The junior players on the MUCC Comets football team logged a lot of play time on Friday during a 47-20 win over the Nipawin Bears. Comets head coach Dave Rogers aid the senior players accomplished their goals early in the game before stepping aside and letting the younger players to experience a game atmosphere. It was a great experience for them and they got to play lots and they are going to get to play lots again. We play Nipawin again (October 24 in Nipawin) and they are going to have a lot of opportunity to play, Rogers said. It will be a good way for the juniors to see how far that they can grow in those weeks. Junior players typically takes to the field near the end of the game or during junior jamborees. However they played over an entire half against the Bears. This game setting is completely different from a junior jamboree according to Rogers. I dont think it really compares to a jamboree. They are totally different experiences for the simple fact that, in this case, we are asking our younger players in many cases to play against players that are quite a bit older than them, larger and have a maturity difference. The Comets started out strong as Matthew Goudy returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown. In Nipawins first possession the Comets defense forced a safety adding two more points. Melforts first offensive series led to another touchdown, this one by Tyler Jones. The defense held the Bears to no yards before the offense took the field again, adding another touchdown. This one from Jomar Malaggay. Just four minutes into the game the Comets led 23-0. They added three more touchdowns before the end of the firs quarter. Brandon Kadachuk scored two while Jones added another making the score 44-0 at the end of the first quarter. Early in the second quarter Sean Renouf kicked a 35 yard field goal rounding out the Comets scoring. At the very end of the third quarter the Bears wrecked the Comets shutout bid and held the Comets scoreless in the fourth quarter. At the very end of the third quarter Lucas Woods had a 10-yard touchdown run. The conversion missed leaving the Bears with six points. Nipawin added another one with a minute and a half remaining in the contest when Carter Pierlot kept the ball and ran 17 yards for a touchdown. This time the Bears went for a two-point conversion and scored, giving them 14 points. Their offense was not done yet. With 23 seconds left in the game, Kyle Cox caught a 30-yard pass from Pierlot for a touchdown. The Bears went for two again, this time they missed to end the game. The Comets have a bye this week letting them concentrate on their own attributes for a short while. It gives us an opportunity to refocus on ourselves clean up some stuff that we need to clean up and get ready go. greg.wiseman@sunmedia.ca @melfortjournal

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