The regular season came to close on Saturday as the Okanagan Sun, VI Raiders and Langley Rams each head into the playoffs with a victory.

SUN 51 - BRONCOS 38

The Sun become the first undefeated team since 2011 following their 51-38 win in Kamloops with both offences exploding.

Offensively the Sun tallied 513 total yards.  Quarterback Cam Bedore was 21 of 25 for 347 yards and threw three touchdown passes to Kyle Kawamoto.  Both Kawamoto and Kyle Patchell had huge games.  Kawamoto hauled in eight passes for 150 yards and became the second receiver to reach the 1,000 yard plateau this season.  Patchell caught 11 passes for 174 yards on the night.

The ground game was led by rookie Abdi Nasir-Abdi and his four touchdowns on 16 carries.

Defensively the Sun set a new Canadian Junior Football League record for sacks in a single season.  The unit recorded four more on Saturday night, giving them 40 this season and setting the new record.  Jonas Gering, Elias Rodriguez, Kent Lawrence and Eli Haynes collected the sacks.  Keith Zyla tallied six solo tackles to led the club while Keagan Hughes five.

The Sun (10-0) are the #1 seed heading into the post season and will host the Broncos (5-5) on Sunday October 18th in the BCFC semi-final.  It’ll be the first playoff meeting for this Interior Division rival.

The Kamloops Broncos played a franchise best against the Sun, particularly the offence, collecting 465 yards and scored more points against the Sun than any other team this year.

Quarterback Stephen Schuweiler in his final regular season game was 37 of 52 for 448 yards and threw four touchdown passes.  His main target was Derek Yachison who hauled in a game high 14 passes for 129 yards and caught a pair to majors.  Yachison became the third receiver this season to reach the 1,000 yard plateau.  Devin Csincsa caught nine balls for 102 yards and a major and Jacob Palmarin tracked down six passes for 126 yards and a score.

On the defensive side Ryan Fries, also in his final regular season junior game made six tackles and recovered a fumble.  Tristan Murray collected the lone sack and Curtis Dingwall jumped on a fumble.

The Broncos (5-5) will play in their third straight road playoff game on October 18 when they visit the Sun (10-0) at 1:00pm.  It’ll be the third game between these two teams five weeks.

RAIDERS 38 - HUSKERS 9

The Vancouver Island Raiders will host the other semi-final game after beating the Valley Huskers 38-9 on Saturday afternoon, despite not scoring a point the second half.

Quarterback Liam O’Brien was 13 of 22 for 213 yards and threw four more touchdown passes.  Dustin Rodriguez caught three passes, two for touchdowns.  Both Taylor Flavel and Dustin Hamm caught the other majors.

Flavel also led the ground game carrying 10 times and scored a touchdown.

On the defence the Raiders allowed just five yards on the ground.   Cole Virtanen, Nigel Henry and Adam McDonald each made four tackles.  Virtanen also recovered a fumble while Doug Thornton tallied the lone sack.

The Raiders (7-3) will host the Langley Rams (6-4) on Saturday October 17th at 1:00pm.

The Valley Huskers conclude a winless season and are the first team to go winless since 2011.

Quarterback Noah Falconer spread the ball around completing passes to nine different receivers.  He finished 25 of 39 for 283 yards and threw a touchdown pass.  Blake Draper caught a game high eight passes for 85 yards and the touchdown.

The Huskers “D” tallied five sacks led by James Sturgeon who had a pair.  Raphael Olivares, Conner Smith and Travis Dietrich each had one.  Smith also had a game high six tackles.

This offseason the Huskers will keep a number of their young players will no doubt come back stronger in 2016.

RAMS 35 - REBELS 23

The Langley Rams secured the third spot on Saturday afternoon with an exciting 35-23 victory over the home town Westshore Rebels.

The Rams offence was balanced as quarterback Dylan Tucker completed 12 of 25 for 244 yards and threw three touchdowns.  Dallas Yassinsky caught two passes, both for touchdowns, while Seye Akinsanmi collected a game high 91 yards and the other touchdown.

The ground game tallied 173 yards led by Ryan MacDonald who galloped 11 times for 102 yards. Joe Carter carried 10 times for 51 yards.

The Rams defence shutout the Rebels in two of the three quarters, but allowed 15 points in the fourth quarter to make the game close.  Brock Gowanlock led the club with four tackles and a sack and Darrian Matassa-Fung recovered a fumble.

The Rams (6-4) will now head to the Island to face the Raiders (7-3) on Saturday October 17th at 1:00pm in a BCFC semi-final.

The Westshore Rebels made their final regular season game an excited one scoring 15 points in the final frame. 

Quarterback Hunter Lake, in his final BCFC game completed 16 of 26 for 258 yards and threw three touchdown passes.

An incredible 11 different receivers caught passes on Saturday, Darcy Cherneff, Nick Spindor and Taylin Davies each hauled in majors.

Defensively the Rebels were led by James Bradley’s four tackles.  Jordan Goertzen picked off a pass and Delvyn Waddell blocked a kick.

The Rebels finish the season 2-8 but saw some tremendous growth and will be ready to compete in 2016.