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| Brian McEachern
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Receivers
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A former receiver/slot back in the AUS with St. Francis Xavier in Antigonish, NS, Brian played in 2 Atlantic Bowl Championships.
Brian will bring his lessons learned as a rugby and hockey coach and assist Coach Haffie and the receivers with route running, catching and stalk blocking.
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| Cory Dyer
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Linebackers
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Currently a member of the Queen's Golden Gaels Football team, this former OVFL all star and MVP with the Grenadiers will work with the bantam Linebackers
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| Dustin Girard
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Defensive Coordinator
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A 4 year veteran of Grenadiers Football and 5 year Holy Cross Linebacker, Dustin returns to the organization as the defensive coordinator for the Bantam team
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| Rita Sue Bolton
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Assistant Coach
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Coach Bolton will be working with all of the Grenadiers Football teams.
RitaSue is a 4 time Sports Hall of Fame Inductee as an athlete, coach and builder. With 38 years of experience coaching both teams and individuals, she has 13 years of experience with the Queen's Track and Field Team. More importantly (from our perspective) she was the Fitness Coordinator for 17 years with the Queen's Varsity Football team, winning the CIAU Gino Fracas Award as the Outstanding Volunteer Assistant Coach of the Year!
In addition to her work with the Grenadiers, RitaSue also works with individuals and/or teams as a Peak Performance Coach by exploring the mind and energy of athletic performance is a program called M.E. coaching Y.O.U.
Her Grens specialty will be speed and flexibility development as well as giving you the mental mind set to compete at your best.
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| David Heroux
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Linebackers
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David’s playing career began with two seasons in the OPP minor football league. He played 5 seasons at Holy Cross and captained their Junior Championship team of 2006, as well as their Senior Championship team of 2009. David has coached in the OPP minor football program for 6 years, serving as offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator and offensive line coach.
We are happy to welcome David to his first season with the Grenadiers.
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| Brent Karel
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Defensive Line
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Brent has helped with O.P.P league for the last two years working with the defence . His son Mitchell was the middle linebacker for the Loyalist Renagades,this is both Brent and Mitchell's first year with Grenadiers Program .
Brent played for the Napanee Golden Hawks as both right gaurd and linebacker,the high-light was winning C.O.S.S.A. Championship .
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| Jim Houseman
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Defensive Line
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Jim returns for his second season as a coach with the Grenadiers. Currently a graduate student at Queens, this former Cumberland player, Jim has also assisted with the lines at Regi.
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| Tyler White
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Offensive Line
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Tyler was an outstanding 5 year player in the Grenadiers organization, 3 of those seasons Tyler had the honour of being a team Captain. From Belleville, Tyler played high school ball for the Centennial Chargers for 5 years, and was a team Captain there for 3 seasons as well. While At Centennial Tyler's teams had a combined regular season record of 38-2-0, winning two Bay of Quinte Championships. Individual awards Tyler received include Linemen MVP in both the 2010 & the 2011 seasons for Centennial (only 3 other players have ever won this award twice at Centennial). In 2011 Tyler finished his Grenadier playing days with the Linemen MVP award.
After taking a year off from school, Tyler is heading east in the fall of 2012 to the campus of St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish NS where he will be joining the X-men as an offensive lineman.
Positions played: Offensive & Defensive line.
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| Joe Pacheco
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Offensive Line
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Joe has a long affiliation with minor football in the Kingston area. He is currently in his sixth year of coaching in Thousand Islands Minor Football League, and prior to his time in TIMFL he coached for 12 seasons in the OPP Minor Football League.
Joe has also coached offensive linemen at the high school level both with the QECVI Raiders (97-98), and the Bayridge Blazers (2004). He enjoyed a return to the gridiron as an offensive guard with the Limestone Panthers in 2004, and returned as the offensive coordinator in 2005.
When not involved in football Joe can be found spending time with his wife and three children. He is currently enjoying his second career as a teacher with ALCDSB, and prior to this he worked in the field of addictions with Kingston area youth for 12 years.
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| Ken Andreas
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Punters/Kickers
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Ken is a former Windsor Lancer and Windor AKO lineman who will bring his many years of KASSAA expertise with LCVI, QECVI and Sydenham to the Grenadiers. Ken's passion is the kicking game, but he can also contribute to the development of the offensive and defensive lines. He has spent countless hours over the course of the past high school season watching and assessing the local athletes from Brockville to Belleville to Smiths Falls and beyond. Ken spends countless hours tending to the facilities and field at LCVI and is our resident weather guru! The winner of the Grenadiers Volunteer of the Year Award in 2009, Ken will return for a fourth season of coaching with the Grenadiers.
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| Chad Haffie
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Head Coach
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Chad played QB for the GSS Trojans for the first two years that the football program returned to the school in over 30 years. He was part of their 2003-2004 Seaway Valley Championship Team. Chad coached as on Offensive Coordinator in the O.P.P. for two years and then moved to the Thousand Island Minor Football League where he has been a Head Coach since 2006. He has been the Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator of the GSS Junior team for the past four seasons, which included a Seaway, Lanark, Renfrew Championship in 2009. This is Chad’s first year with the Grenadiers program.
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