Pipers get their revenge; Punch ticket to AA finals

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Revenge is a dish best served cold. Last season, the Argyle pipers found themselves walking off the field after a devastating playoff loss to the South Kamloops Titans in triple overtime. This Sunday at BC Place, the Pipers got another crack at the Titans and made the most of it with a 29-22 win, punching their ticket to the AA finals. 

Well into the third quarter, it looked like the Titans still had the Pipers' number. Quarterback Cole Rigler and running back Lloyd Heggen were phenomenal for the Titans and had their team up 14-7 with all the momentum in the game, after Heggen caught a screen pass and went yard from 50 yards out on an electric run and catch.

The Pipers desperately needed their offence to get going. With their season on the line, they turned to quarterback Conor Thompson and wideout Moses Milley. Thompson made ridiculous plays out of structure, spinning away from defenders and extending passing plays that had broken down. 

He found Isaac Friesen in the endzone to get the game nodded up at 14. From that point on, it was Milley's time to shine. First, Milley would go up and over a Titans' defender to grab a post route. That 35-yard reception would put the Pipers inside the Titans' five-yard line. Thompson would then finish the drive, punching the ball in from two yards out.

Milley would then put the game away for good in the fourth quarter. The receiver ran a crisp 10-yard out route, caught the ball out of his break and then slipped away from a Titans defender and scampered 40+ yards down the sideline to extend the Pipers' lead to 29-14. 

Fans at BC Place had blinked and just like that, Argyle had put up 22 unanswered points. The Pipers' defence led by pass rushers Justin Beezer and Fraser Lemanski, helped contain the South Kamloops vaunted passing attack until the final drive of the game to hold on to their newfound lead.

When the game clock struck zero, the Pipers and Titans found themselves in opposite places from the season before. The Pipers celebrated their come-from-behind win and berth in the AA finals.

Argyle will enjoy their vengeance but will soon be right back to work as they prepare to face the powerhouse Vernon Panthers in next weekend's AA provincial final.