Spartans learn lessons

Justin Seward
Times Reporter

 

The Strathmore High School Spartans football team did not kick off the season as they hoped at their home opener held in Strathmore on Sept. 3 against Brooks. They were defeated 21-15.
Head coach Travis Gorski felt in the first game, the nerves were noticeable throughout the line-up, but gave credit to his team for keeping the game close.
“I thought our team came out a little bit nervous today,” said Gorski. “I thought as the game wore on, the boys played to their potential and that’s why we saw a good close game. Unfortunately we didn’t come out on the winning end.”
On a positive note, he did like the intensity of his defense for attacking the ball carriers that created a lot of two and outs, which allowed for the offense to be on the field more, but some mistakes were costly during the game.
“Unfortunately we made too many mistakes on the offense. We made three interceptions, two fumbles, and a touchdown called back from a penalty. We had quite a few penalties that penalized us,” said Gorski. “A lot of it was our guys were not game conditioned yet. They seemed to take a few plays off and the ref caught them for holding and various different things.”
Offensive guard and defensive tackle, Garrett Gatto, thought the whole team played a great game, but encouragement from the sidelines was what really motivated them to try their best on the field.
“It was mostly the people standing on the sidelines that encouraged us to push as hard as we could to make our goals,” said Gatto.
He thought that there was some miscommunication at times during the game, but as the team settled in there were improvements made.
“I felt like the mistakes started happening less,” Gatto said.