Ballenas Secondary School’s Junior Varsity football team saw its season come to a grinding halt in Burnaby last Thursday, as they lost 35-0 to the hometown Eagles.
Played out in cool, damp fall conditions at Burnaby Lake Sports Complex earlier this month, the AA JV quarterfinal was all Eagles as they led 14-0 after the first quarter, took a 21 point lead into the half.
The Eagles of Carson Graham Secondary finished the BC High School Football regular season unbeaten at 6-0 and first in the seven-team Western Conference, while the Whalers were 3-1 for second in the five-team Island conference.
“Very good team,” BSS head coach Mike Di Giacomo said of their opponents after.
“Big, speedy … obviously a very good team, no question.
“We did as best we could with what we brought to the dance,” surmised the first year coach, adding, “obviously I’m very proud of the boys for making it (to the second round of the playoffs), and for their efforts throughout the season.”
Mike, who joined the team last year, was quick to make the point that as coaches they accomplished the two main goals they had set going into the season, “which was to make better football players, and to make better young men to move forward in their future endeavours.”
The AA JV playoffs are now down to their final four with still unabated Barsby the frontrunners to take it all.
The Whalers’ year end awards banquet goes the second week of December.
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