Recent British Columbia Conference News
The BC schedule opens on July 19th
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The CJFL and BC Conference (BCFC) are proud to announce their 2025 regular season schedule that will see the seven-member Conference open play on Saturday July 19th with a full slate of games.
The defending Cullen Cup champion Okanagan Sun will open their title defence on the road when they visit the Langley Rams at 4:00pm. Following this heavyweight tilt, a pair of 6:00pm kick offs will take place when the Westshore Rebels visit the Prince George Kodiaks, and the Kamloops Broncos welcome the VI Raiders.
The teams will play a 10-game regular season schedule concluding on October 4th. The Conference playoffs will open the following weekend with a pair of semi-finals before the Conference final Cullen Cup game scheduled for Saturday October 18th.
As an extra bonus this season, the winner of the Cullen Cup will host the CJFL National Semi-Final game on October 25th against the winner of the Ontario Conference title. Then the winner of that game travels to the Prairies to battle for the 2025 Canadian Bowl on Sunday November 9th.
A total of 18 players will take part in this year's special camp
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The BC Lions will once again hold their annual E-Camp on Friday with 18 players from the BC Conference in attendance.
The players will be put through the test of CFL drills trying to catch the eye of a Lions coach and potentially win an invite to Lions rookie camp being held in Kamloops in May.
Six of the seven BC Conference teams will be represented at the camp. The players are:
Westshore Rebels
Gio Linuzzi DB
Bryce Reuther LB
Zion Brown REC
VI Raiders
Ruben Bonsu REC
Felice Toscano (pictured) DB
Langley Rams
Sean Cullen LB
Jordan Sye OL
Valley Huskers
Raiden Mastin DB
Kamloops Broncos
Colton Meikle REC
Rowen Munson OL
Leyton Kruppi DL
Evan Guizzo REC
Okanagan Sun
Ty Walker REC
Grayson Statham LB
Jacob Bond LB
Sam Melanson REC
Hunter Bultsma LB
Kaiden Kerntopf OL
Good luck guys!
Gio Linuzzi goes Under the Helmet
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The Westshore Rebels secondary is led by CJFL All-Canadian Gio Linuzzi, a talented and versatile defensive back that can shutdown the opposition’s best receivers.
Last season he was named a BC Conference All-Star for the second straight year after three interceptions, 20 tackles, seven assists and a knockdown. He also averaged 11.7 yards on 17 punt returns and booted 13 punts, averaging 33.5 net yards.
During the Rebels playoff run in 2024 he barely came off the field spending time on the offensive side as a running back and pulling kicking duties for both punting and on kick off and field goals.
Prior the 2024 Cullen Cup championship game, Linuzzi stopped to talk with the CJFL’s Ryan Watters about getting into the sport, some of his other interests, and a big vacation as he goes Under the Helmet.
Galloping New Broncos
- By CJFL Media 04/09/2025, 7:00pm PDT