Okanagan Sun Open Season with 39 – 0 Win over Langley, Sights Now Set on Home Opener Saturday

July 21, 2025.

It took half a quarter to work off a little early season rust but once the Sun found the right gear there was no stopping the Okanagan machine as they rolled up 400 offensive yards in a 39 – 0 win over the hometown Langley Rams.

In familiar Sun fashion, they pounded the ball along the ground on the shoulders of the clubs new acquisition RB Gerren Hardisty, who returns to the BCFC after a year at York University and two seasons with rival Westshore Rebels.

Hardisty didn’t disappoint as he carried the ball 16 times for 70 yards and 2 TD’s, both in the first half. Hardisty also caught 4 passes for 42 yds.

The Sun enjoyed a 23 – 0 half time lead thanks to a 2 nd quarter fumble recovery by DL Jarveon Williams who scooped up a loose Ram ball and rambled 55 yards for the touchdown.

QB Liam Kroeger with a goal line plunge in the 3 rd quarter and a 43 yard TD reception by rookie WR Chase Scrivener in the 4 th , closed out Sun scoring giving the visitors the road victory to open the season.

Kroeger finished the game with 16 completions on 24 attempts for 260 yards, his favorite target of the day was WR Jordayne Falconer who hauled in 5 passes for 144 yards. 

QB Marcus Christos came on in the 4 th quarter, and was 1 for 3 with the TD strike to Scrivener.

Defensively, honourable mentions go to first year LB Phil Palmarin who led his teammates with 4 solo tackles, 1 assisted tackle and 1 special teams assist. Also with a huge first game impression was Sun rookie DL JaQuintis Summers who spent a lot of time in the Rams offensive backfield. Summers finished with 3 QB sacks, 2 tackles, 2 assisted tackles, 1 special teams tackle, and 1 forced fumble. Also bringing the defensive heat was first year LB Benson Gruninger who collected 2 tackles, 2 assists, one special teams tackle, and 2 QB sacks.

The Sun offensive totals were impressive with 303 yards thru the air spread amongst seven different receivers and 106 yards along the ground.

K/P Grady Hay punted 8 times for 280 net yards while the leg of K Liam Attwood was 5 for 5 on converts.