Vernon Panthers Defeat Abbotsford Foes to Advance to BC Finals

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Vernon Panthers receiver Anderson Bicknell (right) faces off against Robert Bateman Timberwolves tackler Jackson Clewer (left) and Colton during Wednesday’s Subway Bowl BC AA Junior Varsity Football semifinals as the Panthers win 35-14. He keeps the ball on his shoulder while being protected by the marshal. , November 23, at Greater Vernon Athletic Park. (Roger Knox – Black Press)

Robert Bateman Timberwolves defender Mason Van Garderen, 15, wins in the semifinals of the Subway Bowl BC AA Junior Varsity Football at Greater Vernon Athletic Park on Wednesday, November 23. He knocked the ball out of the hands of Vernon quarterback Cole Bagen just before the goal line. (Roger Knox – Black Press)

Vernon Panthers running back Jonah Lee, 9, scurries for extra yards after dodging tackles from Abbotsford's Robert Bateman and Timberwolves' Connor Rabinski. The Panthers beat Bateman 35-14 at Greater Vernon Athletic Park on Wednesday, November 23 in the Subway Bowl BC AA Junior Varsity Football He advanced to the championship game. (Roger Knox - Black Press)

Vernon Panthers running back Jonah Lee, 9, scurries for extra yards after dodging a tackle from Abbotsford’s Robert Bateman Timberwolves’ Connor Rabinski. The Panthers beat Bateman 35-14 at Greater Vernon Athletic Park on Wednesday, November 23 in the Subway Bowl BC AA Junior Varsity Football He advanced to the championship game. (Roger Knox – Black Press)

Robert Bateman Timberwolves’ Brady Doucet, left, fields on a kick return past Vernon Panthers tackler Dawson Bond during the Subway Bowl BC AA Junior Varsity Football Semifinals at Greater Vernon Athletic Park on Wednesday, November 23. to flip the The Panthers defeated Abbotsford’s nemesis he 35-14 to advance to the state championship game. (Roger Knox – Black Press)

The Vernon Panthers ran into the Subway Bowl BC Junior Varsity AA Championship Game.

Iden Macdonald had two touchdowns on offense and picked three Luke Hall passes on defense to help the Panthers win their ninth straight and beat Abbotsford’s Robert Bateman Timberwolves on Wednesday, Nov. 23. They beat Greater Vernon Athletic in the semifinals 35-14. park.

In their last five regular and postseason matchups, the Timberwolves have given up only 12 points. Vernon led 14–0 in the first quarter as he scored 14 points.

After McDonald’s first interception, Panthers quarterback Cole Bagen hit receiver Jeff Curtis two plays later to make it 7-0 for Vernon Reid.

The Cats extended their advantage by the end of the quarter when Jonah Lee took a pitch from Bagen and rang it 5 yards for the majors.

Bateman got on the board in second as Brady Doucet ran 30 yards on reverse and Tristan Sloboda activated a convert to cut the VSS lead to 14-7.

The Panthers had a 56-yard pass-and-run for a touchdown that was called back late in the quarter for a holding penalty, ending the first half with Vernon up seven.

McDonald scored his first touchdown on a 9-yard run late in the 3rd quarter, and Keltin McCareby (who went perfect 5-5 on the day) added a convert to give the Panthers a 21-7 lead. .

That continued into the opening minutes of the fourth quarter, when the Timberwolves pulled within seven again as Hall rushed in from five yards out. The conversion cut Vernon’s lead to his 21-14.

That would be as close as Bateman got.

McDonald got his second TD on a 25-yard run to make it a two-score game, and receiver Anderson Bicknell pulled a 48-yard pass from Bagen to close out the scoring.

The Panthers will face another semifinal winner between Nanaimo’s John Barsby Bulldogs and North Vancouver’s Windsor Dukes at the state championship on Saturday, December 3 at BC Place in Vancouver.

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Vernon Panthers Defeat Abbotsford Foes to Advance to BC Finals

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walterpalladNovember 24, 2022