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U14 soccer team playing well down stretch

SOCCER

The U14 soccer team lost a close one last Thursday at home when they hosted Olds. Despite this, the team is playing well heading into the final stretch of the season.

The Drumheller team hosted Olds on May 19, a perennially tough team. The U14s didn’t know what to expect.

“Last year I forget the score, but we were blown away, so I’m happy with how the played,” said coach Martha Chambers. “It was a pretty even match.”

Olds scored three goals right out of the gate. Chambers said Olds controlled the ball well and kept the Drumheller team caught up in the neutral area.

At half time, Chambers said they refocused and came out ready in the second half.

“This is our game, we are not ending this with a zero on the score sheet,” she said.

“The kids got two goals right away, had we had so much momentum, if we had 10 more minutes, we would have scored again.”

Finding the net for Drumheller was Chase Chambers and Chiko Banda. The final score was 3-2 Olds.

Coach Chambers is heartened that they are able to be competitive with some of the stronger teams in the league heading down the stretch of the season.

Currently, according to www.bigcountrysoccer.com, Drumheller U14 is in first place with a 3-2-1 record, followed by Olds with a 3-0 record and three games in hand. This week Drumheller faces Linden.

Terrrapins busy with spring training play

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The Peewee Terrapins are getting a taste for the gridiron action in the field season and it tastes good.

The team is full into spring training and last Thursday, May 19, they headed to Brooks for a jamboree style scrimmage, and performed well on the fields. In the end, they tied the game.

It was 18-18, we tied it up the last 10 seconds of the game,” said coach Thomas Laffin. “It was a really good hard hitting game.”

This is the coaching staff’s first look at the team heading into the fall season, and Laffin likes what he is seeing.

“We have some good speed. A lot of the first year players we thought would be a little scared of the high impact of the game, but they just kept getting up. In true Terrapin style, they never gave up,” said Laffin.

He is also seeing great participation with 38 players dressed.

“The kids are pumped and ready to go, it is great to see them out there,” said Laffin. “For a lot of guys it was their first time on the field, and it was great.”

The Terrapins are not done for the season yet. This Saturday, they are hosting Brooks in a full real style game at 1 p.m.

“We are then off to a jamboree on June 4, which will have them play three one-hour games in one day,” said Laffin.

Dialed in

mosquito raptors baseball

Drumheller Raptors pitcher Matthew Northrup, 10, delivers one to a Delburne batter in their 12-7 loss Tuesday night at the Little League park. The Raptors’ defence shut down the Delburne Jackalopes in the last inning, and while Drumheller’s bats were hot they couldn’t quite catch up before the last out. Next Wednesday the Raptors travel to Delia and on Thursday play in Trochu, with their next home game not until May 31.

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