ESTEVAN - The Estevan Comprehensive School Elecs football team wrapped up the regular season with a 23-6 loss to the Swift Current Colts Saturday afternoon at the Dana Quewezance Memorial Field at Woodlawn Athletic Park.
Swift Current led 21-0 at halftime, but the Elecs outscored them 6-2 in the second half.
The Estevan touchdown came late in the fourth quarter on an 11-yard touchdown pass and run from Tristen Tober to Andrew Schmidt.
The score was set up by a long punt return by Mason Mack.
“It almost seemed like in the first half, we were just content to be out on the field, and Swift Current was the much more physical team,” said Elecs head coach Mark Schott. “And then the second half, we elevated our play and ramped up our physicality, and we were able to get some good plays on special teams, offence and defence.”
The Elecs recovered an onside kick after Schmidt’s touchdown, and moved the ball down the field, but the Colts came up with an interception on the goal line to snuff out a drive.
“It was an exciting second half, and I think that’s the type of game that we’ve been wanting to see out of our team … for the whole season. We showed it in spurts, but it’s just been finding that consistency with a young team,” said Schott.
Swift Current has a big, physical team, and they tried to pound the ball on the ground. But the Elecs defence, which has been the strongest facet of the team this season, was able to contain the Colts in the second half.
“That put us in some really good spots for our offence,” said Schott. “We had a couple of really good punt returns in the second half, but we were only able to punch one in.”
Estevan will wrap up the season with a mini tournament against the Moose Jaw Peacock Tornadoes and the Moose Jaw Vanier Vikings Friday night in Moose Jaw. The coaches from the three teams have devised a concept they believe will be exciting and fun for the teams.
The teams will play mini-games, using overtime rules, and each team will have five possessions. Two of those possessions will have younger and depth players.
The team with the most points after five possessions will be declared the winner. If the game is tied, they will continue to play until one team is victorious.
