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JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
St. Ignatius coach Chuck Kyle opens arms, football practices to Team Sweden
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Tim Rogers
Plain Dealer Reporter

North Canton- It might have been the first time in his 26 seasons as a head football coach that Chuck Kyle has ever practiced against a prospective opponent.

Team USA and Team Sweden, part of the inaugural Junior World Championship, held a joint practice at Walsh University on Monday, even though they could end up meeting in the second round of the eight-team international tournament that gets under way with four games Saturday.

Even Kyle, the head coach at St. Ignatius, admitted the practice was out of the ordinary, but it all worked out in the end.

"Typically, it would be, 'Hey, don't let them in the stadium . . . Hey, who's that guy over there? Who's the spy?' " Kyle said, tongue in cheek.

What the veteran coach didn't say tongue in cheek is that his team had an edge in speed and skill. "I'll be honest, yes," he said. "We have some very good talent on this team. The Swedish kids were probably a little nervous. After all, this was American football. We all told them to relax and have fun, and I think they got into the flow, and I think the kids on both sides had a good time talking to one another and going against one another.

"I thought it was a real nice practice."

Michigan State recruit Chris Norman, a 6-2, 225-pound linebacker from Detroit, said the Swedish team could play.

"It was different," he said of the session. "They ran a lot of different types of plays, a lot of misdirection. They liked to use the spread. We didn't see one play with a tight end.

"Practicing against us will help them in their game against Mexico."

St. Ignatius coach Chuck Kyle opens arms, football practices to Team Sweden - Cleveland.com

IFAF Junior World Championship notebook: Team USA selects captains
By Todd Porter
CantonRep.com staff writer
Posted Jun 22, 2009

Soon-to-be Ohio State Buckeye Storm Klein is among the four captains named Monday by the USA Football junior national team.
Klein, a linebacker from Licking Valley High School, is joined by safety Jordan Lynch, quarterback Bryce Petty and running back David Wilson.
Lynch is from Chicago Mount Carmel and headed to Northern Illinois. Petty hails from Midlothian, Texas, and will play at Baylor. Wilson is from Danville (Va.) George Washington and is headed to Virginia Tech.
The selections were based on a vote by the players.
Wilson also was chosen to be the team’s flag bearer. He has an older brother, Ronald Wilson, in the Navy. He is stationed in San Diego aboard the USS Ronald Reagan.

Trouble under center
Team USA head coach Chuck Kyle managed practice most of the time Monday and wasn’t demonstrative. Of course, with some of the best players from the U.S. on his team he doesn’t have to be. But there was a point when the legendary St. Ignatius head coach seemed a tad frustrated. Quarterbacks Phillip Butterfield (Arkansas State) and Bryce Petty (Baylor) had to track down shotgun snaps over their heads, or ones that bounced in front of their feet from centers Evan Swindall (Mississippi) and Bryce Schwindt (Northern Colorado). “It’s sort of, argh ... it’ll get there,” Kyle said. “It’s a rush to get everything together.”

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