The MUCC JuniorComets football team had their day in the sun, so to speak, on Saturday. The comets hosted a junior jamboree, which featured quick games against a variety of opponents. Comets head coach Dave Rogers said the junior program is more than vital to the success of the football program in Melfort and a great learning opportunity for up and coming players. It is really an opportunity for those kids to go in and be the players, to be successful or learn how to be successful in an area where if you screw up and it results in seven points on the board for somebody else nobody is going to be that upset, Rogers said. The program is starting to pay dividends for the Comets in the senior team. The Comets football team that lost the provincial championship in 2011, the team that won the provincial championship in 2012, and the provincial semi-final team last year were all a result of the junior football program. Most of the kids that we see out on the field this year are once again products that have continued to contribute continuously to our success. Between the Junior Jamborees and the Melfort Kinsmen Minor Football League players have developed well and Rogers is pleased to be part of them. He added that voting for the Scotiabank Game Changers Award has started again with Rogers as a finalist. People are encouraged to get online and vote for him to win $25,000 for Melfort Kinsmen Minor Football. That is a great opportunity to bring some more resources to Melfort.

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Comets host junior jamboree