Return of Dumas has the Sun Devils back

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The South Delta Sun Devils got their star player back this week and with him in the fold, handed the red-hot Notre Dame Jugglers their first loss since early September, 41-6. 

Notre Dame came into the game sitting at 4-0 and at the top of the Western Conference, while South Delta was sitting at 3-1 in second place.  

Last week, the Sun Devils eeked out a victory over Carson Graham behind the emergency Gr. 9 QB Raemon Dosanjgh. South Delta was forced to start their freshman pivot due to an injury to starter Damian Dumas.

The return of Dumas this week showed his impact towards this Sun Devils team. Dumas, who is one of the most electric players in the province, had South Delta looking more like the team that defeated Vancouver College three weeks ago rather than the team we witnessed last week.

Dumas may have received a warm welcome back from fellow teammates and fans, but not from the Jugglers' defence. On the second offensive play from scrimmage, Dumas fluttered a ball to the flat that was picked off and taken back for a major by Notre Dame.

With the energy sucked out of their home building, the Sun Devils needed to respond. Offensive lineman Luke Dunn met that challenge head-on.

Dunn, who also happens to return Kick-Offs, took a return into a crowd of Jugglers. It appeared momentarily that Dunn had no room to work with, but somehow he found a lane and scampered up the left sideline all the way to the endzone to put his team ahead. From there South Delta never looked back.  

Dumas did his thing the rest of the game, extending plays, throwing darts to his targets and creating explosive runs out of nothing on his way to a passing and a rushing major. Willem ter Keurs caught that pass from Dumas, as well as picking off Jugglers' starting pivot Caleb Parrotta for a pick-six. Will Jollymore also added a rushing major before half.

South Delta's special teams unit continued to make explosive plays as Quinn Sjoberg took a punt back 50 yards to the house. Kicker Jared Brown put multiple field goals through the uprights to add points on the scoreboard as well.

South Delta controlled play in all three facets of the game. Playing Smothering defence, ball control offence and scoring on special teams on their way to an impressive victory. 

The Sun Devils' lopsided win moves them to first in the conference with one more game to go as the Belmont Bulldogs visit next Saturday from Vancouver Island.