Eight members of the Langley Rams are up for national recognition.
Club president Gord Querin, offensive lineman Ben Olson and kick returner Nick Downey won their respective awards from the B.C. Junior Football Conference and are now the nominees for the Canadian Junior Football League honour.
Querin won the 2011 BCFC Ken Smith executive of the year. Olson won the league’s Ron White Community Service Award and Downey was the BCFC special teams player of the year for the third straight time.
He has also won the Canadian special teams player of the year award in 2009 and 2010.
Downey, Jordan Linnen (defensive back), Scott Puffer (defensive lineman), Arie Nakagawa (linebacker), Nick Naylor (kicker) and Nick Felicella (defensive back) were all selected to the BCFC all-star team and are now candidates for the CJFL all-Canadian team.
The winners will be announced on Nov. 11, prior to the Canadian Bowl, at the CJFL Banquet of Champions.
