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Wildcats Preparing to Hit the Gridiron

tilt against the Toronto Thunder in September. Linebacker Joe Odin Marfurt-Breakenridge,
By Casey Leger
on May 8, while the Wildcats’ DiStephano will be playing with Connor McMillan, and Max
he Cornwall Wildcats are first home game will on June 8 the University of Ottawa; defensive Sabourin will be suiting up for
Tpreparing for their next season when they host the Peterborough back Jeremy Latour is off to St. Champlain CEGEP in Sherbrooke,
of Ontario Football Conference Wolverines. Francis Xavier University, and Quebec.
competition. “This is the top The Wildcats football program
level of amateur football in the
has been a mainstay of local sports
province,” says Wildcats coach
for years, and the league never
Kirby Camplin, who will be at the disappoints. “We currently have
team’s helm for his eighth season.
45 players [at the varsity level]
This will be the Wildcats’ tenth practicing in helmets and shoulder
season of varsity football. In 2019, pads at the Benson Centre,” says
we will see the 17 to 19 year old Coach Camplin.
players battling for supremacy
The program has proven to be a
over an eight-game season and road to the next level for several
facing competition from Toronto, aspiring players. According to
Oshawa, Peterborough, Quinte,
Camplin, five members of this
Huronia, York, and Etobicoke. The year’s squad will be moving
regular season begins with an away
on to university or CEGEP ball
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