Cowichan Bulldogs battle in Week 5 of spring football season<\/p>\n
Published 5:00 pm Friday, October 9, 2026<\/p>\n
U10<\/p>\n
The Cowichan U10 Atoms hosted the Nanaimo Boom Hawks at McAdam Park, falling short in a hard-fought 37\u201312 contest.<\/p>\n
The match presented a steep learning curve for the young Cowichan squad as they made the sudden jump to a 9v9 layout for the first time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe extra players and expanded field created some early confusion on the gridiron, and despite the challenges, Cowichan showed tremendous heart, grit, and high-level individual effort across the board,\u201d head coach Steve Hale said.<\/p>\n
Harvey Tiedemann anchored the pass rush while secondary coverage was highlighted by Declan Keller.<\/p>\n
On offence, Teagan Hale scored both of the team\u2019s touchdowns. <\/p>\n
The following weekend, the team met a physically dominant Greater Victoria Riptide, losing 34-0.<\/p>\n
\u201cI couldn\u2019t be prouder of this group,\u201d said Hale after the game. \u201cThe score doesn\u2019t reflect how hard we fought or how much better we\u2019ve gotten since week one. Our effort was continuous, and our attitude was exactly what football is all about.\u201d<\/p>\n
U12<\/p>\n
It was a shutout for the U12 Cowichan Bulldogs on Sept. 26 as they beat Nanaimo Legion of Boom 20-0. The following weekend, the U12 squad went up against a tough Oceanside Lions team, falling 24-14.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a close game going into the fourth quarter,\u201d said head coach Charles Murray.<\/p>\n
Carter Thorne ran for two touchdowns on the day, with great blocking by Clark Waddle, Eli Frenchy-Thorne, and Pax Przybyl.<\/p>\n
Christian Murray had some nice completions to Carter Christian, added the coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe defence was playing great, making big stops,\u201d Murray said. \u201cTackles by Kohen Hack, Madden Ball, and Benjamin Karr all helped out.\u201d<\/p>\n
U14<\/p>\n
An adjusted score of 36-6 was the result of the U14 Bulldogs\u2019 game against the Nanaimo Seahawks on Sept. 26. The team has won all four of their games so far this season. They didn\u2019t let up on Oct. 4, shutting out the Oceanside Lions 48-0.<\/p>\n
U16<\/p>\n
The U16 Cowichan Bulldogs beat the White Rock Titans 54-24 on Sept. 27.<\/p>\n
Quarterback Gus Steeves led the way with 140 yards passing for three touchdowns and 20 yards on the ground, scoring a touchdown himself. Eli Atchison had a mammoth 280 yards rushing; his longest run was 73 yards. Harrison Plaxton had 97 yards receiving.<\/p>\n
Marcus Jeet and Alex Erickson anchored the team\u2019s defence.<\/p>\n
This past weekend, the \u2018Dogs were not able to come out on top, falling 58-38 to the Nanaimo Seahawks on Oct. 4. <\/p>\n
\u201cInjuries and conditioning at the end of the game did come into play,\u201d said head coach Opie Williams. \u201cWe were already short-handed at the start of the game with two defensive linemen absent and a starting safety as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will need to work on our conditioning and temp speed to make sure that is up to the level to be a top-level team.\u201d<\/p>\n
U18<\/p>\n
The U18 Bulldogs played LMF Stampeders in Surrey on Sept. 27, losing 10-0. The Bulldogs met the same team on Oct. 4 at McAdam Park, losing 24-14.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cowichan Bulldogs battle in Week 5 of spring football season Published 5:00 pm Friday, October 9, 2026 U10…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":927935,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[49,48,521,522,520,82],"class_list":["post-927934","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=927934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/927934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=927934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=927934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=927934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}