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Down 27-11 at the half to the Langley Rams last weekend, there was no panic in the Westshore Rebels 鈥� certainly not in the defence and definitely not with defensive co-ordinator Shane Beatty.
The Rebels allowed just one point against in the second half and recorded a safety, so finished plus-1 in the latter 30 minutes of what turned out to be a 33-28 road victory, as the locals improved to 7-1 on the sa国际传媒 Football Conference season.
Westshore hopes to make it eight straight wins when they face the winless Valley Huskers today at 1 p.m. in Chilliwack.
鈥淭hey started with the ball inside our 10, five and 20 [yard lines] on three of their drives. We had 97 yards tacked on with two special teams penalties,鈥� said defensive co-ordinator Shane Beatty.
鈥淲e鈥檒l correct that. You take away those penalties. I know we鈥檙e taking a ton of penalties, but you take away those two roughing-the-punter calls and those two punt return sequences, where we gave up the 97 yards where they scored on both and we鈥檙e fine.
鈥淭hat鈥檚 14 points that they scored right there. So when you鈥檙e down 27-11 at the half, you鈥檙e sitting there thinking: 鈥榃hat do you change?鈥� I went in the dressing room [at halftime] and said to the kids: 鈥業 have nothing to give you, it鈥檚 all about the heart now and who has the heart to change this?鈥� 鈥�
Obviously, the Rebels did in mustering up the comeback win in which they allowed just 123 yards of total offence. According to Beatty, it was just 10 yards the second half.
Langley completed just seven passes for 93 yards and finished with 30 yards rushing. It was the 233 yards in penalties that hurt the Rebels, yet again, and they lost the services of Kent Hicks, who was tossed for objectionable conduct and will not play today.
The penalties 鈥� Westshore is on pace to establish yet another league mark for penalty yards in a season 鈥� could ultimately cost this team when it competes against the upper echelon clubs. Only the coaching staff and players can cure that portion of their game.
But the team keeps on winning and hopes to again against the 0-8 Huskers before the regular-season ends next weekend with a home date against the Okanagan Sun, which will be for first place overall.
鈥淭hat will be a big, pound-it-out, physical game against them, but we have to get by Chilliwack first, obviously,鈥� added Beatty, calling this venture another trap game. 鈥淲e鈥檙e a little banged up right now, so it would be nice to get healthy this week and then get after it.鈥�
Offensively, quarterback Scott Borden Jr. was tremendous again, completing 15 of 26 passes for 176 yards, including two touchdowns to D鈥橲aun Greenaway. Borden also rushed for 99 yards and a score and running back Trey Campbell added 93 yards along the ground with a TD. The team amassed 450 yards of total offence.
Defensively, Hicks had three tackles before he was ejected. Erikson Deseron had three tackles, incuding two quarterback sacks and Raishau Provo also had three tackles. Chris Larsen had an interception late in the game on a tipped ball by Byron Mackinnon.
