November 23, 2011

The Burlington Braves handed out the hardware for the 2011 season at its annual banquet Monday night. Read more...

Celebrating history of excellence. Eric Riehl – Burlington Post

The first Stampapolooza party, a combination reunion, party and Stamp Out Cancer fundraiser sponsored by the Burlington Minor Football Association, was held at the Polish Community Hall last weekend.

Among the celebrants were (from left) Stampeders bantam coach Randy Hoffner, Braves head coach Neil Lumsden, BMFA president Jay Stillie, atom Stampeders head coach Jordan Johnston, peewee Stampeders head coach Pete Malon and Burlington Braves president Larry Irish. The Braves are now a part of the BMFA organization. The summer Stampeders teams are perennially strong, the three Stampeder fall teams have lost one of 24 games so far this season and the Braves are after a berth in the OFC final tomorrow (Saturday) in Windsor when they play the AKO Fratmen in a semifinal game.

October 20, 2011

The Burlington Braves lead or are among the leaders in Ontario Football Conference final regular-season statistics released yesterday. They include:

— Brody Essery, first in kickoff returns with 285 yards total
— Ryan Lambert, first in converts at 100 per cent (17 of 17) and third in kickoffs (47.8 yards gross)
— quarterback Lucas Spagnuolo, fourth in passing efficiency at 69.01
— Kevin Kitamura, third in punting (37.5 yards gross average)

The Braves will attempt to hand the Windsor AKO Fratmen their first loss of the season when the two teams meet in an OFC semifinal game Saturday, Oct. 22 in Windsor. The fourth-place Braves (4-4) are at Alumni Stadium at 1 p.m. Hamilton Hurricanes, second in the OFC at 7-1, host the third-place (5-3) St. Leonard Cougars at Ivor Wynne Stadium at 7 p.m. on Saturday.