Vancouver College

The men of the VC Varsity Football team are 4 weeks into a big season.  They team is poised for action this year and have their eyes set on a Provincial Championship.  Below is an excerpt from their second game, played against VC rival school Saint Thomas Moore. At the bottom of the article are .pdf versions of each game article for the first 4 game.

• Game 1: VC 12 at Earl Mattiot 0 

• Game 2: VC 20 v STM 0 

• Game 3: VC 12 at Lynden Christian 27 

• Game 4: VC 40 at Rutland 33 

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The articles are written and provided by Bruce Jagger.

O’Hagan Field – Defensive back, Chris Adams, stole the show, scoring 14 of the Fighting Irish points in a 20-0 shutout victory over arch rival, St. Thomas More Knights before a sellout crowd at O’Hagan Field on Homecoming Day. 

The game started out with the Irish’s James Emerson taking the opening kickoff and returning it 37 yards to midfield.  They proceeded to move it down to the Knight’s 21-yard line where the drive stalled and Adams was called upon to kick a 38-yard field goal to put College up 3-0.   VC kicked off and managed to hold the Knights to three and out and took over possession, again near midfield.  The Irish drive also stalled and again it was Chris Adams to the rescue as he pinned STM back on its own one-yard line with a 59-yard punt.

STM opened the second quarter with possession but and alert Matthew Pauls picked off an errant Knight pass and returned it 15 yards to the visitor’s seven-yard line.  Two plays later Garret Sanvido dove into the end zone to put the Irish up 10-0.  That touchdown seemed to wake STM up and they started to move the ball back down the field for the first time in the afternoon.  A series of penalties, however, stymied the drive and they were again forced to punt.  Late in the quarter the Irish got the ball back deep in their own end.  Garret Sanvido gave them some breathing room with runs of 22 and 17 yards then quarterback, Sam Sekhon, found his backup, Patrick Bull (who had been slotted into the wide receiver position) with a 44 yard pass to put the ball on the Knight 7 yard line.  With only seconds remaining on the clock until the half, Chris Adams came in again and nailed a 24 yard field goal to put College up 13-0 going into the dressing room.

The third quarter saw neither team able to generate sufficient offence to score any points although towards the end of the quarter, the Knights were driving towards the Irish end zone.

Starting the final stanza, the Knights were facing a third down deep in the VC end and their quarterback tried to pass for a first down but it was picked off by, guess who, Chris Adams, on the Irish five-yard line.  He proceeded to race down the sidelines for a spectacular 95-yard touchdown romp.  He even had enough wind left in him to convert his own touchdown and give the Irish a commanding 20-0 lead.

Now anyone who has ever played STM knows they do not quit and today was no exceptions as they came right back with a long drive.  In the end the Irish defense led by Francisco Renzullo, Cody Rossi, Geno Lelana and Lucas Cordick managed to hold them off the score sheet to preserve the Irish shutout.

The win for VC extended their series lead to 32-11 and wins in four of their last five meetings.  The victory also represented the 60^th career win for Irish Head Coach, Todd Bernett.

The Irish now travel south of the border to play Lynden Christian next Friday and a non-conference match.