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Around the League

  • Symon Pfau, of the Grande Prairie Drillers, finds an opening to run the ball up field against the Airdrie Irish, in Alberta Football League play on Saturday at Legion Field. The Drillers won 16-10. Logan Clow/Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune/Postmedia Network

    Drillers pick up crucial victory

    Logan Clow – Daily Herald Tribune – Sunday, July 17, 2016 The Grande Prairie Drillers picked up...

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    Drillers fighting for playoff spot

    Logan Clow – Daily Herald Tribune – Thursday, July 14, 2016 The Grande Prairie Drillers have found...

  • Airdrie Irish running back Matt Huntley (right) battled a wall of Calgary Gators defensive players during the Irish's 44-0 loss at Ed Eggerer Athletic Park July 9. Andrew Halipchuk/Rocky View Publishing

    Irish drop final home game of 2016 to Calgary Gators

    Andrew Halipchuk – Airdrie City View – Thursday, July 14, 2016 Playoff hopes for the Airdrie Irish...

  • Defensive lineman Tyler Langlais has been an absolute beast for the Airdrie Irish in the team’s second season in the Alberta Football League. His football experience in high school, junior, university and the CFL has been a huge help for the growing squad. Andrew Halipchuk/Rocky View Publishing

    Defensive lineman brings experience to Irish

    Andrew Halipchuk – Airdrie City View – Thursday, July 14, 2016 When the Airdrie Irish senior men’s...

  • The Fort McMurray Monarchs beat up on the Lloydminster Vandals this past weekend by a 65-0 score to improve to 5-1 on the season. Robert Murray/Fort McMurray Today/Postmedia Network

    Monarchs blank Vandals

    Robert Murray – Fort McMurray Today – Tuesday, July 12, 2016 The Fort McMurray Monarchs were rolling...

  • Gators' Ben Hnatiuk receives for a touchdown with Irish's Jaxon Chipak tackling him as the Airdrie Irish lose 44-0 to the Calgary Gators in Alberta Football League action at Ed Eggerer Athletic Park on Saturday, July 9, 2016 in Airdrie, Alta. The game was called at half time due to rain and lightning. Britton Ledingham/Airdrie Echo/Postmedia Network

    Irish hammered in rain out

    Britton Ledingham – Airdrie Echo – Tuesday, July 12, 2016 The Airdrie Irish have had better days. The...

  • Central Alberta Buccaneers starting quarterback Brandon Leyh surveyed the field for an open receiver during a game earlier this season in Lacombe. — Image Credit: Zachary Cormier/Lacombe Express

    Bucs quarterback works to bring team together

    Zachary Cormier – Lacombe Express – Thursday, July 7, 2016 The Central Alberta Buccaneers have been a force to be reckoned with in the Alberta FootballLeague this year. Although the Bucs have been a contender in the eight-team AFL for the past few years, they have never been able to overcome the challenge of the two perennially dominant teams in theleague, the Calgary Gators and the Fort McMurray Monarchs, partially due to the fact thattheir offense wasn’t able to put up the points needed to get the job done. That’s where new starting quarterback Brandon Leyh comes in. “I’m feeling pretty good. I feel like myself and the receivers have been on the same page prettymuch the whole year and the offense have been working really smoothly, which has been nice,”said Leyh, who originally hails from Vancouver. A former Atlantic University Sport All-Star, Leyh was recruited by Bucs Head Coach DevonHand earlier this year after graduating from Mount Allison University, where he spent fourseasons as the starting quarterback of the Mount Allison Mounties of the CIS. “I knew I was graduating this past April and New Brunswick is not so good at finding jobs. I’malso from B.C. as well, so I wanted to move a little bit closer to home,” said Leyh. “Devon Hand reached out to me and said he’d help me find a job if I decided to come here andcoming out of college your number one fear is finding a job, so that’s what led me to the Bucs.”...

  • Jordon Fersch, of the Grande Prairie Drillers, makes a catch and runs the ball into the endzone for a touchdown against the Lloydminster Vandals, in Alberta Football League action on Saturday June 25, 2016 at Legion Field in Grande Prairie, Alta. Logan Clow/Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune/Postmedia Network

    Drillers win at home

    Logan Clow – Daily Herald Tribune – Sunday, June 26, 2016 Trace Griko and Jordon Fersch scored...