Westshore Rebels mainland bound for playoffs
The V.I. Raiders throttled the Westshore Rebels 57-7 in Nanaimo on
Saturday to end the B.C. junior Football Conference regular season.
View a of the game.
With the win the Raiders remain undefeated for the second straight year, and finish atop the league standings. TheyB次元官网网址檒l host the Okanagan Sun in a semifinal playoff game. The Rebels will play the Langley Rams in the other semifinal, Saturday (Oct. 20) in Langley.
Rebels running back Greg Morris was held to 56 yards rushed, and was held back from the 122 yards he needed to set the BCFC season rushing record.
Raiders quarterback Jordan Yantz threw 14 passes for 226 yards and five touchdowns.
"We were moving the chains; we weren't too worried about getting the ball down the field right off the bat," said Yantz. "We were worried about working the clock and getting first downs and sustaining a drive and keeping Greg Morris off the field."
- With files from Greg Sakaki/Nanaimo B次元官网网址 Bulletin
Hawks runner burns Rams
Receiver Brian Dowds caught two touchdown passes and running back Mason Swift rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns but it wasnB次元官网网址檛 enough as the Mount Douglas Rams fell 52-49 to the W.J. Mouat Hawks on Saturday.
The star of the day was HawksB次元官网网址� running back Maleek Irons, who finished with a mind-boggling 491 rushing yards on 48 carries. It sets a new B.C. High School single-game rushing record.
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Rams receiver Marcus Davis, running back Julian Luis and quarterback Ashton MacKinnon also had TDs.
MacKinnon ran for 34 years and completed 13 for 25 pass attempts for 226 yards and two touchdown strikes.
Davis added a spectacular 90-yard punt return for a major. Callum Duke continued his excellent kicking hitting seven of seven convert attempts.
Swift led the Rams defence with 16 tackles, followed by Julian Luis with eight and Zach Wilkinson and Mitch Pearse with five each. Davis and Pearse also had an interception each.
Belmont Bulldogs edge Holy Cross
The Belmont Bulldogs secured their first win of the season, 21-15 over the Holy Cross Crusaders at Belmont on Saturday.
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"It probably took Holy Cross by surprise and it took a while for them to adjust.B次元官网网址�
Jordan Worth and Sam Varao took the ground-and-pound mentality to heart, each breaking the 100-yard mark and combining to score the teamB次元官网网址檚 three majors, the coach added.
Worth carried 14 times for 103 yards and two TDs, while Varao carried 12 times for 109 yards and one score.
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A strong defensive effort by Belmont resulted in six forced turnovers (three interceptions, three turnovers on downs). R.J. PicheB次元官网网址檚 eight tackles, including a sack, led the group, while Worth and Brady Lockwood each had four tackles, Worth counting a pair of sacks and Lockwood an interception. Tanner Rempel had two tackles and two interceptions.
The Bulldogs (1-2) travel to Richmond to face the Hugh Boyd Trojans on Friday.
