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Polars at B.C. Place for playoff game

November weather in Vancouver usually means wet and gloomy, but today nothing but clear sky, sunshine and warm temperatures are expected. Not that the Prince George Polars really care. They'll be playing in the weatherproof confines of B.C.

November weather in Vancouver usually means wet and gloomy, but today nothing but clear sky, sunshine and warm temperatures are expected.

Not that the Prince George Polars really care.

They'll be playing in the weatherproof confines of B.C. Place Stadium - the first-ever indoor game in the team's history.

PGSS will take on the Holy Cross Crusaders of Surrey today at noon in a sudden-death B.C. Secondary School Football Association double-A varsity quarterfinal playoff.

The Polars earned that right last weekend at Masich Place Stadium with their 42-14 wild-card win over the South Kamloops Titans. Their third playoff victory improved the Northern Conference-champion Polars' season record to 6-0.

They'll have their hands full taking on the Crusaders, who wrapped up second place in the Western Conference with a 4-1 record. Holy Cross drew an opening-round playoff bye.

In their five regular-season games the Crusaders outscored their opponents a combined 101-47 - a 54-point differential. The Polars were even more dominant in their three Northern Conference regular-season games, winning by a combined 117-20, a 97-point differential.

In today's other double-A quarterfinals, Windsor of North Vancouver meets Robert Bateman of Abbotsford at 9:30 at B.C. Place Stadium. Ballenas of Parksville plays Vernon Secondary at noon in Vernon, while in Nanaimo at noon, John Barsby faces G.W. Graham of Chilliwack.

Meanwhile in junior varsity action, the North Division-champion College Heights Cougars will play Windsor of North Vancouver Wednesday at 2 p.m. in Kamloops in a provincial semifinal.

The winner will advance to the junior varsity Subway Bowl at B.C. Place Stadium, Dec. 2 against either John Barsby or Ballenas, who play each other Wednesday at 3 p.m. in Burnaby.

College Heights defeated South Kamloops 33-19 last Saturday in Prince George. Windsor advanced with a 33-27 win over Clarence Fulton of Vernon.