It was a tough week for Moscrop’s AA varsity football team.
The boys in blue fell 28-9 to visiting Valleyview Secondary in the Burnaby team’s final exhibition game before regular season play begins on Friday.
The Kamloops team, who were in town taking a break from regular season play for the exhibition game at Burnaby Lake, has had a mixed season so far. They won both of their exhibition games in September only to fall 12-0 to Salmon Arm in their season opener on Oct. 2.
Moscrop, meanwhile, has been down a similar road as their Kamloops counterparts.
The Panthers lost their first exhibition game 24-0 against Surrey high school Earl Marriot, but bounced back the following week to knock down Nanaimo 20-8.
This week, Moscrop will be looking to find their rhythm as they kick off regular season play. The Panthers are on the road for their first southern AA conference game taking on Langley, a team that won three out of its four exhibition games and began its season beating Holy Cross 20-13 last week.
The showdown between Moscrop and Langley gets underway at 7 p.m. in Langley.
STM climbs to No. 2
With a tie last week, St. Thomas More’s varsity football team fell shy of the No. 1 spot in the AAA eastern division.
The local boys kicked off their season in September with a 28-14 win over W.J. Mouat and followed that with a 43-14 win over Centennial on Oct. 2. Last week, they tied Mt. Boucherie 14-14.
STM is now ranked No. 2, one point behind division leaders Kelowna Secondary, who’ve won all three of their regular season games.
The Knights face off against last place Lord Tweedsmuir at Burnaby Lake on Friday. Kick-off is at 7:30 p.m.
