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Finland: Porvoo Butchers hang on to defeat Helsinki Wolverines, earn first win in two years
Finland’s Maple League kicked off this past weekend with an upset right out of the gate as last season’s worst team, the Porvoo Butchers knocked...
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Finland: Maple League kicks off with 7 teams
Finland’s Maple League kicks off its 2021 season Saturday, June 12 with seven teams vying for the Maple Bowl title. The 2020 champion Kuopio Steelers...
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Finland: Helsinki Roosters announce roster for 2021 Maple League season
The Helsinki Roosters kick off Finland’s Maple League season on June 17 when they play host to their crosstown rivals the Helsinki Wolverines. Roosters head...
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Seinäjoki Crocodiles sign QB Zach Whitehead
Finland’s Seinäjoki Crocodiles have announced the signing of quarterback Zachary Whitehead for the 2021 season. The Crocodiles reached the Finnish Maple League semifinals in 2020,...
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Finland: United Newland Crusaders bring back RB Kam Harris for 2021 season
The United Newland Crusaders have re-signed running back Kam Harris for the 2021 Maple League season in Finland. The East Saint Louis, Illinois native played...
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Finnish champion Kuopio Steelers sign Div. 3 All American RB Le’Anthony Reasnover
The defending Finnish champions, the Kuopio Steelers, have added Le’Anthony Reasnover (Eureka College – NCAA Division III) as their running back for the 2021 season....
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Finland: Helsinki Wolverines sign Jacob Wright as their new QB
The Helsinki Wolverines, Finnish finalists in 2021, have signed Jacob Wright from Averrett University (NCAA Div. III) as their new QB. The 6’0″, 185 pound,...
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Helsinki Wolverines sign veteran DB Curtis Slater
The Helsinki Wolverines have announced the signing of defensive back Curtis Slater for the 2021 season. Slater spent three seasons (2016-18) playing for crosstown rivals,...
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Helsinki Wolverines sign AFI All-Pandemic Team RB Breon Allen
Finnish championship finalists the Helsinki Wolverines have signed dynamic running back Breon Allen for the 2021 season. In 2020, the Wolverines reached the Maple Bowl,...
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Finland: United Newland Crusaders sign Irish American WR Finn Kearns
The United Newland Crusaders continue to prepare for their first season in Finland’s top division, the Maple League, with the signing of Irish American wide...
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Maple Bowl MVP, DB Tommy Kaczocha signs with Finland’s Wasa Royals
Finland’s Wasa Royals have snagged one of the top defenders in Europe with the signing of defensive back Tommy Kaczocha. The Royals reached the semifinals...
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Carlos Carrasco: Made in Madrid & Forged in Finland
The Wasa Royals in Finland are coming off yet another solid season making it all the way to the Maple League semi-finals before losing a...
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Christian Powell: Finland’s fiercest Crocodile
Without question, Seinäjoki Crocodiles running back Christian Powell was a dominant force in Finland’s Maple League this season. Again. In the pandemic shortened 2020 Maple...
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AFI’s All-Pandemic Team: LB – William James, Helsinki Wolverines, Uppsala 86ers
No one ever claimed that picking a team of all stars from the teams who played during the pandemic would be easy. With so many...
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Joey Bradley: Scrambling from Spain to the Czech Republic to Finland during pandemic
Thirty-year-old quarterback Joey Bradley is the newest member of the Kuopio Steelers, the 2020 champions of Finland’s Maple League. He has big shoes to fill...
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QB Brandon Gwinner re-signs with Finland’s Wasa Royals
The Wasa Royals, Finnish Maple League semifinalists in 2020, have re-signed one of their key players, quarterback Brandon Gwinner. Gwinner had an outstanding year with the...
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AFI’s All-Pandemic Team: Left Guard – Olaus Alinen, Wasa Royals
A unique dilemma faced the AFI All-Pandemic Team selection committee when it came to picking Olaus Alinen of Finland’s Wasa Royals as the starting right...
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AFI’s All-Pandemic Team: Linebacker – AJ Wentland, Kuopio Steelers
When linebacker AJ Wentland signed with the Kuopio Steelers in Finland for the remainder of the COVID-19 shortened Maple League season, he joined an already...
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Finland’s Helsinki Roosters sign standout WR Micky Kyei
The Helsinki Roosters, winners of 22 Finnish titles, including eight straight from 2012 to 2019, have signed one of Europe’s premier receivers, Micky Kyei from Finland....
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AFI’s All-Pandemic Team: Defensive end – Ville Valasti, Helsinki Wolverines
The AFI All-Pandemic Team selections were tough in many positions but not defensive end as Helsinki Wolverines Ville Valasti was another unanimous pick by the...
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New Finnish champions, the Kuopio Steelers, sign QB Joey Bradley
The Kuopio Steelers, fresh off of winning their first ever Finnish title, have signed a new quarterback as veteran Joey Bradley will be behind center...
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AFI’s All-Pandemic Team: Wide receiver – Alpha Jalloh, Wasa Royals / Stockholm Mean Machines
The AFI All-Pandemic Team selection committee had a extremely difficult time in choosing the 22 members of the first team but not in the case of...
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Finland: Helsinki Wolverines sign Southeastern Louisiana University defensive back Dejion Lynch
The Helsinki Wolverines, finalists in Finland’s Maple League in 2020, have signed defensive back Dejion Lynch from Southeastern Louisiana University (NCAA Div. 1, FCS) for...
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Finland: Helsinki Roosters sign WR Lorenzo Melchiorre
The MVP of the 2018 Spanish Bowl, wide receiver Lorenzo Melchiorre has signed to play for the Helsinki Roosters in Finland’s Maple League in 2021. The...
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Helsinki Wolverines sign QB Ryan Sample for 2021 season
The Helsinki Wolverines, 2020 Finnish finalists, have signed quarterback Ryan Sample for the 2021 season. The Wolverines finished third during the 2020 season and won...