It was an improved effort from the ECS Elecs Football team as they faced the Peacock Torndoes, but like their Week 1 matchup against Weyburn, the Elecs opponents pulled away in the second half as Peacock won 31-14.
The Elecs defence had a strong start as Halfback Cole MacCuish forced a fumble on the Tornadoes second play on offence and the ball was recovered by Jeremy Godfrey. The Elecs were forced to punt the ball as the Tornadoes took over deep in their zone. After three plays the Elecs defence forced another fumble which they recovered but they couldn't convert it to any points.
Late in the first quarter the Tornadoes QB Sawyer Buettner connected a deep pass for a touchdown to give the Tornaodes a 7-0 lead. Despite giving up an early lead, the Elecs defence stood strong and didn't allow any more points for the rest of the first half.
In the second quarter the Elecs were able to drive down the field thanks to a couple of key throws from Quarterback Kolby Fleury. Running Back Colten Bachorcik scored from the one yard for the Elecs first touchdown of the game, the Elecs were unable to convert on the extra point as they trailed 7-6 heading into the second half.
Early in the second half, the Tornadoes scored on their play on offence has they were able to connect on a deep pass for a touchdown extending their lead to 14-6. After trading the ball a couple of times, the Tornadoes extended their lead with a field goal to extend their lead to 17-6.
The next drive the Elecs took back to back unsportsmanlike penalties which gave the Tornadoes excellent field position and were able to score create a 24-6 lead in the third quarter.
In the fourth quarter, after the Tornadoes added a touchdown to make the score 31-6 the Elecs had another solid drive as Fleury was able to connect on a couple of passes to Ian Ferguson and Evan Tarnes. Bachorcik scored another short touchdown for the Elecs as they cut the lead to 31-14 which ended up being the final score.
Head Coach Mark Schott said after the game even though it didn't quite reflect on the scoreboard he felt the Elecs were a better team than they were in Week 1. He thought they made some big strides offensively and defensively and that's all he can ask for right now.
He noted on offence his quarterback Kolby Fleury had a strong game passing the ball and at times lead the Elecs offence on some long drives. He felt defensively the front seven had a strong game shutting down the Tornadoes run game for the most part.
The big play came back to haunt the Elecs and Schott feels that's something they have to work on both sides of the ball. Defensively they've got to work on defending the pass and not allowing teams connect a pass for a long play while on offence they've got to score when the defence creates turnovers for them.
The Elecs will have a short week of practice leading up to their next game on Tuesday when they host the Swift Current Colts at 4:30 at the ECS Field.
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