SUN MACHINE ROLLS TO 5 – 0 RECORD WITH 48 – 7 DISMANTLING OF VALLEY HUSKERS

Photo: In Motion Sports Photography

Story Courtesy Eric Stansfield

It was evident right from the opening kick-off that the Okanagan Sun were on a mission to reach the half-way point of the 2025 BCFC season undefeated.  Sixty minutes later, mission accomplished, as the Sun shucked the Huskers 48 – 7 in Chilliwack.

The tone was set on the first possession as QB Liam Kroeger marched 65 yards on 3 plays for the first of six Sun touchdowns on the evening.  Kroeger found R Vincent Choui on a 37-yard catch and run on the second play from scrimmage, then hit R Seth Famakinde for his first TD of the season.  Sun 7 – 0 with the game barely 3:00 minutes old.

On the next set of downs, Kroeger, with textbook precision passing, fired a 42-yard pass to R Jasiah Haliburton, with another 15-yard strike to Famakinde, setting up the first of two touchdowns from short-yardage QB Marcus Christos.  Sun 14 – 0 with most of the crowd still in the concession line-up.

Return specialist and R Jordayne Falconer, played a major role in the Sun’s next TD with an electrifying 102-yard return of a Husker missed field goal.  RB Gerren Hardisty, with a one-yard plunge, picked up his 5th rushing TD of the season.

The Sun went into halftime with a 20-point lead, 27 – 7.  The lone Valley Husker touchdown came late in the first quarter, set up by a rare Sun special teams miscue on a punt return.  Husker K Carson Turner with a heads-up play, recovered his short punt after a fortunate hometown bounce…Husker ball at midfield.  QB Key’Shawn Dorsey moved the Huskers downfield culminating in a 10-yard pass to WR Payton Lake for Huskers only points on the night.

Okanagan put up 14 points in the third quarter…Christos with his second rushing touchdown of the game and 7th on the season, followed by a Kroeger to Choui on a 16-yard TD pass to make it 41 – 7 Sun after three quarters.

Christos took over from Kroeger in the final quarter engineering a 32-yard touchdown pass to R Ty Walker to close out the scoring, 48 – 7 Sun.

Offensively, Kroeger and the Sun enjoyed one of their finest games of the season…putting up 511 yards net offense, 395-yards passing, scoring 6 TD’s, 3 thru the air and 3 along the ground.

Kroeger finished the game 17 of 23 for 289 yards and 2 TD’s, Christos was 6 of 9 for 106 yards and 1 touchdown.  Sun QBs utilized 10 different receivers with Falconer leading the way with 5 receptions for 85 yards, his longest of the night, 68-yards.

Receivers Chuoi, Famakinde, and Haliburton collected 3 passes each for 67, 60, and 66 yards respectively.

Defensively the Sun shut down the Husker offense, holding them to 105-yards rushing and 150-yards passing and contained the running of BCFC second ranked rusher RB Jawad Harb to 37-yards on 11 carries.

The Sun “sack parade” continues with DL Jarveon Williams picking up a pair along with 3 tackles, DL Mitchell Hickingbottom and DB Easton Fenske each had a sack.

After almost a full month away from the Apple Bowl the Sun return home to close out the month of August when they host the 0 – 5 Kamloops Broncos, Saturday August 30th, kick-off 7:00 PM.