Spartans football season comes to an end

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

With a playoff berth on the line in their last home game, the Strathmore Spartans high school football team were on the losing end of a 26-0 defeat on Oct. 16 to the Medicine Hat Mohawks, that marked the end of the season.
“You’ve got to give Medicine Hat some credit about the way they were playing and blitzing our line pretty good,” said assistant coach Stacy Doore. “The boys just got a little overwhelmed. The coaches were making the right plays. Medicine Hat came prepared and they were covering man-to-man with us.”
He felt the Mohawks way of kicking the ball set the tone for the game and may have been the dagger in the Spartans hopes.
However, the season proved positive in various ways for the high school-only program in its first year.
“With the up-and-coming boys we have in our program, it’s going to progressively get better,” said Doore. “The boys know the coaching is there. We just need to step it up again next year. We have great expectations, we’re going to lose some of our Grade 12’s that are starters.”
The positives include the team’s efforts to come together and a perfect attendance by all 36 players giving in their best effort.
Doore mentioned that teamwork and communication will be an area that will need to be addressed for next season.