The CJFL TOTAL THURSDAY Newsletter
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www.cjfl.net “For all your CJFL Information & News” The CJFL TOTAL THURSDAY Newsletter Brought to you by Volume 3 Issue 5 "The CJFL gratefully acknowledges the support of the following Sponsors" "The Canadian Junior Football League provides the opportunity for young men aged 17 to 22 to participate in highly competitive post-high school football that is unique in Canada. The goal of the league is to foster community involvement and yield a positive environment by teaching discipline, perseverance and cooperation. The benefits of the league are strong camaraderie, national competition and life-long friends." CANADIAN JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE – PLAYERS OF THE WEEK – WEEK FOUR Chase Bradshaw – Quarterback – Saskatoon Hilltops The 5th-year pivot had a career-high 405 yards passing in Sunday’s 45-33 win over the Winnipeg Rifles in the Hilltops home opener. The 6’0, 185-pound product of Saskatoon completed 19 of 31 passes, with 4 touchdowns and 1 interception. Sunday’s game was a Canadian Junior Football League first, as he and Winnipeg signal-caller Ryan Marsch who passed for 426 yards, became the first two quarterbacks to throw over 400 yards against each other in a game. Cody Hillhouse – Defensiveback – Chilliwack Huskers For the third straight week a member of the Chilliwack Huskers is the Defensive Player of the Week. The Huskers “D” saw a lot of playing time on Sunday, no- one better on the defensive side of the ball then Cody Hillhouse. The defensive back would make seven solo tackles, five assists, three special teams tackles, one special teams assist and one fumble recovery. His 28 defensive points would establish a new team record and are the most in a BCFC game since 2008. Jayson Bates of the Huskers was last week’s defensive player of the week. Robbie – Yochim – Returner – Okanagan Sun On the heels of teammate DJ Weber, the BCFC Special Teams Player of the Week is Okanagan Sun returner Robbie Yochim. The speedster would return nine punts for 185 yards including a sparkling 50 yard return to set up a Sun touchdown. His average return on Saturday night was 20.6 yards. His nine punt returns was one shy of the BCFC record of 10 in a single game. www.bcjuniorfootball.ca Team Record Home Away PF PA Pts Vancouver Island Raiders 4-0 1-0 3-0 223 29 8 Okanagan Sun 4-0 2-0 2-0 137 58 8 Westshore Rebels 2-2 1-1 1-1 78 143 4 Langley Rams 1-3 0-2 1-1 78 97 2 Kamloops Broncos 1-3 0-2 1-1 68 142 2 Chilliwack Huskers 0-4 0-3 0-1 39 154 0 BCFC Week Four in Review By Ryan Watters – BCFC Media Coordinator After Week 4 in the BCFC, two teams still remain undefeated, while just one team is still looking for their first victory. Saturday night the Langley Rams recorded their first win of the season after a 28-10 victory over the Kamloops Broncos at Hillside Stadium. The Rams (1-3) were able to compile 488 offensive yards led by All-Canadian Nick Downey. He would catch six balls for 167 yards and scored three touchdowns. Rookie quarterback Brandon Leyh was 11 of 16 for 295 yards and found Downey twice in the end zone. Leyh would spread the ball around perfectly as five other receivers caught passes including Jerod Zaleski who made five receptions for 102 yards. The reining offensive player of the week, Daniel English had just three catches for 35 yards. On the ground the Rams would tally just 102 yards. They were led by Malcolm Freeman and his eight carries for 60 yards. Rookie kicker Nick Naylor was good on two of three field goals, hitting from 18 and 20 yards out. The Rams “D” would hold the Broncos to just 56 yards on the ground and created three takeaways, all three were interceptions. Jeff Paras made two picks, while Chris Mulangu had the other. Arie Nakagawa would again lead the team in tackles with five and assisted on two others. Buddy Hutchison recorded the only quarterback sack. The Kamloops Broncos fall to 1-3 but did spread the ball around through the air as seven different receivers made catches. Their lone major came on a Jesse Neufeld touchdown pass to Brennan Plante. The lefty QB would finish 11 of 24 for 190 yards, but threw all three interceptions. Plante made three catches for 85 yards while Derek Yachison had four receptions for 60 yards. The Broncos defence got on the scoreboard with a safety. They would also force three Ram fumbles as Wes Black, Tyler Lee and Mitch Day all jumped on the loose ball. Day’s recovery was his ninth in his career which ties him for second all time in the BCFC with three other players. The BCFC record is 13 recoveries held by Matt Begley of the Tri-City Bulldogs. The 1-3 Rams will host the 0-4 Chilliwack Huskers on Saturday, while the 1-3 Broncos will travel to Westshore to visit the 2-2 Rebels. Also on Saturday night the Okanagan Sun climbed to 4-0 on the season after a 49-7 win over the Westshore Rebels at the Apple Bowl. After an injury to quarterback Bobby Davis in week three, Jeremy Mraovic made his first career BCFC start and would finish 11 of 19 for 239 yards and three touchdowns. He would also scamper fifteen yards on five carries. The Sun would see a resurgence in their run game as Arman Bokitch made his return after an injury. The Kelowna native would carry 13 times for 127 yards and scored two touchdowns, including a 55 yard dash. Daniel Xavier would rumble five times for 32 yards. Through the air six different players would make catches. Dan Turek caught three passes for 121 yards and had a touchdown. With his performance the Winnipeg native has tied his former head coach Jay Christensen for the best pass reception average for a career. Both lead the BCFC with a 20.3 average as Christensen finished with 113 receptions for 2,294 yards, while Turek has 109 catches for 2,217 yards. On special teams Robbie Yochim had nine punt returns which tied the single game total with two other players. The BCFC single game record is 10 held by Mike Chayka of the former Vancouver Trojans in 2008. Yochim would tally 185 yards including a 50 yarder. Ben White made three punt returns highlighted by an 83 yard return for a touchdown. The Sun defence would entice three turnovers as Alex Law and Brennan Van Nistelrooy recovered fumbles and Beau Barthel had a pick. The former Rebel would also have four tackles, two assists and two knockdowns. Steven Doege had two more sacks and set a new BCFC record with 24.5 sacks in 24 career games. The Rebels fall to 2-2 as the turnovers and drop passes continue to plague them. They would lose two fumbles and threw an interception and were very fortunate it wasn’t more after recovering two other fumbles dropped on kick returns. Quarterback Cat Todorovich finished 10 of 25 for 139 and a touchdown, but could have easily had 15 completions after a number of dropped balls. Both Greg Morris and Niles Goguen caught three passes each; Morris for 54 yards and Goguen for 33 yards. Vinnie Cannata caught two balls for 47 yards and had the lone touchdown. The Rebels special teams was busy on Saturday night has kicker Quinn Van Gylswyck tallied 12 punts for 511 yards, his longest being a 58 yarder. Defensively the Rebels were led by Colton Farago, the league leader in tackles, as he was all over the field but left with an injury in the fourth quarter. He would finish with four tackles, one assist, one sack and three knockdowns. Chris Pastro had five solo tackles and two assists. Tyler Harrison has two tackles, a block and a fumble recovery. The 4-0 Sun will travel to Nanaimo on Saturday to face the 4-0 Raiders, while the 2-2 Rebels will host the 1-3 Broncos. The only Sunday matinee game this week was the Vancouver Island Raiders in Chilliwack to take on the Huskers. The Raiders once again would record a blow out 52-3 win. The Raiders offense would amass 560 total yards. Quarterback Jordan Yantz once again showed why he is the best QB in the league finishing 16 of 28 for 285 yards and threw three more touchdown passes including a 60 yard bomb to Andrew Smith. He would also run five times for 23 yards and scored twice. His 285 yards give him 5,893 for his career, moving him to seventh place on the all time BCFC list. Smith would once again be the threat after five more catches for 137 yards and two majors. Michael Schaper would make four catches for 62 yards and a score, while Dustin Pederson also caught four balls for 49 yards and a touchdown. On the ground, it was another day at the office for Jordan Botel. His 14 carries would total 104 yards. Alex Jobson would carry 10 times for 66 yards. The Raiders “D” didn’t see a lot of minutes, but was simply terrific, allowing just 36 yards through the air. They would compile four sacks by four different players; Nick Woznesensky, Dylon Chapdelaine, Ranji Atwall and Earling Skuggedal. Chapdelaine led the club with three solo tackles and two assists, while Glenn Boyce had two solo tackles, two assists and a special teams tackle.