Former Burlington Braves kicker Rob Maver has caught the eyes of the Calgary Stampeders.
The Canadian Football League’s Stampeders made the Canadian Junior Football League’s All-Canadian punter the fifth pick in the first round of the CFL college draft on the weekend.
Maver played for the Ontario Football Conference Braves in 2005 before joining the University of [...]

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The McMaster Marauders opened their spring football camp on Monday at the Ron Joyce Stadium and will practice daily to Friday (April 1).
The Marauders will break for the holiday and resume camp on April 6-7. On Thursday, April 8, McMaster will practice with the Hamilton Hurricanes of the Canadian Junior Football League, playing in the [...]

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Brain Copeland, who was the driving force behind Hamilton’s return to the Ontario Football Conference after a hiatus of 14 years and then unexpectedly left the team late last year, is back in junior football.
Copeland, a former player with the Hurricanes, assumes one of two new positions announced after the OFC’s annual meeting on the [...]

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Without passing or kicking a football, the Hamilton Panthers have started their 2010 Ontario Football Conference Varsity season with the announcement of its coaching staffs.
The Senior Varsity Panthers will be led by head coach and former Canadian Football League player Paul Hitchcock. Coach “Hitch” played his high school football in Hamilton with the Glendale Bears. [...]

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Mike Samuel is the new president of the Hamilton Hurricanes football club.
Samuel moves into the position as Brian Copeland moves out after completing his two-year tenure that saw the Hurricanes return to the Ontario Junior Football Conference after an absence of 14 years. Club chairman Joe Fabiani notes that Copeland and Samuel are both [...]

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