June 26, 2009
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Baylor signees Bryce Petty and Tevin Reese and the USA Football junior national team begin play in the eight-team 2009 IFAF Junior World Championship Saturday, June 27, in an opening round game against France.
The USA and France game is scheduled to kick off at 7 p.m. CDT at Fawcett Stadium adjacent to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, as the fourth and final contest of day one of the nine-day tournament.
Petty, a 6-3, 215-pound quarterback from Midlothian (Texas) High School, and Reese, a 5-11, 160-pound receiver from Temple (Texas) High School are on the 45-man national squad comprised of players aged 19 and under. The inaugural tournament features teams from eight nations spanning four continents - Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Sweden and the United States.
Fans can follow all tournament games at JWCFootball.com with free live webcasts and real-time stats. The Gold Medal (Sunday, July 5 at noon) and Bronze Medal (Saturday, July 4 at 6 p.m.) games will be televised live by Fox College Sports. The games will air live on FCS Atlantic on digital cable, on DirecTV channel 617 and streamed on FoxCollegeSports.com.
Petty was voted one of four team captains for Team USA. Rated by The Dallas Morning News as Texas's No. 2-ranked prep quarterback, he recorded 3,549 passing yards and 20 TD passes while rushing to 10 more TDs during his junior and senior seasons while missing time due to injury.
Reese, a two-sport athlete (football and track), led the Temple Wildcats with 31 receptions for 541 yards and three touchdowns in 2008. Reese also qualified for Texas' Class 5A state track meet in the triple-jump and long-jump as a junior.
No. 1-seeded Canada kicks off the historic event against New Zealand at 9 a.m. on Saturday, June 27, followed by a clash between fourth-seeded Japan and reigning European junior champion Germany at noon. Third-seed Mexico takes on Sweden at 3 p.m. before all eight teams are introduced at an official opening ceremony at 6 p m.
USA Football's Junior National Team is led by head coach Chuck Kyle of Cleveland St. Ignatius, who has led his Wildcats to 10 large-school Ohio state titles and two USA TODAY national championships.
On Wednesday, July 1, the two losing teams from the Japan-Germany and Canada-New Zealand games will meet at 9 a.m., followed at noon by the teams that lost in the Mexico-Sweden and USA-France games.
The winning teams from the first round of games advance to a semi-final bracket with the two winning teams from the Japan-Germany games and Canada-New Zealand meeting at 3 p.m. and the two winning teams from the Mexico-Sweden and USA-France games play at 6 p.m.
The losing teams from Wednesday's two early games will meet on Saturday, July 4 at noon to contest seventh place overall and the teams winning Wednesday early games will play for fifth place at 3 p.m. The losers of Wednesday's semi-final games will compete for the Bronze Medal on July 4 at 6 p.m.
The Championship Game for the inaugural 2009 IFAF Junior World Championship kicks off at Fawcett Stadium at noon on Sunday, July 5, between the two Wednesday semi-final winners.
2009 IFAF JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP GAME SCHEDULE
All Games will be played at Fawcett Stadium, adjacent to the Pro Football Hall of Fame
Saturday, June 27
9 am - Game 1, Canada vs. New Zealand
noon - Game 2, Japan vs. Germany
3pm - Game 3, Mexico vs. Sweden
6pm - Opening Ceremony
7pm - Game 4, United States vs. France
Wednesday, July 1
9am - Game 5, Losing team Game 2 (JAP/GER) vs. Losing team Game 1 (CAN/NZ)
noon - Game 6, Losing team Game 3 (MEX/SWE) vs. Losing team Game 4 (USA/FRA)
3pm - Game 7, Winning team Game 1 (CAN/NZ) vs. Winning team Game 2 (JAP/GER)
6pm - Game 8, Winning team Game 4 (USA/FRA) vs. Winning team Game 3 (MEX/SWE)
Saturday, July 4
noon - 7th place playoff, Losing team Game 6 vs. Losing team Game 5
3pm - 5th place playoff, Winning team Game 5 vs. Winning team Game 6
6pm - Bronze Medal Game, Losing team Game 8 vs. Losing team Game 7
Sunday, July 5
noon - Gold Medal game, Winning team Game 7 vs. Winning team Game 8
* Home teams to be determined; all times CDT
2009 IFAF Junior World Championship official seeding:
1. Canada
2. United States
3. Mexico
4. Japan
5. Germany
6. Sweden
7. France
8. New Zealand
