Dozen Canadians named 2016 IFAF U19 World Championship All-Stars
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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 | LAGACÉ | CAN |
| 26 | DB | OSCAR | RAZO POSADAS | MEX |
| 27 | DB | XINYANG | CHEN | CHN |
| SPECIAL TEAMS | ||||
| 17 | K | JON | FAGG | USA |
| 47 | R | SHUNYAO | LIANG | CHN |
