In the second game of the 2011 Football Canada Cup British Columbia faced Manitoba. Similar to game 1, the first half was a feeling out process resulting in a defensive battle. The single score in the opening half was a rouge counted by the boot of Team B.C. punter Michael Peverelle.
B.C. won the field position battle in the first half however were unable to capitalize. Highly touted running back, Terrell Davis (Saanichton) had a solid first half leading all rushers. A big fumble recovery by B.C.’s Joseph Gabriele looked to give Team B.C. some momentum but they could not capitalize as the Manitoba defense stood their ground.
Team B.C. opened the deadlock in the middle of the third quarter with a 33 yard field goal by #88 Lerone Robinson (Vancouver). B.C. secured the victory on a 17-yard touchdown pass from quarterback, Jordan Deverill to receiver Sam Davies. QB Mike Carney also had a late fourth quarter touchdown from 2 yards out. The final score was 18 to 0 in favor of Team British Columbia who await the winner of game three featuring Quebec and Ontario East.
The Manitoba ‘front seven’ was impressive all day, lead by Defensive Lineman Quinn Horton (Winnipeg). B.C. defensive back, Nathan Henczel had a strong game with one break up and a late 4th quarter interception.
Most valuable defensive player– British Columbia/ Colombie-Britannique : #44 Jake Heathcote
Most valuable offensive player– British Columbia/ Colombie-Britannique : #3 Terrell Davis
Most valuable defensive player– Manitoba: #90 Quinn Horton
Most valuable offensive player– Manitoba: #16 Lyall Buckland
Football BC:
LETHBRIDGE, A.B. – Team BC (British Columbia provincial under-18 team) has opened the 2011 Football Canada Cup tournament today with an 18-0 victory over Team Manitoba at the University of Lethbridge Community Sports Stadium in Lethbridge, Alberta.
Team BC will now face Team Quebec on Tuesday, July 12, 2011 at 6 pm PT (7 pm MT) with a berth in the gold medal game on the line. Team Quebec defeated Team Ontario East by a score of 42-13 in their contest on Tuesday.
After a tight defensive battle in the first half of the contest which saw British Columbia emerge with just a slim 1-0 lead, Team BC’s offence came to life in the second half posting 17 points to put the game out of reach.
“Our offence, predictably so, started a bit slowly,” said Team BC head coach Tom Kudaba following the victory. “The good thing our offence never did in the first half was cause us to get into trouble. We didn’t give the ball up at all on any turnovers. We were able to maintain pretty good field position with the strength of our defence and our kicking game.”
REC Dustin Rodriguez’s 33-yard field goal expanded Team BC’s lead to 4-0 before QB Jordan Deverill was able to connect with REC Sam Davies on a 17-yard touchdown pass to further increase British Columbia’s lead to 11-0 with the convert.
QB Mike Carney had a two-yard run for a touchdown to round out the scoring.
“We were able to interchange our two quarterbacks – Carney and Deverill – which add different components to the offence,” said Kudaba. “Carney is a better runner and Deverill is more of a drop-back passer so we were kind of able to do that in the second half and take advantage of some of the miscues of Manitoba’s defence.
“The first touchdown was a long pass over the middle and then we ended up getting the ball back on a turnover and we were able to drive down for another quarterback sneak with Carney.”
On the defensive side, Team BC held Team Manitoba to just 187 total yards of offence including just 51 yards on the ground.
RB Terrell Davis was named Team BC’s offensive player of the game while LB Jake Heathcote was named Team BC’s defensive player of the game.
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| 1. Mason Swift (28) | 66 yards rushing | 1. Blair Mattes (4) | 61 yards rushing | |||
| 2. Terrell Davis (3) | 55 yards rushing | 2. Lyall Buckland (16) | 101 yards passing | |||
| 3. Mike Carney (9) | 41 yards rushing / 22 yards passing | 3. Chas Morre (5) | 35 yards passing | |||
| 4. Jordan Deverill (5) | 58 yards passing | 4. Cam Penner (85) | 41 yards receiving | |||
| 5. Justin Sanvido (80) | 37 yards receiving | 5. Dylan Schrot (17) | 36 yards receiving |
Players of the Game:
British Columbia: Manitoba:
Offensive – Terrell Davis Offensive- Lyall Buckland
Defensive- Jake Heithcoat Defensive- Quinn Horton
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