It was another lopsided victory for the Yorkton Regional High School Raider Gridders as they trounced visiting Moose Jaw Peacock on Sept. 29.
Once again, Jordin Rusnack was the story for the Raiders, as the Grade 12 quarterback scored four touchdowns, kicked a field goal, and added six singles to account for 33 of the Raider points in the 61-0 contest at Century Field.
Rusnack also went 12-for-18 for 218 yards passing, while contributing 91-yards rushing.
Dylan Lepowick led the Raiders in rushing with 119 yards on 11 carries.
Raider coach Jason Boyda said the Raider philosophy of keeping to two basic principles is working.
“We tell them we need to stay humble and we need to be hungry,” he said.
With those tenets as a foundation, Boyda said “we preach the fundamentals (of football), every day: blocking, tackling, catching.”
In terms of game day, the message is also clear, that every game starts 0-0, said Boyda.
The Raider coach said after games they break down and grade the team based on performance. On Sunday the grade was very good coming out at a 90 per cent efficiency.
But Boyda said there are still things to work on.
“There were a few tackling errors on plays,” he said
The Raiders head to Swift Current Thursday to play a team that is 4-1 in the season.
“They’re beating teams pretty soundly,” said Boyda. “They’re big. They’ve got a good quarterback. They’re well-coached.”
Then it’s back to Century Field to host Estevan Tuesday, Oct. 9.
