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Teams can offer LOIs on January 1
The CJFL is proud to announce that the date in which players and teams can offer “Letters of Intent” has been moved up to January 1, 2025.
As of this date, each CJFL team is allowed to have a maximum of 10 players sign a Letter of Intent. This doesn't mean the player will appear on the team's active roster for the upcoming season, however it shows both parties commitment to each other.
Once teams have exhausted their 10 letters they will need to wait until the CJFL National Signing Day on June 1, 2025 to fully sign a player.
Teams are still allowed to receive a verbal commitment from a player prior to June 1, however this verbal commitment does not bind the player to the team nor the team to the player.
Some players of note that signed a letter of intent prior to the 2024 CJFL season includes Sadler Smith (Raiders), Palaina Hooper (Rams), Dylan Remillard (Sun), Tyrone Gulam-Webber (Saints), Christian Phillips (Sooners), Scott Adamko (Hilltops) and Jaeden Gayle (Colts).
Each of the three CJFL Conferences are currently working on their 2025 schedules which should be released just before spring.
Some of the best players from 2024
Photo courtesy of Hanlon Photography
The Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) is proud to announce the SECOND-Team All-Canadians for the 2024 season.
Offensive Line
Camauri Barney – Westshore Rebels (second consecutive season)
Bjorn Nelson – Edmonton Huskies
Michael Astone – Okanagan Sun
Jacob Deneau – London Beefeaters
Caleb Barajas – Regina Thunder
Receivers
Max Taylor – Edmonton Wildcats – he hauled in 41 receptions for 704 yards and had five touchdowns
Cameron St. Kitts-Park – St. Clair Saints – he led the OFC in receptions (29), receiving yards (468) and touchdowns (9)
Blaise Newberry – Calgary Colts – he caught 34 passes for 495 yards and collected three touchdowns
Christian Phillips – Ottawa Sooners – he had 22 receptions for 375 yards and four touchdowns
Running Backs
Sadik Sadik – Regina Thunder – he led the Prairie Conference with 10 rushing touchdowns on the strength of 106 carries and 781 yards, an average of 7.4 yards a carry
Rashaad Johnson (pictured) – Ottawa Sooners – he led the OFC with 1045 rushing yards on 120 carries for 10 touchdowns
Quarterback
Maurice Sodja – St. Clair Saints (second consecutive season) – completed 68.5% of his passes for a Conference high 1499 yards and 20 touchdowns for a quarterback efficiency of 153.3%. He also rushed 62 times for 624 yards with 11 more touchdowns, averaging over 10 yards a carry.
Punter
Teijon Abel-Douglas – Saskatoon Hilltops – when called upon he averaged 30.8 net yards with each boot and recorded 39 punts over the course of the regular season
Place Kicker
Jack Lewis – St. Clair Saints – he connected on an Ontario Conference high eight field goals out of 11 attempts. He added 52 converts during the regular season.
Defensive Line
Ted Windom Jr. – Westshore Rebels – he led the BC Conference with six sacks, had 22 tackles, seven assists and two knockdowns
Johnathon Stevens – Saskatoon Hilltops (second consecutive season) – he tallied 12 solo tackles, had nine assisted stops, three sacks, recovered a fumble and had a knockdown
Noah Williams – London Beefeaters – he had eight solo tackles along with five assisted stops and a pair of sacks
Anthony Adams – St. Clair Saints – he collected eight tackles, had 12 assisted tackles, 3.5 sacks, a knockdown, and recovered a fumble.
Linebackers
Isaac Michayluk – Saskatoon Hilltops - he made 33 solo tackles, assisted on 27 others, knocked down a pass, and had an interception that he returned 14 yards
Kyler Banfield – Winnipeg Rifles – he had 39 solo tackles, 13 assisted tackles, half a sack, blocked a kick, knocked down a pass, forced and recovered a fumble and intercepted a pass
Jon Banal – Valley Huskers – he had an eyepopping 50 solo tackles, had 14 assisted stops, two interceptions, recovered a fumble and returned it 109 yards for a touchdown, knocked down four passes, blocked a kick and had a sack
Defensive Backs
Kenley Williams – Okanagan Sun – he picked off five passes, and 13 tackles, three assists and four knockdowns
Raiden Mastin – Valley Huskers – he led the Conference with eight knockdowns, had 34 tackles, four assisted tackles, had two interceptions, and blocked a kick
Tanner Berezowski – Edmonton Huskies – he recovered a fumble and returned it 23 yards for touchdown to complement his 27 solo tackles, seven assisted tackles and knocked down a pass
Jacoby Dillon – Quinte Skyhawks – he collected four interceptions, had 27 tackles, knocked down a pass and forced a fumble
Felice Toscano – VI Raiders – he collected 33 tackles, four assisted stops, had four interceptions and four knockdowns
Return Specialist
Nick Szigeti – London Beefeaters (second consecutive season) – he collected 29 kick returns averaging 16 return yards and tallied two returns for touchdowns
The 2024 CJFL First Team All-Canadians will be announced on Thursday (tomorrow).
A recap of the Prairie Conference semi-finals
Photo courtesy of Wanda Harron Photography
Sunday afternoon the home teams in the Prairie Conference sent the visitors home with a loss and hungry as the Hilltops and Thunder advance to the Conference title game.
Saskatoon Hilltops 33
Edmonton Huskies 18
The Hilltops rode a 16-point second quarter to victory beating the Huskies at SMF Field to advance in the Canadian Bowl playoffs.
On the ground they gained 223 yards led by Corbin Ebben who rushed 29 times for 172 of those yards and tallied a fourth quarter touchdown. Through the air MVP Trey Reider completed 13 of 19 passes for 117 yards and threw touchdown passes to Datiel Fountaine and Hayden Day.
The most exciting play of the game came from Charles Sawi halfway through the fourth quarter as he returned a missed field 112 yards for a touchdown.
Defensively the Hilltops played steady and solid forcing seven turnovers. Linebacker Isaac Michalyuk made seven solo tackles, helped on four others, intercepted a pass, had a knockdown and forced and recovered a fumble.
The Huskies dug themselves into a second quarter hole they could not climb out of.
Their first of two touchdowns on the day didn’t come until the third quarter with time ticking away. Linebacker Matthew Alloway forced a fumble, recovered it and sprinted 36-yards for a major. Then with just over four minutes to play Carson Eddy scored with a five-yard rush into the endzone.
The Hilltops advance to the Conference final where they will host the Regina Thunder this coming Sunday afternoon.
Regina Thunder 64
Calgary Colts 7
Despite the power outages at Leibel Field the Thunder’s power wasn’t affected as they dominated the visiting Colts recording 578 yards of total offence.
They handed the Colts a heavy dose of the run game to the tune of 425 yards. Ryland Leichert was spectacular with 182 yards on 22 carries and tallied three touchdowns and Jakeb Cortus ran for another. Peter Boersch rushed 12 times for 115 yards.
Back-up quarterback Ethan Hugg had an impressive game completing nine passes, three of which went for touchdowns after Carter Moberg threw one of his own. Ben Walz hauled in three of those touchdowns and Tanner Donovel collected one as well.
Defensively the Thunder didn’t allow much as the Colts only touchdown came as the second quarter began when quarterback Isaiah Klein threw a 28-yard touchdown pass to Quinn Fedoroff.
The Thunder will now visit the Saskatoon Hilltops for the 2024 Prairie Conference finale on Sunday afternoon.
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