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SUN 32 - RAMS 13

Week 4 of the BCFC season saw three very exciting games and the Okanagan Sun stay undefeated; the VI Raiders claim second place and the Westshore Rebels tally their first win of the season.

In a first place showdown at the Apple Bowl and a rematch of the BCFC Cullen Cup championship game, the Sun got a measure of revenge with a 32-13 victory over the Langley Rams to remain undefeated.

Both the Sun and Rams showed off their outstanding defences, with the Sun “D” a little better on this night.   

The Sun defence created four turnovers and allowed just 89 yards on the ground and 83 through the air.  They held the Ram offence to only three first downs in the second half, giving their own offence terrific field position to work with.  Brennan Van Nistelrooy, Matt McConnell and Beck Fullerton picked off passes, while Kent Lawrence recorded the lone sack.  Both McConnell and Layne Hull led the club with five tackles.

Offensively the Sun scored 21 points in the third quarter and collected 429 total yards in a balanced attack.  Both quarterbacks were used.  Cam Bedore played the first half finishing 6 of 12 for 78 yards.  The second half belonged to Josiah Joseph who was 12 of 14 for 211 yards and threw a touchdown pass to Lerone Robinson.

Kyle Kawamoto had an outstanding game collecting a game high seven receptions for 131 yards.  Kyle Patchell caught five passes for 69 yards.

The Sun ground game tallied 149 yards led by Dillon Fortune’s 13 carries for 65 yards and three touchdowns.

Next Saturday the Sun (4-0) will stay at home and welcome in the Valley Huskers (0-4) who they shutout in Week 2.

The Langley Rams defence played very good, but their offence struggled in their second loss of the season.  The “D” forced five turnovers including fumble recoveries from Joey Whyte, Nick Westad, John Beckerleg and Ryan McDonald.  Darrin Matassa-Fung intercepted a pass.

Jacob Dodd recorded the lone sack, as Brock Gowanlock, the CJFL sack leader was held without one for the first time this season. Brendan Desjardine led the club with seven tackles.

Offensively the quarterbacks Dylan Tucker and Devoun Hallums combined for 12 of 25 for 83 yards.  Hallums threw a touchdown pass to Seye Akinsanmi.

Nathan Lund led the ground game with 10 carries for 50 yards.

The Rams (2-2) will host the Westshore Rebels (1-3) on Saturday afternoon at 4:00pm.

RAIDERS 35 - BRONCOS 26

The VI Raiders and Kamloops Broncos played an outstanding game in a tale of two halves.  The Raiders won their third of the season, a 35-26 victory scoring 28 points in the second half.

After the Broncos scored 20 points in the first half, the Raiders defence tightened up allowing just six points in the second half.  Shea Dexter led the club with seven tackles.  Cole Virtanen had the defensive play of the game, and maybe the week setting a Raider record with a fourth quarter 95 yard pick six.  He finished with a pair of interceptions, while Tyler Hill recovered a fumble.  Quinton Bowles had two sacks while Kealan Botel had one.

Offensively quarterback Liam O’Brien completed nine passes, three of them for touchdowns.  He finished with 217 yards and threw a touchdown Dustin Rodriguez and a pair to Arthur Fabbro.  Rodriguez finished with four receptions for 131 yards.

Nathan Berg led the ground game with 14 carries for 89 yards and a score.

The Raiders (3-1) will travel to Kamloops for the second half of a home and home with the Broncos (2-2) on Saturday night at 7:00pm.

The Kamloops Broncos exploded in the first half, but was very quiet in the second half.

Quarterback Steve Schuweiler set a new BCFC record with 35 pass completions, surpassing the 29 in 2010 by Jordan Yantz.  Schuweiler finished with 358 yards and two more touchdowns.  His favourite target was Devin Csincsa who set a new Broncos record with 12 receptions for 136 yards.  Meanwhile Derek Yachison caught 10 balls for 97 yards and both touchdown passes.

The running attack was led by Jacob Palmarin and his 12 carries for 63 yards and did score a major.

Defensively the visitors were led by Braden Vankoughnett and his seven stops.  Derek Trager forced the lone turnover by intercepting a pass and Tevin McCarty had the only sack.

The Broncos (2-2) will get another crack at the Raiders (3-1) on Saturday night at 7:00pm at Hillside Stadium.

REBELS 45 - HUSKERS 14

The Westshore Rebels offence exploded on Saturday afternoon recording their first win of the new campaign, a 45-14 win over the Valley Huskers.

The Rebels tallied 643 yards of offence and set a new team record with 542 passing yards. Quarterback Ashton McKinnon finished 29 of 38 for 427 yards and three touchdowns.  He set a new Rebels record with his 29 completions.  He also ran 10 times, scoring a pair of touchdowns.

Hunter Lake and Taylin Davies each had nine receptions.  Lake tallied 183 yards and caught a touchdown pass, while Joe Barkhouse hauled in two TD passes.

On the defensive side, Sheldon Mack led the Rebels with six tackles.  James Bradley was solid with a fumble recovery, two sacks and a tackle.  Dusean LeBlanc, Jorge Morzon-Yarwood and Peter Allen also collected a sack.

The Rebels (1-3) will visit the Langley Rams (2-2) on Saturday afternoon at 4:00pm.

The Valley Huskers had their best offensive game of the season collected 272 yards of total offence.

Quarterback Noah Falconer was 11 of 24 for 179 yards and threw a touchdown pass to Jesse Deering.

The Huskers run game was solid was Jackson Ryan carried a Conference high 17 times for 108 yards and a major.

The Huskers defence was led by Conner Smith and Tyler McStravic who each tallied seven tackles.   Brenden Atkinson chipped in with six stops while Ryan Beaubien had five.

On Saturday night the Huskers (0-4) will visit the Apple Bowl for the first time since 2013 and play the Okanagan Sun (4-0) at 7:00pm.