The Vernon Panthers senior varsity football team91裸聊视频檚 season will end on its home field, not B.C. Place Stadium.

The Cats will host the AAA Kelowna Owls Friday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. at Greater Vernon Athletic Park in the B.C. High School Football91裸聊视频檚 AA/AAA Interior/North championship.

The two-time reigning high school AA Subway Bowl champion Panthers were denied a chance to go for a three-peat in Vancouver when B.C. School Sports cancelled all provincial championships on Nov. 17 due to flooding in the province, and made regional championship finals instead.

The Panthers haven91裸聊视频檛 played since Nov. 20 when they travelled to Prince George and knocked off the North91裸聊视频檚 No. 1 seed, the Duchess Park Condors, 31-7.

The Owls advanced to the final with a 37-8 romp over the AA South Kamloops Titans in Kamloops Saturday, Nov. 27. The Titans were the No. 1 AA seed from the Interior, having upset the Panthers 7-6 in Vernon earlier this season.

South Kamloops was originally slated to play host to the Ballenas Whalers of Parksville in a provincial quarter-final matchup, with the winner advancing to the AA Subway Bowl semifinal round, which was to take place in BC Place Stadium.

But the cancellation of provincial championships, which dashed dreams of playing in the dome, did not sit well with neither Panthers bench boss Sean Smith or Titans91裸聊视频� head coach Brad Yamaoka and was a tough pill for players in the Okanagan, Interior and North regions.

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South Kamloops, a smaller school than Kelowna, was undermanned and a major underdog heading into the contest, but held its own in the first quarter, which turned into a puntfest and finished in a scoreless tie.

Kelowna held a 27-0 lead at halftime, up big on a South Kam team that lost two key cogs to injury 91裸聊视频� provincial all-star Toryn Fraser and tackling machine Jakob Kies.

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91裸聊视频�-with files from Marty Hastings, Kamloops This Week

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