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The Bantam Football League All-Star selections have been finalized.
The Summerside Spartans lead all teams with four players selected.
Here's how it all shapes up for 2011.

OFFENSE:

QB: Ryan Johnson, #8, Cornwall Timberwolves
Running Back: Zachary Acorn, #87, Souris Wildcats
Receiver: Aiden Smith, #88, Summerside Spartans
OL: Steven Smith, #90, Cornwall Timberwolves
OL: Dan Fingler, #53, Summerside Spartans
OL: Corey Ford, #60, Charlottetown Privateers

DEFENSE:

DL: Drew Bernard, #89, Summerside Spartans
LB: Brian Mahoney, #20, Cornwall Timberwolves

The final list of Varsity Football League All-Stars has been determined.
Here's how it shapes up for the 2011 season:

OFFENSE:

QB: Alex Fitzpatrick, #12, Souris Wildcats
Running Back: Cody Keenan, #17, Cornwall Timberwolves
Running Back: Jordan MacCormack, #28, Souris Wildcats
Receiver: Kalin Holonics, #44, Charlottetown Privateers
Receiver: Kris Rice, #80, Summerside Clippers
Receiver: Brandon Ching, #29, Souris Wildcats
Receiver: Adam Gallant, #82, Summerside Clippers
OL: Jorden Holden, #61, Charlottetown Privateers
OL: Zack McCormack, #60, Souris Wildcats

The Cornwall Timberwolves salvaged a heart-breaking season with a 54-16 rout over the Summerside
Clippers.
All-star Running back Cody Keenan finished his final game as a Timberwolve with four rushing touchdowns. Fullback Dan Gallant had a rushing and receiving touchdown, and Defensive Tackle Alex Mutch had a couple of short rushing scores on offense.
Head Coach Neal Connaughton realized this would be many of his veteran players' last game with the club, and the message to his players going into the final game was simple.
"Let's finish what we started", said Connaughton.

The Souris Wildcats are becoming more and more familiar with winning championships, coming out on top in the P.E.I. Varsity Football League Potato Bowl Game 47-28 over the Charlottetown Privateers in Cornwall Sunday.
Wildcats third-year Quarterback Alex Fitzpatrick earned offensive MVP honours, throwing for over 100 yards, with two passing scores and a single rushing touchdown.
Running back Brando Olivieri rushed for four touchdowns for the Wildcats.

The Summerside Bantam Spartans claimed their first P.E.I. Bantam Football League Championship in a tight contest with the Charlottetown Bantam Privateers, 21-14 in Cornwall on Saturday.
Ty Wright earned the offensive player of the game award, scoring all three touchdowns for the Spartans.
Summerside took advantage of good field position in the first half, and the defence played a highly aggressive style, penetrating Charlottetown's backfield often.
Halftime score was 14-0 for the Spartans.

On Saturday, Nov. 5, the P.E.I. Bantam Football League Bowl games take place at the Terry Fox Complex in Cornwall, P.E.I.
The Charlottetown Bantam Privateers are seeking their first Championship after a rough 2010 season. They face a worthy opponent in the Summerside Bantam Spartans, who are back to the Championship game for a second year in a row, looking to win it all this time.
Game time is at 3 p.m.

The Cornwall Bantam Timberwolves will look to end their four-game-losing streak vs. the Souris Bantam Wildcats in the battle for third place. Game time is at 12:30 p.m.

The Souris Wildcats used the terrible weather on Sunday to their advantage, winning 32-0 in a cold, rainy and exceptionally windy semi final playoff against the Summerside Clippers Sunday in Rollo Bay.
Max MacDonald rushed for two touchdowns, while Quarterback Alex Fitzpatrick rushed for a score and passed for another to Matthew Birt.
Jordan MacCormack had a single rushing touchdown to cap off the scoring for the Wildcats, who finished another season undefeated at home.

The Charlottetown Varsity Privateers have had a rough season, but turned it all around with a major upset of the top-seeded Cornwall Timberwolves in the playoff semi finals 20-7 Saturday night in Cornwall.
Both teams had mirror image regular season records going into the game, with Cornwall at 5-1 and Charlottetown at 1-5. Cornwall had swept the season series.
Privateers running back Kalin Holonics broke a scoreless tie with a 16-yard run score in the second quarter, the extra point gave the Privateers a 7-0 lead going into the half.

The Bantam Privateers showed why they were the number one seed going into the playoffs by shutting out the Cornwall Timberwolves 26-0 in the other semi-final game Saturday in Charlottetown.
The game was a defensive battle that went back and forth for the entire first half, with the only score coming off a Privateer punt through the endzone to make it 1-0.

The Summerside Bantam Spartans used home field advantage and a steady defence to get past the Souris Bantam Wildcats and advance to their second championship game, winning 29-12 in the semi-finals on Saturday.
Running back Ty Wright had three rushing touchdowns for the Spartans, the last one coming off a 12-yard-run in the third quarter that put the Spartans up 29-6 and clinched a trip to the finals for the second year in a row.
"We took a different route than we did last year," said Defensive Coordinator Brian Doucet.