties moving the ball, although the Celtics left many points on the board being in the red zone so often. With a final few minutes kick through the endzone for a rouge, the Celtics guaranteed their spot in the finals winning 21-13. The Celtics will now travel to Calgary to take on Catholic Central(Lethbridge) for the Provincial Gold Medal. Their only other appearances in the finals came in 1991 against Raymond, and 1993 against Airdrie. Both games resulted in loses and silver medals. Game time in Calgary this Saturday is 1PM at Hellard Field (Shouldice Park). Thanks to all the parents and volunteers for helping make this week go so smoothly. Congratulations also go out to the Peace River Pioneers who will go to their 3rd provincial final game in Tier III and the Sexsmith Sabres for capturing the Provincial Tier IV bronze medal this weekend. The MPFL is very proud of our league and what we have accomplished.

MPFL in Provincials have a happy start

For the first time ever the MPFL has four representatives in the provincial playdowns. The GP Comp Warriors(Tier I), Peace River Pioneers(Tier III), Sexsmith Sabres(Tier IV, and our own St. Joes Celtics (Tier II). Check out the scores in the MPFL schedule section of the website, but we are happy to report that for the first time ever three MPFL teams will move on to the Semi-Finals and will come away with medals. Peace River beat Beaumont, Sexsmith beat Ardrossan, St. Joes beat McNally and GP Comp lost to powerhouse Salisbury. The Celtics came out flat in the first half and were down 10-0 at halftime. With a renewed interest in the game and motivated to win, the Celtics scored early in the third quarter, tied it up late in the fourth quarter and with a amazing offensive drive in the last minute, kicked the rouge to win with 17 seconds left.

Celtics lose Peace Bowl in a nailbiter

Congratulations to the Peace River Pioneers on becoming only the second organization in the history of the MPFL to win three Peace Bowls in three consecutive years. The Celtics came out and gave Peace River the best game they have had in many years. With the score 14-14 at halftime, the Pioneers came into the fourth quarter up 15-14. With 7 minutes left to go, they scored once more making it 22-14. The Celtics fought back ending up with a 1st and goal from the 3 yard line with 1:30 left in the game, only to fumble the ball on the next play, with Peace River recovering. It would have seemed over at that point, but the never quit Celtics forced a fumble of their own and took over from Peace River's 30 yard line. On the final play of the game St. Joes missed an open receiver in the endzone for the chance of OT. Great game by both teams and good luck to all MPFL teams in the provincial playoffs.

Celtics take home some serious MPFL hardware

The MPFL awards banquet was held at the G.P. Comp on October 30th and it proved to be a great night for some individual honours. The Celtics won in the following categories:

Defensive Lineman of the Year                    J.J. Tshimanga
Defensive Back of the Year                            Owen Zawyrucha
Offensive Lineman of the Year                    Garret Primeau
Reciever of the Year                                        Taylor Collins/Brandon Wilkinson
Coaches Award                                                   Brad Lussier

Celtics off to the Peace Bowl

On Saturday October 30, the 2010 St. Joes Celtics earned their place back at the table. Beating a fiesty G.P. Comp Warrior team by a score of 36-15, the Celtics will now return to the Peace Bowl Championship game for the first time in 18 years. Their opponent is the 2 time champion Peace River Pioneers who defeated the Celtics earlier in the year for their lone loss. The game will go at 1:00 p.m. in Peace River at Glenmary High School, Saturday, November 6th.

8-1 Celtics finish 2nd after regular season

After a dismantling of the Beaverlodge Royals 42-15, the Celtics finish the regular season in second place. It is the best record for the Celtics is some time and the win allowed the team to get healthy with a bye going into Peace Bowl playoffs. The next opponent for the Celtics is now the 3rd place G.P. Comp Warriors in a renewed cross town rivalry. The Celtics won the first matchup 26-5.

Celtics improve record to 7-1 with win over Sexsmith

It took the Celtics more than a quarter to wake from their slumber to finally show what they were about against the Sexsmith Sabres. Down 16-6 after the first quarter, the Celtics woke up scoring 23 unanswered points to go into halftime up 29-16. The determined Sabres would not go away and after a hard fought battle the Celtics were victorious by a score of 43-30.

St. Joes bouces back against Whitecourt

After a tough loss against Peace River and a tougher week of practices, the Celtices improved their record to 6-1 with a dominating win against the Whitecourt Cats. From the start the Celtics showed a new determination scoring a lot of points and having contributions from the entire team. The final score was 62-6.

Celtics committ too many errors to get past the Champion Pioneers

With a couple minutes left to go in the first half, the Celtics seemed to be setting themselves up in a position to compete with the back to back champion Peace River Pioneers. But with two key turnovers, the Pioneers proved why they are such a dangerous offensive team capitalizing both times for touchdowns for a half time score of 21-7. The second half proved to be one mistake after another as the Celtics just could not get over bad snaps, and fumbles. As a result the Pioneers remain undefeated for the 2010 season and beat St. Joes by a score of 38-14. The Celtics now have a record of 5-1 on the 2010 season.

Celtics improve to 4-0

On a cold day that felt like winter was just around the corner, the St. Joes Celtics improved their record to 4-0 on the season. The Celtics scored early with long passes to Dean Zaitsoff, and Brandon Wilkinson from Sherriff Eyitayo. Matteo Duncan also added an early touchdown before it was the young Celtics turn. The rookies played outstanding defence and Parker Ljuden lead the offence as a grade 10 quarterback to take the victory, 24-7.

Celtics End Long Drought

Under the lights at Legion Field on Thursday night, the St. Joes Celtics ended one of the longest dry spells in MPFL history, beating the cross town rivals Grande Prairie Comp Warriors. In what was an exciting game, the Celtics pulled out a 26-5 victory. The defence came up huge keeping the Warriors out of the endzone, and stopping their air attack with 6 interceptions on the game. The key turning point was marked by a 60 yard interception to the house by LB Travis Chabot early in the second half, and 3 interceptions by Ryan Doll. Two touchdown passes by Sherriff Eyitayo to Taylor Collins and Matteo Duncan capped off the offence, and Lawerence Shirley added two field goals. Congratulations boys, next up the Valleyview Cougars.

Big Win for Celtics in Edmonton

On Friday September 3rd, the St. Joes Celtics headed down to Edmonton for the biggest test of this new directed team. The Celtics took on a powerhouse program in the Austin O' Brien Crusaders, and the first Tier II program since their step up to the upper echelon of Alberta high school football. After a slow start offensively and a stellar defence throughout the game, the Celtics found themselves down 3-2 at halftime. In the second half the offence finally caught fire with a pinpoint passing attack. The Celtics pulled out the game with a 22-12 victory, marking a bit of a shocker Alberta wide and a defining moment in the history of the Celtics.

Celtics begin the 2010 season in the win column

Under the lights on Wednesday the 2010 MPFL season began with a matchup betweent the PWA Titans and our beloved Celtics. With miserable conditions all week and even more rain at game time in swamp like conditions the 2010 edition of the St. Joes Celtics started on a positive note with a 47-16 victory. Even better was the contribution by all of the members of the Celtics squad, with many on their younger members contributing with big hits and key plays. Great win fellas. Next up the AOB Crusaders from Edmonton. Game time is 5:00 p.m. at Clarke Park across from Commonwealth Stadium.

Ceinahs have great success at the Hart Bowl Championship

The St. Joes Ceinahs finished their 2010 season off in style and with a great deal of success. going into the season the girls goal was to be in the Hart Bowl Final. With wins over Valleyview and GP Comp in the regular season, the girls learned a powerful lesson losing to the powerful Sexsmith Sabres girls. Going into the playoff game the Ceinahs battled a torrential downpour and poor playing conditions to become victorious over the Valleyview Cougars 12-0. In the other quarterfinal game the Sexsmith Sabres torched the GP Comp 32-0. Going into the Hart Bowl Championship the Ceinahs knew they had a lofty task at hand, as the Sexsmith Sabres girls averaged over 30 a game and only gave up one touchdown. The Ceinahs came out swinging and were very close to scoring a couple of times, but penalties seemed to not work in their favour. The Ceinah defence played unbelievable holding the score to 0-0 at halftime. But, unfortunately after a very tough game and epic battle, the Sabres scored with 2 minutes left in the game and converted a 2 pt play to go up 8-0 which ended up being the end score. We are very proud of the determination and improvements made by our Ceinahs team and can not wait for next season.

Celtics Unite

Congratulations to the following St. Joes Celtics and future Celtics who made the 2010 Zone 8 Summer Games team:
Olexsandr Bobrovsky
Matt Boyko
Garrett Browne
Matteo Duncan
Joel Halloran
Rannen Kirton
Parker Ljuden
Willy Russell
Alex Stewart
Colby Smith
Sheldon Twizzell

Girls 2nd Game

Congratulations to the Ceinahs football team on their second victory of the year. The girls were able to hold on to a 19-6 victory against the tough Comp Warriors. Next up the Heart Bowl champion Sexsmith Sabres.

Girls 1st Game This Week

Make sure to come check out the girls first game this Thursday against Valleyview right here at Celtics field. Game time starts at 4:30 p.m.

April 29 - St. Joes Ceinahs vs. Valleyview Cougars - 4:30 p.m.

Congratulations Celtic Linebacker Makes the Senior Bowl

Congratulations go out to our graduating linebacker Chris Giles on making the 2010 Senior Bowl team. Chris has worked extremely hard in the off season. It goes a long way in showing what that hard work will get you. Chris' hard work and training has been a contagious part of our program, with many young players following his footsteps. Chris is now off to the National Champion VI Raiders camp in May. Way to go Chris!!!!!
Congratulations also go out to Tyler Bessette who played a completely foreign position to him in slotback and had an outstanding camp. Only good things should be in store for Tyler as he is now off to the Edmonton Huskies camp in May.

Senior Bowl - May 16-19

Good luck to Chris Giles and Tyler Bessette as they travel to Edmonton this weekend to take part in the 2010 Senior Bowl Tryouts. Work hard fellas, and show them our Celtic spirit.

MPFL Schedule for 2010 Released for Boys and Girls

You will notice if you go to the MPFL section of the website that the upcoming schedule for 2010 has been released for both the Celtic and Ceinah football teams. Please check the site often for updates and changes to the league schedule. Also note that league standings are posted in the MPFL section of the site.

MPFL
Awards

Congratulations go out to Chris Giles and Colin Stogryn. Chris won his second straight MPFL Most Valuable Linebacker award and was the coaches decision for our MPFL Coaches Award. His dedication and invaluable service to team has proved to be the building blocks needed in our new direction. Colin won the MPFL Receiver of the Year award and proved to be a clutch performer who excelled in key moments of the year. He consistently drew double coverage from respecting teams.