South Kamloops Titans

Last Season: 4-0
Head Coach: Brian Olthuis

Top Players last year:

QB/S Chris Kleven
FB/LB Chris Vermette
RB/DB Brandon Delyzer
WR/DB Jesse Faubert
RB/DE Ben Johnson
FB/DT Thomas Graham
G/LB Darryl Schack
R/DB Jason Obayashi


Key JV players:

QB/LB Ian Wilcox
RB/LB Mike Lukow
T/LB Mitch Day


Schedule:

Exhibition
Sat, Sep. 10 South Kamloops Titans Handsworth Royals Handsworth Sec North Vancouver 1:30P
Sat, Sep. 17 Pinetree Timberwolves South Kamloops Titans Kamloops NorBrock, Kamloops TBA
Fri, Sep. 23 South Kamloops Titans New West Hyacks New Westminister Secondary Mercer Stadium 7:30P

Regular
Fri, Sep. 30 South Kamloops Titans Kelowna Owls Apple Bowl Kelowna 5:00P
Fri, Oct. 7 South Kamloops Titans Mt. Boucherie Apple Bowl Kelowna 7:30P
Fri, Oct. 14 Rutland Voodoo South Kamloops Titans Kamloops NorBrock, Kamloops 7:30P
*A game in late Oct vs Salmon Arm likely...


The South Kamploops Titans easily won the Okanagan Conference last year, flatening all their division opponents by a combined score of 122-12 in 4 games. Their toughest challenge was a hard-fought 16-6 win over MBSS. The playoffs were a different story. After earning a bye, the Titans were humbled by Vancouver College 34-15 in the Quarterfinals. The Titans were led offensively by QB Chris Kleven, FB Chris Vermette, RB Brandon Delyzer, and WR Jesse Faubert. Defensive leaders included DT Thomas Graham, DE Ben Johnson, LB Darryl Schack, and DB Jason Obayashi.

For 05/06, the Titans graduate the core of the offense and defense from last year, players leaving include all of QB/S Chris Kleven, FB/LB Chris Vermette, RB/DB Brandon Delyzer, WR/DB Jesse Faubert, RB/DE Ben Johnson, FB/DT Thomas Graham, G/LB Darryl Schack, and R/DB Jason Obayashi among others. As a result, the Titans will bring up several key players from last year's JV team that narrowly missed the playoffs in the 1 playoff berth Interior Conference. Some of the key players will include QB/LB Ian Wilcox, RB/LB Mike Lukow and T/LB Mitch Day.

Repeating as Conference Champions will not be quite as easy as it was last year. The 04/05 team that went undefeated in the regular season had played Varsity together for a number of years, the 05/06 team will be made up of a talented but young rookie squad, expect some growing pains along the way. The Titans start the 05/06 season with an ambitious yet challenging pre-season schedule, Handsworth, Pinetree, and New West. I don't expect the Titans to win any of those games, but that will have little impact on their regular season performance. The top 3 teams in the Okanagan Conference, MBSS, Rutland, and the Titans are all closely matched. The Titans could be as good as 4-0 or as bad as 1-3. Come playoff time, only the top 2 teams advance, and the Titans could be on the outside looking in. The Titans football program is well run and does an excellent job of developing the young players before they reach the Varsity level. No matter how well the Titans do this year, the Titans will definitely be a team to watch out for next year.


Prognosis: 2-2 (Could win more, but we'll see)
Key Games: Week 5: SK vs MBSS; Week 6, Rutland vs SK
Top Offensive Players: QB Ian Wilcox, RB Mike Lukow
Top Defensive Players: LB Ian Wilcox, LB Mike Lukow, LB Mitch Day