Football Day in Estevan with Don Narcisse and Scott Schultz

It was a great day of football celebration in the Energy City with Football Day in Estevan. For the first time ever all four football teams (Atom Sherritt Coal Miners, Century 21 Peewee Chargers, Lions Club of Estevan Bantam Steelers and the ECS Elecs) played  on the same day. Along with the football action there were a couple of big cheque presentations, a big announcement on the future of Estevan football and a pair of Saskatchewan Roughrider legends paid a visit to help out with the big day,


The cheque presentations came from the Estevan Lives Rider Pride group to both Estevan Minor Football and to the Parents Association of the ECS Elecs. Each organization received a donation of $3,000. The Estevan Lives Rider Pride group was able to raise the money thanks to Cabaret held in June here in Estevan. Since launching in 2010 they've been able to donate $45,000 to Estevan Football. With the Grey Cup Game in Regina in 2013, the Estevan Lives Rider Pride group says they are planning to hold a fundraiser of some sorts next year.

Estevan Minor Football and Woodlawn Regional Park also made a big announcement. Both organizations announced that construction would begin later this fall on the Woodlawn Football Field and the plan is to have the Minor Football games back at Woodlawn Field next season. The football field was wiped out last spring because of the massive flooding in southeast Saskatchewan.

Don Narcisse speaking at the opening ceremonies to the players

Scott Schultz speaking to the players

The Saskatchewan Roughriders were represented at the event by former players Don Narcisse and Scott Schultz. Both players were on hand at the football field throughout the day signing autographs for the fans, speaking at the opening ceremonies and provided motivational speeches to all of the Estevan football teams. (The pictures at the top of the page were both Schultz and Narcisse delivering their speeches to the ECS Elecs team). I had a chance to speak with both Narcisse and Schultz and talked about Football Day in Estevan and of course their thoughts on the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

Of course there was football action with the four games.

The Sherritt Coal Atom Miners kicked off the afternoon with spirited effort but couldn't stop the Regina Cardinals 42-6.

The Century 21 Peewee Chargers picked up the first win of the season for Estevan Minor Football as they defeated the Grenfell Argos 12-0. The Chargers scored on the opening drive and were able to had to their lead in the second quarter which provided all the offence they needed. Turnovers were also a big story as the Chargers were able to recover several turnovers on both defence and special teams. 

The Lions Club of Estevan Bantam Steelers gained the lead for the first time of the season but weren't able to capitalize and were defeated by the Balgonie Jr. Griffins 30-22. The Steelers had a great start but a couple of  big plays in the second quarter and in the second half came back to haunt the Steelers.

The final game of the day saw the ECS Elecs take on the Weyburn Eagles. For the first time in history that Estevan and Weyburn met on the gridiron. It was a close first half with Weyburn leading 12-8. In the second half fatigue began to set in and the Eagles would eventually pull away by scoring 24 unanswered points to win 36-8. A couple of the standouts for the Elecs included Jeremy Godfrey who made several tackles, and had a fumble recovery. Cole MacCuish had a strong game as a returner for the Elecs.

Photo courtesy Wanda Harron

After the game I spoke to Elecs Head Coach Mark Schott.

The Elecs will be the next team in action on Thursday as they travel to Moose Jaw and face the Peacock Tornadoes.