St. Lazare Stallions
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The St. Lazare football organization was founded by a man with a dream, a vision to bring football to areas outside of Montreal, to touch the children living a mile away from their next neighbour with the gift of football, That was less than a decade ago, yet so many things have changed. The "remote" parts of Quebec are now being populated like ant hills, the once hopeless looking St. Lazare Football organization has become a complete park. It fields teams at the atom (7-9 year olds), mosquito (10-11 year olds), pee-wee (12-13 year olds), bantam (14-15 year olds) and midget (16-17 year olds) levels which contend for trophies annually. This park has gained a reputation for competitiveness, sound financial health, good sportsmanship and cleanliness of game play and the park itself.
The City of St. Lazare
St Lazare itself is a very young town, not in regards to the town itself but rather the people that inhabit it. Many middle to upper class families reside here, most of which are just starting out with children. Notable for its abundance of wildlife and heavily forested areas which surround continuously growing residential developments, St-Lazare has, in just a few years, grown to become a thriving city with a population of around 17, 000 people. It is located just west of the island of Montreal, about 30 minutes from the Ontario border.
Midget Team
The midget AAA Stallions team is the highest level of competition that a Stallions player can reach. The midget level team was awarded to St. Lazare after only 1 but very successful inaugural bantam level season which saw the bantam team go 11-3 overall, ultimately reaching the Presidents Cup, where they lost to the Laval Centre-Sud Cowboys 49-35. The first year midget team, under head coach Ray Gaston, would go on to have an average regular season with a 5-5 record. The Stallions, however, really came together and made a determined run in the playoffs, going on to the Jack Simpson cup game, held at Percival Molson Memorial Stadium at McGill University, home to the Montreal Alouettes. Here, they would be defeated by the Joliette Pirates, 36-14. The current 2006 midget team is headlined by a majority of the roster that brought the inaugural bantam Stallions all the way to the Presidents Cup finals in 2004. They finished the regular season 8-2, tied for first with 3 other teams but due to the tie-breaking procedure rules , finished a respectable third behind the Laurentian Wildcats and the St. Hubert Rebels. The Stallions went on to win the Jack Simpson Cup on November 10th, 2006 in only their second year of competition, defeating the Greenfield Park Packers 28-23.
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See also
- Quebec Bantam Football League