High school football timeline
What started in 2004 when the College Heights Cougars played the Duchess Park in the first P.G. Bowl to revive high school football in the city after a 33-year absence, the Northern Football Conference now involves six varsity teams from Prince George, Quesnel and Vanderhoof. This fall, a five-team junior varsity program has been added to the high school mix. Following is a chart of growth of the league, with P.G. Bowl championship game results over the years in parenthesis:
2004 -- Inaugural P.G. Bowl (College Heights 2 Duchess Park 0)
2005 -- PGSS and Kelly Road join league (College Heights 9 Duchess Park 8 in OT)
2006 -- Switch to a fall season, Kelly Road drops out, D.P. Todd joins (College Heights 14 Duchess Park 7)
2007 -- Kelly Road back in, Nechako Valley, Correlieu join (Duchess Park 2 College Heights 0)
2008 -- Northern Football League become affiliated with B.C. High School Football Association, eligible for Tier 2 provincial championship (Nechako Valley 31 College Heights 14)
2009 -- Northern Football Conference formed, league switches to four-down American rules, D.P. Todd folds (Kelly Road 33 Correlieu 6)
2010 -- (Prince George Polars 26 Nechako Valley Vikings 19 in OT)
2011 -- Junior varsity city league forms.
