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  Round 1

Week 10: North Surrey Falcons 6 vs Coquitlam Roughriders 33

The Falcons were in need of a win as well as some help from other teams if they were to have any chance of making some post season football. First things first. They had to win this week ten game.

Things didn't start well as Coquitlam scored early with the Falcons failing to tackle the Roughrider back. The Falcons only managed one major by half time and leaving the score 20-6 at the break.

The team came out better in the second half with the defense stepping up and shutting down the Roughrider offense. With Blake Gorrill out with an injury the Falcons still managed to move the chains a bit. However again like so many times this year they couldn't put the ball in the end zone.

Roughriders eventually scored three more majors and walked away with a 33-6 win in what became a meaningless game for both teams. The Falcons finished their tough year with a 4-6 record, good for ninth place over all in a 16 team division.

With the amount of youth and young talent on this team they are sure to be a dominant force next year.

Week 9: North Surrey Falcons 12 at North Delta Panthers 0

The Falcons still had a chance to make the playoffs going into week nine albeit a very small one. A win in both of their last two games was a definite must at that meant beating the struggling North Delta Panthers.

It was a slow track as the rain continued down so both team's offenses were failing to move the ball much with Delta unable to even move the chains. Special teams for Surrey dominated most of the day and it was Blake Gorrill's 70 punt return for a touchdown that got the Falcons on the board first.

Into the third quarter and the Panthers had yet to make any move on offense the Falcons changed up some linemen and the Falcons started to move the ball. Andy Sandu and Devoun Hallums set two perfect blocks freeing Black Gorrill outside and 55 yards for the major. The convert attempt was a fake and was successful for the single only to be called back on a penalty. The ensuing try failed leaving the Falcons with a 12-0 win.

MR BIG bar awards went out to Anthony Cordeiro for a perfect day of offensive line work. Deepak Sharma won for best lineman of the day with several tackles in the backfield. Defensive player of the game went to upstart Brandon Powers who had his best performance of the year at halfback.

The CRUNCH bar awards went to Moti Johal, Devoun Hallums and Andy Sandu, all responsable for contributing to the offensive production with great blocks.

For the Falcons, a win next week and a loss by Westside Blue and the Falcons make the playoffs. Westside is up against the winless Cloverdale Jaguars.

Week 8: North Surrey Falcons 20 vs Vancouver Trojans 0

Week eight and the rain was falling hard. The field was slick and the players were cold. The Falcons took the opening drive and marched down the field to where the Trojans stopped them at their own 25 yard line. Vancouver unable to move the chains turned the ball back over and the Falcons took control. Blake Gorrill ran into the endzone for the first Falcon strike and Surrey took an early 6-0 lead.

Vancouver continued to have troubles getting anywhere and had to keep turning the ball over to the home team. Early in the second quarter the Falcons marched down the field to deep into the Trojan territory where Dylan Tatomir scrambled in on the quarterback sneak to notch his first touchdown of the year.

With the Falcons up 12-0 the Trojans hoped for a break but didn't get one when on the next series the Trojan running back broke around the outside and went 50 yards for the touchdown only to have it called back on a penalty. A few plays later Josh Botha jumped on a loose ball ending the Trojan hopes of scoring in the first half.

The second half offered more turnovers and more slick conditions as the rain continued to fall. Vancouver couldn't move the ball past the mid-stripe and the Falcon offense took advantage of it. First year JB player, Brock Norton ran off tackle and into the end zone for his first score of the year. Anthony Wright kicked the convert for the final Falcon score giving them a victory with a 20-0 score.

Week 7: North Surrey Falcons 8 vs South Delta 40

It was do or die for the Falcons if they wanted to make the playoffs this weekend. South Delta came in with a 3-3 record and the Falcons knew they had a chance. The Rams struck first by moving the chains down the field to the point where a dive play up the middle gave them the first major of the game.

Nearing the end of the 1st with both teams struggling, the Rams moved the ball down to inside the twenty of the Falcons and ran a sweep outside to go up 14-0. Isiah Lal powered his way play after play and on the next Falcon drive broke one for 50 yards before he finally ran one in for the first Falcon score of the day. With Anthony Wright making the conversion the Falcons trailed 14-8

Later in the second quarter the offense sputtered while the defense just couldn't shut down the Ram drives. Just before the half the Rams put another major on the board and ran in the single convert to finish off the half with a comfortable 27-8 lead.

The second half was all South Delta. Despite having to work on third downs to move the chains they managed to both throw one in for a touchdown as well as run one in. At the end of the game the Rams won 40-6 and all but eliminated the Falcons from any playoff hope.

Week 6: North Surrey Falcons 0 at Langley Outlaws 46

Another week and another tough game of football. Langley took the opening kickoff and marched down the field on seven plays before scoring the first major of the night. Things looked good when Moti Johal picked off a Langley pass but the offense gave up the ball a few plays later on a fumble which the Outlaws returned for a touchdown. The first quarter ended with Langley on top 14-0.

Langley opened the second quarter by recovering their own kickoff, subsequently marching down the field to score. Again the defense showed some sign of success when Darren DaSilva picked off a Langley pass but again the offense was stuffed and forced to kick.

Before the half was over Langley marched again down into Surrey territory and scored their fourth major of the night capping the half at 30-0.

The second half proved again that the Surrey Falcons can make the adjustments needed to tighten up the game. Holding Langley to several third down convertion attempts the Outlaws finally scored on a swing pass.

With the offense failing get across the mid-stripe the defense had to pick things up and late in the third the Falcon defense stuffed the Outlaws again, for what would be their fourth time on the night.

On the ensuing Falcon drive the offense fumbled the snap and Langley turned around scoring several plays later to cap off the game sheet with a 46-0 victory. The Falcons drop now to 2-4 with their playoff hopes diminishing.

Week 5: North Surrey Falcons 0 at South Surrey Titans 33

U - G - L - Y. UGLY. That is all that can be said about the Falcon performance this weekend. It was cold and raining and it all but shut down many of the Falcon players as youth and inexperience showed it's ugly head.

For most of the first half Surrey controlled and almost dominated the game with the exception of three plays. After quickly shutting down the Titan offense the Falcons marched the ball 50 yards down the field in their best opening drive performance of the year. However a fumble on the 5 yard line stopped the Falcons dead.

Then it was the Titan running back show. Number 29 ran a 95 yard touchdown, capped that off with another 50 yard touchdown and then the nail in the coffin was a broken punt attempt that he ran for 100 yards. Late in the second quarter he added a small 10 yard dive to give the Titans a 27-0 lead at half time.

Things improved a bit defensively thanks to some adjustments limiting the one man Titan team to only one 35 yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.

Despite the offense showing they could move the ball all day long and controlled much of the game the Falcons could not score when they needed to. The offensive line had their best outing of the year with strong performances by Amotosh Thind, Andy Thompson and Shaun Gill.

The only CRUNCH bar of the game went to Tristen Huston who managed to dive on a fumbled Titan ball. MR BIG bars went to Amotosh for lineman of the day, Blake Gorrill for defensive player of the day and Isaiah Lal for offense who never gave up and put everything he had into every play.

With their playoff hopes starting to deminish the Falcons now travel to Langley in a much needed win if they hope to play some post season action.

Week 4: North Surrey Falcons 0 vs Coquitlam Vikings 48

From the opening kickoff that the Vikings returned for a touchdown, the Falcons failed to make any head way against the visiting team. After opening the game with a score the Vikings topped off the first quarter with another major on their second drive. Even after the Falcons defense managed to stuff the Vikings on their own 30 yard line the Surrey offense couldn't put together successful drives.

With Coquitlam leading 16-0 they capped off another drive to go up another eight points to make the score 24-0. The highlight of the first half for the Falcon's was when De'Ondre Baysinger picked off a Coquitlam pass and returned it 45 yards. Despite the return the Falcon's couldn't punch the ball in to end the half.

The Falcon's received the ball to open the second half but things didn't change much to start. Coquitlam managed a short pass play for another major and followed that up with yet another run play to go up 40-8. The defense did step up a bit in the second half with several back field tackles and good pressure on the quarterback but it was not enough.

In the final minutes Surrey fumbled the while deep in their own end, only to be picked up by Coquitlam and run in for the final score to give the Vikings a 48-0 win and go on to be undefeated on the year. For the Falcon's they drop to 2-2 with playoff hopes starting to waiver.

CRUNCH bars on the day went out to Anthony Wright for a big sack on the quarterback in the second quarter. Josh Botha followed up with one of his own and Isiah Lal become a force in the second half with several big tackles to himself a fourth quarter CRUNCH bar.

MR BIG bars went to Dylan Tatomir for completing 3 of 3 passes on the day. De'Ondre Baysinger received one for the highlight interception in the first half and Josh received one for the best lineman performance.

The Falcons now go down to South Surrey to take on the Titans who themselves are sitting at 2-2 on the year.

Week 3: North Surrey Falcons 0 at Cloverdale Cougars 38

With the Falcons jumping out to a 2-0 start after crushing the Cloverdale 'B' they went back to Cloverdale to now take on the 'A' consisting of mostly senior players.

On Cloverdale's first possession the Jaguars running back managed to break a few tackles and dodge through the line of scrimmage on a busted play to go 40 yards for the first major of the day. Anthony Wright managed to jump through and block the convert leaving the score 6-0 for Cloverdale.

The Falcons offense managed to get a first down but had problems moving the chains consistently resulting in third down punts. Cloverdale's next series of downs moved them past midfield into Falcon territory. The Cougars went to pass and their quarterback managed to scramble out, running in for a touchdown to end the quarter 14-0.

The second quarter the defense picked up a bit when Isiah Lal, recently moved to defense, managed to pick off a Cougar pass to give the offense another possession. Failing to move the ball the Cougars took over at mid field and drove down to the Falcon goal line. After a couple of attempts at short yardage and goal the Cougars managed to dive up the middle and cap off the half with another touchdown making the score 22-0 at the mid point.

Things didn't change much in the second half other then the offense made some progress putting together multiple first down conversions and gaining much need time of possession. This limited the scoring of Cloverdale allowing them to only add two more majors and ending the game with a 38-0 win.

Overall the team put a much better effort and production forward then the 29-0 loss earlier in pre-season of which it was only a 20 minute game. Although there were no CRUNCH or MR BIG bar awards this game there were some efforts worthy of being noted. Kalvir Dhaliwal had a strong game contributing much of the offensive yardage. Andy Thompson came up with some terrific blocks on offense while limiting errors on the snap. The considerably young Falcons in the end did well to hold the senior 'A' team of Cloverdale and proved that it was the Falcons that have improved the most on the season to date.

Week 2: North Surrey Falcons 44 at Cloverdale Jaguars 0

There were not many big plays or bone crunching hits but the Falcons played some very consistent grind them out football. The Falcons received the opening kick and marched the ball 40 yards before the Jag defense put a stop to the chains. All day the long the Falcon defense was solid and the first Cloverdale possession resulted in a punt giving the Falcons the ball again.

Kalvir Dhaliwal was the first to score a major with a 3 yard run up the gut, capped by Anthony Wrights convert to give the visitors an 8-0 lead. The second quarter was all Falcons as the Jaguars ran out of steam. With the Jags getting little time on offense the Falcons changed around players and tried some new things. Blake Gorrill to a run off tackle and scored the second major of the day and after an unsuccessful convert attempt the Falcons went up 14-0.

Before the half was over Surrey gave the ball to Devoun Hallums who busted out off tackle and scored his first Junior Bantam strike and the Falcons went up 22-0. Just before the half Surrey drove down again with Brock Norton taking a swing pass for a 25 yard gain however Surrey ran out of time.

The third quarter was all Surrey as what little the Jag offense had to offer collapsed. Cloverdale's first possession resulted in Tristen Huston jumping on a fumble for his first recovery of the season. Kalvir Dhaliwal capped off the Surrey drive, running outside for a long 25 yard touchdown and the Falcons jumped out to a 30-0 lead.

With the game locked up the Falcons wanted to see some new players in action and evaluate for future games. Dalvinder Grewal in his first year of ball took the ball outside, dodging a few tackles and scored his first touchdown of the year on a 20 yard strike.

In the fourth quarter with the defense demolishing the Jag offensive line the Falcons took possession one more time. It was young Brock Norton from the three back position sweeping outside down the field 20 yards into the Cloverdale end zone for his first major of the year giving the Falcons a final score of 44-0 after the convert.

CRUNCH bars went out to Kalvir for a great backfield tackle, Zach May with a perfect block on a sweep play, Brock for a great crack on the Cloverdale corner and Moti Johal for the lone Surrey pick on the day.

MR BIG bars went to Dalvinder on offense for a strong running performance on the day. For defense it was Anthony Wright who lead the team with five unassisted tackles on the day and Amitosh Thind grabbed the lineman award for his best outing of the season.

Week 1: Surrey Falcons 22 vs Westside Warriors White 6

Week one of the 2007 season gave many of the young Falcons their first taste of real football when the Westside Warriors White team rolled into Bear Creek Park. The Falcons clicked from the opening reception and moved the ball down the field. Isiah Lal was the first to break out a run going off tackle and through a hole for a 55 yard touchdown. With the convert attempt unsuccessful the Falcons had a quick 6-0 lead.

Not to be outdone the Warriors were not going to lie down and be run over. Pouncing back the Warrior offense broke out a struck for a long major and evened the game up at six.

From the start of the second quarter it was all Falcons as they dug down deep on defense. With the Warriors deep in their own end they took to the air with hopes of beating the Falcons. De'Ondre Baysinger read the play and picked off the pass, running the ball in for the touchdown and giving the Falcons defense their first points of the year. After the successful convert attempt the Falcons jumped out to a 14-6 lead.

In the second half special teams performed well again with Brock Norton recovering the opening half kickoff. The offensive line then opened up some holes for the various Falcon backs to move the ball through and marched the ball. Next up to score was Blake Gorrill, a work horse for the Falcon back field, who swept around the right side and in for the final major on the day. Another successful convert gave the Falcons a 22-6 opening day victory and a perfect 1-0 start to the 2007 season.

CRUNCH bars on the day went to De'Ondre Baysinger for a smoking hit on the Warrior running back in the Westside backfield. Kalvir Dhaliwal earned his first CRUNCH of the year for sacking the quarterback in the third quarter.

MR. BIG bar awards went to new comer Josh Botha for his strong defensive line work on the day. For the offensive star of the game the MR BIG bar award went to Blake Gorrill who was top running back on the day for yardage gained. On the defensive side, De'Ondre Baysinger earned a MR. BIG bar for several great tackles, interception for touchdown and all round strong performance.

Pre-Season Bronze Boot: Surrey Falcons 0 vs Abbotsford Falcons 14

Week three of the pre-season is the traditional time for the Bronze Boot and this year was no exception where Surrey held their 38th annual. The 2005 Provincial participants Abbotsford Falcons were first up for Surrey on a fantastic Bronze Boot weekend. Both teams played tough defense stopping the opposing offenses and forcing a three and out situation several times.

Midway through the exhibition game Abby broke a tackle and scored to take a 7-0 lead after the single convert. Near the end the visiting Falcons capped off another drive as the Surrey defense collapsed and with a short yardage dive play the Abbotsford Falcons won the game 14-0 after the convert.

Blake Gorrill had the strongest defensive performance of the game with several backfield tackles as well as Khaleed Ahmed played well.

Pre-Season Bronze Boot: Surrey Falcons 8 vs Westside Warriors 0

Next up the Westside Warriors who brought out a mix of two teams to the Bronze Boot. The Falcon special teams got the team going by kicking off and having Brock Norton recover the onside kick. This set up the best offensive drive of pre-season as the Falcons marched the ball down the field. Isaiah Lal capped off the drive with the major and Anthony Wright made the two point convert a success to give the Falcons an 8-0 lead.

Both teams failed to accomplish much more on offense with Westside struggling most of the day. Defensive player of the game was Tristen Huston who made a nice backfield tackle for the sack.

Pre-Season Bronze Boot: Surrey Falcons 0 vs Surrey Eagles 14

Last of the day was the traditional Eagles / Falcons match up. Things were tight for the first part with both teams not able to convert consecutive first downs. Eventually the Eagles broke a long run off a busted play and go up 6-0 after the failed convert.

Blake Gorrill managed to take the reverse on the kick off and go for a good 40 yard gain and then followed up with a couple nice runs to move the offense down the field. However the Eagles defense tightened up and stuffed the Falcons before they could score.

The Eagles marched down the length of the field and despite some strong defensive performances by Anthony Wright including a sack the Falcons couldn't stop the Eagles. Finally near the end of the game the Eagles capped off the score with another major and two point conversion to win 14-0.

Pre-Season Cloverdale: Aug 18th

The 2007 Cloverbowl had some tough competitors in it this year with Cloverdales' 'A' team the Cougars and the North Surrey Eagles competing. First up the Falcons took on the Vancouver Trojans who have been building their teams up year after year. Much like last week the offense struggled with timing and failed to move the ball. For most of the game the defense held Vancouver from big gains until late in the game the Trojans scored on a broken play to win the game 6-0.

Next up the Falcons took on the 'A' team of Cloverdale, the Cougars, who hope to make another run for the VMFL finals after their disappointing first round loss last year. With what appeared to be mostly senior players the Cougars dominated the battle of the line on both offense and defense with their dominance in size a big factor. Again the offense couldn't move the ball and the Falcon defense crumbled allowing the Cougars to win 29-0 with several scores run off of broken plays.

To finish the day the Falcons took on their club mates the Eagles who return this year as the reigning VMFL champions. To some surprise the Eagle offense sputtered with several key turnovers yet the Falcons offense could not capitalize on their chances, turning over the ball themselves. Quarterback Dylan Tatomir guided the offense to several first downs and showed the staff that the offense could move the ball. The defensive highlight of the day had to have been Brock Norton picking off an Eagle pass and ending their chances of adding a final touchdown. In the end despite some much improved performances by both sides of the ball the Falcons lost their third of the day with the Eagles winning 6-0.

Pre-Season Coquitlam: Aug 11th

For many of the 2007 Falcons this was either their first action at the Junior Bantam level or for some their first time at football ever. This being one of the youngest teams the Falcon's have seen in years the staff had lots to look for and evaluate over this day.

First up the Falcons took on the Vikings who left off last year as the only Coquitlam JB team to miss the playoffs. The size of the Vikings was impressive and they looked very good from an execution point of view. For many this was overwhelming for the Falcon's and the offense struggled to make a first down.

The next game was up against the Raiders who after years of domination in JB found themselves squeaking into the last playoff position in 2006. Like their association mates the Vikings, the Raiders have several players returning for their final year of Junior Bantam. This team ran like a well oiled machine in execution but despite all that the Falcons stepped up and played a much better game, especially the defense and managed to hold the Raiders to only one score.

Last game of the day was a much better match up with the Falcons taking on a rebuilding Roughriders who last year went all the way to the VMFL finals before losing to the North Surrey Eagles. The Falcons offense came out strong and managed to strike early while the defense held the Roughriders to no score. The young team of the Falcons came out with a lot more confidence and hope to build on that in weeks to come.