Football Program 2020
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FOOTBALL PROGRAM 2020 20 19 92nd SEASON OF Wesgroup is a proud supporter of Vancouver College’s Fighting Irish Football Team. FOOTBALL 5400 Cartier Street, Vancouver BC V6M 3A5 TABLE OF CONTENTS Principal’s Message ...............................................................2 Irish Football Team Awards 1941-2019 ..............................19 Head Coach’s Message .........................................................2 Irish Records 1986-2019 ......................................................22 Vancouver College Staff and Schedules 2020 .......................3 Irish Provincial Championship Game 2020 Fighting Irish Coaches and Supporting Staff ................4 Award Winners 1966-2018 .................................................29 Irish Alumni Currently Playing in the CFL and NFL ................5 Back in the Day ....................................................................29 2020 Fighting Irish Graduating Seniors .................................6 Irish Cumulative Record Against Opponents 1929-2018 .....30 Fighting Irish Varsity Statistical Leaders 2019 ......................8 Fighting Irish Varsity Football Team 2019 ...........................34 Vancouver College Football Awards 2019 .............................9 Irish Statistics 1996-2018 ...................................................35 Irish Varsity Football Academic Awards ...............................10 Archbishops’ Trophy Series 1957-2018 .............................38 Irish Academics 2020 ..........................................................10 Irish Alumni in the Canadian Football League Draft .............39 Irish Who Have Competed at Fighting Irish Alumni in the CFL .........................................40 TOGETHER International Universities .............................................10 Irish Grads Currently Competing in Irish Athletes Who Played Professional Sports ...................11 Intercollegiate Athletics ...............................................41 Fighting Irish Athletes in the VC Hall of Honour .................12 Irish Who Competed for INSPIRING KIDS CIS/NAIA Universities 1929-2018 ........................................42 Irish Trivia: Irish in the BC Sports Hall of Fame....................13 Irish Trivia: Irish on the Links ...............................................44 Irish Alumni Who Were CFL All Stars .................................14 THROUGH SPORT Fighting Irish in the Grey Cup .............................................45 Irish Alumni Who Were Canadian Football League Divisional All Stars ......................................................14 VC Fighting Irish Game Results 1929-2019 .........................46 Irish Alumni Who Were CFL Trophy Winners ....................14 Junior Varsity & Grade 8 Results 1953-2019 ......................51 Irish BC High School Provincial All Stars ............................ 15 Irish Trivia: Irish at the Olympics ..........................................52 irish Fathers and Sons Who Played Varsity Football ...........15 Irish Captains 1929-2019 .....................................................53 All Time Coaching Records 1929-2019 ...............................16 Family Ties ...........................................................................53 Vancouver College Championship Teams 1922 – Present ..16 A Brief History of Irish Football ...........................................54 Alumni Who Competed at 2019 Year in Review Game Results ................................... 55 NCAA Universities 1929-2020 ............................................17 Varsity Alumni 1929-2019 ....................................................58 wesgroup.ca 1 PRINCIPAL’S MESSAGE HEAD COACH’S MESSAGE VANCOUVER COLLEGE Staff and Schedules 2020 Every year, we celebrate the As with almost everything in the world Football Coaching Staff Varsity Schedule 2020 successes of our football program, in 2020, football at Vancouver College and how much it adds to our has been greatly impacted by Covid-19. Varsity Date Opponent Time Venue Sep 6 Kelowna 2:00pm O’Hagan community. Some years, like last Despite an uncertainty of games, our Todd Bernett – Head Coach year, the impact is obvious: a boys worked tirelessly to prepare for Sep 13 St. Thomas More 7:30pm Burnaby Lakes Ron Turner – Defensive Coordinator Sep 21 South Delta 1:30pm South Delta dominating performance on the the season from April through August. Daved Benefield – Assistant Coach Sep 28 Mt. Douglas * 1:30pm O’Hagan field leading up to a record-breaking These young men followed a workout Bryan Chiu (VC’92) – Assistant Coach Oct 4 Belmont 5:00pm Goudy Turf Provincial Championship that plan sent to them by Coach Vass, and Anthony Findlay – Assistant Coach Oct 11 Carson Graham 3:45pm Carson Graham brought our community, students, put themselves in great physical shape Michael Le (VC’17) - Assistant Coach Oct 19 New Westminster ** 1:30pm O’Hagan parents, alumni together in such a powerful way. But, for the possibility of games. Once we were back in school in Oct 25 Handsworth 3:00pm Handsworth Marcus Parmar (VC’17) - Assistant Coach as I’ve said for years and as I know our football coaches September, practices resumed, albeit with many limitations. Nov 1 Notre Dame *** 2:00pm O’Hagan believe, the true success of each season is not judged Despite this, enthusiasm remained high and attitudes Junior Varsity * Homecoming Game / #11 Forever Day ** Senior’s Day *** Archbishops’ Trophy Game by number of wins or records or MVP performances, were positive as we headed deeper into September and Carlo Trentadue – Head Coach but rather, it is reflected in the growth in character of the eventually October. As of publication time for this program, Gabe Botelho (VC’20) - Assistant Coach Junior Varsity Schedule 2020 boys who make up the team, both individually and as a inter school play had not been approved by the ministry of Paul Cooper – Assistant Coach group of Better Men. education, but Irish spirit never wavered. Date Opponent Time Venue Rob Kozikowski (VC’94) – Assistant Coach Sep 5 Belmont 2:15pm Goudy Field So I would argue that this season’s group of committed The publication of this program continues to be a labor of Alex Nyvlt (VC’20) - Assistant Coach Sep 13 Handsworth 3:30pm O’Hagan young men, and their coaches, have been at least as love for it’s primary contributors; Bruce Jagger and Andrea Brian Taggart – Assistant Coach Sep 19 Lord Tweedsmuir 1:00pm O’Hagan Sep 26 Abbotsford 1:00pm O’Hagan successful as last year’s championship crew. I imagine Prout-Bernett. Bruce has yet again taken on the role of Brody Uddenberg – Assistant Coach Oct 3 Seaquam 3:45pm Seaquam the strength of character involved in coming out, day motivator, author, organizer, and editor of this publication. Domhnall Street (VC’17) – Assistant Coach Oct 11 Centennial 3:15pm O’Hagan after day, sometimes in terrible weather, and often when Andrea has dedicated her time by selling program adds, Oct 19 New Westminster 10:45am O’Hagan Grade 8 there are no actual classes to even attend, and to push which has not been as easy during this current economic Oct 24 St. Thomas More 3:30pm STM yourself to get stronger, better, faster, without even reality. Their commitment makes this years program Matt Esaw (VC’05) Head Coach Nov 1 Notre Dame 11:00pm O’Hagan the opportunity of a chance for glory in an actual game. possible, and with the possibility of no games, it becomes a Paul Legge - Assistant Coach This is exactly what the football coaches created this positive takeaway from what has been a very unusual start Brandon Lieu - Assistant Coach year: more boys than ever were able to participate in our to the fall sports season. J. C. Abbott - Assistant Coach Playing Venues training sessions, a culture of commitment and fun was John-Paul Cavalluzzo - Assistant Coach created when it was needed most in our community, and Our 2020 team features a talented and committed group Thomas Miller (VC’05) - Assistant Coach Home Practice genuine team identities were formed. This is the hallmark of seniors, many of whom were major contributors to O’Hagan Field Montgomery Park Jon Teguibon (VC’05) - Assistant Coach of true excellence in an athletic program. last seasons 2019 provincial championship. You can read 40th Ave. & Cartier St. 42nd Ave. & Selkirk St. about each of them in our senior profile section. That Joey Whyte (VC’12) - Assistant Coach Congratulations to all of the coaches and athletes for group is joined by an enthusiastic group of juniors, who Devoun Hallums - Assistant Coach their commitment to excellence, to each other, and to have had much success during the Gr. 8.9 and 10 seasons. Medical Staff Irish Supporters Vancouver College in this most challenging of seasons. Our rosters is loaded with ability and responsiveness to coaching. Speaking of coaching, we have an outstanding Dr. John Street – Varsity Team Physician Ryan Shams – Game Announcer staff. Our varsity coaches are spotlighted on their profile Dr. Mojgan Namazi – JV Team Physician Dave Fong – Team Photographer page, and all of our coaches are listed on page 3. We have Rick Gazzola – Head Trainer Daryl Weaver Bruce Jagger – Program, Statistics many dedicated alumni who give back to the program by Trixie Cruz – Elementary Flag Football Principal Administration coaching on either the Grade 8, Junior Varsity or Varsity Piero Cantagallo – Game Day team. In addition, our many valued support staff are Johnny Bevacqua – President Derek Page - Game day highlighted on page 3 as well. Daryl Weaver – Principal