Last night, in a well played matchup with the Lloyminster Vandals, the Parkland Boys couldn’t hold onto a 20-7 lead going in the fourth quarter. The Vandals capitalized on the only turnover the Panthers surrendered, but it turned out to be a costly one. The Vandals were able to cap off a long drive with another major score in the dying moments of the game and break the hearts of the Parkland faithful. Return specialist Rob Derman opened the scoring in the first quarter with an electrifying 125 yd touchdown return on a missed field goal attempt by the Vandals. Lloyminster tied the game shortly after to make it 7-7 after one quarter. Big Woz added two field goals by in the second quarter to lift Parkland to a  13-7 lead at the half.  QB Jordie Holton capped a long drive in the third quarter with a TD strike to WR Adam Cottrell to put the Panthers up 20-7 at the end of the third quarter.

The Panthers are now 2 wins and 2 losses going into the mid season break. There will be no practices next week, but the Defence will meet for a BBQ and break down game videos at Coach Scott’s home Tuesday night, June 30^th, and likewise the Offence will meet at Craig Carr’s home. Next up for the Panthers is the Edmonton Seahawks, Saturday, July 11^th at West District Park in Spruce Grove. Kick-off is at 7:00pm.

PANTHER CONTACTS:

SCOTT PRATT (PRESIDENT) @ 780-940-8339

-email davidscottpratt@hotmail.com

JEFF HOLTON (COACH) @ 780-220-1007

- email  j_holton@shaw.ca

New for 2009

Friends of the Panthers 

In 2009 the Parkland Panthers Football Club is introducing an exciting new program that will give everyone a chance to get behind their local men’s team.

For any fan or business the Panthers will be giving you a chance to become a Friend of the Panthers. 

What this means is that for each 400$ (tax deductable) donation to our football program, that donator will receive an exclusive Friends of the Panthers Package.  

The package will include an official Panthers home game jersey with the year “09” on it. This jersey will allow the donator access for free to all Panther games and team functions.

The donator will also be recognized in our program, on our web site and be part of an official introduction, on field, at our last regular season home game to honor their support.

If a business were to donate 800$ then they would receive 2 Friends of the Panthers packages and so on.

All donations will come with the proper tax receipt.

TOUCHDOWN PACKAGE - $1200 (Basic Sponsorship) (3 Friends of the Panthers Bonus)

FIELD GOAL PACKAGE - $800 (Basic Sponsorship) (2 Friends of the Panthers Bonus) 

EXTRA POINT PACKAGE - $400 (Basic Sponsorship) (1 Friends of the Panthers Bonus)

PLAYER FEES WILL BE 400$ AND WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE PAID ON OR BEFORE THE MAY SPRING CAMP.

NO PLAYER WILL BE ALLOWED TO SUIT UP FOR ANY GAME ACTION WITHOUT FULL PAYMENT OF FEES IN 2009.

PANTHER SCHEDULE  2009

WEEK 1. GRANDE PRAIRE DRILLERS @ PARKLAND PANTHERS -  JUNE 6TH (HOME )    KICKOFF @ 7pm - West District Park, Spruce Grove 

WEEK 2. PARKLAND PANTHERS  @ CALGARY GATORS - JUNE 13TH (AWAY)      KICKOFF @ TBA - McMahon Stadium, Calgary

WEEK 3. PARKLAND PANTHERS  @ CALGARY WOLFPACK - JUNE 20TH (AWAY)      KICKOFF @ 7pm - West District Park, Spruce Grove 

WEEK 4.  LLOYDMINSTER VANDALS @ PARKLAND PANTHERS - JUNE 27TH (HOME)      KICKOFF @ 7pm - West District Park, Spruce Grove 

WEEK 5.  BYE WEEK ( JULY 4TH)

WEEK 6. EDMONTON SEAHAWKS @ PARKLAND PANTHERS - JULY 11TH (HOME)      KICKOFF @ 7pm - West District Park, Spruce Grove 

WEEK 7. PARKLAND PANTHERS @ EDMONTON STALLIONS - JULY 18TH (AWAY)     KICKOFF @ 7pm - West District Park, Spruce Grove 

WEEK 8. PARKLAND PANTHERS @ - RED DEER BUCCANEERS - JULY 25TH (AWAY)      KICKOFF @ 8pm - Big Chief Park, Red Deer

WEEK 9.   BYE WEEK

ALL HOME GAMES WILL BE AT THE TRI LEISURE CENTER IN SPRUCE GROVE  -  WWW.TRILEISURE.COM 

PLAYOFFS

AUGUST 15TH - QUARTERFINALS

AUGUST 22ND - AFL SEMI-FINALS

AUGUST 29TH - AFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

EQUIPMENT:

The goal of the Panthers is for the team to own its own equipment to supply the players.

This is a lofty goal and one which will take great Sponsorship, Fundraising and Time.

IN OUR FIRST SEASON WE WERE ABLE TO PURCHASE ABOULT 20 FULL SETS OF EQUIPMENT.

As the Panthers account grows and funding is solid we will look at any way the team can subsidize the cost to every player. So keep all your reciepts boys.

The key to cheap equipment or free equipment is Sponsorship and Fundraising so lets get going.

Equipment will be able to be purchased through:

BIG KAHUNA SPORT COMPANY - 17356 108 AVE -EDMONTON, AB

780-484-7414                  WWW.BIGKAHUNA.CA

CONTACT - FRANTZ CLARKSON

EMAIL - FRANTZ@BIGKAHUNA.CA

TEAM SKYLINE SPORTS LTD - 15885 166AVE -EDMONTON,AB

780-453-8984                  WWW.TEAMSKYLINE.COM

CONTACT - KEVIN

EMAIL - KMAK@TEAMSKYLINE.COM

NORTHERN ATHLETIC - 18 MCLEOD CRESCENT -LEDUC,AB

780-980-5238                  WWW.NORTHERNATHLETIC.CA

CONTACT- WAYNE GORNIAK  

EMAIL - WAYNE@NORTHERNATHLETIC.COM

2008 AFL FIRST TEAM ALL-STARS FROM PARKLAND PANTHERS:

RUNNING BACK - JOSH MYSHAK

O/LINE - CHRIS FRICKER

O/LINE - RANDY LEBREQUE

D/TACKLE - BRAD CHAMBERLIN

PUNTER - "BIG" STEVE WOZIMIRSKY

SECOND TEAM:

O/LINE - SEAN BROWN

O/LINE - TYLER STROUD

LINE BACKER - BRANDON LEWIS

LINE BACKER - JASON BOBST

CORNER - DAN RICE

SAFETY - DEREK GERVAIS

STANDING 

Grande Prairie Drillers     4     4    0  0     8      160    79    1.000   0