Hugh Boyd Trojans are finally be back in action on their home field for a pair of pivotal Western AA Conference games against Vancouver Island teams, starting this Friday afternoon against the Ballenas Whalers.
The Trojans take on the Parksville school at 5 p.m., then welcome Nanaimo’s John Barsby Bulldogs a week later in their final regular season home game.
Both contests will go a long way to determining Boyd’s positioning for next month’s provincial playoffs.
The Trojans opened conference play last week with a hard-fought 25-14 loss to the No. 1 ranked Windsor Dukes. It was another encouraging result for a team that had played three straight road games and actually enjoyed a 14-13 second half lead before its North Vancouver opponent rallied.
Grade 10 quarterback Byron Ruvalcaba fired touchdown passes to Zach Jackson and Isaiah Daniels from 45 and eight yards out respectively.
The difference proved to be Dukes quarterback Ryan Baker connecting with Julien Perri for a trio of majors.
The Whalers come to Richmond having caused the Trojans plenty of trouble on their home field in recent years. They handed Boyd a 42-12 quarter-final loss back in the 2014 playoffs then halted their perfect season a year ago with a wild 68-42 victory.
Ballenas is coming off a 21-13 loss to Barsby last week.
