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Opening Day!

By Ryan Watters (@ryan2tswatters), 07/25/15, 6:00AM PDT

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The Sun open season #34 hosting the Westshore Rebels

Photo courtesy of Greystoke Photography

The Sun open the 34th season on tonight at home against the Westshore Rebels.  In their only meeting at the Apple Bowl last season the Sun hammered the Rebels 92-7.  These two teams haven't met in an opener at the Apple Bowl since 2002 when the Sun scored a 21-10 victory in Jay Christensen's debut as head coach.

All-Time Record – 43-6-2 – the two ties happened in 1999 and 2003
All-Time at the Apple Bowl - 22-4-1, only tie was 10-10 in 1999
All-Time Score – 1917 (Sun) – 731 (Rebels)

Comparison in 2014:

Record – Sun 9-1 - Rebels 2-8
Points For – Sun 434 – Rebels 173
Points Allowed – Sun 139 – Rebels 418
Last year's match up - Sun 92 - Rebels 7

Passing Leaders – Cam Bedore 52-111 for 839 and 9 touchdowns (Sun), Josiah Joseph 50-84 for 839 yards and 8 touchdowns (Sun) – Hunter Lake (Rebels) 177-366 for 2677 and 16 touchdowns

Rushing Leaders – Alex Bradley* – 77 carries for 672 yards and 5 touchdowns – Hunter Lake – 62 carries for 546 yards and 5 touchdowns

Receiving Leaders – Lerone Robinson - 23 catches for 407 yards and 5 touchdowns – Jordan Rodinsky* – 45 catches for 840 yards and 6 touchdowns

Field Goals – Thomas Huber – 12 of 14, 86% - Brett Johnston – 3 of 6, 50%

Takeaways/Giveaways – Sun +36 – Rebels -7

Leading Tacklers – Robbie Yochim* - 34 (Sun) – Chris Pastro* - 43 (Rebels)

*indicates player no longer on that team

Watch and listen to the play by play HERE with Ryan Watters (@ryan2tswatters) beginning with the Kick-Off Show at 6:30pm.