It was a tough week for Burnaby high school football teams.
St. Thomas More Collegiate’s AAA varsity team was at home on Friday, Sept. 18, to face off against visiting Vancouver College, a western conference team that hadn’t won a game during the exhibition season – until last week.
Vancouver College blew STM away, with the Irish’s Jacob Samuels throwing three touchdowns, and the team’s defence keeping the Knights from scoring any points to finish the game with a 20-0 shutout.
Despite the loss, STM head coach Bernie Kully said he was proud of how his boys played against the No. 4 team.
“Despite coming up short on the scoreboard, we were tough all night and can take away a great number of positive things. Three big plays proved to be decisive for both teams,” he told The Province.
This was only the second game for the Burnaby boys. The previous week, they took on Vancouver regional school Notre Dame, also a western conference team. Thanks to a single touchdown, STM won the tight game 7-0.
The Knights are at home again this week, this time against eastern conference competition W.J. Mouat. The Abbotsford team has a 1-1 record in exhibition play. Game time is 5 p.m. at Burnaby Lakes.
STM kicks off its regular season play in the eastern conference on the road against Centennial in Coquitlam on Friday, Oct. 2. The following week they’re in Kelowna taking on Mt. Boucherie.
Moscrop crushed
Things didn’t go so well last week either for Burnaby’s second high school football team.
Moscrop’s AA varsity team suffered a hard-hitting loss in their first game of the exhibition season against Earl Marriot.
The Surrey school team scored 24 points and held the visiting Burnaby team for the full four quarters to finish with a shutout.
Moscrop are at home on Sept. 25 (today) taking on Nanaimo at Burnaby Lakes. The game kicks off at 2 p.m.
– With files from Howard Tsumura, The Province
