Okanagan Sun

Top 10 Power Rankings

By CJFL Media 10/03/2024, 9:30am PDT

The 10 best teams heading into Week 12

A few teams trade spots on the CJFL Top 10 Power Rankings as we creep towards the final weekend of the regular season across all three Conferences.

Rankings	Teams	Last Week
1	Saskatoon Hilltops (7-0)	1
2	Okanagan Sun (10-0)	2
3	St. Clair Saints (7-0)	3
4	Regina Thunder (5-2)	4
5	London Beefeaters (5-2)	5
6	Langley Rams (6-3)	7
7	Calgary Colts (4-3)	10
8	Valley Huskers (5-4)	6
9	Ottawa Sooners (4-3)	8
10	Westshore Rebels (5-4)	9

Players of the Week

By CJFL Media 10/01/2024, 8:45pm PDT

The top performers from Week 11

The CJFL is pleased to announce the Week 11 Players of the Week following this past weekend of games.

Polls are open now to make one of them the Fans Choice Player of the Week. The polls will close at 5:00pm PST on Wednesday.

Offensive Players of the Week

Ontario Conference
RB LJ Dyer – London Beefeaters

Showing flashes of what made him a preseason CJFL Player to Watch this year, LJ Dyer might just be saving his best for a playoff push. The lightning fast Dyer was more than the Skyhawks could handle on the weekend as he slashed and dashed his way to 197 yards on 19 carries, the longest of which he took 52 yards to the house for the Beefeater’ first touchdown of the day.

Prairie Conference
QB Marcos Soltero – Edmonton Wildcats

He led his Wildcats club to their first win of the season with an upset over their crosstown rivals, the Edmonton Huskies. Marcos Soltero completed 21 of 30 passes for 332 yards and threw a pair of touchdowns in the victory.

BC Conference
RB Elelyon Noa – Okanagan Sun

It was a record setting day for Sun running back Elelyon Noa. Once again, the focal point of the offence, he rushed 33 times for 207 yards and in the process set a new BC Conference single season rushing record finishing with 1612 yards on the ground. He scored four more touchdowns on the ground and collected 23 on the campaign also setting a new BC Conference single season record. He was just two shy of the CJFL all-time record of 25 set in 2006.

Defensive Players of the Week

Ontario Conference
DB Jacoby Dillon – Quinte Skyhawks

Despite their weekend loss, Jacoby Dillon did his best to turn his side of the defensive secondary into a no fly zone as he completely shut down the London passing attack. He intercepted two passes returning one for 30 yards and the other for eight yards and also contributed to the run defence with five solo tackles for a very effective 18 defensive points.

Prairie Conference
LB Zaden Taylor – Saskatoon Hilltops

The Hilltops clinched first place in the Prairie Conference on Saturday night and their defence was a major reason why. Linebacker Zaden Taylor intercepted a pass and had eight solo tackles, shutting down the Regina Thunder offensive side of the ball.

BC Conference
DB Peyton Briere – Prince George Kodiaks

The Kodiaks collected their second win of the season on Saturday, giving their hometown crowd something to cheer about. Peyton Briere was a man on a mission in the secondary intercepting three passes and collected 33 return yards. He also assisted on a tackle.

Special Teams Players of the Week

Ontario Conference
KR Evan Siderius – Hamilton Hurricanes

Needing someone to kick the team into gear, the Hurricanes got just what they needed on special teams when Evan Siderius returned a punt 65 yards for a touchdown breaking open the flood gates in what was a very close game in the third quarter. On the day Siderius returned six kicks, averaging 32.1 yards a return. For good measure Siderius also hauled in the two-point conversion on his punt return touchdown.

Prairie Conference
Long Snapper – Colton Zimmer - Saskatoon Hilltops

Rarely does a long snapper get credit for what they do but in this case Colton Zimmer of the Hilltops stood out and helped get points on the board so his club to clinch first place in the Conference. By all accounts, Zimmer was perfect on all 14 long snaps which assisted on five field goals, three converts, along with six punts. He added one special teams tackle as well to “snap” out of the crowd to be recognized.

BC Conference
KR Gage Parker – Okanagan Sun

What a performance by Gage Parker on Saturday at the Apple Bowl on special teams. He returned two punts for touchdowns getting the hometown crowd on their feet with these electrifying plays. In all he returned three punts averaging 39 yards.

Polls are open now to make one of these players the CJFL Fans Choice Player of the Week. Vote now!

BC Conference Summary - Week 11

By CJFL Media 09/30/2024, 9:00pm PDT

The Sun, Raiders and Kodiaks win on Saturday

Photo courtesy of AllSportMedia.ca

Three important finals in the BC Conference on Saturday with only one regular season week to go.

Okanagan Sun 60
Valley Huskers 14

The big story of this game came from running back Elelyon Noa who set a new Conference rushing record, adding on another 207 yards on 33 carries and scored four more touchdowns. He finishes the regular season with 1612 yards and 23 rushing touchdowns.

The Sun end the regular season with a perfect 10-0 record and now will have a bye week to prepare for the Canadian Bowl playoffs in which they have homefield advantage.

Saturday afternoon along with the run game, the Sun Special Teams had a major impact on the game as well returning three punts for touchdowns. Gage Parker returned two of those punts for majors, while Jordayne Falconer returned the other 102-yards for the score. Kicker Liam Attwood added to the special teams scoring as well with a 21-yard field goal and eight converts.

Defensively the Sun held the Huskers to 50 yards on the ground and forced five turnovers. George Yobo blocked a kick, recovered it and had a sack to lead the way.

The Sun (10-0) enjoy the bye before the playoffs next week and the Huskers (5-4) visit the VI Raiders (3-6) to conclude the regular season.

VI Raiders 43
Westshore Rebels 11

The Raiders played an outstanding road game, highlighted by scoring 26 points in the second quarter to upset the Rebels putting a huge strain on their hopes for a home playoff game.

Quarterback Sadler Smith completed 19 passes for 254 yards, threw three touchdowns and ran for two others in the victory. He hit Ruben Bonsu, Blaze McCarty and Parker Moscrip for majors to complement his two short touchdown runs.

Their defence got them on the board as well in the second quarter. Olamide Adegbite forced a fumble when he sacked the quarterback and as the ball bounced towards the endzone, teammate Daniel Obinkwo jumped on it for a touchdown. In all, the Raiders had four sacks and forced six turnovers.

The Rebels were able to move the ball, however their 24 penalties hurt them from finishing a drive with a touchdown.

Their lone major in the ball game was a weird one. After missing a field goal, Raiders returner Savion Townsend fumbled on the goal line, which was recovered by Myles McPherson for the touchdown.

Next week the Raiders (3-6) welcome the Valley Huskers (5-4) hoping to play spoiler again and the Rebels (5-4) visit the Langley Rams (6-3) with a chance to still claim a home playoff date.

Prince George Kodiaks 23
Kamloops Broncos 21

Plenty of offence on Saturday night in Prince George as the teams combined for 968 yards as the Kodiaks held on for their second win of the season, snapping their seven-game slide.

Through the air quarterback Sawyer Theissen completed 20 passes for 294 yards and had a touchdown pass to Brayden Van Someren. Theissen also rushed for a touchdown in the second quarter.

Kicker Brady Harper was also an important part of the scoring, nailing all three field goal attempts and both converts.

The Broncos scored 14 of their 21 points in the second half and came up just two points short of coming all the way back. Quarterback Ryan Petersen threw for a pair of touchdowns, finding both Brock Dufort and Coltin Peterson.

Running back Corey Jeeves tallied the other touchdown for the visiting Broncos.

Next week the scene shifts to Kamloops when the Broncos (1-8) host the Kodiaks (2-7) as both teams finish up the season.