PIT Football is Canada’s largest touch and flag football league with divisions for touch, flag, and coed with the Fall season setting new records for teams (127) and championship finals (27).
If you are interested in registering as a player or a team, Winter registration is now open, with the season beginning mid-January. All skill levels are welcome.
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Touch Football D1
Polk High 39 Seafood City 26
Polk High takes the top touch division in a game that was blown open in the second half with Cam Penner and James Teschuk combining for five touchdowns and 32 of Polk High’s 39 points.
The Polk High defence employed their longlines and pelagic trawls to net the Seafood receivers and keep them from feeding in the end zone. Al Bundy still holds the Polk High record for touchdowns in a game with four set in 1966 against Andrew Johnson High School. However, Cam Penner’s three touchdown receptions against conglomerate Fortune Foods Service Company will be in discussion for the best game in Polk High Panthers history.
D2: Big Baller Brand 38 Be Sexy 32
Big Baller and Be Sexy met in the D3 championship final in the Spring, with Triple B winning a nail biter.
These two teams both moved up to D2 for the fall, but the more things change, the more they stay the same as BBB wins the title in another close championship.
Brandon Poulin, who set the single season scoring record with over 100 points (103), added another 18 in the final. Brandon moves to the pro ranks in the Winter and will leave a big void in the BBB receiver room, but not before having one of the most dominant seasons in PIT Football history and adding another trophy to the BBB championship case.
D3: Cream of the Century 59 Cream on Your TDs 44
Did the defence even show up for this game? With 103 points scored, we think they missed the team bus!
Mike Nelson and Aaron Wold combined for 13 touchdown passes and one rushing TD as the scorekeeper could barely keep up with all the fireworks. Three players had double-digit points, and 11 different players reached the end zone.
A score on the last play of the game by Cream of the Century pushed their victory past the +12.5-point spread giving the league commissioner a bad beat. On the flip side the league President saw the green check appear on the PIT sports app to allow him to cash.
D4: Down 2 Football 33 Andriys Dream Team 26
Down 2 Football ran the table, capping an undefeated season with their victory over Andriys Dream Team.
Jesse “You Can’t See Me” Harris led D2F with 14 points. Andrew Fontaine and Zach Kent countered with 12 for the Dream Team. However, it was not enough for the Dream Team to stop the nightmare that was the D2F domination of the division. D2F averaged 43.5 points per game in the playoffs and outscored their opponents by +88 in the regular season. The next best team had a plus/minus of just +5.
How heavy-handed were they? D2F lead the division in points, touchdown passes, interceptions, and sacks.
D5: Lizard Kings 26 Bleue’s Clueless 20
Karanvir Warha suffered a season and possibly career-ending injury in Week 2 of the season.
Miraculously, Karanvir channelled his inner-Deadpool to regenerate himself for playoffs, score two touchdowns, and be named the game’s Most Valuable Player. ‘Tis the season for miracles to happen!
The difference in the game was the turnover battle, in which the Lizard Kings won 5-0. Two of those turnovers were interceptions by Karanvir, who was quoted as saying “I’m always two steps ahead, like a carpenter that builds stairs.”
D6: Gotham Knights Legends 45 D3F 33
One of the best games on the night ended with Gotham Knights ridding Arkham of D3F.
D3F led most of the game in which the teams’ traded touchdowns on every single series. D3F would score, Gotham would tie it up, and the cycle would repeat. Gotham would painstakingly move the ball down the field, then D3F would throw a glorious one play touchdown.
The only stop of the game occurred when a not-to-be-named player from D3F dropped a wide-open pass on third down. Gotham quickly capitalized on the self-inflicted turnover to finally put the cast of supervillains on ice.
One of the most balanced and evenly matched games of the night, with just one play separating these two equally stacked teams.
D7: Coed Guardians 28 We Survived 14
This was the best division in Football! Three teams tied at 3-2 and three more tied at 2-3. Each game the teams had to bring their best to win.
The Coed Guardians did just that, putting on a defensive clinic in the playoffs, giving up just 14 points to claim the D7 title. The Guardians pitched a shut out in the semi-finals and in the championship, gave up just two scores to one of the top offences in the league.
Trent “Quoth the” Raven scored two touchdowns, a convert, and had an interception to lead the conspiracists to victory. Nevermore.
D8: Les Amis D’Huddle 34 Post Dig Picks Route 18
The grudge match of the night as Les Amis signed Armi Warha away from Post Dig Picks Route in the offseason.
The signing didn’t seem to have much of an effect on PDPR as they defeated Les Amis in their first game and finished the regular season undefeated. However, the tables were turned in the championship final as Armi was a vital cog for Les Amis. Armi scored a touchdown and secured an interception to lead Les Amis to the championship over his former team. Les Amis were playing the long game.
Hall of Famer Nagel Dela Cruz may be the best GM in recreational sports!
D9: Deep Balls in House Calls 25 Football is Fun 12
Deep Balls avenged their regular season loss to win their first PIT football championship.
Max Brennenstuhl took the reigns at quarterback this season and hit four different receivers in the championship game, securing the game MVP in the process. Steven “Second in the MSP race” Bleue countered Max with a touchdown pass and a running TD for Football is Fun.
Both defences played well on this day. The difference? Football is Fun had plenty of goal line opportunities but could not punch the ball in, whereas Deep Balls made their house calls when they were in the red zone.
D10: Not So Young Guns 42 59ers 26
The Young Guns have matured! Seems the aging process refined their game play as the Not So Young Guns secured the hardware that has eluded them in past seasons.
Buoyed by the return of Nick “UFC Fight Night” Lajoie, the Young Guns elevated their game and knocked off a very solid 59ers team. The 59ers were paced by Summer MVP Pascal Audette who put the ball in the end zone twice.
However, the 59ers defence had no answer for Jeremy Stril who scored four touchdowns and took home the games most valuable player for the NSYG. We can’t wait for the next iteration of this team – the CPP Guns.
D11: Wickerman 32 Venum 12
Not the bees! League MVP Tanner Smith capped off his unbelievable year by throwing for five touchdowns in the rout of Venum. Tanner finished the season as D11’s touchdown pass leader and was fifth in interceptions.
The Venum symbiotes were down their Mennonite brethren, which was a big hit to their offence, and it showed on the scoreboard. The Wickermen had Venum’s number this season, outscoring them 74-18 across their two meetings.
Fun fact: The Wickermen’s original negative may lie under the M3 highway in England!
D12: Moneyball 38 Globo Gym Purple Cobras 0
It’s been a while since we have seen Moneyball in the winner’s circle! They won the D12 championship in style, going undefeated during the season and capping their championship run with the shut-out victory.
Frank Fiorentino led the division in touchdown passes and averaged six TD passes a game in the playoffs! Combined with the return of defensive stalwart Chaka Newman, Moneyball put their money where their mouth was and completed a franchise defining season in style.
D13: Edgeatrons 45 Dingos 22
The Edgeatrons franchise has two last place finishes and two championships in their four seasons in the league. Quite the contradiction!
Luckily for them, they were back in championship mode.
After setting a league record with three rusher pick sixes, the Edgeatrons looked like a team of destiny. Reed Davis threw seven touchdown passes in the final, five to Cole Davis. The Dingos were frisky (amazing TV series), but not frolicsome enough to keep up with their opponents high-flying offence.
D14: Injured Reserve 24 Average Sized Giants 20
These two teams battled in the summer season with the Average Sized Giants (Kraken) winning the season series. Injured Reserve (The Blouses) returned the favour with a come-from-behind-victory in the Fall finals.
Average Sized jumped out to a big lead early as Jean-Guy “3000 touchdown passes” Mercier hit three different receivers in the first half for touchdowns. However, this game was a tale of two halves. Injured Reserve had three touchdowns in the second half to change the complexion of the game.
Nhan Nguyen summoned his inner Tom Brady in the championship comeback keeping the Giants defense on their toes with a mixture of passing and timely running. The TSN turning point? The sacking. And not the one most would think of first.
D15: Hawks 25 Blue Ballers 20
The Blue Ballers had the championship game in their blue hands, however the hawks swooped in with a couple of late scores to pull victory from the footballs of defeat.
The Hawks just snuck into the playoffs, but this veteran team soared at the right time, knocking off the #1 seed and #3 seed to take home the D15 title. Kurt Conroy had two touchdowns for the Hawks as they kept pecking away at the scoreboard in the second half.
The Blue Ballers had a chance to win at the end; however, their early and premature touchdowns took the wind out of their sails, and they had nothing left for seconds.
D16: WF 25 Endzone 18
WF jumped out to a big lead early and had to hold on to their WFs to keep Endzone out of the end zone and prevent the come from behind victory.
WF finished in the final playoff spot, however they knocked off the top team in the division twice! There was not much separating the top spot from the WF, and this new team was able to capitalize in the playoffs.
Kiran Jayabalan threw four touchdowns, two to Ali Al-Zargani, however it was the consistent pass rush and three sacks of WF that kept the Endzone offense in the red.
D17: Wheeling Hamoods 25 Original 16 Free Agents 7
The Wheeling Hamoods become the first team in PIT history to win a championship after defaulting a game in the regular season.
Usually, the penalties that go along with a default will eliminate a team from playoff contention, however the Hamoods wheeled their way into the final playoff spot and then knocked off the two top seeds in the division.
The O16 Free Agents were big favourites coming into this game but the highest scoring offence in the division just could not get on track. Ari Sanmuganathan had two interceptions and a sack to lead the Hamoods defence to the championship and the game’s most valuable player award.
D18: SKOL 35 Undisputed Era 0
During the summer season, SKOL had one of the most remarkable comebacks in PIT history in their semi-final game, coming back from 20 points down with just over three minutes remaining.
Unfortunately, they pulled a Vikings and did not win the final. SKOL entered the Fall season with some unfinished business, and this time SKOL (unlike the Vikings) would finally break through with victory.
Ryan Simpson threw five touchdown passes, three to Aiden Zushman to put the game out of reach. The SKOL defence looked more like the Purple People Eaters, with four interceptions and three sacks on the day. The difference? The SKOL defence could hold a lead.
Redemption D1: North Bay 25 Rifles 0
Most pundits had pegged this game as one of highest scoring games of the weekend.
The two starting quarterbacks tend to put up big numbers, however the defences ruled the day. The Rifles were riddled with talent from the Bisons and Rifles teams, while North Bay had many of the players from the provincial flag team rostered.
The physical play of the Rifles kept the North Bay receivers in check, while the schemes of the North Bay defence put a lot of pressure on the Rifles wide outs to find open spaces. The juxtaposition of these two teams couldn’t have been more stylistically different. On this day, brains defeated brawn.
Redemption D2: Punt Force Trauma 31 Rat Salad 27
Set the scene: Punt Force Trauma drives the field to score the go-ahead touchdown but left just enough time for Rat Salad to get the ball down to the three-yard line on the final play of the game.
Rat Salad QB Randel Bonneteau side-stepped the rush and made his break to the end zone, only to be cut off with a diving tag leaving the rodent ragout one yard short of the goal line…and one yard short of the championship.
What a finish!
Punt Force Trauma has the largest following in PIT sports, and they erupted when the officials marked the ball short and they took home their first championship in their franchise history.
Coed D1: Danger Zone 40 Here for the Football 26
“They say stress is the silent killer. But poison darts are also pretty damn quiet.”
Here for the Football entered the Danger Zone, and there was no way Cyril, Krieger, Lana or Pam were going to be able to get them out. Woodhouse and Cheryl Tunt scored 13 points, while Ray Gillette and Mallory Archer had a score each for the Zone of Peril. Evil Barry and the Pirate King both scored for Here for the Football but their plot for world domination was foiled by ISIS. Something, something, DANGER ZONE!
Coed D2: Kinda Athletic 26 Please Lettuce Win 25
Kinda Athletic tossed the butterhead’s salad to win a championship destined to be won by someone who is kinda athletic!
These teams were separated by just a convert scored by former provincial flag player Ashten Vankoughnett. Nolan Jackson led the sorta jocks with 13 points. Jesse “lactuca” Olafson scored twice and added two interceptions for the looseleafs in a losing cause.
Put Jesse on defence and he will just get picks. But, perhaps you really don’t make friends with salad?
Coed D3: Hot Chubb Time Machine 31 Mean Girls 20
Hot Chubb Time Machine opened their Chernobyl and rewrote history by defeating the Mean Girls in the D3 final.
It would be difficult for the Mean Girls to win this game considering HCTM already knew every offensive and defensive play call. Halle Ilagan had two touchdowns and a sack for the Motley Lou, while the Mean Girls replied with two scores from Shairone Omoerah.
Here’s a question: Was it morally wrong to exploit my knowledge of the future for personal financial (and PIT Football championship) gain? Perhaps, it is time to invest in Lougle.
Flag Football D1: Peg City 24 Winnipeg Rebellion 20
The third straight Flag D1 championship featured Peg City versus Rebellion. For the third straight time, Peg City has emerged victorious.
A change in quarterback has not changed the fortunes for Peg City as former National Flag champion Garrison Trinder has taken the reigns and the wins kept coming. Rebellion seems to have Peg City locked down in the regular season but hasn’t been able to get over the hump when it counts.
The talent is there! Perhaps in Winter we will see a change in fortunes, but for now Peg City owns the three-peat.
Flag D2: North Bay IR 34 Peg City Pipeline 18
Holy Moly! The top two teams in D2 split the season series with North Bay winning the rubber match and the hardware.
Xander “I want the slot” Smith scored 20 points in a dominating performance from the wide out. Riley “I am the slot” Hanssen added another seven for North Bay. Brandan Gates was one of three receivers to score for the Pipeline. Scott Sisson saved his best game of the season for last, throwing for five touchdowns and finding the holes in the Peg City defence. Scott adds another PIT championship to his two National titles. Not a bad start to his young career.
Flag D3 (Coed): Smells Like Teen Spirit 33 Lechon Legends 17
Smells Like Teen Spirit doesn’t have a single player old enough to have heard the titular Nivana song when it was released. What this team lacks in experience they more than make up in talent.
This coed team is littered with current and former provincial flag players from both men’s and women’s teams, and they balled out on the Lechon Legends who have some D1 NCAA experience on their roster!
The siblings Hanssen (thankfully, not the band) each scored a touchdown for SLTS, while Gavin Johannesson had two touchdowns and two interceptions to add an MVP award and a coed title to his national championship trophy case.
Flag D4 (Coed): Mothmen 37 Fearless 19
The battle of high-level flag players and high-level tackle players met on the field with the flag players outlasting a Fearless team who don’t yet have the non-contact experience.
Brooklyn Dyce had two touchdowns for the Fearless as she showed she is still an amazing multi-sport athlete. The Fearless put up some big numbers in the playoffs and will be a very scary team once they learn the nuances of the flag game.
Speaking of flag experience – former provincial flag quarterback McKinly Rochon has just that! McKinly led the Mothmen to victory, throwing five touchdown passes. Three of those passes went to James Barclay. McKinly adds an MVP award and another coed championship to sit next to her national bronze medal.
Most Valuable Player (MVP)
Brennan Davis
Brennan Davis — the former Rods, Holland Hurricane, and Kitchener Stampeder — wins the Fall season most valuable player award!
Brennan accrued the most MVP votes from his peers to win the top player in the league honor. Brennan did it all this past season, throwing for Young Wild and Free, playing receiver for Mean Girls, and defensive back for the Guardians. In the process, Brennan showed off his ability to play every position on the field. Brennan won a prize package from our sponsors and took home the MVP belt for the holidays. Congrats Brennan on a season for the ages!
Dr. Kanwal Saran Most Sportsmanlike Player (MSP)
Buster Kroeger
Buster flexed his 24-inch pythons for the Down to Football/Post Dig Picks Route franchise and brought civility to his downhill running game.
Buster can be found demonstrating his manners in the lounge or lighting up the Gotham Knights with his electric moves on the field. The MSP award is voted by the players, displaying the respect that Buster’s competition have for him on and off the field.
The award, named for Dr. Kanwal Saran, brings with it an incredible set of swag from league sponsors. Great run Buster!
The PIT Football league is the official touch and flag football league of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Football Manitoba, and the Winnipeg High School Football League (WHSFL). PIT Football thanks the Winnipeg Football Club for all their support of football initiatives in the province.
