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Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Mission Lions claim B.C. title

Lions win three games Saturday in Kamloops to capture the provincial junior bantam football title.
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The Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ Mission Lions celebrate the B.C. junior bantam football title Saturday in Kamloops.

The  Mission Lions are the B.C. junior bantam football champions for 2016.

The Lions edged Prince George 8-7 Saturday in the provincial finale in Kamloops.

In a unique, if not controversial format, Â鶹¾«Ñ¡ opened the championship playing two 15-minute halves against Prince George and emerging with a 24-0 win.

In their second game, using the same format, the Lions defeated Richmond 32-6.

PG then defeated Richmond in a shootout game to advance against Â鶹¾«Ñ¡.

In the final, Prince George took a 7-0 lead, but the Lions came back with a touchdown and a two-points conversion to score the 8-7 victory.

The Lions, led by head coach Kendall Gross, finished the season unbeaten at 16-0.

 

 

 

 



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