The Oak Park Raiders had their way on Friday evening.

A dominant three-phase performance saw the Raiders rattle off 37 unanswered points and leave with a 46-7 victory over the Vincent Massey Trojans in the Winnipeg High School Football League AAAA tier 1 varsity semifinal at Princess Auto Stadium.

Oak Park will play in the ANAVETS Bowl for the second year in a row and try to capture its first championship since 2014.

“It’s a whole new team this year,” said head coach Chris Ollson. “We kind of lost our identity with (running back) Onan Furst and all those guys graduating last year. You could tell in the beginning it wasn’t Oak Park football, but talking to our guys a couple of weeks ago, you could tell it clicked.

“Usually these seasons are long, and by the end, you’re kind of like, ‘Le

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