Football Canada – Ottawa (July 20, 2016) – Ten Canadians earned first-team all-stars honours while an additional two players were named to the second-team following the 2016 IFAF U19 World Championship held June 30-July 10 in Harbin, China.

Canada’s Junior National Team defeated Team USA 24-6 on July 10 to capture gold. Full tournament stats can be found here: http://www.ifaf2016u19.com/u19officialscoringsummary/300.htm

The Canadian contingent is headlined by the tandem of Félix Lussier-Roy and François Rocheleau.

Lussier-Roy scored a total of six touchdowns during Canada’s four games in China including the game winning 80-yard rushing touchdown to help Canada secure a berth in the finals. His final touchdown of the tournament, a 47-yard rush, helped Canada take a commanding 14-3 lead into halftime of the gold medal game.

Rocheleau remained relatively quiet until the gold medal game where he saved his best performance for last, exploding for 185 receiving yards and two long touchdown catches, from 80 and 67 yards respectively. He earned Canada’s player of the game honours in the finals.

The ten Canadians that were named first-team all-stars are:

Name – Position – Team – Hometown

Samuel Lefebvre – OL – Cégep Levis-Lauzon (Laval commit) – Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon, Que.

Drew Desjarlais – OL – University of Windsor – Belle River, Ont.

Marc-Antoine Lemay – OL – Collège Champlain-Lennoxville – Trois-Rivières, Que.

François Rocheleau – WR – Collège André-Grasset – Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Que

–          Earned Canada’s player of the game in the gold medal game on July 10 against the USA

	Category	Att. / No.	Yards	TD	Long	Avg.
Tournament totals	All-Purpose	–	289	2	80	–
	Receiving	7	230	2	80	32.86
	Rushing	8	59	0	34	7.37

Félix Lussier-Roy – RB – Collège Champlain-Lennoxville – Sherbrooke, Que.

–          Earned Canada’s player of the game on July 3 and 7 against the USA and Mexico

	Category	Att. / No.	Gain	Loss	Net	Avg.	TD	Long
Tournament totals	All-Purpose	–	583	16	567	–	6	–
	Rushing	58	410	16	394	6.79	5	80
	Receiving	2	64	0	64	16.0	1	63
	Returns	5	109		109	21.8	0	31

Carson Bell – DL – Regina Thunder (CJFL) – Assiniboia, SK

Deshawn Stevens – LB – Kent School [CT] (Maine commit) — Toronto, Ont.

–          Helped lead a dominant Canada defense, recording four tournament sacks (two in opener on June 30) and one interception

Nick Cross – DB – LeBoldus HS – Regina, SK

–          Earned Canada’s player of the game on June 30 against Mexico

• Pivotal punt block in fourth quarter of game one against Mexico

–          Recorded a 13-yard TD reception on a fake field goal in semi-final against Mexico

–          Fumble recovery early in first quarter of gold medal game against USA

Ben Whiting – DB – Univ. of Saskatchewan – Saskatoon, SK

–          Fumble recovery in opener, with game tied at 16, against Mexico

–          Recorded his lone interception in gold medal game against USA

Vincent Blanchard – K – Collège Champlain-Lennoxville – St-Germain-de-Granthan, Que.

–          A well rounded kicker and punter, Blanchard also converted a critical third down, on a 12-yard fake punt run which set up a fake field goal pass to put Canada up by ten in their semi-final game against Mexico

	Punting				Field goals
	No.	Yards	Avg.	Long	Att.	Made	Long
Tournament totals	18	716	39.77	55	8	4	41

Two Canadians named to second team:

Name – Position – Team – Hometown

Lowhya Lako – LB – Univ. of Windsor – Windsor, ON

–          Recorded one sack in opener against Mexico

Bruno Lagacé – DB – Collège André-Grasset – Boucherville, Que.

–          Tallied two interceptions and one fumble recovery during tournament

2016 IFAF U19 World Championship All-Stars

 
1st Team   

No.	Pos.	First Name	Last Name	Nation
OFFENSIVE
5	QB	LINDELL	STONE	USA
72	OL	JON	JACOBS	USA
71	OL	WILL	BATES	USA
65	OL	SAMUEL	LEFEBVRE	CAN
74	OL	DREW	DESJARLAIS	CAN
53	OL	MARC-ANTOINE	LEMAY	CAN
1	WR	EDDIE	LEWIS	USA
3	WR	EZEKIEL	ENNIS	USA
8	WR	FRANÇOIS	ROCHELEAU	CAN
4	RB	IKE	OGWUEGBU	USA
25	RB	FELIX	LUSSIER-ROY	CAN
DEFENSIVE
91	DL	ADAM	MYDLAND	USA
92	DL	FRANKIE	FEASTER	USA
99	DL	CARSON	BELL	CAN
47	LB	DESHAWN	STEVENS	CAN
8	LB	DEJAUN	COOPER	USA
23	LB	SHIMON	HOFFMAN	USA
44	LB	NICHOLAS	JOHN	USA
15	DB	RAMON	GAXIOLA MUNIZ	MEX
21	DB	HIROKI	TAKAGUCHI	JPN
11	DB	NICK	CROSS	CAN
4	DB	BENJAMIN	WHITING	CAN
SPECIAL TEAMS
12	K/P	VINCENT	BLANCHARD	CAN
11	RET	TSUBASA	BRENNAN	JPN

            
2nd Team

No.	Pos.	First Name	Last Name	Nation
OFFENSIVE
12	QB	ALEJANDRO	GARCIA ROSADO	MEX
55	OL	JORDAN	STIRLING	AUS
73	OL	CRISTOBAL GABRIEL	LUNA CASTRO	MEX
75	OL	DIEGO FERNANDO	ALARCON GARCIA	MEX
50	OL	YUSEI	TOMITA	JPN
75	OL	TAISEI	MATSUNAGA	JPN
14	WR	JUAN.C	FUENTES ROMERO	MEX
15	WR	SHUNTARO	TAKACHI	JPN
82	WR	BERHARD	RAIMANN	AUT
37	RB	MITCHELL	CRROKES	AUS
15	RB	SANDRO	PLATZGUMMER	AUT
DEFENSIVE
91	DL	IVAN	HERNANDEZ GLEASON	MEX
97	DL	YOSHIKI	TERAOKA	JPN
5	DL	STANLEY	ARONOKHALE	AUT
31	LB	LOWHYA	LAKO	CAN
10	LB	JASON	GOUGH	AUS
51	LB	JOSIP	GAZIBARIC-GRAGANO	AUT
90	LB	ALEXANDER	WATHOLOWITSC	AUT
39	DB	BLAKE	KING	AUS
10	DB	BRUNO	LAGAC	CAN
26	DB	OSCAR	RAZO POSADAS	MEX
27	DB	XINYANG	CHEN	CHN
SPECIAL TEAMS
17	K	JON	FAGG	USA
47	R	SHUNYAO	LIANG	CHN

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