Last year’s B.C. Football Conference champions will return several key contributors in 2017, even if a few familiar faces have moved on.

The Westshore Rebels announced this week that 2016 Canadian Junior Football League offensive lineman of the year Christian Krause, 2016 BCFC all-star defensive lineman Kent Hicks and defensive lineman Jeremie Drouin should make the Rebels a force in the trenches, as was the case last year.

“It’s just a good situation for me right now,” said Krause, a Mt. Douglas alum, of his decision to remain a Rebel. “I like the direction that (head coach) Charlie (Cardilicchia) wants to go with the program.”