UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY PLAYER TO COMPETE FOR CANADA AT WORLD UNDER 19 CHAMPIONSHIPS:

University of Calgary guard Ryan Sceviour will continue to compete in football activities in January 2014. The graduate of Bowness High School in Calgary will play for Canada when they face the United States in a game at Maverick Stadium at the University of Texas, Arlington on February 7-8, 2014.

The 60 player roster was selected from close to 500 players who took part in regional identification camps across Canada. These top prospects will take on USA Football’s U19 squad in Texas, competing for one of 45 spots to represent Canada at the 2014 U19 (19-and-under) World Championship in Kuwait.

Canada and Team USA have met in the first two IFAF U19 (19-and-under) World Championship gold medal games with Canada avenging a 2009 loss in 2012 to capture gold. With the record split, the 2014 International Bowl series will re-ignite the Canada-USA rivalry as it builds towards the summer.

The International Bowl series features a number of Canada-USA rivalry games which in addition to a Junior National Team showdown includes the Football Canada Cup (U18) National Team against USA Football’s U18 National Team. Canada’s Junior National Team alumni include Byron Archambault (U. Montreal), former Dino Linden Gaydosh (Carolina Panthers), Pierre Lavertu (U. Laval), former Dino Kirby Fabien (BC Lions), Will Finch (Western U.), former Dino Steven Lumbala (Montreal Alouettes), Jeremi Roch (U. Sherbrooke), Matt Sewell (McMaster U.), Mercer Timmis (U. Calgary) and Jake Thomas (Winnipeg Blue Bombers).

The 6’4”, 295 lbs. Sceviour dressed for the Dinos first two Conference games in 2014, starting one, before suffering a knee injury in practice in week three and was one of the top recruits to join the Dinos in 2013.

Both Ryan’s parents are former University of Calgary athletes. His mother Cheryl (Curda) was a starter on the 1989 National Championship women’s volleyball team while his father, Todd, spent five seasons with the Dinos hockey team.