The Notre Dame Jugglers will do battle with the St. Thomas More Knights in the second round of the B.C. High School AAA football championships this weekend.
The Jugglers defeated Okanagan conference runner-up Kelowna 21-16 at B.C. Place last Saturday to move on to the quarter-finals against the Eastern conference-winning Knights at the University of British Columbia's Thunderbird Stadium this Saturday.
Running backs Paolo Dube and Mike Aranzaso, with a pair of rushing touchdowns, scored six-pointers for the Burnaby/East Vancouver regional school in the win.
Aranzaso, who was a Western conference all-star back on offence, had touchdowns runs of two and three yards for the Jugglers.
Dube opened the scoring in the first quarter with a seven-yard scamper.
Notre Dame also placed lineman Riley Feenan and defensive back Anthony Quatrano on the all-conference team.
The No. 2-ranked Knights defeated Notre Dame back in September by a 34-7 score in an exhibition matchup at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex-West.
STM is led by Eastern conference defensive MVP Dante Vigini, lineman Nick Andrews, linebacker Elliott Nelson and DB Jalen Jana. The Knights also placed four on the offensive squad, including quarterback Chase Malcolm, lineman Nico Repole and receivers Malcolm Lee and Giovani Trasolini.
Notre Dame take on the Knights at T-Bird stadium on Saturday at 8 p.m.
