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Malcolm Williams (four catches, 72 yards) and Dan English (three catches, 38 yards) hauled in touchdown passes from Gilbert-Knorren. At the other side, Rebels quarterback Hunter Lake had a decent outing, completing 14 of 27 passes for 242 yards and two touchdowns. Two of Lake’s pass attempts were intercepted, one by Rams linebacker Joe Patko and the other by defensive back Jeff Paras. Westshore’s Sean Shepherd made two big plays in the opening quarter: a 77 yard kickoff return to set up a field goal and a 20 yard touchdown reception. Rams’ kicker Steven Thomas went twofor-two on field goal attempts, his longest from 20 yards away.
Thomas also booted six converts and an 85-yard kickoff that sailed through the end zone for a single. The Rams now sit alone atop of the BCFC, two points better than the Vancouver Island Raiders and Okanagan Sun, both of whom sport 4-2 marks. They’ll be tested Saturday afternoon when they visit Nanaimo’s Caledonia Park to meet the Raiders, in a rematch of the 2012 BCFC championship final. “We’ve seen growth from the Vancouver Island Raiders from the beginning of the season to now,” Alamolhoda said. “They continue to progress and develop, and challenge us.” GRIDIRON NOTES: Rams’ defensive lineman Evan Foster recorded his ninth sack of the season. The BCFC record is 12 and the CJFL record is 12.5.
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Kearney, a left winger from Northville, Mich. who captained the Detroit Honeybaked last season, had a memorable BCHL debut by scoring two goals. “We expect him to chip in offensively,” Henderson said. “He’ll be a skilled two-way forward for us.” Rivermen goaltender James Barr stopped 22 of 25 shots to pick up the victory. Rivermen 1, Centennials 0 Defenceman Mark Whiteley’s powerplay goal 4:16 into the second per-
iod stood up as the winner as the Rivermen blanked the Cents to cap the weekend. In his first BCHL game, Rivermen goaltender Brock Crosswaithe stopped all 22 shots he faced to record the clean sheet. Crosswaithe had an especially strong third period, stopping 12 Centennials shots to close out the contest. “I thought the guys played very well defensively,” Henderson said. “Merritt comes very hard and we did a good job clearing pucks, and kept them under 30 shots.”
Both goaltenders played very well over the weekend, in Henderson’s opinion. “I feel we’re very solid back there,” he added. The Rivermen’s next game is this Friday, Sept. 13 against the 1-1 Surrey Eagles, who are coming off a 7-3 thumping at the hands of the Vernon Vipers. Game time at South Surrey Arena is 7 p.m. The ’Men and Eagles met in the opening round of the 2013 BCHL playoffs, with the Eagles winning the best-of-five series in four games.