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Canadian Bowl 2024

Story Courtesy Eric Stansfield

Saturday November 9th, 202

Kick-off 7:00 PM (EST) 4:00 PM (PST)

Radio Broadcast – AM1150 –

Stephen Keppler and Jason Casey

Streaming at CJFLTV.com

A watch party will be held at Dakoda’s Pub on Saturday Nov. 9th, the game will be on throughout the pub.  Also, a silent auction will be held with many prizes, including a team signed helmet.  

For the second time in two years the BCFC Champion Okanagan Sun will travel to Windsor, Ontario to face the Ontario Football Conference Champion St. Clair Saints, this time around it’s for all the marbles, CJFL’s holy grail, the Canadian Bowl.

In 2022, the Sun defeated the Saints 42-24 in Windsor, to win the National Semi-final and a ticket to the final in Regina, SK.

The St. Clair Saints earned the right to host the 2024 Canadian Bowl as OFC Champions when they defeated the London Beefeaters 75-39 in the conference final.

Sun hoist Intergold Cup after winning CJFL semi-final game in Regina Sunday

Story Courtesy Wayne More Castanet

Photo Courtesy Eric Stansfield

Road trips to Saskatchewan used to be where Okanagan Sun seasons went to die.

Not during the Travis Miller era.

After going winless in 10 trips to the prairies in franchise history, the Sun are now 2-0 in the last three years.

The latest, a 28-14 win Sunday over the Regina Thunder at windy Leibel Field in Regina in the Intergold Cup, CJFL national semi-final game.

The Sun will now face the St. Clair College Saints in the Canadian Bowl Nov. 9 in Windsor.

The offence did just enough for the Sun Sunday while the defence, which gave up 143 yards on the ground in the first half, stiffened over the final 30 minutes, limiting the Thunder to just a field goal on their first possession of the third quarter.

That tied it briefly at 14 before the Sun took over.

Liam Attwood booted field goals of 30 and 35 yards before the quarter was over then Elelyon Noa, who was held in check much of the afternoon, ripped off a 17-yard run with less than five minutes left to put the Sun up by 12.

Out of the wildcat, Noa threw for a two-point conversion, the pass deflected off a Thunder defender into the waiting arms of linebacker Mitchell Hickingbottom putting the Sun up 28-14.

The Thunder never threatened from there.

The Sun took advantage of great field position on their opening drive thanks to a short punt and a 15-yard no-yards penalty.

Starting at the Regina 36, they needed seven plays and a gutsy third and goal from the two to open the scoring.

Again working out of the wildcat, Noa handed off to linebacker Jacob Bond who just squeezed into the corner of the end zone.

But, the vaunted Thunder running game that torched the Saskatoon Hilltops for better than 300 yards in last weekend’s PFC final, took over near the end of the first quarter.

The Thunder drove 90 yards on 10 plays, eating up 72 of those on the ground. Sadik Sadik, who ran for 61 yards in the opening half capped off the drive with a three-yard touchdown run.

A single on the ensuing kickoff gave the Thunder their only lead of the game.

Penalties and turnovers hurt both teams throughout much of the opening half. The Sun fumbled three times, two of those by quarterback Liam Kroeger. However, the Thunder were only able to turn those into three points, a Shawn Green 19-yard field goal on the final play of the quarter.

Prior to that, with the Thunder driving, defensive back David Lewis, who intercepted three passes in the BCFC title game, stepped in front of an intended receiver and scampered 73 yards down the right sideline to give the Sun a 14-8 lead.

The defence stiffened in the second half, allowing just 59 yards on the ground and forcing two late turnovers, a fumble recovery and interception from Vicente Ferreira.

The Thunder passing game was also nearly non-existent, throwing for just 94 yards.

Kroeger, who has gone the distance the last two games after seeing only spot duty during the regular season, completed 11 of 20 passes for 138 yards.

Noa was also held in check much of the day, running for 86 yards and a touchdown on 18 carries.

It wasn’t until the fourth quarter, when he broke runs of eight, 16 and 17 yards did he have any success on the ground.

The Sun have two weeks now to get healthy and prepare for the Canadian Bowl.

St. Clair advanced to the title game with a 75-39 win over London in Saturday’s Ontario final.

The Sun beat the Saints 42-24 in the Intergold Cup two years ago on their way to a national championship.

SUN CAPTURE CULLEN CUP

Story Courtesy Wayne Moore Castanet

Photo Courtesy  Eric Stansfield

For the second time in three years the Okanagan Sun have captured the BC Football Conference championship.

The Sun rode the legs of kicker Liam Attwood and Elelyon Noa to a thrilling 23-17 victory over the Westshore Rebels in the Cullen Cup championship on a cool, drizzly afternoon at the Apple Bowl.

Attwood snapped a 17-17 tie with a pair of field goals from 31 and 26 yards out in the fourth quarter to provide the margin of victory.

The defence shut down the door through the decisive fourth quarter.

The Sun dominated the first half, putting up 245 yards of total offence to grab a 17-3 lead.

But, the Rebels took advantage of a pair of Liam Kroeger interceptions in the third quarter to square things up at 17 heading to the fourth.

Noa, the game's offensive player of the game, scored the game's first touchdown, pounding his way in from one yard out as the Sun marched down the field with surgical-like precision on their first drive of the game.

Attwood booted a 12 yard field goal on the final play of the opening quarter to put the home side up 10-1.

They took a 16-point lead in the second when Kroeger, who started in place of Marek Filipek, hit Jordayne Falconer for a 26-yard touchdown.

A conceded safety left the Sun with a 14 point lead at the half.

As they did in last year's title game, the Rebels dominated the third quarter.

Ethan Pickard hit Zion Brown with a 12-yard major after Kroeger's second of three interceptions on the day to pull the Rebels to within seven.

On their next possession, Carter Williams scampered in from 11 yards out to tie the score at 17.

But the Sun defence came up strong and the offence did just enough to give Attwood a chance to kick the Sun to the victory.

David Lewis, the defensive player of the game, had three interceptions for the Sun while Easton Fenske picked off Pickard on the final play of the game to preserve the victory.

The Sun amassed 362 yards of total offence compared with 252 for the Rebels, much of that in the third quarter.

The Sun will now travel east next weekend to face the winner of Sunday's Prairie Football Conference final between the unbeaten Saskatoon Hilltops and the Regina Thunder.

Okanagan Sun's Travis Miller named BCFC coach of the year

Okanagan Sun head coach Travis Miller has been named the 2024 coach of the year in the British Columbia Football Conference (BCFC).

"I don't really treat it as a 'coach of the year' award, we look at it as a organizational award," Miller told Black Press Media. "I think it's paramount that our success is based off of not just myself but the entire coaching staff we have and our board of directors as well as our volunteers and obviously the players. As much as my name is on it, it's more of a reflection of the mass amount of people that have effort in the organization."

This is the second time in his three seasons at the helm that he's won the award.

As a group, we have a standard that's very difficult for anybody to achieve, outside perfection, it's the standard we set," said Miller. "Everybody tries to achieve that standard and in the process of doing so, we keep a level-up and keep everybody on the same page with obviously success coming on the field as a result."

Miller has lead the team to the BCFC championship game in every season. In 2022, he led the team to a BCFC and Canadian Junior National Championship, the team's first in 22 years.

Last season, they lost in the BCFC final to the Westshore Rebels. This year, Miller and the team are going for another BCFC championship this Saturday, Oct. 19, against Westshore for the third straight year. 

"In order to be the champions, you want to beat the champions," Miller added. "From my standpoint, it's been about working as hard as I can in order to make sure that our guys are prepared in the end and move forward in the right direction."

This is the second time in his three seasons at the helm that he's won the award.

"As a group, we have a standard that's very difficult for anybody to achieve, outside perfection, it's the standard we set," said Miller. "Everybody tries to achieve that standard and in the process of doing so, we keep a level-up and keep everybody on the same page with obviously success coming on the field as a result."

Miller has lead the team to the BCFC championship game in every season. In 2022, he led the team to a BCFC and Canadian Junior National Championship, the team's first in 22 years.

Last season, they lost in the BCFC final to the Westshore Rebels. This year, Miller and the team are going for another BCFC championship this Saturday, Oct. 19, against Westshore for the third straight year. 

"In order to be the champions, you want to beat the champions," Miller added. "From my standpoint, it's been about working as hard as I can in order to make sure that our guys are prepared in the end and move forward in the right direction.

In his three seasons, Miller has a 34-2 record.

9 Sun Named as BCFC All Stars

Congratulations  to the players selected as BCFC All Stars

 

 

Kaiden Kerntopf            OL

Miceal Aston                    OL

Hunter Bultsma              DL

Dylan Remillard              DL

Elelyon Noa                       RB

Jacob Bond                         LB

Kenley Williams               DB

Ahmed Borhot                  DB

Grady Hay                          P

Locker Legacy

Since 1981, the players who have worn the Orange and Brown have helped build this program into what it is today.

Graduating players have always had a chance to "sign the wall" so that their names will be forever remembered inside the Sun Locker Room.

In the early 2000's, there was a fire inside the room, and a lot of those signatures were lost.

Today, marks the start of the Locker Legacy initiative.

ANY player who played for the Okanagan Sun has an opportunity to put his name, number, position and years played, permanently inside of the locker of his choosing.

Name Plates are  $250.00 each

Click the link to purchase your name plate today!

Check out video under Locker Room at top of the page

https://loom.ly/MBTU-vw

Creative: @undrdogmediainc

    Here are a few ways you can help us get to Windsor for the National Championship!

    Family, Friends and Fans can donate to our GOFUNDME Page.

    https://loom.ly/mvfPVMc

    OR you can purchase a ticket to fly with us and come to the game!

    Charter Flight Details (Cost $750)

    Departure: November 7th - 4PM

    (Flight, Transportation within Windsor with group, Game Ticket and Pizza with the team after the game)

    Return: November 10th - 3AM

    Please call or email Nathaniel Nagy to reserve your spot

    nathaniel@bronag.ca

    250-859-2968

    Special Teams Player of the Week

    The #BCFC Special Teams Player of the Week is Gage Parker of the Okanagan Sun Football Club . Gage had 3 punt returns, and took 2 of them to the house for touchdowns. He finished the day with 117 yards and helped lead his team to a 60-14 home victory on Saturday night. Congrats Gage!

    Offensive Player of the Week

    No surprise who the Offensive Player of the Week honors go to this week. Not only has Elelyon Noa won this weekly for a fifth time this season for the Okanagan Sun Football Club , he also put himself in the #BCFC record books for most rushing yards in a single season. The new mark is 1612 yards. Congrats Elelyon on the POW honors, and setting a new #BCFC record

    Photo Credit - @tyroneberryphotography

     

    Congratulations to Okanagan Sun Football Club running back Elelyon Noa on breaking the #BCFC single season rushing yardage record today amazing 1,612 yards for the season! That eclipses the previous record of 1,604 yards established by Jamel Lyles of the Westshore Rebels in 2016.

    Photo Credit - In Motion Sports Photography

    The 2024 Sun season will once again be broadcast as it happens live on AM 1150 throughout the Okanagan Valley.  All Sun home  and away games will be available on a video stream.  

    WATCH the live Pay Per View stream HERE

    For the free AM 1150 radio feed (audio only) click HERE

    The Okanagan Sun are Kelowna Touch Football League Champs!! Great way to cap off the spring football season!

    #sunwin #herecomesthesun