The Yorkton Regional High School senior boys football team came out on top of the regular season of the Moose Jaw High School Football League last week with a flawless finish.
The 6-0 record makes them the first Raiders team to go undefeated in the regular season. On top of that, they scored a whopping total of 322 points in those six games, and allowed only 25 points against.
The second place Moose Jaw Peacock Tornadoes scored 207 points overall, and allowed 112 against.
Last week saw the match up of those two teams going against each other in the final game of the regular season, held in Moose Jaw. Heading into the game, both teams were undefeated, so Raiders coaches were unsure with how it would play out.
But it didn’t take long to find out who the dominant team was – and that was Yorkton. The Raiders had a 31-0 lead by halftime. The game ended in a 48-0 shutout.
That would be the first loss in the regular season for the Tornadoes in five years.
“They didn’t know what hit them,” said Raiders head coach Roby Sharpe.
Sharpe said both his offensive and defensive were excellent that game, which shows in the score.
The undefeated season is a first for the Raiders said Sharpe. As the coach of the team for 18 years, he said it feels amazing.
“It’s been a lot of hard work – blood, sweat and tears put into this program,” he said.
But nonetheless, Sharpe said they still have a long way to go and it’s not time to celebrate yet.
“Now we’ve got to do it all over again,” the coach said. “We’ve got to beat Vanier again this weekend.”
This weekend’s game is the semi-final between the Raiders and the Vanier Vikings, who they played two weeks ago and beat them 57-0.
But Saturday’s game might not be as easy for the Raiders.
“Their running back didn’t play against us, and he’s one of their better plays. He’s a weapon that we’ve got to keep in mind,” said Sharpe.
Leading up to Saturday’s game, the Raiders will be practicing every day to prepare.
“Not a lot is going to change for us. We’re going to play them the same way we did the first time,” said Sharpe.
The winner of Saturday’s match up will move on to the league final. From there, the winner of the league will move on to compete in the provincial semi-final, in hopes of eventually winning the provincial championship.
The semi-final game will be held at Century Field at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21.
