Monthly Archives: February 2012

Saxon Lindsey’s Gryphon highlights

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Peter Gryphon

Back on Feb 19 I posted a link to a story on Gryphon wide receiver Saxon Lindsey from the 55-Yard Line blog.  I also excerpted some highlights of the story including …  For others, like Guelph Gryphons’ receiver Saxon Lindsey, there … Continue reading →

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The Ted Wildman Memorial Trophy

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Peter Gryphon

I don’t honestly know if the Ted Wildman Trophy is the oldest individual award in Ontario college football but it must be among them.  It’s been given out since 1932. From a 1950 report in the Canadian Journal of Comparative Medicine: The Ted … Continue reading →

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Sault Ste Marie MVP commits to Guelph

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Peter Gryphon

The Gryphons have signed another three-time OFSAA Bowl winner from Sault Ste Marie’s Superior Heights SS.  A league all star at slotback,  Colin Booth was also his school’s Male Athlete of the Year and the 2011 MVP of the Sault high school league.  And … Continue reading →

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Offseason training … full speed ahead

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Peter Gryphon

February 18 was a team testing day.  100% of Gryphon football players turned out to be measured and evaluated.  Someone was nice enough to videotape it and put some highlights on Youtube.  This latest video is one of many available at the GryphonsFootball1 youtube … Continue reading →

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Gryphons land big name linebacker

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Peter Gryphon

If you haven’t heard of Pat McGrath, you really can’t be following amateur football in Ontario very closely.  McGrath has been considered one of the top linebacker prospects in Ontario for the past couple of years.  McGrath was a member … Continue reading →

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Guelph news and links – Feb 19/12

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Peter Gryphon

Former Gryphon fullback Timothy Randall won a bronze medal in the team event at the FIBT World Championships in Lake Placid, NY this weekend.  The event is composed of one heat in four disciplines — men’s and women’s skeleton, women’s bobsled, … Continue reading →

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BC’s top QB commits to Guelph

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Peter Gryphon

I predicted last summer that Guelph would land some elite prospects from outside Ontario.  I was just starting to wonder if that would happen when Mikey Carney, a high profile national recruit out of Burnaby BC, announced his commitment to the Gryphons.  … Continue reading →

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Gryphons add a fourth OVFL All Star OL

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Peter Gryphon

Daniel Urbshas is no stranger to the University of Guelph campus or its football program.  His father, a Physics Lab Supervisor, has been a UofG employee for years and Daniel already works part time on campus.  Certainly, Urbshas could never have escaped the … Continue reading →

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Team Ontario LB commits

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Peter Gryphon

Andrew Graham is well practiced in the art of leadership.  After all he was a team captain all five of his seasons at Parkside Collegiate in St Thomas and in two OFC seasons with the Forest City Thunderbirds.  Not just … Continue reading →

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Niagara All Star receiver commits

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Peter Gryphon

A member of the Lakeshore Gators teams that reached back-to-back Golden Horseshoe Bowls in 2009 and 2010, receiver Jesse Benson will bring his game to Guelph in 2012.  Benson was named a Niagara AAAA All Star by the league’s high … Continue reading →

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