The Edmonton Warriors Athletic Association

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Tony Caputo has been a member of the Warriors Association for over 30 years and has held many different positions within the association. His children also played in the ball program from U12 to U19 which gave them the true understanding of team work and commitment.

Today, Tony is the General Manger & Assistant Coach of the Warriors Jr B Hockey program and has been for 32 years. He is also the President of the Warriors Athletic Association which as he says, is his true honour. In Tonys words, "Giving back to the Warriors has always been easy, as they have supported so many kids in the last 40 plus years and along the way I have had the pleasure of meeting some great people."

Alan Gombos is a Director (1 year) for the Warriors Association and is currently the head coach for the Senior Ladies team. He is a Level 2 Certified Coach and has over 30 years experience coaching fastball. Alan has coached all levels of young ladies starting  in the NEZ program with girls as young as 7 years old and then progressed to the Warriors in the following years. He has coached with various organizations over the years and came back to the Warriors in the past few years.

Dario Cutulle is entering his third season with the Edmonton Warriors Jr. B Hockey Team.

Dario got into coaching hockey following his playing career from Novice to Midget (u18). After

Dario stopped playing, he missed the game. He had a strong passion and understanding of the

game; therefore, ahead of the 2021-2022 season, he came on board as the Warrior’s Video

Coach. In this role, Dario films games and practices, working with the coaching staff and players

by offering feedback and reviewing the film with them. When needed, Dario will also help on

the ice during practices. Before transitioning to coaching ice hockey, Dario also coached

community soccer and ball hockey since 2015. The Warriors are happy to have Dario and be a

part of his development.

Mickey Friedrick started her competitive level of fastball with the Warriors playing with them for 6 years from peewee to midget (a different age label back then) and has once again become a Warrior playing for the Warrior Sr Ladies for the past 3 years as a catcher and utility player.  During her time she has won several gold and silver provincial medals as well as top offensive player awards.  She is now manager and assistant coach for the Sr team as well as taken on the role of treasurer (2 years) for the Association. She has also coached the younger ages for 2 years now as they start to learn the game and develop their skills.

Blaire Taylor is part of the Development Team for the Edmonton Warriors where she helps train athletes in overall skill development and specializes in Pitching.  Blaire played thirteen years with the Edmonton Warriors, and in that time the team won 7 Provincial Gold, 4 Provincial Silver, and 1 Provincial Bronze medal.  Blaire started her college career pitching for NJCAA Division 1 Seward County Community College, and finished her career at NAIA Division 1 Friends University in Wichita, Kansas. 

Grant has been coaching softball since 1979. In that time his teams have won multiple Alberta championships and Western Canadian, a Junior National Championship, a Bantam Western Canadian Championship and Silver medals at the Western Canada Summer Games (2015) and Canada Summer Games (2017).

His athletes have been recognized Provincially and Nationally. Many of them have attended N.A.I.A. and N.C.A.A institutes of learning on softball scholarships.

Grant is a Certified Competitive Development trained coach. He is a Training Facilitator for Softball Alberta and organizes and participates in the Warrior Development Program in the off season.

Sarah has been a part of the Edmonton Warriors organization for many years as she competed just under 10 years with the Warriors Softball program and then returned to give back in the role of Assistant Coach and Development Coach after graduating university. The Warriors played a role in helping Sarah earn a scholarship to attend a DI NJCAA program in Nebraska where she then went on to secure a spot on the starting line up in the NCAA DI Softball Program at Iowa State University. She now fills the role of Marketing and Communications for the Edmonton Warriors managing their Social Media and Website!