For the season opener, the Canora Cougars football team won 20-6 in Milestone on September 4, but for the home opener, the Cougars lost 52-0 to Raymore.
With a nice-sized crowd out to watch, the Cougars kept the game close in the 铿� rst quarter, though Raymore had an 8-0 lead, said Coach Kim Eiteneier.
鈥淲e had one chance in the first to score and lost the ball on downs at Raymore鈥檚 five-yard line,鈥� he said.
Raymore scored three times in the second and 鈥淲e could not recover after some mental and physical errors,鈥� Eiteneier said. Raymore score two more times in the third and once the fourth to round out the scoring to 52-0.
The Cougars next game will be in Ituna on Friday.聽 The next home game will be on October 2 when Southey comes to town.
In the first game against Milestone, 鈥渨e were very tentative in our game and that was to be expected after not playing for a year. We controlled the game and we were never really challenged even though the score was close.鈥�
Eiteneier described the opposition players as being 鈥測oung and small.鈥� Milestone got its only touchdown on a fumble recovery and a penalty that took the ball to our one yard line. 鈥淥ther than that they never got close to the end zone.鈥�
Kyle Strelioff scored on a one-yard plunge in the first and the second touch-down was a result of a 50-yard run by Jilles Dussome in the second. The first half ended 14-0. The third quarter was scoreless.
Milestone scored early in the fourth.
鈥淲e came right back on the next drive and scored on a four-yard run by Strelioff. We cruised from there. Like I said, we were never in any trouble.鈥�
The Cougars kept hurting themselves by penalties and fumbles which cost Canora a chance at three more scores, said Eiteneier.
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