The Preeceville School senior football team concluded its season after playing its final game at home against Assiniboia on October 13, but fell short with a loss of 20-8.
Coaching staff included Jeremy Mattison, Bill Dodge, Doug King, Kenton Hull and Patrick Livingstone.
Players were: Willen Paligan, James Dodge, Matthew Fenske, Dawson Paul, Keegan Bilanchuk, Brandon Dyky, Dweight Paligan, Bo Babiuk, Jesse Johnson, Erik Sandager, Jalen Bayer, Sean Paligan, Todd Pankratz, Eli Kashuba, Uriah Holter, Kale Musey, Dylan Wiwcharuk, Chrsitian Acosta, James Lagrove, Jesse Prestie, Kelton Novak and Elijah Hort.
“We started the game strong with defense playing hard," said Jeremy Mattison. "We had seen turnovers from both teams and at the end of the second quarter Assiniboia scored. We just could not get the ball moving.”
“As a team we played hard with players focused on becoming better players.
“We will be losing four senior players next season: Bo Babiuk, Matthew Fenske, Brandon Dyky and Jesse Johnson, and the focus will be on the junior players moving up with a good number of returning players,” he said. “The organization wishes to express its gratitude towards the parents, families and community for their support throughout the season.
“We had a very young rebuilding year with many players having never played senior ball,” he said. “Junior ball is very different than senior ball.
“The players all worked hard and their dedication to the sport was huge. Morning practices seemed to really work well for the team and we will be continuing that in the next season.
“We had Kenton Hull join us in the coaching staff which was greatly appreciated.
“Football is a 12-month sport with two months of actual playing,” he said. “In the end, if we as an organization can impact a player’s life by making positive changes, then we have succeeded.
“We focus on hard work that gives players the opportunity to become good solid community members.”
