Wait is over for Prince George football fans. Kodiaks host Vancouver Island Raiders Saturday night at Masich Place Stadium
Sawyer Thiessen had his eyes opened last season playing U SPORTS football with the University of Manitoba Bisons.
“My teammates there really helped me along and it was a really fun time and I look forward now to my journey in the B.C. junior league. I’ve heard a lot of good competition is coming out of here and I look forward to helping my team compete to win.” Thiessen came to Prince George for the Kodiaks’ spring camp in May and has already gotten to know his new teammates well, living in the city with his billet family since mid-June. He’s confident his team of 17-to-22-year-olds will endear itself to Kodiaks fans as a cohesive group that will challenge for a playoff spot in the seven-team B.C. Football Conference.
Thiessen started playing football at age 7 and went through the ranks in minor football with the Eastman Raiders, gravitating to the Winnipeg high school league with Steinbach Regional Secondary School. In his Grade 9 year the team moved up from double-A to triple-A and they took their lumps, but by his Grade 11 year the Sabres won the regular season title and were playoff semifinalists. His Grade 12 season was cancelled by the pandemic.
“We’ve got great hands, we’ve got some height and we’ve got some speed,” Thiessen said. “We’re going to get them the ball and they’re going to showcase the talent they have and I’m looking forward to witnessing that from behind the pocket.”Boreham is in his second season as head coach and director of football operations and he says the team is much better organized and ready for football than last year’s team that went 2-8.
On the defensive line, Jason Kragt has a better understanding of the game, according to Boreham, and it shows in his anticipation and how he reacts to the snap, while defensive lineman JJ Aboagye, a six-foot-three, 265-pound native of London, England, brings intensity and BCFC experience from the Westshore Rebels. The Kodiaks lacked a sack attack last year and that cost them a few games but they have since addressed their deficiencies.
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