The Creighton Kodiaks travelled down to Wakaw yesterday for 6 man football and suffered a 58 to 38 defeat.
It was a tough loss in more ways than just the score. Creighton lost some valuable players to injuries and had a tough time especially on defense.
Saying that, a lot of the rookies got a chance to play and competed very well trying to mount the comeback in the second half.
A tough loss to injury was starting quarterback Josh Trumbley who threw for over 300 yards and four touchdown passes before leaving in the third quarter.
Rookie Rylan Grundred came in relief and managed to toss one touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter.The Kodiaks were also missing one of their best players in Payton Pellietier, who they really missed on defense.
Mathew Lavis had a good day hauling in two touchdown passes, Rogan Hlady also had two with the other touchdown coming from Myles Koivisto.
The Kodiaks had a lot of success through the air but couldn't mount much of a running game.
Head Coach Ryan Karakochuk talks about his team’s tough loss yesterday. We got off to a rough start and our best player wasn't in the lineup and that always hurts. I thought it was an opportunity for other players to step up and we were in a good mental place heading into the game. I thought all the seniors were ready to go but not having Payton on defense, we lost our dynamic on tackling and speed. Some of the other guys had a tough time adjusting in that first quarter and they jumped on us really early. The good news is I thought our guys played well in the second quarter and brought it to 20 points at the half. The guys were really working hard and then we lost two more players to injuries and had to play catch up the rest of the way."
Wakaw improves to 5-0 and the Kodiaks will fall to 3-2 and can still advance to Provincials. Matter of fact if Shellbrook beats Hague tonight the Kodiaks are in. If Hague wins than it will come down to the final game of the year next Thursday when Hague visits the Creighton Field.
Hague would also have to beat Creighton by 13 points as the Kodiaks beat Hague by 12 points earlier in the season, so basically Creighton Starts with a 12-0 lead. Kickoff will be at 4pm, Manitoba time.
