The defending provincial 2A Six-Aside football champion Clavet Cougars will be looking to repeat after their convincing 64-24 win over the visiting Rosetown Royals in the semi-final game played on Saturday, November 4 sent them back to the final.
Offensively, Clavet’s quarterback Waylon Blacklock scored their first touchdown on a short run and threw touchdown passes to Jackson Shabatowski, Hansen Varcoe and Clark Goebel in the first half. In the second half the Blacklock to Goebel combination was on fire as they connected three more times. Goebel finished the scoring late in the fourth quarter with a one yard run.
Goebel was quick to praise his teammates..
“It was a great game, great win against Rosetown, everyone played well. Everyone is doing good going into the final,” said Goebel.
Defensively the players executed their game plan to perfection, holding a Rosetown team that had averaged 62 points a game to only 24 points. Defensive Coordinator Brendan O’Reilly was pleased with his squad’s effort.
“We felt if we could hold them to a touchdown a quarter we would win the game. The guys came out and did that,” said O’Reilly. “It was a team effort for sure. Everyone was doing a great job today. Our offence really took the pressure off. There were some incredible deep passes.”
The Cougars will travel to Watrous for the provincial final on Saturday, November 11. Watrous advanced to the final with an exciting 60-52 win over Wakaw in the other provincial semi-final.