New Westminster Hyacks Vs Terry Fox Ravens

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Upset alert! The Terry Fox Ravens, sparked by an eleven-point fourth quarter comeback, defeated the New Westminster Hyacks 24-20.

The Ravens were sparked by quarterback Zac Golab and his receiving core in a comeback to remember for Terry Fox. The Hyacks were able to stop the run and keep the Ravens one-dimensional, but Golab stepped up big-time when his team needed him. Golab went 24-29 for 212 yards, one touchdown, and a two-point conversion. Gus Borthwick and Russel Arinaza helped the star quarterback out by also finding the endzone.

The Hyacks defense, which played well for most of the game, missed out on too many game-changing plays and wasn't able to execute to a high enough level to win, according to Hyacks defensive coordinator Chad Oatway.

"We had three opportunities for interceptions but didn't come up with the ball. Overall, I was proud of how the D played, but we need to continue to grow mentally in communicating, aligning, and executing as a defense together."

Through three quarters, everything looked good for the Hyacks. Quarterback Antonio Hageleit Started the game with a 60-yard touchdown run. Hageleit added a 16-yard strike in the 2nd quarter to Eli Smith for six to close out the first half for the Hyacks.

Josh Delacruz scored in the third, and the Hyacks led 20-9 in the fourth quarter. With everything going the Hyack's way, the Ravens battled both sides of the ball and scored 15 unanswered points in the final frame for a big win.

Ravens Head Coach Tom Kudaba was happy with the complete game from his team, specifically his defense. 

"The defence was stingy and played a great game, with kudos to Lachlen Bruce, Gus Borthwick, and the rest of the front six linemen and Linebackers. We played the entire four quarters this time, and there are signs of good things to come."

Hyacks head coach Andrew McKechnie commended his opponents post-game but thinks his own team's performance left much to be desired. 

"Full credit to Terry Fox. They were the more disciplined team, executed their game plan well, and deserved the win. They have some good football players and have been competing hard all year, except for Mouat, they have been right there in every game.

That said, this was a disappointing showing by our football team. We have caught an injury bug and it's slowly been growing weekly. We are at a point where we were down 8 key contributors. On top of that, penalties, dropped passes, turnovers and some poor decisions earlier today by some of our players led to even more players unavailable for large chunks of the game. With all that said, we were still in a position to win the football game at the end with our 2 minute offense, we just couldn't overcome it all."

The Hyacks were missing three of their top four running backs on top of other key players offensively. Josh Dela Cruz impressed the coaching staff by stepping up in a difficult position.

Hyacks Offensive Coordinator Darnell Sikorski was happy with aspects of his unit's performance but knew they made far too many mistakes to beat a good team like the Ravens. 

"Both QBs Antonio Hageleit and Gavin Rai did some really good things for us through the air and on the ground. Eli Smith (WR) rebounded well after a drop early in the game, and our Offensive Line did a good job for us tonight. But when you have two fumbles and five key drops offensively that would have led to touchdowns or huge gains down the field, in addition to all the unavailable players tonight, you're not going to win many football games."

Mckechnie says it's gut-check time for the team next week.

"Our team can be a great football team, but we can't beat the other team and ourselves at the same time. We hope to have some guys back next week, but we have to decide who we are going to become as a football team. We'll find out a lot about ourselves starting on Monday as we prepare for a great team in Lord Tweedsmuir"

That game kicks off at 3:30 at Lord Tweedsmuir.