Mercer Stadium has at least one more high school football game to host in 2016 – and its a big one for the host New Westminster junior Hyacks.
The Hyacks match up against the Vancouver Fighting Irish today (Wednesday) at 5:30 p.m., with the winner advancing to the junior provincial semifinals.
New West, which finished the regular season at 4-3, one spot ahead of the 3-3-1 Irish, is looking to play a whole game like the second half of their 40-33 win a month ago against the same club.
“It should be interesting – last time nothing went right for us in the first half and we trailed 25-6,” recalled head coach Darnell Sikorski. “Then we did a complete 180, won it on a fourth-down fade with nine seconds left.”
The juniors will continue to centre its offence around quarterback Kinsale Philip and running back Broxx Comia, who are also starters on the senior squad.
New West, which is coming off a bye week, is physically ready as it takes aim at defending its provincial title.
“We know for sure that if we don’t have our A game it’s not going to end well.”
