The Prince George Kodiaks are headed to the BC Football Conference post season.
The Kodiaks clinched the team’s first playoff berth in program history with a convincing 74-0 win over the Kamloops Broncos at a raucous Masich Place Stadium.
“We pushed the guys this week, we asked them for more than they’ve been giving, they responded with a great week of practice,” said Kodiaks Head Coach Jamie Boreham.
“That was the most complete game we’ve played all year and we’ve got to carry that momentum into next week, and it’s pretty freaking cool to stand here and know we’re going to playoffs.”
The Kodiaks put on a clinic on both sides of the ball, marching down field at will, and preventing Kamloops from making any progress with their offence.
“We needed a game like this we needed to click, we found some things vertical, we found some run game, our defence cleaned up some back end stuff,” Boreham said.
“I’m really proud of the guys and the way they responded tonight.”
Quarterback Sawyer Thiessen put on one of his best performances in a Kodiak uniform, throwing for three touchdowns, two to Matthew Sturgess and one to Carson Briere, and running one in himself.
“We finally had that burst that we needed on offence, and defence played phenomenal, giving us field position the entire night,” Thiessen said.
“O-line, running backs, receivers, all clicked, fans were amazing.”
On the ground, Simon Olaifa, Jacob Wong and Kellen Lister found the endzone through the running game.
The defence got on the board too, with Linebacker Lucas Burgoyne and Defensive Back Logan Johnson coming away with pick-sixes.
Aiden Leslie and Hayden Matheson came away with interceptions for the Kodiaks as well.
“Jamie expected us to practice all week and practice hard, stick to the basics, the fundamentals, that’s what we did tonight,” Leslie said.
Brady Harper was excellent as well, hitting all three of his field goal attempts.
The game was also the annual Lheidli T’enneh game, as well as the annual Rivers Cup, played between the Kodiaks and the Broncos in their last game of the season against each other.
The win solidifies the Kodiaks as the third seed in the BC Football Conference.
The full BCFC standings are here.
The Kodiaks will have one more stop in Chilliwack to play the Valley Huskers before playoffs.
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