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Thomas Bresciani signs with the Guelph Gryphons

The future of the Guelph Gryphons football team gathered at the annual Meet the Team luncheon. Thomas Bresciani, a former Weyburn athlete, attended the event, as he recently signed with the Guelph Gryphons.
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The future of the Guelph Gryphons football team gathered at the annual Meet the Team luncheon.
Thomas Bresciani, a former Weyburn athlete, attended the event, as he recently signed with the Guelph Gryphons.
The event was the formal introduction of the majority of the year’s recruiting class. It also gives the recruits a chance to meet one another, meet the people that are going to become their family during however long they stay with the team.
In many cases, friendships started at the luncheon will last a lifetime.
“I love using Christmas as an analysis, it’s my very favourite day of the year,” said Kevin McNeill, interim head coach.
“Training camp is like Christmas where you really get to unwrap the presents and you get to play with them. This is like getting a sneak peak, checking out the wrapping paper and the bows. It’s really a great opportunity to see them all together and start creating that brotherhood that is so important that we really have used as a cornerstone to our success. That brotherhood that started today really is the biggest thing that we can put to these guys early on so that they can start making those relationships and those bonds.”
A total of 31 of this year’s recruiting class, rated seventh in the country, were in attendance. They learned of the football expectations the team has of them and were also told that the schooling part of the equation was huge.
“We’re just making sure that the guys understand that it’s a step up, academically, athletically and socially,” said MacNeill. “It’s important for them to come in with their eyes wide open and do everything they can to put themselves in a position where they can start from success.”
The Gryphs stress that the players are student athletes with the student part coming first. “We believe in the University of Guelph and the education that you can get from here,” said MacNeill. “That’s one of the things that’s made us successful, how well we’ve kind of connected to the university and the academics here and presented that as the main option of why they should be picking to come to this school.”