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Canwest News Service
The old and the new left the opposition feeling blue in the semifinal round of the Subway Bowl Double A B.C. high school football semifinals at Langley's McLeod Stadium.
Windsor Dukes' Jeff Lavis, the team's only returning senior starter this season, caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Zach McKnight in OT to carry North Vancouver's Dukes to a 12-9 overtime win over North Delta's Sands Scorpions.
The catch propelled the Dukes into this Saturday's championship final against Victoria's No. 1-ranked and unbeaten Mt. Douglas Rams, who got three rushing touchdowns from a Grade 10 prodigy named Terrell Davis in a 35-28 win over the preseason No. 1-ranked Rick Hansen Hurricanes of Abbotsford. A look at the two semifinals:
– Windsor's overtime victory sends it back to the Subway Bowl final for the first time since 2005 when it won the second of back-to-back B.C. titles.
"Jeff is our leader, he is our captain," said Windsor coach Jim Schuman. "Others may overlook him, but you just can't measure character."
Sands had opened the overtime with a 27-yard field goal from Nikolai Karpun and Windsor was facing third down when Grade 11 QB Zack McKnight gunned the ball to the far corner of the end zone to Lavis for the win.
Windsor had opened the scoring in the first half with a 27-yard strike from McKnight to Thomas Kramer. Sands equalized in the fourth quarter when quarterback Jamie Al-Abed went 55 yards to Anthony Brito.
– Alex Carroll had a good way to describe the feeling that seems to come over the offence of the Mt. Douglas Rams when they find their groove.
"When it comes together on the field, it's magical," Carroll said after catching touchdown passes of 50 and 60 yards from quarterback Tyler Fong, in support of Davis' three rushing touchdowns.
"I felt fantastic today," said Davis, who doesn't turn 16 until January. "Our whole team played great. I think this is the best team Mount Doug has ever had because all of our offensive weapons contribute so well."
The Hurricanes even had a shot to tie the game late, but its gamble on fourth-and-two from the Rams' 32-yard line fell achingly short.
