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WHSFL D1: Dakota Lancers 25 Grant Park Pirates 18
The first of an amazing set of WHSFL games, most of which would come down to the final series!
Dakota came in as the heavy favourites, but the Grant Park defence came up big, pirating three interceptions and grounding the Lancers high-flying offence. That is until Darius Meilke hit Treyson Burnett-Joseph for the go-ahead touchdown with just under two minutes remaining in the game. Travis Currie led Grant Park down the field in a desperation drive to retake the lead, however his final pass into the end zone at the buzzer was broken up allowing the Lancers to escape the upset and defend their D1 WHSFL championship title.
Dakota moved into second place, behind only the Vincent Massey Trojans, for the most D1 WHSFL flag championships.
WHSFL D2: Grant Park Pirates 29 Churchill Bulldogs 28
Division 2 came down to the final play of the game with Grant Park bootlegging a championship from the Bulldogs on the back of Lucas Deeley’s four touchdown game. The Bulldogs had the lead for most of the game, but with under a minute left Grant Park was able to score the tying touchdown.
Pirate QB Charlie Woytowich then calmly hit Marco Garcia for what turned out to be the winning convert. Bulldog QB Alex Malmstrom dictated play for most of the game throwing three touchdowns to three different receivers. However, the final drive fell short for the Bulldogs who deserved better in one of the highlight games of the night.
WHSFL D3: Kildonan East Reivers 21 Sisler Spartans 20
This game was yet another classic, coming down to the final series of the game to decide the newest champion.
Rainen Dela Cruz rained down sacks on the Reivers, securing four on the night, while Kayden Magel and Mekiel Anthony-Gordon had interceptions for the stingy Sisler Spartans secondary.
Wyatt Chiarotto had three sacks and a safety, which helped tip the scales in favour of Kildonan East. Provincial team player David Chester continued his divisional dominance, scoring 13 points for the Reivers, and bringing home the championship to KE.
WHSFL D4: Vincent Massey Trojans 25 Tec Voc Hornets 19
Tec Voc was vying for a three-peat under the tutelage of Ryan Karhut who has revitalized the Hornets program and turned this team into flag football royalty. Conversely, Vincent Massey was attempting to win their first championship since 2023.
This game was predicted to be a defensive battle with two of the top defences in the league going head-to-head. With the defences at a stalemate, the game came down to Kylan Hartleb who broke the game open with two touchdown passes, the final one to Tavis Fraser with under a minute to play. Tavis garnered MVP honors for his end of game heroics.
WHSFL JV1: Dakota Lancers 39 Grant Park Pirates 20
This Dakota team has the makings of a dynasty.
Despite being designated on the IR just minutes before the game, Skylar Kluczkowski led the Lancers with touchdown passes. Abraham Ogunfolaji had his requisite highlight reel touchdown catch and Hunter MacPherson powered in for two more scores.
Across the line of scrimmage, Hurley Paulson threw three touchdown passes, two to Jordan Botelho for Grant Park. Raza Butt coached Dakota to a record four championships, adding to his impressive trophy case that includes over 30 Amazon delivered national medals and a new set of pulmonary organs.
WHSFL JV2 : Maples Marauders 17 Grant Park Pirates 12
The Marauders won their fourth flag championship in the last five years. During that time, the Marauders have twice defeated both Grant Park and Vincent Massey in the finals, proving that Maples can play with the biggest football programs in the province!
Maples are known for their hard-nosed defensive play and that identity played out again in the championship game. Adam Zeid broke a tie late in the game with a Pick-6, and then the Marauders defence held the line on the final drive to secure the upset. Benji Krozkin did his best to pull the Pirates across the finish line, accounting for a touchdown pass, an interception, and a score, but it wasn’t enough to keep Maples from marauding the JV WHSFL trophy and adding to their flag dynasty.
WHSFL Girls D1: Dakota Lancers 46 Kelvin Clippers 12
Amy Smith threw three touchdowns, intercepted two passes and took one to the house to earn MVP honours for the Lancers.
Fellow Dakota alum Aubry Smith returned one of her two interceptions for a touchdown while adding a receiving touchdown and two converts. These two provincial flag team members will represent Manitoba at Nationals in May and will be a big problem for the rest of the country!
Eden Gates proved she is provincial level quality adding three touchdowns and two interceptions to the scorecard. Kelvin Clipper Chryssa Scaramuzzi scored two touchdowns, including a head topper in traffic for one of the catches of the night.
The Lancers lanced the Clippers in a statement game that avenged their finals loss to Kelvin last years finals.
WHSFL Seniors: Dakota “Dirty Dak” Lancers 51 Dakota “Seniors” Lancers 19
Billed as the intra-campus championship, these two Dakota teams battled for the supremacy over the quad.
Khaleel Hosein ends his Dakota quarterbacking career on a high note, throwing for seven touchdowns in the final, three of which were caught by Marek Vujevic. Connor Plante replied with three touchdowns passes for the Seniors taking both the MVP and MSP honours for his final game representing Dakota.
All three touchdown passes were hauled in by Petyn Clarke, who also added a convert to put up all 19 points for the Seniors. An end of an era for these players as Dakota has terrorized the tackle scene for the last few years. Many of these players were part of the Dakota WHSFL dynasty.
We wish them all well as they now begin their next dynasty in the PIT!
Touch Football D1: Warriors 28 North Bay 26
The Warriors were a team of destiny. First, they defeated Polk High on a Hail Mary in the semifinals, then they were able to hold of a North Bay team that had multiple chances to win this game.
First North Bay had the ball on the one-yard line and were stopped inches short on third and goal. Then North Bay had an opportunity to hit the two-point convert for the tie at the end of the game, but the receiver was ruled out with a toe on the backline. On offence, the Warrior’s Nathan Koswin had two touchdowns and a convert, all three of which he caught with a defender draped over him. If any of those passes goes incomplete, the Warriors aren’t the champs.
But that is not the history that was written as the Warriors rose to the occasion and made the D1 plays it needed to make to win the D1 crown.
Congratulations!
D2: Rouge Gods 33 Down to Football 32
Down to Football had a winless regular season but almost pulled one of the bigger upsets of the night in the playoffs, declaring that they feared no Gods.
Provincial coach Jordan DeMerchant threw five touchdowns, three to Kananvir Warha to push the Gods to the brink. In responses for the Rouge Gods, Nathan Leitao matched the five-touchdown mark, throwing two of his touchdowns to US college standout Ethan Schnerch. The Football Gods are cruel however as the last Down to Football convert attempt was unsuccessful, allowing the Rouge Gods to declare divine destiny over Division 2.
D3: Crème Fraiche 40 Boston Creamers 39
Who is cream of the crop? JJ Mikolash spread the Boston Creamer’s ball around throwing six TD passes to five different receivers, while Mike Nelson was silky smooth in throwing six touchdown passes.
The offences showed fluffy brilliance as they whipped the defences real good. The difference in this game came down to the converts where Crème Fraiche hit on four of their six attempts, while the Creamers converted just three cherries on top of their touchdown sundaes.
Abra-cream-dabra, the dessert spoils go to the team that kept it Fraiche.
D4: Goobers 25 Homer Hawks 19
Two of the top up and coming teams battled for D4 supremacy. The Goobers avenged their lone loss of the regular season in the semi-finals, while the Homer Hawks were hoping to do the same in the championship game against the Goobers.
The Goobers jumped out to an early lead, but not before Jake Roger of the Homer Hawks making the highlight reel catch of the season. Jake stuck a one-handed toe drag touchdown to keep the Homer Hawks in contention. The Goobers were able to stave off a last-minute drive after Ethan Dryland hit his brother Kye for his second touchdown reception of the game.
Pure cinema. These two teams will face off again in the Spring season and we can’t wait to watch those must-see games.
D5: Rouge Farm 33 Young Guns 26
The Rouge Farm ran the gauntlet, knocking off the top two seeds to win the D5 title and securing the second winter title for the Rouge family of football teams.
The Rouge Farm were led by the three touchdown receptions and two converts from Teddy Mekonnen, while former provincial flag quarterback Max Funk, led his teams of St. James Rods players with three touchdown passes. This was a battle of two of the best up and coming teams in touch football. The Rouge Farm take round one, however, the Young Guns will have their chance for redemption in the Spring season.
D6: Brewers 38 Avengers 31
Two of the most decorated teams in touch football faced off in the D6 title.
The Brewers, one of the leagues founding members and longest running PIT teams would face off against the Avengers, who have one of the highest winning percentages in league history (not to mention ending the threat of Thanos and the infinity gauntlet). Danton “I am on every roster” Santos was the difference, scoring four touchdowns for the Brewers.
The Brewers have a storied history in the PIT, having previously slept at fields after late night adventures and were one of the originators of the Harlem Shake PIT Football edition.
D7: Old Baller Brand 33 Two-Hand Touchers 13
Old Baller Brand avenged their rather lopsided regular season loss to the Two-Hand Touchers by grinding them with hook after hook after hook.
They certainly were not going to win the long game against a team that was much more fleet-of-foot.
The conservative game plan kept the highest scoring team in the division’s offence off the field for long periods allowing the “age-challenged” defensive ballers to stay fresh to guard against the aggressive toucher’s offence. Dart-master Dillon Clarke balled for two touchdowns for the ballers, while Riley Smith touched the old man defence for all thirteen of the toucher’s points.
Chalk up another victory for this worn out shoe brand!
D8: Rashee Rice Valet Service 19 Past Our Bedtime 12
The league would not recommend hailing the Rashee Rice Valet Service for a ride, nor having Rashee Rice’s mom around when the Amazon truck makes a delivery, although we would recommend you watching some of the best young players in the league win their first D8 championship.
Ben Lazaruk has transitioned his Football Manitoba flag team over to touch football and they have not skipped a beat. Rashee Rice avenged their regular season loss to the vets on Past Our Bedtime, overcoming the two picks from interception-machine Andrew Little. After the championship whistle was blown, the valet service celebrated by picking up Rashee Rice’s mom, popping in a Chappell Roan compilation, and heading to Pembina highway to break some land speed records.
D9: Saggy Balls 21 Folks from the East 18
A battle of two teams with connections to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
Former Rifle and Blue Bomber training camp invitee Andrew Ricard led his Folks from the East up against former Bomber and Atlanta Falcon Brandon Alexander. Both former defensive backs have transitioned to the quarterbacking position, much to the chagrin of rushers attempting to hold them in check. In the final, Andrew Ricard threw three touchdowns, with his counterpart from the low hangers throwing for two and running for a touchdown.
The scoreboard for the offence couldn’t separate these two former pro-ready athletes, the difference instead came from a sack by Evan Biebrich which resulting in a safety which put the game out of reach in favor of the pendulous globes.
D10: Necessary Roughness 26 The Gooners 25
Necessary Roughness gooned the Gooners by a single point in yet another championship final that came down to the last series of the game.
The Gooners had quite a few former provincial flag players on their roster, including Kaiden Bannon who went off for three touchdowns. However, youth was not served on this day as Neal Einarson and Damian McKenzie combined for two touchdowns and over 100 years of age (veteran savvy), ultimately ending the Gooners championship aspirations.
D11: Edgeatrons 31 Sacks in the City 19
Sacks in the City couldn’t out peak the Edgeatrons, who have won back-to-back PIT Football championship trophies.
Fans were on the edge of their seat all game as Cole Davis gooned his teammates for the MVP, popping off for three touchdowns and an interception. Teammate Reed Davies threw for five touchdowns to keep the sacks defence from balling out. This game was a slow burn with a big payoff in the end for the eventual champs. The Sacks were so close, yet so far from taking home their first championship in the PIT.
D12: Injured Reserve 34 Honeysuckle Football Boys 14
The injured reserve designation should be removed from this team as they repeat as PIT football champions.
Nhan Nguyen has been listed as questionable longer than Tom Brady was in the Bill Belichik era. Despite the designation Nhan threw five touchdown passes to five different receivers including one each to Andrew “Dustin Pancakes Penner” Sullivan, Eric “Defective Mattress Favors” Popel, Jeff “Tim too old Duncan” Kull, Stefan “Gus Headbutt Frerotte” Guzzi, and Sam “Derrick Conditioning Coleman” Calvert.
The PIT IR designation needs investigation!
D13: Redwood Brotherhood 51 Fat & Furious 19
The brotherhood showed no brotherly love for their opponents dropping half a century of old growth on the obese and the angry.
Steven “Hyperion” Koniuk scored a championship weekend high 36 points for the Sequoia sempervirens with the Vieira grove accounting for a stat line of eight touchdowns, eight points, and two interceptions. Brett Murphy replied with two touchdowns for the furious ones, however there would be no logging of the redwoods who add a championship trophy and much needed carbon storage to their legacy.
D14: Chicago Beers 24 Globo Gym Purple Cobras 19
Chicago is raising a beer to the champs.
The Chicago Beers may be the last to rep a championship football team for the Windy City. After changing the name from the Decatur Staleys in 1922 to the Chicago Bears, this team had embodied Chicago for 104 years. Now they may be the Indiana Bears after their recent stadium decision.
The Beers will certainly get a jump in popularity from the Chi-Town fans who were spurned by their franchise move. The Beers will endear themselves to the Second City citizens considering they have a much more dynamic offence than the “other” Chicago squad and their defence give 1985 vibes (a team in which none of the beers were alive to see).
D15: Cougar Hunters 26 First Downers 14
The Cougar Hunters secure their first PIT championship title, due in large part to the dynamic duo of Cam Omiucke and Brice Bayisabe.
Cam cast four touchdown passes, each of which were tracked down by Brice who finished the night ransacking the First Downers for 24 of the Cougars 26 points. The First Downers wasted a big night from Bradley Dornez who had three interceptions and two touchdown passes.
Rumour has it that after the Cougar Hunters hoisted the trophy, they headed to the Palomino Club to celebrate and go big game hunting.
D16: Third Down for What 14 Thunder 12
Third Down for What went out in free agency and signed Neal Einarson, a multi-decade veteran, who has thrown over 1000 touchdown passes dating back to his days in the WTFL.
That signing proved instrumental in their quest for championship glory. Neal led the division in touchdown passes, and added two more in the final, with both scores caught by the immovable Mike Searcy.
Third Down for What also avenged their only regular season loss in the process. Odd fact: this was the third game of the night that was determined by a safety. Luke Smith had two sacks and the deciding two points for the eventual champs. Bet365 will be launching an investigation!
D17: Honourable Mentions 20 Wheeling Hamoods 12
No Honourable Mentions for the upright tributes who broke the Hamoods on the wheel with their stellar defensive performance.
Distinguished accolades to Evan Offord and Will Harder who each had an interception. Righteous kudos to Evan who had three touchdown passes, and venerable commendations to Matthew Pahl, Sam Vu, and Will Harder for their touchdown receptions.
Finally, principled citations go out to Garrison Glatz and Mathew Pahl for hitting on their converts.
D18: One Bourbon One Scotch One Beer 20 Practice Safe Sacks 13
The youth movement for One Bourbon has been effective as they add another frosty mug to their trophy case. The team ages can now be split into those younger than George Thorogood’s classic drinking anthem and those that rocked out to it.
Jeremy Delisle had one touchdown, Gurjas Deol had one convert, and Julien Labossiere one sack to update the sipping canticle. Chaste defensive player of the game Maddox Dean had two interceptions for the Safe Sacks; however, the drinking demons were just too much for the 12-step faithful.
D19: Diversity Crew 46 Back That Pass Up 13
The Diversity Crew’s dandelion philosophy did not mesh well with the Back That Pass Up double entendre.
The Diversity Crew’s was committed to equity offence with six different players scoring on the night. Their defensive strategy would have sent them to HR, as they would purposefully excluded their opponent’s offence from taking to the field. The defence combined for three interceptions, a sack, and a touchdown, committing holistic social change against Back that Pass Up. The DC did make Back That Pass Up’s end zone more accessible for all and less discriminatory to opposing offences.
D20: Please Lettuce Win 19 Toxic Waste 12
A generational battle for the D20 title!
Toxic Waste are one of the longest running teams in touch football history, beginning their football journey in 1983. Please Lettuce Win are rookies to the open division having transitioned from the coed division.
The vegetarians, led by Winter most sportsmanlike player award winner Buster Kroeger were able to pull off the victory in large part to the Olafsons two, who combined for a touchdown and two interceptions. Randal Bonneteau replied with two touchdown passes for Toxic Waste; however, the hazmat train was derailed on their final drive to tie the game.
Ideally, the half-life for the next Toxic Waste championship isn’t another 43 years.
D21: Punt Force Trauma 47 Undisputed Era 31
After winning the Redemption title in the Fall, Punt Force Trauma gets back to the winners circle with the D21 title in the winter.
In the victory, Punt Force traumatized the UE with three different players putting up double digit scoring. Adding to the suffering, Winnipeg Wolfpack coach Draygan Pilgrim put up seven touchdown passes.
Undisputed Era quarterback Evan Morris had himself a game, throwing for three touchdowns, scoring two, and having a hand on every point scored. But that wasn’t enough to stop Punt Force from hoisting their first championship trophy and overcoming their football distresses.
Coed Touch D1: Danger Zone 25 Here for the Football 13
The Danger Zone was overheard saying, “For I am a sinner in the hands of an angry god; Bloody Mary full of vodka, blessed are you among cocktails.” the day after celebrating their second consecutive coed championship.
Here for the Football was overheard stating, “I swear to God I had something for this”, after losing their second consecutive final against the most ardent fans of the movie Gator. Here for the Football should know better to enter the Danger Zone, and would do well to sign Evil Barry, Nikolai Jakov, and Slater if they are to fell ISIS in the Spring season.
Coed Touch D2: Notorious D.I.L.L.O.S 25 Tavern United Free Agents 6
Coed’s most decorated team added another trophy to their coed dynasty. Ramey Goetz, the former league most valuable player, showed why she is one of the top players in the nation, scoring 18 of the fabled placental mammals 25 points.
The patriarch of the roll of hoover hogs, Russ Rennie, added a convert, exhibiting he still has plenty of carapace left. The Free Agents demonstrated a great attitude all season, and despite their underdog status, were able to come together to challenge the eminent Xenarthra for the title.
Coed Flag D1: Sibling Rivalry 25 Guardians 12
The Guardians could not guard against the undefeated curse!
The Guardians had secured the top seed and hadn’t really been tested during the season. That is until they met the children of the corn. Sibling Rivalry were made up of brother and sister duos who brought a generational curse upon the Guardians.
Led by three former national flag champions, and one who ended a flag championship for Team Manitoba flag (not bitter at all), the Siblings used their homologous chromosomes to harass the Guardians quarterback – racking up three interceptions and two sacks to put an end the Guardians perfect season.
Coed Flag D2: Down to Football 33 Smells Like Teen Spirit 26
Both teams are loaded with current and former provincial team flag football players. The league predicted a great game and that is exactly what happened.
Provincial coach Jordan DeMerchant threw five touchdown passes for Down to Football, four of which were caught by Kanavir Warha, including the game winner. Callie Pinkerton scored two for the Teens, while Miya “defence only” Hanssen, Riley “national defensive MVP” Hanssen, and Matthew “Pick City” Gillespie racked up the remaining points.
Based on this game, Manitoba will be well represented this year at flag nationals.
Flag D1: Rebellion 47 Peg City 31
The fourth consecutive Flag D1 championship featured Peg City and Rebellion, and for the first time, Rebellion emerged victorious.
Rebellion had been notorious for coming up big in the regular season but failing to reach the podium in the playoffs. That all changed in this game as Rebellion capped off an undefeated season and ended Peg City’s quest for a four-peat.
Team Canada player Dom Horvath led the way for Peg City scoring 24 of their 31 points. However, the insurrectionists spread offence had five different players scoring, overwhelming the Peg City defence who just couldn’t get off the field. A great season for Rebellion to get back on top of the flag football world. Time will tell if these two teams will once again battle it out in the Spring final.
Flag D2: A1 Flags 45 Honey Packs 36
The Manitoba Bisons have entered the chat.
Led by Bison quarterback Cole Anseeuw, the flag newbies scored 100 points in their two playoff games. Bison receiver, and former provincial national team member, Nathan Esch had three touchdown receptions and was a force to be reckoned with all game.
Despite the Honey Packs having three invitees to the national flag football selection camp, they had no answers regarding how to stop A1 offence of the A1 Flags. A1 Flags will be competing in the top division come spring and have demonstrated that the QB transition for the Bisons will be seamless. The league can’t wait to watch Cole throw the rock to Nathan on the big field for our favorite U-SPORTS football team.
Flag D3: That’s a Gimmie 26 Bikini Bottoms 21
One of the best rivalries in flag football kicked off in the Winter season. These two teams share great games, great sportsmanship, and great social media!
That’s a Gimmie kick started their dynasty with their first PIT Football championship, while the Bikini Bottoms will have to wait until the Spring for their first title. Both teams registered three sacks of the defensive side of the ball; the difference was the two interceptions from the Gimmie defence that was anything but a gimmie.
A great game overall by two of the top up and coming flag teams in the province. The rivalry games and good-natured trash talking will be epic in the spring season!
Flag D4: Third and Thirsty 58 Nomads 6
Third and Thirsty will hold the distinction of scoring the most points in the winter season playoffs, averaging 55 points per game. It is fairly difficult to lose when your offence goes on such a heater at the right time.
Third and Thirsty’s Jeremy Pikel threw for seven touchdown passes and the defence combined for eight interceptions, overwhelming the Nomads in the final. Third and Thirsty didn’t see too many third downs as they not only won the championship but avenged their regular season loss to the Nomads.
A great victory for the parched ones who win the first D4 flag championship in PIT history!
Most Valuable Player (MVP)
Korah Tom
Korah may be a relative newcomer, but she has taken the league by storm!
During the Winter season Korah led each of the Double TDs, Dirty Snaps, and Danger Zone in sacks. Along the way Korah picked up the most MVP votes in the season to add the most valuable player award to her Danger Zone championship.
Korah will be a force to be reckoned with in the future as one of the youngest players to win the MVP. Korah won a prize package from our sponsors and took home the MVP belt. Korah is also now in line to potentially win Winnipeg Blue Bomber season tickets if she can pull the most MVP awards prior to the start of summer season.
Congrats Korah for showing how valuable rushers are to their team’s success.
Dr. Kanwal Saran Most Sportsmanlike Player (MSP)
Steven Bleue
Steven has been a fixture in the PIT Football League for the past eight years, playing both competitively and recreationally, and in both the league’s touch and flag football divisions.
Everyone is aware of Steven’s stellar reputation as one of the most sportsmanlike players in the league. Steven can be found throwing dimes, playing defence, or occasionally we can get him up in the lounge for a few stories.
The MSP award is voted by the players, displaying the respect that Steven’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. Congratulations Steven!
Most Valuable Official Award (Brad Kelm Award)
Chris Silva
Chris won the MVOA award for the fifth time, officiating 70 games in the Winter season, many of which were the top flag and touch games in the league.
Renowned as one of the top officials in the province, Chris sits fourth all-time in games officiated after he surpassed 2,300 in the Winter season. Always calm and collected under pressure, Chris is a fan and player favourite, and PIT Football is fortunate to have his skills representing the league.
Congratulations Chris!
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 WHSFL for a tremendous high school season of flag and the Winnipeg Football Club for all their support of football initiatives in the province.
