Badgers continue early roll

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

The Strathmore Community Football Association peewee Badgers settled in comfortably on the big turf at McMahon Stadium, as they cruised to a 44-13 opening season game victory against Drumheller on Sept. 12.
Head coach Clinton Bean admired his young squad’s abilities with the ball once the plays were handed to the kids.
“We just put it in the kid’s hands and they came through,” said Bean. “They were a little bit nervous playing at McMahon Stadium, which is a little bit intimidating. Once they got stuff going they were good, they started moving the ball a little bit and everything came easier for them.”
He was thrilled with the teams effort because they were able to remember what they had learned in practice and carried it over to the game, but says a lot of the playbook still needs to be established.
“It was mostly running today,” said Bean. “We’re pretty limited in our playbook right now. We probably only ran about six running plays. At the end of the game when we had a big lead, we passed the ball a few times. It was actually a lot better than I thought it was going to be.”
The peewee Badgers will continue the road trip this weekend and look to get payback on Sylvan Lake from the league championship played last season.
Meanwhile, the bantam Badgers are a perfect 2-0 to start the season, as they won a tight defensive game 23-9 in Rocky Mountain House last Saturday.
Coach Sean Seafoot thought they carried the play from week one, all the way the through this game.
“We knew we were going into an away game against a team that led the South last year,” said Seafoot. “We knew it was going to be a tough opponent and their last game they won 45-0 as well. We knew it was going to be a big fight and we ended up coming out on top.”
He could not say enough about his defensive line keeping the team in the game right until the end.
“It was a big defensive battle,” he said. “It was only 9-9 until five minutes left in the fourth quarter. We had a few injuries, guys going in different spots, guys stepping up and just put the nail in the coffin.”
The bantams will have a bye week before taking on Springbank on Sept. 26 (1 p.m.) at Crowther Memorial Junior High School.
The senior team had a rough go of it, in their final tune up game before the regular season starts, as they lost to Innisfail 64-12 at home on Sept. 12.
They will open up their season Sept. 19 in Didsbury.