Football Elecs Begin Playoffs Today

The ECS Elecs Football team will be playing for the second in the last four days but today's game will have a lot more meaning as the Elecs host the Swift Current Colts in the first ever home playoff game in the Elecs short history.

The Elecs earned the right to the home playoff game after a pair of wins against the Colts this season, the Elecs beat the Colts in Week 1 at Swift Current 25-7 and then the Elecs held off a late Swift Current charge back on October 6 to pick up a 30-22 win.

Elecs Head Coach Marco Ricci believes the Colts will be using the momentum of the late fourth quarter rally to carry over into today's game. "They ended up executing very well in the fourth quarter the last time we played them so I'm confident they will be putting the ball up in the air so we have to tighten up our defensive coverage and we're expecting a tough matchup."

Last year it was a memorable 24 hours for the Elecs in the quarterfinals, the Elecs picked up their first win ever after they defeated the Colts in Swift Current, after the game the Elecs bus slid into the ditch due to icy roads. The Elecs weren't hurt but it did cost the team a day of preparation as they lost out to Vanier the following Saturday, that experience is why Ricci thinks it's important to have home field advantage. "The turnaround affected us quite drastically, so having homefield advantage for us will be huge, a home crowd cheering us on and it should be exciting as it's the first ever home playoff game for the Elecs in Estevan."

Opening kickoff is 3:45. The winner of today's game faces Vanier on Saturday.