Cayenne, Monarchs, and Vancity Vice all remain undefeated heading into the semi-finals

KAMLOOPS (June 29, 2024) – The semi-finals are set for Sunday morning, with Cayenne set to take on Sweet Heat and the Monarchs will play Regina AFFL with a trip to the women’s finals on the line. On the men’s side, Vancity Vice will take on the Party Crashers and the Braves de Montreal will play Winnipeg for a chance to compete for the National Championship.

In the first women’s quarterfinal, Sweet Heat (2^nd Pool A) took on their provincial foes the MVP Snipers (3^rd Pool B) and Sweet Heat will represent Ontario in the semi-finals after winning 40-6. Kesia Alexander was a force on both sides of the ball, scoring three touchdowns and securing two interceptions.

Cayenne (1^st Pool B) took down West Coast Reign (4^th Pool A) by a score of 40-6 and set up a spicy matchup with Sweet Heat. With West Coast Reign looking to cut into the Cayenne lead, an interception in the end zone by Virginie Aubut-Ménard led to a Cayenne touchdown to put them up 20-0 near the end of the 1^st half. Aubut-Ménard would intercept another one and return it for six in the second half.

On the other side of the bracket, EZ-E (2^nd Pool B) played Regina AFFL (3^rd Pool B) in a defensive battle. Regina came out on top 20-7 thanks to two touchdowns to Randi Debert and Brenna Metz converting the one point converts. Olga Huicochea would get EZ-E on the board with a touchdown pass to Stevi Schnoor, but the Regina defense held tough to secure the victory and a trip to the semi-finals.

After finishing 1^st in Pool A, the Monarchs defeated BC Storm (4^th Pool B) by a score 56-0 to advance to the semi-finals and set up another match-up with Regina AFFL. The Monarchs’ defense set their offense up for success early with a couple of interceptions early in the first half and BC Storm had no answer for the duo of Anne-Frédérique Tardif and Frédérique Morneau who scored four and three touchdowns respectively.

The Men’s division completed their round-robin play and Vancity Vice came out on top after finishing 5-0 and will take on the 4^th seed Party Crashers (3-2) in the first semi-final. Vancity Vice defeated the Braves (3-2) 46-42 in a back-and-forth offensive battle to start the day and was led offensively by Lliam Wishart’s four receiving touchdowns in the game. Vancity Vice would then go on to defeat the Winnipeg Rebellion 38-18 and Gators 35-25 to remain undefeated. The Braves bounced back from their earlier loss by defeating Team Alberta 36-6 but fell to the Party Crashers 32-18 to end the day. The Party Crashers were led by four receiving touchdowns from Mendel Joseph and will look to ride this winning momentum into playoffs.

The Winnipeg Rebellion fought their way into the semi-finals with victories on Day 2 over the BC Gators 47-32 and Team Alberta 49-14. Liam Collier was a convert machine against Alberta (two 2-pt converts and two 1-pt converts) and hauled in another two touchdowns. James Teschuk continued his strong play by finishing the round robin with 7 receiving touchdowns for Winnipeg. The Party Crashers were in a dancing mood after victories over Team Alberta 46-33, BC Gators 40-6, and the Braves 32-18 which earned them a spot in the semi-finals. The perfect 2^nd day led them into a three-way tie for second but dropped down to 4^th due to tiebreaker procedures. Team Alberta and the BC Gators will have a re-match of their Friday night thriller, which Alberta snuck away with a close win. The BC Gators have shown their explosiveness with big plays from the likes of Dean Meurrens and CJ Augustine throughout the tournament and you know this young roster will be looking to come out victorious on the final day of tournament play.

Semi-Final Matchups: 10:30 a.m.

Vancity Vice vs Party Crashers

Braves de Montreal vs Winnipeg Rebellion

Monarchs vs Regina AFFL

Cayenne vs Sweet Heat

Bronze Medal Games: 1:00 p.m.

Women’s Gold Medal Game: 2:15 p.m.

Men’s Gold Medal Game: 3:30 p.m.

More information on the tournament and updates as each day progresses are available on the Football Canada website at https://footballcanada.com/event/2024-senior-flag-national-championships/

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Senior Flag National Championships

All game at Hillside Stadium, Kamloops, BC.

Pool standings after Day 1:

Men’s

Team	W	L	T	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Vancity Vice	5	0	0	205	118	87	10
Braves de Montréal	3	2	0	190	105	85	6
Winnipeg Rebellion	3	2	0	168	163	5	6
Party Crashers	3	2	0	171	137	34	6
Team Alberta	1	4	0	92	196	-104	2
BC Gators	0	5	0	89	196	-107	0

Women’s – Pool A

Team	W	L	T	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Monarchs	3	0	0	124	45	79	6
Sweet Heat	2	1	0	111	60	51	4
Regina AFFL	1	2	0	81	97	-16	2
West Coast Reign	0	3	0	25	139	-114	0

Women’s – Pool B

Team	W	L	T	PF	PA	+/-	Pts
Cayenne	3	0	0	123	14	111	6
EZ-E	2	1	0	82	49	33	4
MVP Sniper	1	2	0	52	90	-38	2
BC Storm	0	3	0	8	111	-106	0

Men’s Tournament leaders – Round Robin Play:

	#	Name	Team
TD Passes	24	Jonathan Maheu & Hunter Lake	Braves de Montreal & Vancity Vice
Rushing TDs	2	Alexis Jourdain	Party Crashers
Receiving TDs	8	Lliam Wishart	Vancity Vice
Defensive TDs	2	Eric Eggleston	Vancity Vice
1-pt Conversions	4	Liam Collier	Winnipeg Rebellion
2-pt Conversions	3	James Drysdale	Braves de Montreal
Sacks	6	Darnell Wyke	Team Alberta
Interceptions	6	Arjay Shelly	Vancity Vice

Women’s Tournament leaders – Pool Play:

	#	Name	Team
TD Passes	17	Christine Eberle & Emannuelle Bronsard	Sweet Heat & Monarchs
Rushing TDs	1	Yalini Sutharsan & Clara Beaudoin	MVP Sniper & Cayenne
Receiving TDs	7	Brenna Metz, Marianne Quirion, & Megan Hamm	Regina, Monarchs, & EZ-E
Defensive TDs	2	Lauriane Beauchamp	Cayenne
1-pt Conversions	5	Émilie Papillon	Cayenne
2-pt Conversions	1	Annie Tyers-Lagacé, Megan Hamm, Brenna Bouchard, Emily Lehwald	Cayenne, EZ-E, BC Storm, & EZ-E
Sacks	5	Léa Duval	Cayenne
Interceptions	4	Océanne Samson	Monarchs