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Cornwall Wildcats Tyke Football Makes History By Molly Kett
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he Cornwall Wildcats Tyke team came out of the playoffs victorious, earning the decade old association their first NCAFA title. They hadn’t even played in an A cup championship before this season.
“This would be the first time that any Cornwall Wildcats team at any level has won an A cup championship,” says Kirby Camplin, the Cornwall Wildcats Tyke football coach. “It’s a big deal for sure.”
time coaching my own kids. My own kids played on this team so it was exciting. It was a really special group of athletes and parents too. They worked extremely hard and they wanted to learn and wanted to get better,” says Camplin. “They could see themselves getting better every week. All their hard work and persistence paid off.”
The kids were just as excited as their coach, as they earned this big win with a large chunk of the players being new to football. “More than half the Camplin was excited about team were rookies to the sport,” the win. “It was my first time says Camplin. “I think the coaching at this age group, first parents were even more excited
Tyke Wildcats celebrate their historic win.
than the kids, which is even better you know; to see that the parents are having as much fun as the kids are.” The opposition for the winning game, the Kanata Knights, was a tough team to beat. The Wildcats played the Knights once during the regular season and beat them in the playoff game 1412. “Cornwall and the Kanata Knights were the two best teams at the Tyke level so they were a very, very good football team, they played extremely well and were a tough opponent but in the end we did some little things that really made the difference,” says Camplin.
The Wildcats only lost one game during their regular season and didn’t lose a single game during the playoffs. What made this tyke team a winning one? “Attention to detail, each of the kids really bought into doing their job and doing what their assignment was and instead of playing like a bunch of individuals they really played together well, became a team and understood their role and how important it was and I think that was the big key, a bunch of individuals became a team and they played really well as a team,” says Camplin.
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