The Yorkton Junior Raiders rolled through a home game against the Regina Schooners, scuttling the visitors 47-8 at Century Field Sunday.
Yorkton coach Al Kyle admitted the lopsided wins the Raiders have enjoyed this season does make it more difficult to keep the young players focused.
“It’s tough, but there are always little things they need to improve on,” he said, adding the coaching staff works on fine-tuning the way individual players go about their job on the field.
As for the game Sunday Kyle said it was a complete team victory.
“We were rolling in all three facets; offence, defence and special teams,” he said, adding the Schooners did manage a couple of big plays, but those were the only blemishes on the game from a Yorkton perspective.
One big play was early in the game, a long touchdown run the Schooners had called back on a penalty. Kyle said that was certainly a deflating moment for the visiting side.
“They had a chance to kind of get some momentum,” he said.
But with the penalty going against the Schooners Yorkton simply built on what they had been doing in controlling the game early.
Yorkton sits second in their league with a 6-1 record, with one game to play, this Sunday in Regina against the Lakers. Yorkton defeated the Lakers earlier this season 24-0 so the game should be a good tune-up headed to playoffs, said Kyle.
