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By Josh Hall (Twitter: @Vancan19)

titan of the game

Thurber football star to hit the field Grey Cup

Nov 16, 2019 | 10:00 AM

Lindsay Thurber Raiders football star Will Moir is headed to the 107th Grey Cup in Calgary.

The Nissan Kickoff Project brings together 70 high school football players from across the country for the CFL’s biggest game. It also pits them against one another in an exhibition game. The players chosen demonstrate the “Titan values of being tough, innovative, tenacious, ambitious and notable.”

Moit, a grade 12 receiver, says he’s honoured.

“If you really want it, work as hard as you possibly can every day and eventually you’ll achieve any success that you want. Stay positive, and don’t get down,” he says is his advice for younger players working their way up the chain.

“We have four principles at Thurber that really help keep that in our mind. The first one is commit, the second is don’t quit, the third is never turn your back on your teammates, and the last one is don’t hurt the family, so don’t do anything stupid on and off the field, and do your job.”

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Moir began playing in grade eight, he notes, after a friend pushed him to get involved.

“At first it was pretty nerve-racking and kind of scary, but as i figured out what it was all about, and the kind of family it is, I got addicted to it, I guess.”

A Calgary Stampeders fan, Moir was in the stands in Edmonton last year to watch his team win the Grey Cup over Ottawa.

Players he looks up to include Stamps QB Bo Levi Mitchell, and Adam Thielen of the Minnesota Vikings.

The exhibition game goes Nov. 23 (the day before Grey Cup) at Shouldice Athletic Park in Calgary.