Irish Defeat West Van
The Irish Varstiy Football team faced off against West Vancouver High this past weekend. The Irish pulled off another victory on their way to a Provincial title.
Below is an excerpt from the game article.
Article Provided by Bruce Jagger.
O’Hagan Field – Football is supposed to be a team game and the
Fighting Irish proved that is spades as they defeated the West Vancouver
Highlanders 41-7 in their final home game at O’Hagan Field. Many of their reserve players had outstanding
games that contributed significantly to the win.
VC received the ball to
start the game but went three and out and punted to West Van. The Irish put up an equally stout defense and
forced a Highlander punt. The punt was very short allowing VC to take over deep
in West Van territory. A run by Garret Sanvido and a Sam Sekhon pass to Patrick Bull set the scene for a 3-yard run into the end zone by Brandon Roney to put the Irish up
7-0. The Irish defense held again after
the score and forced another West Van punt, allowing College to take over near
midfield. Sanvido moving the ball both
on the ground and in the air managed to get it to the 23-yard line where Sekhon
threw an excellent pass to James Emerson
who went in for the second score of the day for VC. West Van finally started to get a bit of
offensive momentum, however, a third down pass was picked off by Chris Adams deep in Irish territory to
end the threat.
Sam Sekhon hit Brett
Robillard with a 17-yard strike to open the second quarter but the Irish
coughed up the ball on the next play.
Not to be outdone, the Highlanders took the ball back but fumbled it
themselves. Matthew Pauls fell on the ball, giving VC possession on their
one-inch line. They tried to move the
ball up field but a string of penalties forced a fourth down punt. The snap proved too difficult to handle and
West Van recovered the ball inside the VC 10-yard line. A quarterback sneak finally put the
Highlanders on the scoreboard but it would be their only scoring of the
afternoon. After taking the kickoff and
taking advantage of a Highlander major penalty, the Irish moved the ball to the
32-yard line. From there, Brandon Roney scored his second
touchdown of the game running up the middle and out racing the defenders to
make it 20-7. West Van took the ball
back but the Irish defense held them on a fourth down attempt. On the next play, Sekhon hooked up again with
James Emerson again for a 57 yard
pass and run to make it 27-7 at the half.
The game was put out of
reach early in the second half. West Van
took the opening kickoff but went three and out. With the ball on their own 35-yard line, the
Irish tried a reverse and Kevin Paterson
took the hand off and raced 65 yards for another VC score.
The fourth quarter saw
West Van continue to struggle with the snap on the shotgun offense and create
opportunities for the Irish defense to sack them. Deep in their own end and facing a fourth
down punt, the kick was very short and went out of bounds on the visitor’s
18-yard line. Sekhon found Gary Sanghera with a 10 yard pass then Bryan Poobalasingam did the rest going
in for his first major of the year from the 2-yard line.
The win for the Irish
moved their lifetime record against West Vancouver to 18-2.