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February 6 2015 www.newwestnewsleader.com
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Q2Q bridge 2 to 3 years away Grant Granger
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harper sherman and matt seymour of the new westminster hyacks have secured ncaa division i scholarships to play football next season, the only school to have two recruits to that level from the class of 2015.
Hyacks make scholarship splash NWSS only school in country with two players signing NCAA Div. I offers Grant Granger
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“Excuse me,” says Hyacks football coach Farhan Lalji breaking away from talking to two of his premier protégés as he spots a big boy he doesn’t know walking the halls of New Westminster secondary. The players, Harper Sherman and Matt Seymour, chuckle because they realize Lalji can’t resist mining
for the next possible gridiron gem country to have two players getting for his team. scholarships. Gems like them. “Really cool,” says Seymour Sherman and Seymour were the about being part of such a dynamic only two Class of duo. 2015 grads from Even his coach is British Columbia impressed. to officially put pen Farhan Lalji, coach “It’s a big deal,” to NCAA Division if you take care of the proadmits Lalji of gram, the program will take I scholarship letters care of you. what the signings of intent on the first mean to the Hyack official signing day program. Wednesday. They inked the deals Sherman is a six-foot-four in front of media cameras at the offensive lineman with several offers BC Sports Hall of Fame. In fact, from PAC-12 schools, one of the NWSS is the only school in the big conferences in the United States.
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He eventually chose the University of Arizona Wildcats. He made that choice back in August. Canadian high school prospect rankings had him consistently in the top three or four for the past year. Seymour is a shifty receiver/ cornerback who was persistent in his push to get a Division I scholarship as he rose the national rankings to No. 15. Last month, he accepted a scholarship to play for the University of Ohio Bobcats. It’s not as high a level as PAC-12, but it’s still a Division I school. please see HyaCks, a3
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The muchanticipated Quayside to Queensborough (Q2Q) pedestrian bridge is about two to three years away from being built. A report to New Westminster council Monday estimated that’s how long it would take to complete the regulatory, design and construction phases of the project. Q2Q has been held up because the city is looking for more funding to pay for its preferred bridge option. The city has until 2017 to use $6.2 million in development assistance compensation funds for the bridge. That’s enough to pay for a low-level bridge connected to the existing Southern Railway of B.C. (SRY) bridge. But public consultation in 2013 prompted city council to opt for a separate drawbridge estimated to cost $10.5 million. The city is looking to senior governments and other sources to make up the difference.
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