Winning weekend for Badgers football

Tyler Lowey
Times Reporter

 

It was a clean sweep for the Strathmore Community Football Association Badgers Sept. 24, as each team won including a pair of shutouts.
The senior Badgers smacked the Didsbury Dragons 38-8 in Mountain View Football Conference play Sept. 24 at Crowther Memorial Junior High School (CMJHS) field.
“We got the W which is the important part, but there were a lot of mental mistakes and things we need to tighten up,” said Badgers coach Sean Seafoot.
Scoreless into the second quarter, Badgers quarterback Reid Jensen followed up his comeback the week before with three rushing touchdowns, including a 67-yard scamper. He also connected with Caleb Stone, Zach Hiscock and Austin Drummond for passing touchdowns.
The Badgers (3-0-1) now have a bye week before hosting the Carstairs Tigers Oct. 8 at CMJHS.
“The bye week can be a good thing or sometimes it can be a curse. We got a couple bodies that need to get healthy, but there is also the opportunity to lose focus and not come out as sharp for the next game,” said Seafoot. “We will add in some new formations, tweak some basic stuff and get new guys playing new positions to provide depth on our bench.
Bantams even their record
The bantam Badgers bounced back with a 36-0 blank job of the Springbank Phoenix Sept. 24, evening their record at 1-1.
“It was a pretty good game. Springbank had a lot of large bodies, but we went in with a game plan and our players executed it perfectly,” said Badgers’ coach Brad Middlemiss.
After surrendering 52 points to the Rocky Mountain House Rebels the week before in Central Football League play, Middlemiss and his crew switched up their coverage on defence from a 4-4 to a 5-4 with hopes of stopping the run game.
“We were betting on them not being a good passing team and it paid off. Everyone did their job out there,” said Middlemiss.
Defensive linemen Riley Southern, Luke Henry, Max Sims and Mats Gerla plugged the gaps and wreaked havoc in the Phoenix backfield.
Middlemiss is really impressed with how his team is playing right now and isn’t planning many changes during practice this week.
Last week, John Gibbons broke his collarbone in a collision and Dominic Atkinson injured his knee: both players were seen on the sideline cheering on their team.
The game was called at the 5:13 mark in the fourth quarter when one of the Phoenix players shattered his ankle.
The Badgers will host the Olds Rotary Bulldogs Oct. 1, at CMJHS field.
Peewees shutout
opponents
It was more of the same for the peewee Badgers as they iced the Rocky Mountain House Junior Rebels 33-0 in Central Peewee Football League play Sept. 24 in Rocky Mountain House.
“It was a really outstanding game the whole way. I am very proud of my guys,” said Badgers coach Doug Theissen. “That was the best game we played all year.”
The Badgers (3-0) kept crossing up the Rebels’ defence with a series of reverse handoffs, something that wasn’t clicking during practice.
“We kept running these plays in practice and we kept fumbling the handoff. All the plays we executed today weren’t being run well in practice,” said Theissen. “Everything went off without a hitch.”
Touchdowns came from Dawson Jensen, Ty Stone, Sean Grill, Noah Agboro and Bret Wright. One-point converts came from Brady Johansen (2) and Jack Warrack.
The Badgers hit the road to take on the Lacombe Express Oct. 1 in Lacombe.