2018 Awards

2018 RURAL MANITOBA FOOTBALL LEAGUE AWARD nominees

POSITIONAL Award Nominees

AWARD WINNERS IN BOLD AND NOTED*

Most Outstanding Player - Offense
Moosomin Jared Valentine Hard running fullback. 90 carries for 440 yds.

Dauphin

Interlake Colton Nedotiafko 181 Carries for 1675 and 14 rushing TDs he led the league in all 3 of these categories.

Virden Paul Winters 77 carries 399 yds 6 TDs

Swan Valley *Cody Eisner       passed for over 2000 yards and rushed for over 500 yards. He threw 21 TD passes and ran for 7

Neepawa Tanner Mann 713 yards passing 8 passing TDs 613 yards rushing 9 rushing TDs 1

ParkWest   Zenon Kristalovich

Virden Paul Winter

Most Outstanding Player - Defense

Moosomin Calvin Murphy 63 tackles, 24 assists, 1 sack and 2 INT's.

Dauphin Logan Conrad 46 tackles, 21 assists, 1 Fumb rec, 1 Int for TD.

Interlake Colton Meisner 75 Tackles, 40 Assists, 5 Sacks, 3 Fumble Recoveries, 7 Interceptions, 3 Defensive TDs.

Virden *Brandon Martens In on 95 tackles 5 sacks 1 TD

Swan Valley Morgan Staniland 72 Solo 35 Assists). 4 Pass Knockdowns, 4 Forced Fumbles and 1 Fumble Recovery.

Neepawa Dylan Devloo 48 tackles 1 QB sack 1 fumble recovery 2 interceptions

ParkWest Josh Gerelus

Virden   Brandon Martens

Most Outstanding Player - Defensive Line

Moosomin          Wyatt Schenn 42 tackles and 30 assists and 4 fumble recoveries.

Dauphin Ruben Houle 34 tackles 26 assists, 2 sacks, 1 FR, constant pressure on QB, often double teamed

Interlake James Crate 19 Tackles, 8 Assists, 1 Sack. often draws double teams

Virden Tyler Scott           46 total tackles, 2 sacks, 4 fumble recovers, 1 TD

Swan Valley *Jesse Woodson (24 Solo , 19 Assists) 1 Fumble recovery, 2 forced fumbles, and 3 sacks.

Neepawa Trey Martin Grade 10   21 tackles as

ParkWest   Shawn Kryslowsky

Virden Tyler Scott

Most Outstanding Player - Offensive Line

Moosomin Calvin Murphy With essentially an all rookie OL, Calvin had to come in and do double duty on the OL.

Dauphin Evan Butler undersized center, makes it work using smarts & mobility, can pull out and block on the run

Interlake *Gabriel Simard At 6'0" 295lbs Gabe is the big man and veteran leader of the Oline.

Virden Dylan Holmstrom team's main blocker

Swawn Valley    Ethan Campbell 12 passes for 380 yards and 4 TD's.

Neepawa Tristen Guttormsen Grade 12 Guard

ParkWest Brooks Watson

Virden   Dylan Holmstrom

Most Outstanding Player - Special Teams

Moosomin          Jackson Sinclair Jackson did triple duty as a DB, RB and Kicker/Punter. 31 special teams tackles.

Dauphin

Interlake Tanner McCallen        A versatile member of our cover and return teams

Virden Alex Eckhardt 11 for 16 XPs 1 FG

Swan Valley *Ethan Campbell 22/27 on converts and 4/5 on field goals. Scored 34 points

Neepawa Colter Birnie Gr 9 Kicker/Punter Natural athlete can kick for distance Only played 4 games due to broken hand

Parkwest   Jamie Waddell

Virden   Alex Eckhardt

Rookie of the Year Rookie of the Year

Moosomin          Sydney Schenn Gr. 10 female player. Extremely consistent long snapper and very effective starting LB.
  24 tackles and 15 assists.
Dauphin Garret Thompson Gr 9 linebacker, 3 tackles, will be force in years to come

Interlake *Graeme Perrie 645 yards rushing and 9 TDs, 158 yards receiving 1 TD.
A grade 10 he finished 3rd in the league in rushing yards and 2nd in rushing TDs.

Virden Cody Kasto Used a lot for a grade 9 and quickly learned the offensive plays

Swan Valley Ethan Trevellyan rushed 9 times for 44 yards and had 9 catches for 157 yards and 2 Touchdowns.

Neepawa Colter Birnie 39 tackles 1QB sack and 2 fumble recoveries in 4 games.

ParkWest

Virden Cody Kasto

Norris Aitken memorial Award

This long time award recognizes a player who combines football ability, academic ability and other criteria schools deem to be an asset to all-round individuals. Norris Aitken was a longtime coach of the Dauphin Clippers and a commissioner for the RMFL for several years.

The 2018 nominees are:

Dauphin Clippers - Zach Zurba
Zach maintains an academic avg around 95%. He is the student council co-president as a grade 11 student. Zach is an all-round student and participates in musical and 2 jazz bands. He is an all round leader in school and often volunteers when ever needed.

Interlake Thunder - Colton Meisner
Considered the best player on defence, he is also a two year captain and the mature leader of the team. He receives tremendous respect from his teammates and coaches for his work ethic, leadership skills and commitment to the game.
Off the field he volunteers with his church and at community events such as the local rodeo and curling bonspiels. He also coaches grade 7/8 basketball and baseball.

A stellar student, with grades in the 90s, he was awarded for having the top average of all Grade 11 students at this school last year

Neepawa Tigers – Jayvee Posadas

Jayvee Posadas only played 4 games due to concussion against Moosomim. He is a running back with lightning speed. Jayvee had 35 carries for 385 yards, 4 rushing TD's, 1 catch 29 yard TD and 9 tackles on defense. A true gentleman that goes about his business very quietly. 70% student.

Moosomin Generals - *Matthew Bajus
Matthew has a 90%+ average)Mathew is an effective one player and use primarily used as a blocker. His team considers him a good character player and teammate.

ParkWest Outlaws - Josh Gerelus

Virden Golden Bears - Brandon Martens

Parker guy memorial award

This award (initiated 2018) will be awarded to a Grade 11 or Grade 12 player. This award exemplifies character through involvement in football. Criteria:

A love of football and positive influence to the camaraderie of the sport
A strong commitment to the team; shows teammanship through modeling positive behaviors and actions
Team first attitude
Inclusiveness of all teammates; goes out of their way to make sure rookie players feel like they belong
Sportsmanship and a high degree of integrity and maturity when communicating and working with coaches, teammates, opponents, and officials
School and community involvement such as coaching a youth team would be considered an asset

Nominees 2018

Moosomin - *Calvin Murphy
Gr. 12. Calvin has been a leader since his first days of football. As soon as he was old enough to play, he joined. He has always been a vocal leader, a powerful motivator and someone players on this team and our younger teams look up to. Calvin has helped coach our Little Generals and assisted with our Bantam program when needed as well. Active in 4H and the family cattle farm Calvin is hard working and sets that example for his teammates. He is also human and has learned from mistakes. This has been a tough season for us. We knew we were in for a rebuild season but felt we had the pieces needed for a top half finish. In losing some games there was a period of negativity that didn't help. The coaches identified that this was not a good path. Calvin accepted responsibility as a leader and took action. The team has gelled better in recent weeks and is practicing like the team they should be. Whether it results in wins is irrelevant. They will end their season as a unified team which is most important. Doing all the right things is easy when you are winning and everything is going your way. Character is revealed more so when presented with adversity. Calvin has always been a leader but the adversity this season has taught him to be a better leader, prepared to lead beyond the game.

Neepawa Tigers - Burke Erickson
Burke is a skilled receiver who loves football. He has the same positive attitude and effort regardless of the score. Shows utmost respect to coaches, teammates, opponents, and officials. In conclusion loves football - plays it for the love of the game, is consumed and honored to be a RMFL player, and is a gentleman on and off the field.

Interlake Thunder - Cordell Sumner

A Grade 11 first year player he quickly found an important role on our Oline and became a leader and character guy for us. We like his attitude and are happy to nominate him

ParkWest Outlaws - Cole Butchka

Virden Golden Bears - Brandon Martens

Dauphin Clippers - Josh Sanderson
Josh is a grade 12 player that has played Clipper football for 4 years and knows what it means to be a member of the Clipper Family. He brings a positive attitude to every practice and every game. Josh works hard at ensuring that all members of the team are treated fairly and always encourages his team mates whether he on the field or on the bench.

Swan Valley - Damian Chernyk
Damian has been a Tger for 6 years. He started in our junior program as on defence, played some offence, was very excited to learn football and glad to come to practice with his brother. We quickly learned that Damian could hit. In his grade 9 year he played some defence but he also had an interest in playing QB and running the ball. In grade 10 our 3 year All-star QB graduated and we needed a QB. Damian stepped into that roll while still playing the odd play on defence and did very well. In Grade 10 a lot of players looked up to him because he had already been there for 4 years and played multiple positions. He enjoyed helping the juniors and helping officiate their games. He led us to the Murray Black cup that year. In grade 11 we had a grade 9 QB coming up that was much more suited to QB. Damian was a great runner and a man to try and tackle but not the best passer. Not only was he happy to pass the reigns over but he gladly showed Cody everything he had learned and worked with him. He started the first 3 games at QB in 2017 but then Cody took over at QB. He came to me and said coach, where can I help? He was playing middle linebacker already but always wanted to do more. We had a Grade 10 centre that was struggling a bit and the run game was having a tough time so Damian went to centre. That's what the team needed to be successful and he was always worried about the team and what is best for them. Again our running game got back on track and we won the Murray Black cup. Fast forward to this year. He is playing LB and Fullback for us. He is a load to bring down as well and never is taken down by the first tackler. He refuses to juke and always wants to run through the tackler. He is usually hobbling or bleeding because he is all heart and wont come off unless we carry him off the field. . He refs junior games, is the first one at practice and the last one to leave because he makes sure all equip is put away. He is the hardest worker on our team and last summer was our best recruiter. The only time he has ever missed practice is when he had drivers ed last year.
He is the heart and soul of our team and defies what it is to be a Swan Valley Tiger