High School football team does it again

Shannon LeClair 

Times Reporter

 

The Senior Spartans have struggled a bit throughout this season, but coach Carl Seafoot said they started to pull together during the game in Innisfail last week. The Spartans lost 30-14 against Innisfail, but Seafoot said they added a “little fine tuning in Monday’s practice” which saw the Chestermere Cowboys paying the price on September 28. 

“A solid effort from both the offence and defense by the Spartans saw them in control of the game early,” said Seafoot. 

The Spartans stayed in control for the rest of the game and took a 33-0 victory over Chestermere. 

Place kicker Kyle Oliphant scored two field goals. Touchdowns were by Anil Karmali, Denver Roy (2), and David Kuljanin. 

On October 2 the Spartans played another away game against the Highwood Mustangs. The Spartans took a 21-point lead in the first quarter, leaving the Mustangs in their dust. Or so they thought. The Mustangs quickly worked hard to catch up and tie the game. The Spartans once again stepped it up to take the lead back only to have the Mustangs tie the score again. 

“Later in the game the Spartans regained focus and took the lead and held off any Mustang pressure,” said Seafoot. It was a Big Sky League win for the Spartans, who won 41-28 over their Tier 3 rivals the Mustangs. 

Quarterback Tyler Mulcahy and tailback Seth Ballance both went down with injuries, but their teammates were able to fill the holes and help keep the team ahead in the game. Both boys suffered knee injuries. Ballance’s knee was still tender and he has to take things day to day as of press time. As for Mulcahy, his status remains at questionable.

“Overall a pretty good game played by the Spartans, where they did show their ability to recover from a couple of lapses in focus,” said Seafoot.    

Denver Roy and David Kuljanin each scored two touchdowns against the Mustangs, and Cory Campbell and Seth Balance were responsible for the other touchdowns in the game.