One season after a pair of North 91Ô´´ community football teams failed to win a game they both showed remarkable turnarounds, advancing to their respective league championship games.
But the Cinderella story ended on Saturday as both the North 91Ô´´ atom and junior bantam teams fell short in the Valley Community Football League championship games.
The atom Bears lost 24-0 to the Abbotsford Falcons, the only team to beat them all season. North 91Ô´´ finished the season 7-3.
North 91Ô´´ was down 18-0 at the half but did manage to tighten things up defensively in the second, allowing just one more touchdown.
Jaxon Stebbings led the defence with several tackles, including one to prevent a two-point conversion.
On offence, Marcus Stebbings had several long runs, including a 35-yarder, but the Bears failed to find the end zone.
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In the junior bantam game, North 91Ô´´ led 20-12 early in the third quarter but the Abbotsford Falcons Black scored the final 16 points to win 28-20.
The Bears tried to rally for the tying score but on their last drive, Brett Christensen completed a pass to Keaghan Hurley, but the receiver was tackled short of the first down marker.
Zander Bailey scored all three North 91Ô´´ touchdowns — including on long runs of 65 and 50 yards. He also made several tackles on defence and recovered a fumble.
Yun-Boo also had a solid game for the defence, breaking up several passes.
North 91Ô´´ finished the season with a record of 7-3-1.