Austria will now face the winner of tonight’s USA-American Samoa game in the semifinals on July 4. Panama will face the loser of that game in the consolation round on July 3.
In a game that featured full use of the rosters by both teams, MVP Gubisch finished the day with four completions from five attempts for 101 yards and two scores in a little over a quarter of action to earn Player of the Game honors for Austria.
“Panama is a very good team but we thought we could beat them if we played our game as we prepared,” said Gubisch. “We don’t know which opponent we are going to play yet but either one will be tough. We will prepare for it and see what happens.”
After holding Panama without a first down on its opening series, Austria marched 72 yards in three plays to score on a 37-yard touchdown pass from Gubisch to Maximilian Dietl. Following a failed PAT attempt, Austria led 6-0.
Following another three-and-out by Panama, Gubisch led the Austrians on a short 45-yard drive that he capped with a 33-yard scoring strike to Philipp Sommer who was wide open down the left sideline. Running back Andreas Hofbauer was stopped short of the goal line on the two-point conversion but the Austrians led 12-0.
Austria turned to its ground game on its third series, throwing two passes as they moved 56 yards in nine plays. Hofbauer and Philipp Kern accounted for 30 yards rushing on the drive that was capped by a two-yard touchdown run by Matthias Kiegerl that pushed Austria’s lead to 19-0.
“We had no information about Panama so we didn’t know how strong they would be,” said Austria Offensive Coordinator Jakob Dieplinger. “We didn’t know how long our starters would have to play. We were able to rest some key players, which is key for our next game because it will be a really tough one.”
Panama again failed to pick up a first down and following a mishandled snap on a punt attempt, Austria took over at Panama’s 30-yard line. Alexander Thury spelled Gubisch at quarterback and hooked up with Florian Bundschuh on a 29-yard pass play down to the Panama 1 to open the drive. Felix Stadler rumbled into the end zone two plays later to extend the Austria lead to 26-0 and end the first half scoring midway through the second quarter.
The score remained unchanged until the 2:01 mark of the third quarter when Austria’s third quarterback of the day, Adrian Platzgummer connected on a 57-yard scoring strike to Domonkos Szecsi who slipped behind the defense and scampered down the right sideline untouched for the score to push Austria’s lead to 33-0.
Austria added a fourth quarter score on a 41-yard touchdown pass from Platzgummer to Florian Bundschuh with 5:54 to go to cap the scoring.
Linebacker Xavier Ramos earned Player of the Game honors for Panama with two sacks, a forced fumble and six tackles.
“We played a great team,” said Panama Head Coach Raul Arosemena. They played hard and kind of caught us off guard. We lost our quarterback on the first play and missed some assignments on defense. The second half, instead of going spread we ran the ball and kept with it because it worked.”
Games will air on a live webcast on CanadaFootballChat.com at (http://www.canadafoo…/live_games.php).
Schedule (all times CST)
Saturday, June 30
9 AM
Panama vs. Austria
11:30 AM
Japan vs. France
5 PM
Canada vs. Sweden
8 PM
USA vs. American Samoa
Tuesday, July 3
5 PM
Loser JPN/FRA vs. Loser CAN/SWE
8 PM
Loser PAN/ AUT vs. Loser USA/ AMS
Wednesday, July 4
5 PM
Winner JPN/FRA vs. Winner CAN/SWE
8 PM
Winner PAN/ AUT vs. Winner USA/ AMS
Friday, July 6
5 PM
Seventh-Place Game
8 PM
Fifth-Place Game
Saturday, July 7
5 PM
Bronze Medal Game
8 PM
Gold Medal Game
FINAL 2012 Junior National Team roster
Quarterbacks
Will Finch / Burlington, ON
Dallon Kuprowski / Kanata, ON
Hugo Richard / St-Bruno-de-Montarville, QC
Running Backs
Christopher Amoah / Lachine, QC
Andreas Robinson / Dartmouth, NS
Mercer Timmis / Burlington, ON
Receivers
Regis Cibasu / Montréal, QC
Doug Corby / Burlington, ON
A’dre Fraser / Lawrencetown, NS
Tylor Henry / Camrose, AB
Alexandre Huard / Laval, QC
Alexandre Savard / Lorraine, QC
Ryan Smith / Sherwood Park, AB
Offensive Line
Kadeem Adams / Halifax, NS
Louis-Gabriel Beaudet / Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, QC
Andrew Boisvert / Sherwood Park, AB
Lloyd Constant / Montréal, QC
Emilio Frometa / Sudbury, ON
Nathan Heide / Warman, SK
Erick Lessard / Sudbury, ON
David Knevel / Brantford, ON
Jean-Simon Roy / Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, QC
Defensive Line
Edward Godin Gosselin / Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, QC
Quinn Horton / Winnipeg, MB
Jacob Leblanc / Halifax, NS
Clement Lebreux / Candiac, QC
Glen Joorisity / Deer Valley, SK
Adam Melanson / Kentville, NS
Charles Rémy-Sarrazin / Montréal, QC
Brett Wade / Regina, SK
Linebackers
Pierre-Luc Caron / Laval, QC
Tanner Doll / St. Albert, AB
Maxime Drolet / Québec, QC
Nicholas Easterbrook / Laval, QC
Jean-Gabriel Poulin / St-Nicolas, QC
John Rush / Port Robinson, ON
Marc-Antoine Varin / St-Hippolyte, QC
Defensive Backs
Keldyn Ahlstedt / Whitby, ON
Keegan Arnyek / Moose Jaw, SK
Tomy Duperron / Sherbrooke, QC
Khadim Mbaye / Laval, QC
Kevin McGee / Sherbrooke, QC
Rees Paterson / Sherwood Park, AB
Michael Schmidt / Calgary, AB
Kicker, Punter
Louis-Philippe Simoneau / Saint-Hyachinthe, QC
Coaching and Support Staff
Noel Thorpe / Head Coach
Warren Craney / Defensive Coordinator – Linebackers
Pat Boies / Offensive Coordinator
Gilles Lezi / Special Teams Coordinator- Running Backs
Michael Faulds / Quarterbacks
Alain Mainguy / Offensive Line
Kamau Peterson / Receivers
Brian Guebert / Defensive Line
Devin Murphy / Defensive Backs
Patrick Gendron / Athletic Therapist
Jean-Baptiste Laporte / Athletic Therapist
Jeremy Clouthier / Video Coordinator
Jacques Guilbault / Equipment manager
Elliott Richardson / Strength and Conditioning Coach
Players by Province:
Quebec – 20
Ontario – 9
Alberta – 6
Nova Scotia – 5
Saskatchewan – 4
Manitoba – 1
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