Spartans football playing opponents hard

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

The Strathmore Spartans high school football team caught the number two-ranked Crescent Heights team off guard with their resilient play at the high school last Friday night but were defeated 27-7.
Head coach Travis Gorski could not complain about the effort that was put forth throughout the game.
“We played right with them,” said Gorski. “We controlled the ball most of the game. It was a good sign that we play at that level and gained a lot of confidence. We made a few mental mistakes at key times, that allowed them to get points or took points off the board for us.”
He added that those errors were on both sides of the ball, but compared to a couple of weeks ago, they’ve seen a dramatic improvement in lessening them.
According to Gorski everyone, including the coaching staff, can keep learning and develop the playbook more.
“Us as coaches have to keep learning and push the envelope,” he said.
“And keep developing the playbook and work with players that we have. Because we’ve had a few injuries, we’ve had to rotate our personal around.”
Going forward, the attitude of the team will help them become effective as Gorski described them as ‘hard-nosed’ team that’s very aggressive and likes to hit.
“These kids play with their heart on their sleeve and like warriors,” he said.
Running back Josh Lawal thought the boys came out strong and focused to the point where they were able to keep Crescent Heights off the score sheet in the first quarter and knew what to expect from them the rest of the game.
“This is actually the first game we’ve played at a good level,” said Lawal.
“You know when they say ‘the rising tide,’ you play up to the standard of whenever you’re around good people, you play better, so that’s what brought us up to shut them down and play as good as we did.”