By Josh Hall (Twitter: @Vancan19)

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Football Alberta makes selections for Team Alberta U18 teams

May 26, 2023 | 2:24 PM

Football Alberta held its Top 100 Camp in Red Deer this past weekend in Red Deer.

One group of 54 was selected to attend a final camp June 10-11 in Red Deer, with the top 40 from that camp representing Alberta at the Football Canada Cup in Edmonton July 7-15.

The other group of 33 selected this weekend will go directly to the Western U18 Challenge, which is for younger players. That competition goes July 9-16 in Sherwood Park.

Some of the players not selected at the Top 54 Camp will be added to the Western Challenge roster.

Rosters (with local players italicized)

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Team Alberta U18 Final 54 Selection Camp Invitees

Quarterbacks

Marek Filipek – Hunting Hills (Red Deer)

Cohen Wright – Ernest Manning (Calgary)

Runningbacks

Dominic Bescoter – Harry Ainlay (Edmonton)

Ethan Grannum – Holy Rosary (Lloydminster)

Jemar Linck – Crescent Heights (Calgary)

IniOluwa Oladunni – St. Francis Xavier (Edmonton)

Seth Poelzer – Holy Trinity Academy (Okotoks)

Receivers

Bishop Adeniyi – Harry Ainlay (Edmonton)

Alexander Fairbanks – Paul Kane (St. Albert)

Ben Gutek – Holy Trinity Academy (Okotoks)

Gage Nagassar – Chestermere

Phoenix Oliver – Henry Wise Wood (Calgary)

Adnesse Pannenbecker – Lacombe

Liam Piccinin – Harry Ainlay (Edmonton)

Jonpatrick Poitenvien – Ernest Manning (Calgary)

Chistian Thomas – Jasper Place (Edmonton)

Offensive Line

Tristan Aherne – Henry Wise Wood (Calgary)

Benaiah Amantea – Catholic Central (Lethbridge)

Elliot Beveridge – St. Francis (Calgary)

Matthew Callahan – Holy Trinity Academy (Okotoks)

Sebastian Lee – Foothills (Okotoks)

Mitchell Pitters – Bev Facey (Sherwood Park)

Gavin Speers – Holy Trinity Academy (Okotoks)

Daxon Tanner – Lindsay Thurber (Red Deer)

Jayden Tieulie – Bev Facey (Sherwood Park)

Austin Wiebe – Stettler

Defensive Line

Jaeden Gayle-Edwards – Crescent Heights (Calgary)

Tyson Harker – W.R. Myers (Taber)

Carson Hartmann – Salisbury (Sherwood Park)

Ezekiel Jackson – Ernest Manning (Calgary)

Eda Otoro – Harry Ainlay (Edmonton)

Stephen Stevens – St. Francis (Calgary)

Caden Struth – Ernest Manning (Calgary)

Mike Zalaski – Harry Ainlay (Edmonton)

Linebackers

Cyril Atemnkeng – All Saints (Calgary)

Jack Bjorge – Holy Trinity Academy (Okotoks)

Everett Draudson – Bellerose (St. Albert)

Jesse Groot – Cochrane

Owen MacNeil – Bev Facey (Sherwood Park)

Sam Metcalfe – Harry Ainlay (Edmonton)

Philip Shabanov – Ernest Manning (Calgary)

Jayson Young – Foothills (Okotoks)

Defensive Backs

Koen Ahronson – Jasper Place (Edmonton)

Max Bailey – Henry Wise Wood (Calgary)

Brayden Chamberlain – Cochrane

Riley Easton – Hunting Hills (Red Deer)

Bentley Francis – Raymond

Evan Lakatos – Ernest Manning (Calgary)

Kian Lamson – Harry Ainlay (Edmonton)

Caden Rae – Archbishop Jordan (Sherwood Park)

Gavin Weisser – Harry Ainlay (Edmonton)

Jaden Weisser – Harry Ainlay (Edmonton)

Special Teams

Ira Hozack – Medicine Hat

Kieran Peterson – Notre Dame (Red Deer)

Team Alberta U18 Blue (33 players currently)

Quarterbacks
Finneus Goerzen – St. Francis (Calgary)

Carson McFaull – Salisbury (Sherwood Park)

Runningbacks

Carson Graham – Ernest Manning (Calgary)

Receivers

Aiden Bilalbegovic – Hunting Hills (Red Deer)

Kingston Freedman – Catholic Central (Lethbridge)

Dawson Hunter – Spruce Grove

Jaxon Sterling – Sherwood Park Rams Bantam

Deacon Sterna – E.P. Scarlett (Calgary)

Spencer White – Harry Ainlay (Edmonton)

Marcus Williams – Crescent Heights (Calgary)

Offensive Line

Caelan Chauvin – Ernest Manning (Calgary)

Connor Critch – St. Joseph’s (Grande Prairie)

Jess Nielsen – W.R. Myers (Taber)

Nikolas Oliverira-Forster – Henry Wise Wood (Calgary)

Kale Toews – Bev Facey (Sherwood Park)

Iain Weldon – Salisbury (Sherwood Park)

Caleb Wetherell – Cochrane

Defensive Line

Bryan Dieujuste – West Edmonton Raiders Bantam

Phoenix Fai – St. Joseph’s (Grande Prairie)

Nick Funk – Ross Sheppard (Edmonton)

Ben Haden – Holy Trinity Academy (Okotoks)

Nathan Okoroafor – Stettler

Linebackers

Noah Kinniburgh – Catholic Central (Lethbridge)

Tegan Pauliuk – Bev Facey (Sherwood Park)

Anderson Pitman – Henry Wise Wood (Calgary)

Felix Schields – Harry Ainlay (Edmonton)

Holden Toews – Bev Facey (Sherwood Park)

Defensive Backs

Tristan Duff – Ardrossan

Anthony Haines – St. Francis (Calgary)

Ephram Hartzel – St. Francis Xavier (Edmonton)

Thomas Rowan – Holy Trinity Academy (Okotoks)

Emery Stevenson – Cochrane

Special Teams

Nathan Duxbury – Strathcona (Edmonton)