The Bantam Titans were caught off guard by a strong Strathmore team last Saturday, but are in good shape heading down the stretch of the season.
The Titans were in Strathmore to take on the Spartans. Going in to the game, coach Paul Redmond felt the teams were evenly matched, but Strathmore was the better team on this day. With a strong offense and the ability to capitalize on seven fumbles, Strathmore ran away with a 32-0 win.
“They were a lot stronger this year,” said Redmond explaining Strathmore came out fighting, and the Titans couldn’t match their offense.
The shell-shocked Titans regrouped and defensively, they played really well in the second half. In fact all of Strathmore’s points came in the first.
“We shut them down completely,” said Redmond. “They have a pretty good team, and had good size too. They got it together, that’s for sure.”
This seems to have been the case this season. Redmond said there is good parity in the league leading to some competitive matches and some even records. Lindsay Thurber of Red Deer is still undefeated, and there are a couple teams on the lower end of the scale. Most however are in the middle of the pack battling it out.”
“Other than those few teams we are all log jammed,” said Redmond of the Titans 2-3 record.
The Titans will finish league play this weekend by traveling to Red Deer to play Hunting Hills School. They are expected to be a strong opponent. Redmond explains whether they win or lose, the Titans will hold on to a spot in the tier four playoffs.
“We are still in the driver’s seat for playoffs, we’ll have home field advantage all the way through,” said Redmond. We just have to keep winning.”
