The MUCC Comets football team is heading to familiar territory, the SHSAA provincial 9-man football championship. Also familiar is the opponent, the Warman Wolverines. Warman is going to be ready to play us. I think they have been looking forward to playing us again since 2012 and this is an opportunity for them to do that, said Comets head coach Dave Rogers. When the teams met in the Ice Bowl of 2012, the field was literally covered in ice and the Comets wore broomball shoes in the game. They defeated the Wolverines 53-26, claiming the provincial championship. Rogers said the Comets need to be ready to go despite the weather, which is forecasted to be a mix of sun and clouds with a high of -10 degrees, but it should feel like -18 with a 20 kilometre per hour wind. The provincial final is a week later than usual so the weather could play a role in the game a little bit more than usual. We need to be prepared to execute in what could be a pretty cold day although it couldnt be as cold as 2012, Rogers recalled. What will be different from the last time these teams met is the venue. In 2012 the game was played in Melfort, this year it will be at Warman High School. Rogers expect the Wolverines to be a well prepared and well coached team, having advanced to the provincial final. They execute really well on offense. There is another Misskey, he is their quarterback he is a good athlete. They have a few good receivers, they like to throw the ball. They play that spread like we saw a few years ago, he said. They are good. They had five kids play on the U18 program. We know they have some great athletes. However he expects the Comets to also be ready for the contest. Rogers said the players are taking the post season games very seriously working hard in practices and preparations. I give a lot of credit to our kids for the way they are preparing throughout the playoffs. They take the time to be well prepared and work hard in practice and those are the things that are paying dividends for us as we are moving forward throughout the playoffs. The Wolverines advanced tot he provincial final by defeating the Melville Cobras 58-0 in one semi-final game on Saturday, November 8. The Comets advanced to the provincial final by defeating the Delisle Rebels 48-14 in the other semi-final game. In that game Rogers said the offense played well with the exception of a few hiccups, but the defense, again controlled the game. We had a couple of opportunities early in the game where we would have a receiver open and the ball was just three feet thrown too far. A couple times where we had opportunities to put more points on the board but it was 13-0 at the half and the defense played fantastic the whole game. That is par for the course. He said the Rebels never quit and came out strong in the third quarter with touchdown. Any momentum that the Rebels gained by the big plays that led to their score was taken back on the ensuing kickoff. Really, a play that defined the game for us was Delisle kicked off after going down in four plays and scoring and our kickoff return team returned the ball for a touchdown from about the 20 yard line. About 80 yard return, Rogers said. From there the comets seemed in control. The defense kept playing great. Offense kept grinding the ball. (quarterback) Lee Taylor made some really nice reads and throws. The offensive line blocked very well and we ran the ball quite successfully against them which we hoped to do. The rebels last points came late in the game as the Comets had their junior players competing. Helping the Comets post the win was a large group of fans that made the trip. Rogers said having them there was great to see. I think there were more Comet fans than there were Delisle Rebel fans. Our guys were definitely louder, he recalled. I would imagine that we will see another great contingent of Melfort Comet football fans in Warman.

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