After a second half turnaround that saw the Jr. Raiders go from 0-4 to 6-4 and a spot in the Regina Minor Football Championship game the Raiders just couldn't jump that final hurdle in their way of a championship season falling to the undefeated Regina Raiders.
On the coldest day of the season the Regional defense came to play in what looked like a game the Yorkton Raiders could steal, making key stop after key stop, many of them deep in their own territory to give them a chance to take the lead. However Regina's defense was simply too strong for the Raiders as the Regional offense struggled to amount to anything more than two plays and a punt in their first half drives. Caleb Bymak came up big for the YRHS defense making many big plays behind the line of scrimmage earning multiple tackles for a loss and helping keep Regina off of the scoreboard.
Yorkton's chances in the game took another crushing blow after quarterback Brett Harysmuk suffered a concussion after being sacked by the Regina defense in a blindside hit. While the hit was clean it was one of several tackles that banged up Yorkton's players and drew the ire of the YRHS coaching staff. Nick Payne filled in for Harysmuk's usual second and third quarter duties, but the Regina line stifled any hope of positive offense for the Regional. A interception returned for a touchdown by Regina put the Regional in an even deeper hole going into halftime down three scores to the league's best defense.
Nick Payne made up for his interception with a big completion that led to a Brenden Weber seventy yard touchdown catch and run that gave the Regional life to start the second half. Regina ended up closing the door on the comeback attempt after a questionable blow to the head tackle led to a fumble and took the sails out of the YRHS players.
Regina added a few more touchdowns in the fourth quarter to score 40 points in each game of the season, but the YRHS fought hard and were a deserving second place finisher playing impressively in a game they weren't even supposed to be in after an 0-4 start. Head coach Mike Jarvis was proud once again after the game saying, "We knew the Regina Raiders were going to be a very good football team heading into the final and our defense stepped up for us and we didn't quit so I am proud of all of our guys for a successful season and thank our fans and the parents for supporting us all year."
