They hammered the Hyacks. Now the Centennial Centaurs are out to nix the Knights.
While knocking off the No. 1-ranked St. Thomas More Knights of Burnaby looks to be an enormous chore, Cents head coach Ryk Piche is confident the complete-game mode his team has been in the last few weeks can continue when the two teams collide in a B.C. AAA senior high school quarter-final playoff game 8 p.m. tonight (Friday) at UBC's Thunderbird Stadium.
The Cents advanced to meet the Knights after crushing the New Westminster Hyacks 52-20 Saturday, one night after the Terry Fox Ravens were eliminated following a 31-0 defeat to the No. 2 W.J. Mouat Hawks of Abbotsford.
"Play disciplined football," was how Piche described as the first key to beating the Knights. "We just have to keep doing what we've been doing the last little while. We [coaches] feel if we keep doing that we'll be fine."
Bolstered by an offence centered around 230-pound fullback Lucas Naso and a defence keyed by menacing middle linebacker Michael Spencer, the Cents aren't making it a secret that they plan to attack the Knights on all fronts.
"We're not going to do anything different from what we've been doing," Piche said. "We're going to line up, run at them and try to out-physical them.
"Hopefully, our horses are bigger than theirs at the end of the day."
END ZONE: The semifinals are slated for the following weekend again at UBC, while the Subway Bowl championship game goes Dec. 3 at BC Place Stadium.
