Alumni Football Game Article
Liam Coughlan '81 wrote an article about the recent Alumni Football Game.
Here is an exerpt of the article: Full Article Here
NOTE: Photos provided by Dave Fong
The 2008 VC Alumni Football game took place
in its 24th edition on Saturday May 10th along with the
In a twist of irony, two of the three
referees were Notre Dame Graduates.
However, VC Grads from 1981 to present took to the field in traditional
VC colours, and live play-by-play returned to O’Hagan field for another
afternoon. Some last minute player
trades resulted in some young guys playing on the old guys’ team and vice
versa. However, the game still started
in traditional fashion with the old-guys scoring early as quarterback Nigel
Palma ’06 scrambled over the line from two yards out for the first touchdown on
the opening series. The series was
largely set up by Conrad Lakowski ’82, who despite playing as a lineman during his
VC days, displayed amazingly good hands and became a regular target as he consistently
caught passes in heavy coverage and finished the day with a touchdown and a two
point convert.
The young guys had an effective running game, but the old guys found a way to snuff out the early drives, as Kevin Wilkie ’05, picked off a pass from Cris Marincat ’03. Wilkie featured in the subsequent scoring play, as he tucked in the ball on a pass from Nigel Palma widening the margin for the old guys to 13-0.
The young guys had an effective pass rush
that forced a number of hurried passes, and a number of interceptions
throughout the game. Brody McKnight ’07,
used one hand to catch a 30 yard pass from Cris Marincat putting the young guys
in scoring position, and Cris went right back to Brody to get the young guys on
the board. Alvin Tejuco ’06, caught the
one point convert pass to make the score 13-7 for the old guys.
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