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Dragons win three straight

The Dragons are having a strong start to the season, rattling off three straight wins and going 4-1.
The Dragons were in Blackfalds on Tuesday, September 19, to take on the Bulldogs. The Dragons’ offence couldn’t be contained as they outshot the Bulldogs 50-29. Adam Raesler opened the scoring a minute and a half in, and was followed up by Austin Osiowy 21 seconds later.
The Bulldogs added two in the first period, but Easton Adrian answered back, followed by Raesler adding his second. Vann Yuhas added one more, and the Dragons led 5-2 after one.
The scoring didn’t end there, Jamie Hikida and Aiden LaRose put the Dragons up 7-2 after two periods.
Blackfalds scored one more early in the third period, but Yuhas added his second of the game, and Jacob Goudreau scored his second of the season as the Dragons went on to a 9-3 win.
On Friday, September 22, the Dragons hosted the Whitecourt Wolverines in their home opener. Yuhas opened the scoring three and a half minutes in, and Connor Poffenroth scored two in a row. Whitecourt added on to make it 3-1 after the first period. After a scoreless second period, Raesler scored his fifth of the season with a minute left, as the Dragons went on to a 4-1 win.
On Saturday, September 23, the Dragons hosted the Sherwood Park Crusaders in front of 577 fans. The Crusaders got the jump on the Dragons and led 2-0 after one period. The Dragons tied it up by the end of the second with Coy Pighin and Kai Matthew finding the net.
Sherwood Park never relented and by the 4:40 mark, of the third period were up 4-2. The Dragons turned it on with Luke McPhee starting the streak. The Dragons’ powerplay began firing as Yuhas, Goudreau and McPhee each scored in the last half of the third to take the 6-4 win.
On Thursday, September 28, the Dragons are hosting the Wolverines, and on Saturday, September 30, they are back on the road to take on the Spruce Grove Saints. On Tuesday, October 3 they are back home to play the Okotoks Oilers.

Bantam Titans top Airdrie Raiders

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The Bantam Titans were in Airdrie on Sunday, September 24m to take on the Airdrie Raiders. The Titans came out strong and scored a touchdown on their first play of the game. Both teams played well, but the Titans prevailed with a score of 53-26.

Titans top Catholic Central in Lethbridge game

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The Senior Titans are on the march through the season and won a close one against a tough opponent.
The Titans were in Lethbridge on Friday night to take on Catholic Central. This is a Tier II team with a championship pedigree.
“It is a pretty good win. We had some frustrating moments with the game, we were making a lot of mental errors,” said Coach Ken Fournier. “We wanted to stick to our game plan too, so we forced ourselves to not rely on some of the things we could have to make sure we were trying our best to spread the ball around. We were moving the ball well on the ground, but in the air, uncharacteristically, we were having one of those nights where we had a lot of drops.”
It was a close game, with both teams making progress,… and errors.
“There were points in that game where either team could have taken it away. It turned into a special teams defensive battle,” he said.
The Cougars scored an 80-yard touchdown on the first play of the game. The Titans were able to shut that down, and the only scoring for the Cougars came from field goals.
“We knew we had to have a bend but don’t break mentality,” he said.
The Titans pulled out a rouge, in the last minutes of the game, the same play they made at provincials.
“We were behind with about 1:30 left on the clock. We completed a few deep passes with a couple of really clutch catches,” explains Fournier. “We got up to the 35-yard-line and kicked a punt towards the corner of the endzone. It took a really fortuitous bounce for us and rolled all the way to a foot in the endzone, we tackled them and got a second point.”
The defense stood tall, and in the last minute of play an interception sealed Catholic Central’s fate. The Titans won 21-20.
He notes that for most of the game, there were only a few points separating the teams, so a big play by either side could have blown the game wide open. The crowd was in it.
“These are good football games, those are the games you want to play,” he said. “It was good all around for veterans and rookies to experience. They’re fun… those are games they will always remember.”
This Saturday, the Titans are heading to Olds.

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