No Junior Football in 2021

The following is copied from the Sooners Facebook group. 

We regret to announce that the Ottawa CJFL Sooners team of the OFC will not be participating in the 2021 football season. Due to the tremendous uncertainty with the ever changing Novel Coronavirus landscape, The Ottawa Sooners have chosen to remain responsible for the health and well being of our players, staff and volunteers.

Several factors lead us to make this difficult decision, the main factor being that as an Ottawa based club, our participation would require several away games with visits spanning across several public health units in Ontario.

As vaccinations progress in Ontario and our active recruiting efforts continue, the Ottawa Sooners have high expectations for an amazing return to action in the 2022 season.

Although this was a difficult decision to make, the Ottawa Sooners feel that is paramount to put the health and safety of our players and their families, our coaching staff and our volunteers first.

The Ottawa Sooners have, alternately, chosen to implement an intensive training and team building program that will allow us to better prepare for next season without excessive exposure. This program will coincide with our local Covid19 guidelines.

We would like to assure everyone in the CJFL and OFC that the Ottawa Sooners are committed and excited for our return to the gridiron in the 2022 season.

We appreciate the continued support and we thank you in advance of your understanding.

The Ottawa Sooners look forward to seeing everyone in 2022!!

The Ottawa Jr. Riders cancelled their season (or rather, the QMJFL did) earlier this year as well so that's it for that.

I noticed a couple of weeks back that the Sooners no longer appear on the OPFL website as a varsity club, either, so it seemed likely that this was going to be the path they would follow and it's very, very unfortunate.