ESTEVAN - Several football players from Brandt Truck & Trailer Estevan Minor Football were part of the Sask Selects' football team that won a tournament in Florida last month.
Mason Lesy, Dane Tober and Tucker Karcha were on the squad. They practised with the Sask Selects in Moose Jaw, building cohesion with their teammates and preparing for the North American Youth Football Championship, which was held in Haines City and Davenport, outside of Orlando.
Canadian teams from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta faced squads from Florida and Texas. Teams within each age group played at least three games.
Sask Selects teams in the U11 and U14 age groups wound up winning championships. Players were each awarded a ring.
Lesy, Tober and Karcha were members of the U11 championship team. Lesy and Casey Kitz played for the U10 team as well. They finished second in their age division.
Dexter Ciepliski trained with the U12 squad, but did not travel to the Florida tournament.
Dorian Sifton and Preston Sibley from the Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs football team played with the Selects varsity team.
Players will have a short break from football before minor football's spring league teams hit the gyms and fields. Selects' tryouts for the 2025 season are slated to occur in May.
