New quarterback hopes to bring new life to the Kamloops Broncos
KAMLOOPS — The Broncos come into the new season with lots to prove after back-to-back two-win seasons. A young group returns for Kamloops and they face a stiff test right off the bat with the Okanagan Sun, the one team the Broncos have never defeated in 11 years.
“It’s going to be an uphill battle. Okanagan did a great job of recruiting this year. I think they’re going to be the class of the league, so it’ll be a good test for us,” said Broncos head coach Brad Yamaoka. “We’re young. We’ve brought in a lot of new players. It’s just going to be a matter of how we can come together as a group. It should be a good game, but it’ll be a challenge.”
One of the young players on the Broncos this season is first-year quarterback Reid Vankoughnett. The 18 year old comes to Kamloops from Winnipeg, encouraged by his older brother Braden, a former All-Star linebacker with the Broncos, to join the team. Reid remembers coming to a couple Broncos games to watch Braden.