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The Heart of the Huddle: Brandon Picken’s Journey

Submitted Article a winner from the jump, securing
an SD&G league championship
f you spend any time around the and earning a spot on the Ottawa
ICornwall Men’s Flag Football Region AIA East All Star team. His
League, you are bound to run into talent eventually took him to the
Brandon Picken. At 34 years old, Cornwall Wildcats in the OVFL
the Cornwall native has become a before he traded his cleats for
fixture on the local sports scene, textbooks during a four year stint at
recently wrapping up his eleventh Queen’s University. However, the
season on the flag football field. For pull of the game was too strong to
Brandon, football isn’t just a game ignore for long. By the fall of 2014,
played with a pigskin and a set of Brandon was back on the field,
flags; it is a decade plus narrative beginning a CMFFL career.
of community, leadership, and a The early years were a Photo Submitted
relentless competitive drive that
started back in his high school days. masterclass in learning the ropes.
He spent two seasons under the
Brandon’s football journey guidance of league veteran Scott
began in the eleventh grade at Holy Coulter on the “Play It Again Sports way for a dominant run with “Jas- The winning didn’t stop there.
Mar Paint,” where Brandon secured When the team transitioned to
Trinity Catholic Secondary School. and Cornwall Police Association”
two league titles over six years.
He wasn’t just a participant; he was squad. That foundation paved the Continued on page 36

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