The Battle for the Delta Cup is a fierce rivalry game between the Seaquam Seahawks and the South Delta Sun Devils. In this year's matchup, the Sun Devils can hold bragging rights over their inter-city rivals after a 42-0 blowout victory.
Last week, I talked about how explosive a runner Sun Devil's quarterback, Damian Dumas, was. This week, the converted running back showed us his arm is as good as any other quarterback in the province, throwing for over 250 yards and four touchdown passes.
Spreading the ball around to multiple targets, Dumas looked very comfortable and polished; you'd never know he was a former running back.
With Dumas making a position switch, Anthony De Albuquerque is filling in for Dumas at running back. De Albuquerque had 2 touchdowns on the night, including an 85-yard swing pass he took to the house. On that play, he showed explosive speed, something South Delta's coaching staff was excited to see.
The Seahawks didn't quite have the same level of explosiveness. They had their moments offensively where they looked like they were poised to score, but each time, the Sun Devils defense was able to tighten up at the right time and get multiple big stops.
Helping the Sun Devil's Defense get those big stops was defensive tackle Jun Choi. The interior lineman made life miserable for the Seahawks, finishing with two sacks and constantly disrupting the Seaquams' run game by shooting upfield and getting into the backfield.
Seahawks head coach Kevin Phillips had high praise for the Sun Devils Postgame.
"We were in tough against a very talented South Delta squad. Seeing them in person it's hard not to view them as a contender. Even though we had many of our boys play extremely hard it just wasn't enough against South Delta. We will go back to work Monday and get better."
The Seahawks will try to recollect themselves and be ready for their battle next Friday against Langley.
The Sun Devils will savor their Delta Cup victory this weekend, but then it's right back to work Monday as they host the Red hot W.J. Mouat Hawks Saturday Afternoon.