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Local boys find gridiron glory

Point Roberts kids were part of the South Delta football machine that stormed through the B.C. provincial championships in early December.
Matt Mundy, 6’5” (at left) and Jake Carlson, 6’2”, are both 14 and members of the South Delta Rams bantam division team that on December 3 played against the Kelowna Fury at B.C. Place Stadium and beat them 28-6, earning them the provincial championship and the trophy in front of Mundy. A week earlier they had earned the trophy in front of Carlson for the Vancouver Mainland Football League championship, which they narrowly wrested from the Nanaimo Redmen in an 8-7 game they played in a blizzard. The Rams have been unbeatable this season, winning all nineteen of their pre-season, regular and championship games.

Mundy and his family moved from Texas two years ago, and he played on the offensive line in his second season of football with the Rams. “I really enjoyed the coaches and players and I’m looking forward to playing next season,” he said.

Carlson has played with the Rams for five years now as a middle linebacker, and was responsible for two quarterback sacks in the provincial championship game. “All the hard work and practice was worth it,” he said.  “I’ve been in the finals at B.C. Place Stadium before but never won.“

Two other Point Roberts boys who played for the South Delta Rams this year in the Pee Wee and Atom divisions also won their Provincial finals at B.C. Place stadium. Tim Lasher and the South Delta PeeWee team beat the Pee Wee Abbotsford Falcons 39-26, and Mitchell McMann and his Atom division team beat the Atom Abbotsford Falcons 48 to 6.

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