Cougar's close again!

By Jim Bystrom
Caroline Cougar's hosted the Fort McMurray Trojans on Friday, October 22, coming up short in the end 57 - 47. It was another one of those games with multiple lead changes, long runs for touchdowns, and constant excitement. To see our boys competing against much bigger schools continues to make me proud. With a starting roster of 13 and only 2 grade 12's, the boys never let that be an excuse. They fought it out against some big kids from Fort Mac and didn't back down. To see these boys battle through tackles, blocks, and pain; shows the kind of young men we have in Caroline! The team leader continues to be Leonard McTaggart with over 300 all purpose yards and 161 passing yards including a great throw to rookie Cole Peters for 47 yards. Bhrair Cooper was outstanding going 3 ways, leading the defence with 15 tackles, returned 1 kick-off for a touchdown, and also broke through on a counter for a 31 yard touchdown run. Brett Godwin had another good game with 13 tackles and rookie Tyler Styner continues to shine with 10 tackles and 1 sack. Cole Cummins just keeps dragging tacklers as he fought for 64 receiving yards, he's so fun to watch and he's only in grade 10! One of the biggest rewards of this experience is to see the growth in our rookies, you can see it in their eyes that they are getting it and loving it! Though we will miss the playoff's and will be losing some key young men. The gears are already turning for next year to put these young men in a position to be successful personally and as a team.