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High school football semifinals tonight

The double-A varsity high school football semifinal matchups are set and only the winners will get to play for the Matt Pearce Memorial Trophy. At stake is a berth in the B.C.
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The double-A varsity high school football semifinal matchups are set and only the winners will get to play for the Matt Pearce Memorial Trophy.

At stake is a berth in the B.C. Secondary School Football Association Northern Conference championship, also known as the P.G. Bowl, set for Nov. 2. The undefeated first-place Prince George Polars (3-0) are heavily favoured to beat the winless Nechako Valley Vikings of Vanderhoof (0-3) in their semifinal today (5 p.m. kickoff) at Masich Place Stadium.

In their only other meeting this season,

Sept. 29 in Vanderhoof, the Polars cruised to a 34-6 victory. The late game tonight (7:30 start) pits the second-place Kelly Road Roadrunners (1-1-1) against the third-place College Heights Cougars (1-1-1). The teams met each other in the first game of the season, Sept. 13, and played to a 12-12 tie.

PGSS is coming off a 39-13 win over Kelly Road last week. College Heights won its first game of the season Saturday in Vanderhoof, defeating the Vikings 37-8.

Meanwhile, in the North Division junior varsity playoffs, College Heights and Nechako Valley will play for the league championship next Tuesday at Masich. In playoff semifinals Wednesday, the top-ranked Cougars improved to 5-0 on the season with a 50-12 triumph over the Duchess Park Condors. In the other semifinal, the third-place Vikings topped the second-place Roadrunners 40-34. Kelly Road will play Duchess Park in the third-place playoff Tuesday at 5 p.m., followed by the Cougars-Vikings championship game at 7:30.