Strong showing for Hyacks in Oregon
The Hyacks just returned from a very successful team camp at Camp Rilea on the Oregon Coast. 35 players attended the camp including 8 JVs and all players made progress over the 4 days of practices and scrimmages. The camp wrapped up with a scrimmage tournament on Thursday, June 26th with New West winning by a wide margin - the Hyacks finished with 80 points while the next closest team had 56. New West players also earned 3 of the 4 camp awards: Casey Chin was named Top Linebacker, Rama McMillan was the Top Linemen, while Abdul Ali took Top Defensive Back honors. A number of other players including Daniel English, Blain Cawkell, Torsten Jaccard and Nigel Eberding had solid camps. Shiraz Chaudhary turned a number of heads with big hits on both sides of the ball.

Chin selected to elite football camp
Congratulations to Casey Chin who was recently selected to the Top Gun Showcase Camp for the US' elite football players. The camp will take place July 19-21 in Orlando, Fla. Chin is one of 40 athletes selected from the nationwide Football University Camps. The camp will consist of 70-80 players, many of whom will be ranked among the top 100 in the United States.

7 on 7 Tournament Coming Up
The 13th annual Big Kahuna 7 on 7 Passing Challenge will take place on July 5-6 at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex (East – grass rugby fields). This is a major fundraiser for the Hyack Football program and all of your assistance would be appreciated. Friday, July 4th will be the main set up day and all players will be asked to assist. For parents, if you have a truck you can provide for deliveries please contact Mary at m_feldhaus@hotmail.com. We are also looking for concession help on the weekend, if you’re available please contact lmathers@shaw.ca. Also don’t forget to come out, watch the action and cheer on the Hyacks!

Tailgate Auction looking for items
The sixth annual Hyack Football Tailgate Auction will be held on Saturday, September 20th at the Justice Institute of BC. This has been a very entertaining and successful event in past years and is the biggest fundraiser of the year for the football program. We are looking for any potential auction items you or your associates might be willing to donate, please contact Barbara at: Barbara.Duggan@kwantlen.ca. Tickets are $50 each (or 8 for $350). For ticket information please contact Marilyn at: mdavis@sd40.bc.ca.

NWSS Football Summer Schedule
The complete summer schedule is now available. The weight room will be open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 to 1 pm beginning July 1st. Fall camp begins on Aug 13th with speed and fitness testing. The first practice is Aug 18th. Fall camp is mandatory and we expect that all players will be back from vacation in time to take part on the 18th at the latest.

Ontario Trip Rescheduled
The varsity team’s trip to Ontario, planned for September 2008, has been postponed until the 2009 season. This was an unfortunate situation as the school from Ontario that invited us to participate had to pull out of the event. Fortunately we were able to find 2 games to fill the void in the schedule: On Sept 5th we will play host to Pinetree at Mercer Stadium. On Sept 12th we will travel to Oregon to play Toledo HS. This will be an overnight trip that will include watching the Oregon St vs Hawaii NCAA game the next day. Refunds for the Ontario trip will be provided once the final costs for the Oregon trip have been determined.

Parent Handbook Now Available
The parent handbook discussed at the recent parents meeting is now available for download (2.6 MB, PDF).