Neepawa Tigers up for RMFL year-end awards

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Published on Thursday, November 5, 2015

Photo by Eoin Devereux. After a united effort in the Rural Manitoba Football League regular season, several members of the NACI Tigers are now up for year-end awards. 

By Eoin Devereux

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Several members of the Neepawa Tigers are vying for year-end awards in the Rural Manitoba Football League.  

Receiver Jeremy Roe has been singled out as Neepawa’s representative for the league’s most outstanding player on offence, while Will Birnie has received the nod to be Tigers’ nominee for outstanding defensive player of the year. 

Other NACI players who are up for awards include Brodie Miller and Dillan Neufeld for outstanding lineman offence and defence respectively. Taine Middleton is up for the rookie of the year honour and Scott Dowd is one of the nominees for the Norris Aiken Leadership Award. The award winners will be announced at the league banquet, later this month.

As for the playoffs, the Neepawa Tigers will play for the Murray Black Cup on Saturday, Nov. 7, against the Virden Golden Bears. Neepawa advanced to the consolation final with a 40-19 win over East Park. Virden made its way to the final by topping Southwest 39-6. 

As for the league championship, it will be Dauphin playing Swan Valley for the Doug Steeves Cup.