Photo courtesy of Matthew Hamilton

The Canadian Junior Football League (CJFL) is proud to announce the FIRST-Team All-Canadians for the 2025 season.

Offensive Line
Kaiden Kerntopf – Okanagan Sun (second consecutive season)
Caleb Barajas – Regina Thunder (second consecutive All-Canadian)
Thomas Ta’Avili – St. Clair Saints
Johnny Fazio-Raposo – St. Clair Saints
Jack Erlandson – Saskatoon Hilltops 

Receivers
Cameron St. Kitts Park – St. Clair Saints (second consecutive All-Canadian) - he led the OFC in receptions (56), receiving yards (760) and scored nine touchdowns

Marselio Mendez – St. Clair Saints - he hauled in 30 receptions for 611 yards and led the Conference with 11 touchdowns

Zion Brown – Westshore Rebels - he had a CJFL high 1039 receiving yards on 69 receptions and tied a CJFL record with 18 touchdowns

Jarome Penner – Winnipeg Rifles (pictured) - he led the Conference with 794 receiving yards on 40 receptions and tallied three touchdowns.  He averaged 19.9 yards a catch

Running Backs
Peter Boersch – Regina Thunder – he won the Conference rushing title with 1327 yards on 174 carries and four touchdowns averaging 7.4 yards a carry

David Collins – Saskatoon Hilltops – he carried the rock 126 times for 1028 yards and a Conference high 13 touchdowns, averaging 8.2 yards per carry

Quarterback
Matthew Guenette – St. Clair Saints – set a new record for completing 75.9% of his passes for a Conference high 2299 yards and set a new record with 35 touchdowns for a quarterback efficiency of 163.5%.  

Punter
Teagan Good – Quinte Skyhawks – he booted a Conference high 49 punts, averaging 34.6 yards and tallied a pair of singles

Place Kicker
Shawn Green – Regina Thunder – he led the Conference with 83 points.  He booted a Conference high 17 field goals, knocking through 81% of his kicks.

Defensive Line
Jaylin Burnett – St. Clair Saints (second consecutive season) - he had a Conference high 11 sacks to complement his 28 tackles, 18 assisted stops, forced a fumble, recovered three fumbles, one for a touchdown and made 17.5 tackles for a loss

Johnathon Stevens – Saskatoon Hilltops – (second consecutive All-Canadian) he led the Conference with three sacks, had 11 tackles, 18 assisted stops, had a knockdown, forced and recovered a fumble

JaQuintis Summers – Okanagan Sun – recorded 12 sacks, 17 tackles, 9 assists, forced a recovered a fumble 

Jarveon Williams - Okanagan Sun – he collected 11 sacks, 14 tackles, returned a fumble 55-yards for a touchdown, knocked down four passes and forced a fumble

Linebackers
Kyler Banfield – Winnipeg Rifles - led the Conference with 37 tackles and 26 assisted stops.  He added two sacks, four knockdowns, forced two fumbles, and recovered a pair

Andy Ofosuhene – Valley Huskers - he had a Conference high 47 tackles, added 14 assisted stops, 2 sack, 1 interception and 2 knockdowns

Clay Ritschard – London Beefeaters - he had 39 solo tackles, eight assisted stops, four sacks, intercepted a pass, forced a fumble and recovered two other fumbles

Defensive Backs
Raiden Mastin – Valley Huskers (second consecutive All-Canadian) - he tallied three interceptions returning one for a touchdown, two sacks, 38 tackles, five assisted stops, five knockdowns and forced a fumble

Tariq Brown – Okanagan Sun - led the Conference with seven interceptions, returning two for a touchdown, had 19 tackles, 5 assists, added a sack, 3 knockdowns, forced a fumble and recovered one

Brandon Vecchio – St. Clair Saints - he intercepted four passes and returned three of them for touchdowns, knocked down three passes and made six tackles

Cooper Filazek – Regina Thunder - he had three interceptions, six tackles, and two knockdowns

Teagan Good – Quinte Skyhawks - he had another great season intercepting three passes, blocked three kicks, forced and recovered a fumble, had 20 tackles, assisted on five others and had a knockdown

Return Specialist
Marselio Mendez – St. Clair Saints - he returned 22 kicks during the regular season and averaged 24.8 yards with each return.  He also returned two punts for touchdowns adding to his impressive stats.

Photo courtesy of Louis Christ Photography

Sunday afternoon the province of Saskatchewan celebrated a pair of Prairie Conference semifinal victories in Regina and Saskatoon. As a result, the Conference title game is set! 

Regina Thunder 49
Edmonton Huskies 10

The Thunder will host the 2025 Prairie Conference championship game this coming weekend after a home semifinal victory over the Huskies on Sunday.

Whether it was offence, defence or specials, the Thunder controlled the pace of play en route to their victory.  On the offensive side they had a balanced attack including 375 yards on the ground led by former Huskie Jackson Harnett who averaged 29 yards a carry and finished with 204 total with two touchdowns.  Peter Boersch added another major on eight carries and 54 yards.   Through the air quarterback Adam Mosher completed 10 passes for 180 yards and a pair of majors to Andrew Sweeney.

The defence held the Huskies run game to 97 yards and forced four turnovers on downs.  Linebacker Kenten Effa was outstanding with four tackles, five assists, blocked a punt and recorded a sack.

On Specials, kicker Shawn Green accounted for 17 points including nailing all three field goal attempts, the longest from 28 yards out.

The Huskies did all their scoring in the second quarter.   Quarterback Wesley Neitz hit William Campbell for a 21-yard strike before kicker Boaz Comeau kicked an impressive 51-yard field goal.

Speaking of Neitz, the rookie did find some success through the air completing 20 passes for 202 yards.  Campbell was his favourite target making 11 receptions for 112 yards.

The Thunder advance and will host the Saskatoon Hilltops in the Prairie Conference championship game next weekend with the winner hosting the 2025 Canadian Bowl.

Saskatoon Hilltops 60
Winnipeg Rifles 26

After a 21-point first quarter, the Hilltops blew open the game in the third frame with 28 more points and cruised to the lopsided semifinal victory over the visiting Rifles on Sunday.

The ground assault was simply outstanding for the Hilltops to the tune of 380 combined yards and David Collins had himself a day.  He rushed 16 times for 207 yards and two touchdowns while teammate Charles Sawi only carried three times but made them count averaging 34 yards and scored two touchdowns, including an 80-yard sprint.   Corbin Ebben also scored two majors on the ground on six carries.   Their lone throwing touchdown came from backup Griffin Sander in the fourth quarter finding David Boyd Jr from 29 yards out.

On the other side, the Rifles offence did collect 461 total yards primarily through the air but did turn the ball over six times.   Quarterback Riley Element was good with 24 completions for 338 yards and threw a touchdown pass to Jarome Penner who caught eight passes for 119 yards.  Cole Davies also had a big game with seven catches for 116 yards.  Running back Kaiden Banfield was outstanding and gave the Rifles another option on the ground carrying the ball 24 times for 123 yards and two touchdowns in a losing cause.

Both defences coughed up over 460 yards to the opposition’s offence.  The Hilltops “D” bent but didn’t break too often.  Nathan Gallant intercepted two passes and had a team high four tackles, and Noah Chelsom forced and recovered a fumble. 

Rifles’ linebacker Derek Gumieny led his club with a game high 6.5 tackles, 1.5 for a loss and forced and recovered a fumble.

The Hilltops advance to the Prairie Conference championship game and will visit the Regina Thunder next weekend to win the right to host the 2025 Canadian Bowl.