Florida Bound

Metro Toronto Wildcats Tykes Florida Bound

The Metro Toronto Wildcats have a lot to be proud of this season, especially their tyke team (ages 6-8 years old). The youngest players in the Wildcats program have had a perfect preseason, regular season and playoff run to make them the first team to win a provincial title for the organization.

This past Saturday, the Wildcats took on the Toronto Jets in the provincial championship and and won convincingly 47-0.

On top of the perfect season, the Wildcats have another impressive stat to add to their list of achievements; their points against averaged 0 while their points for was 250.

ā€œIt was a combination of support and focus on the fundamentals, blocking and tackling,” said head coach Marcello Lio. ā€œEvery kid on our 16 player roster played every game and realized early that we had a great group of kids.ā€

The year is not over yet, as the tykes will head down to Florida to take on Pop Warner teams the Lake Nona Jr. Lions and West Orange Wildcats.

ā€œWe feel comfortable and primarily we want to compete,ā€ said Lio. ā€œWe will be playing 9 on 9 as opposed to our usual 6 on 6 tyke game.

“It might be a little different but I think we will play well.ā€

The organization hopes that this will become an annual event that will be enjoyed by all of the non-varsity Wildcat teams.

ā€œWe are hoping that this yearā€™s success will intrigue more kids to come and play for the Metro Toronto Wildcats,ā€ said Lio. Ā ā€œI would like to thank the other dad coaches Noel Biderman, Jonathan Gillingham and our manager Steven Weiner.”

“Their help and support helped make this season such a great success.ā€

The Wildcats will be heading down to Florida August 18th for an experience of a lifetime.

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