The Vancouver College Fighting Irish have finished the regular season with a perfect record for the third time in as many years. Taking on their bitter rival, the Notre Dame Jugglers, the Irish took home the Archbishops trophy with a 34-0 win.
This rivalry goes back 67 years and has an abundance of history, which is something Irish Head Coach Bryan Chiu knows very well.
"For me, there's a lot of history involved. I played in the same game a couple times when I played here at Vancouver College," said Chiu.
On top of their perfect season against their bitter rival, the Irish were also hosting their Seniors Day. This will be a game that the Irish seniors can look back on fondly.
The Irish opened the scoring on a Nicky Noguera touchdown run. After the Irish's dominant defense got another stop, the Irish marched downfield again, where Jaxson Farac capped off the drive with a rushing major of his own.
In the second quarter, the Jugglers tightened up on defense and managed to keep the Irish's offense at bay until VC put together another drive where Declan Damgaard found the endzone to put the Irish up three scores.
In the second half, the Irish added scores by Lucas Gonzales on a 20 yard touchdown reception from quarterback Parker Orr and Noah Lowden with a 60-yard punt return major. The Irish bled the clock in the fourth quarter and celebrated their 34-0 victory over their rivals postgame.
Chiu is happy his upperclassmen will have a Seniors Day to remember.
"Very pleased with our team's performance as a whole. We did some great things in all three phases of the game. Happy to send our seniors home with a win for their last regular season game on O'Hagan Field," said Chiu.
With today's victory, the Irish have now won this historic rivalry game
six years in a row. By securing first place in their conference, the Irish will receive a bye week to start the playoffs before hosting the winner or Centennial and Kelowna the following week.
