HYACKS COME THROUGH IN SEASON FINALE

In one of the most thrilling games in the history of the program, the Varsity Hyacks came through with a 21-14 win over West Van on Friday night, to advance to the AAA provincial playoffs. With the Highlanders on the 1-foot line in the final minute of play, Jonathan Lopez, Makoto Brennan and Jeremy Wilson combined for the game (and season) saving tackle on 4th down.

After falling behind 7-0 early in the opening quarter, New West tied the game on a 13 yard TD from Kevin Sabau. The home team took the lead on a 1 yard QB sneak from Tommy Robertson. Then on the final play of the half, Robertson found Wilson for a 20 yd TD pass. Sabau recorded his first ever 100 yard rushing game (114), while Eric Teng and Pavan Mrock rushed for 90 and 85 yards respectively. Lopez meanwhile picked up 11 tackles on defense.

With the win the Hyacks finish the regular season with a 2-3 league record (4-5 overall) and claim the 4th and final playoff spot in the AAA Western conference, it's the 5th straight season the varsity team has reached the playoffs, and 8th time in the 9 year history of the program.

The Hyacks also finished with a 4-1 record in Friday night games at Mercer. Special thanks to all of the parents that assisted at all the games. You're a big reason that Mercer stadium is the place to be on Friday nights in the fall.

For the complete game story from last Friday's game, check out the Record:

Photo gallery courtesy of Alan Wardle available at: http://hyackphoto.com/  

HYACKS BACK AT BC PLACE THIS SATURDAY

The Subway Bowl provincial championships begin with the Wildcard playoff round this weekend at BC Place stadium. The Hyacks will take on Centennial HS on Saturday, Nov 12th at 5pm. This marks the first time since 2007 that the Hyacks have played at the dome, as that was the last year any early round playoff games have been played there.

Advanced tickets can be purchased by contacting Marilyn Davis at [email protected] or 604-517-6292. Players are also selling tickets. Tickets are $8 if purchased in advance, $12 if purchased at the gate. The game broadcast can also be seen live on Sportscanada.tv.

CONGRATS TO CONFERENCE ALL-STARS

Jonathan Lopez was named to the AAA Western Conference all-star team. Lopez returned to the Hyacks lineup 4 games ago, playing with a cast on his hand. He still managed to finish 2nd on the team in tackles, including a game-high 11 in Friday's big win over West Van.  Jeremy Wilson and Makoto Brennen were honorable mentions. Brennen was the team's leading tackler this season while Wilson was the team leader in receptions and sacks.

JB BANTAMS PLAYOFFS AT MERCER

After a 48-8 win in their first ever playoff game on Sunday, the undefeated Hyack Jr Bantam team will play its next playoff game this Friday night at Mercer Stadium at 7 pm. On Sunday Jamie Shiho got things started with a 70 yard touchdown on the opening play of the game. Declan Baker had a great game on defense, including 3 big tackles for losses

The pee wee team came through in a must-win game to wrap up its regular season. The 19-8 win over North Surrey put the pee wees in the playoffs for the first time ever. Sammy Sidhu scored on the opening kickoff, while Kinsale Phillips also scored. David Osho stood out on defense. The team opens the playoffs on Sunday in Cloverdale against the first place Cloverdale Bobcats.