Three days after downing the Moose Jaw Razorbacks 22-8 at Dana Quewezance Memorial Field for their first win of the year, the Estevan Lions Club bantam Steelers football team found themselves on the wrong side of a 43-0 victory by the Weyburn Falcons at Darold Kot Field on Saturday.
“We came out a little bit flat,” said Steelers head coach Paul Duncan about the loss. “We had some players out today, so we had to make some adjustments and I don’t think that we were quite as prepared as we could be.”
Duncan said the Steelers game in Weyburn following so closely after their match against the Razorbacks may have played a factor in the loss. Nevertheless, he noted the players also didn’t play as hard as they should have.
“We win and we lose as a team, so it’s a whole team thing,” he said. “It’s not one side or the other side that didn’t contribute.”
In a dominating performance, the Falcons got on the board 3:13 in with a touchdown by running back Chase Fillmore that was followed by a convert from Kyle Barrett to make it 7-0 early. With 3:35 remaining Falcons safety Garrett Liebreich earned a pick-six and after the convert the score stood at 14-0. Weyburn finished the quarter with a safety to lead 15-0 after 12 minutes.
It took Weyburn another 6:08 to put the score at 22-0 when Fillmore ran the ball in from the Steelers 44-yard line, which was followed by the Barrett convert. Two minutes and twenty eight seconds later the same two Falcons teamed up again to make it 29-0. With 1:10 left in the second quarter, the usual suspects followed up on another run and kick to bring the Falcons to 36-0 at the half.
Falcons punter/running back Skyla Patterson finished off the scoring with a three-yard drive with 6:35 left in the third quarter and after the Barrett convert the score stood at 43-0 Weyburn.
“Team effort right across the board,” said Falcons head coach Brett Cooper about how they earned the win. “The team played from top to bottom exactly what we knew we had to do. That was focus on O and D, and I just told them to go out and have fun. Don’t worry what’s on the (scoreboard) and if you guys have fun and play your game good things will happen.”
Duncan said their offence may have had a tough outing, but despite the score against his defence still played really well. He said they were put in tough positions on the field all game and still stuck to the game plan and executed.
The final regular season loss puts the Penta Completions Estevan Minor Football team record at 1-5, which sets them up for a rematch with the Moose Jaw Razorbacks (0-6) Oct. 20 at home in their first playoff game.
Duncan said his guys played lights out against the Razorbacks in their 22-8 win. He said they played together as a team for the full four quarters and that effort will be needed again to get the good result.
“We match up really well against the Razorbacks,” said Duncan. “They are going to come down hungry as ever trying to avenge the last game they played against us. I expect a really hard fought, really close battle, so it should be a really great game to watch.”
Please see this Friday’s edition of Southeast Lifestyles to see the story on the Steelers-Razorbacks game.
