A18 TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2012 THE TIMES
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Irons sets rushing record Hawks trounce Highlanders to advance to semis
The Hawks will now meet the Mt. Douglas Rams in the Triple-A semifinal on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. at UBC’s Thunderbird Stadium.
Irons sets new high school record for yards rushing
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he W.J. Mouat Hawks are one step closer to the Subway Bowl final as they beat the West Vancouver Highlanders 55-20 in Triple-A quarter-final varsity football Friday night at UBC’s Thunderbird Stadium. Tailback Maleek Irons carried 30 times for 322 yards, scoring six touchdowns in the first half, which included a TD when he fell on a stripped ball in the West Vancouver end zone. He added a seventh major with a 50-yard run in the third quarter. With the effort, the running back who broke the all-time single season rushing record, was quick to credit his blockers. “It’s the team, it’s not just me,” he said after the game. “Everyone does their best but I get recognized for it.” And it’s true. The Mouat offensive line is a technical terror, helping open the lanes that Irons flows in to. But he also got those last three-tofour tough yards after a tackle. “For us today, it was to be in the proper position against the quarterback and not give him a lot of running lanes,” said head coach Denis Kelly. “So we shut him down, by and
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W.J.M’s Maleek Irons (here in an earlier game) scored seven touchdowns and set a rushing record in the Hawks 55-20 win over West Van Friday at UBC. large, and when they went to the sprint-out game, we adapted to that.” With Irons sitting out for most of the second half, QB Mario Narte threw to Chris Brake for the Hawks final score in the third quarter. Adam Coates put up five PATs [points after tries] and Taylor Hinton
is credited with a 2-point conversion in the first quarter. The defence was huge for the Hawks with Hinton recording seven tackles; Levi Hua, four tackles and two sacks; Sheridan Lawley, five tackles, one sack; Nick Westad, three tackles and two sacks and Hunter Struthers with three interceptions.
W.J. Mouat’s Maleek Irons has added his biggest record yet to an eye-popping season on the football field. On Friday night, the Grade 11 running back broke what is believed to be the B.C. high school all-time single-season rushing record of 3,173 yards over 11 games set by Coquitlam-Centennial running back Reg Bradshaw in 2001. Irons, in his team’s 55-20 Subway Bowl quarter-final victory over West Vancouver, carried 30 times for 322 yards and six touchdowns. That gave Irons 3,184 yards and 42 touchdowns over 11 games. Mouat, set to face Mt. Douglas, the same team he set the B.C. singlegame rushing record of 491 yards against at home in October, is Irons’ next test. The teams will face each other in the Triple-A semifinal Saturday at Thunderbird Station at UBC at 5:30 p.m. If the No. 1-ranked Hawks win, Irons could potentially get a chance to keep pushing that standard even higher in the Subway Bowl final Dec. 1 on the fast-track carpet at B.C. Place Stadium. HOWARD TSUMURA/THE PROVINCE
Mission defeats Windsor in Q-final Will face No. 4ranked Ballenas on Super Saturday
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Mission QB Kevin Wiens scored two TDs in a 21-7 win over Windsor Friday.
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he Windsor Dukes of North Vancouver gave the defending B.C. champion Mission Roadrunners all kinds of trouble before falling 21-7 in Double-A varsity football quarterfinals Friday at UBC’s Thunderbird Stadium. “Right now it’s down to elite players and elite coaches, and they were really ready for us,” said head coach Kevin Watrin. Roadrunners quarterback Kevin Wiens did all of his damage in the first half, running for a pair of touch-
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downs, including one on a 65-yard sprint along the sidelines, then hit Jesse Walker with a 25-yard strike 2:49 before the half to put his team ahead 21-7. Neither team scored in the second half, although the Dukes had more than their share of chances. In the fourth quarter, Windsor got down to the Mission three-yard line, and got eight cracks at the end zone but couldn’t deliver. The Roadrunners now will advance to this weekend’s semifinal at UBC where they will clash with No. 4ranked Ballenas. Game is Saturday at 12:30 p.m. at Thunderbird Stadium.
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fter a tidy 3-2 victory over the Rochester Americans on Friday, the Abbotsford Heat saw their seven-game point streak snapped with a 5-0 loss to the Toronto Marlies on Sunday. Despite the loss, Abbotsford (10-2-1-2) remains in top spot in the North Division with 23 points. In Friday’s action, Leland Irving was superb in his third start of the year and Ben Street extended his point streak to five games. Paul Byron scored the game winner on his first goal of the season. After the Americans opened the scoring, Quintin Laing tied the game for the Heat in the second period with his third goal of the season. The goal was assisted by Ben Street, who is now tied for second in team scoring with 13 points. Sven Baertschi’s sixth goal of the season came at 13:36 of the second period. Ben Walter and Roman Horak drew assists on the play. The Heat led 2-1 through two periods. The Americans tied the game on their fifth power play in the third before Abbotsford’s Byron scored the game winner at 8:42 of the third period. Brady Lamb and Krys Kolanos drew assists. Irving topped 36 of 38 shots. The Americans outshot the Heat by a 38-21 margin. On Sunday, Irving started for the second straight game, and had 19 saves on 24 shots. Ben Scrivens stopped all 24 Heat shots to earn the shutout. The Heat had not been shutout this season prior to Sunday’s contest. The Heat now travel to Texas for games against the Texas Stars, San Antonio Rampage and Houston Aeros on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They return home to play the Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL affiliate of the Montreal Canadiens) on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1 at the AESC.
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