Heartbreak was the tale of the day for the Yorkton Minor Football program as the Atom Gridders lost on a last second play to the Regina Bears before the Pee Wee Gridders lost 13-12 in the final minute of their game in what was a tripleheader for Yorkton Football at Century Field Saturday.
After a nail-biting win the previous week in Regina, the Atom Gridders were given a taste of their own medicine at home in their final game of their regular season in one of the most crazy minor football games Century Field has ever seen. After the Gridders took a six point lead on a Darian Miller eighty yard touchdown run with a minute left, surely sealing the win and sending the Gridders bench into a frenzy, the unthinkable happened.
With one second left the Bears ran off a big play touchdown of their own, securing a one point win and ending the Gridders regular season with a loss. The Gridders head coach thought that his team may have just scored "slightly too soon," when they ran for their touchdown as the Bears had just enough time to come back. Despite the loss the coach said, "It was a great game, and even though nobody likes to lose those close ones it was a good game for the fans to watch on a beautiful day."
With the regular season over, the Atom Gridders now enter the playoffs with a 4-2 record that secured them their first ever home playoff game with a great chance of making a run for the league championship. Gridders coaching staff think they have a very solid team that with a few improvements from this week should be able to contend in the playoffs and shape up well with any team in the league.
The Gridders play host at Century Field on Sunday at one p.m. in what will sure to be an exciting game from a team that has provided plenty of it all season.
