Eastman Raiders vs
St. Vital Mustangs 5:30 pm

Small team of 6 boys today!
HOT HOT HOT day!!
#63, Oscar Gagnon and #8, Manfred Klassen did a great job getting our team up the field, which ultimately lead to a 10 yard run by #8, Manfred Klassen, for our one and only touchdown of the game!
Great defence plays were made by #48, Jack Leppelmann and #60, Slade Carr.
My goodness, the heat is extreme! Our trainers did a fantastic job keeping our Raiders cool and hydrated!
I’d like to acknowledge also, #22, Jackson Penner, recovering from a pre-season injury, who is always at the practices and the games to cheer on his team every step of the way! It’s great to see!!
The team did an amazing job, with only 6 of them playing and in the heat.
Keep up the great teamwork boys!!
Go Raiders!!

The game started with the captains meeting the refs. and the opposition to decide who would get the starting kick off. We were on the receiving end of the kick off which was picked up by Gavin at our 50 yard line. We loss possession at the centre line and then our defense took over. Our defense and Job did an awesome job tackling, but the Rods managed to get through and score within the first 3 minutes with a 55 yard run. The Raiders answered back with some fancy footwork from Noah and then a touchdown run by Zachery. At the end of the first quarter the Rods were leading 14-6. The Raiders kept working hard the try and close the lead; they had a great tackle of the Rods quarterback by Austin and Gavin also got an amazing tackle of the quarterback later in the second quarter. We were fortunate that our guys have listen to our great coaches as a fumble by the Rods was immediately covered up by Gavin giving us a chance to try and score, but we came up just short. Just prior to the end of the second quarter, we had several beautiful tackles by Austin and some great running from Eric, which resulted in our second touchdown of the morning. In the second half we did some switching up and moved Devon unto the defensive line which gave him some fun tackling the Rods. We also realized that we needed a few runners on our defensive line so we also moved Noah over; he along with Austin got in a few excellent double tackles. We had a nice intercept of a Rods pass by Kayden. In the last part of the third quarter we had Boston get us down the field with a 30 yard run and then had Eric take it the rest of the way for a 45 yard run to make our third touchdown. We fought hard on our offensive line even seeing some of our small players like Sean just picked up and tossed aside but as coach said “we get back up” and that is what they did. With that mentality, they managed to do some beautiful team work and Eric scored our final touchdown brining our score to 25. We then had under a minute to go when Gavin intercepted a pass, but alas time was up.

GAME 1: EASTMAN RAIDERS VS NORTH WINNIPEG NOMADS

1st Quarter

Nomads kick off Raiders return for 2 yards at the 53 yard line

11:#30 runs for 23 yards and a first down

10:28 Illegal contact nomads 15 yard penalty 1st down raiders

9:44 fumble raiders. recovery fumble on raiders number 30

8:24 illegal contact 25 raiders. 15 yard penalty 1st down nomads

7:32 false start nomads 5 yard penalty 2 down

4:20 #30 runs for 12 or so yards 1st down

3:09 #37 reception from QB 12 yards

1:35 touchdown raiders number 16 runs in the end zone

Conversion failed. Line collapsed

1:30 raiders kick nomads haunted at the 50 yard line

End of quarter. Raiders number 25 interception runs for a touchdown! 12-0

#30 runs in for a 1 point conversion
End of first quarter
Raiders 13 nomads 0

2nd quarter

Nomads return. Penalty on play. Nomads fouled. 10 yard penalty 1st down at the 40 yard line

8:49 nomads break D and run for a touchdown
Raiders 13 nomads 6

Nomads for 1pt conversion failed
Raiders 13 nomads

Nomads kick. Raiders return to their 55 yard line

7:24 Nomads player # 77down at 50 yard line. Ok and able to walk off the field

7:09 mikka raiders throws for 20 some yards. 1st down

7:58 mikka throws to 37. 37 runs in the end zone for touchdown

1 point conversion raiders

Raiders 20 nomads 7

3:26 no 30 runs for 30 some yards.

Mikka passes to TE for touchdown no 37

Raiders Conversion failed!

Raiders 26 nomads 7

1:45 nomads punt away raiders catch/fumble but recover their 35 yard line

00:28 Nomads player injured but ok. Manages to walk off field

00:03 Nomads no 23 runs in ball for touchdown
Raiders 26 nomads 13
Nomads 1 pt Conversion success
Raiders 27 nomads 13

3rd quarter

Nomads return downed at 63 yard line

10:22 Nomads 23 runs in for touchdown
Raiders 26 nomads 19

Nomads 1pt conversion success
Raiders 26 nomads 20

10:22 nomads kick raiders no 30 returns for 11 or so yards. Downed at 56 yard line

8:51 Raiders run for over 20
yards

6:32 Raiders pass for 8 or so yards fail to get first nomads ball

1:33 nomads no 41 runs in for touchdown
Raiders 26 nomads 26

Raiders no 41 injured but ok

1:33 Nomads 1 pt conversion success
Raiders 26 nomads 27

1:15 raiders return kick. Downed at 47 yard line

4th quarter

12:00 raiders 93 runs for 1st down

11:00 QB 16 throws to no 30 coverts to a first down

Raiders Fail to convert nomads ball

8:58 nomads injury. Player ok to walk off field

6:20 nomads no 6 run in for touch Down
Raiders 26 nomads 33

Nomads 1pt conversion success
Nomads 34 raiders 26

5:03 Raiders return kick downed at 45 yard line

2:25 raiders return football for a long distance run! no 30 runs to their 35 yard line

00:49 raiders 37 runs to a first and goal

Raiders 74 receives pass and runs in to score a touchdown

End score
Nomads 34 raiders 32

Eastman vs Eastman
A beautiful day for a season opener!
Our boys are excited during practice and it’s obvious they’re all very fast learners!
GO RAIDERS!
A beautiful touchdown made by #44, Ryan Reynolds!
A big run down the field by #8, Manfred Klassen, before being tackled. #44, Ryan Reynolds, picks up where play left off and runs the ball in, making his second touchdown!
Great work boys!! Keep it up!!
We start the second half with strong defence, making it possible for #44 to make his third touchdown of the game!
#7, Kaden Coldwell took in our forth touchdown with Ryan Reynolds taking the ball in one more time for the convert!
Happiness, excitement and exhaustion on the faces of our players.
Great job boys!!
We’re very happy and very proud of all of you!

Raiders versus Greendell

The game started with the calling of the players to the field by name. With each name came the cheer from family and friends that came to watch the Crunchers Greendell and Eastman Raiders Teal play.

First kick off was for Greendell, caught by #50 Dylan.

#11 Braysen made an amazing whole field run for the Raiders first Touchdown of the game.

#50 Dylan ran the ball 40+yards for the second Raiders Touchdown, and then was able to run the ball for the extra point! Go raiders GO!!

End of the first half and Raiders had 2 touchdowns and 1 extra point.

The second half of the game started with an awesome tackle by #2 Riley. Right after that # 4 Quinten, #2 Riley and #88 Malakhi together did a wicked tackle bringing the Greendall player down. Way to go team!!

#4 Quinten had another great tackle, grabbing the Greendell players ankles, like the coaches have been working hard drilling into the players at practice.

#42 Brody M tackled a Greendell player pushing them out of bounds.

Again #42 Brody M tackled another player from Greendell with ease. Practice makes perfect! Keep it up team!!

#50 with another huge run for the touchdown. They then got the extra point. WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE!!

Amazing game boys!! Congrats!!

We had an awesome season opener game against St Vital Red, and we gave them a serious run for their money!!

Some of the game highlights….

St Vital starts with 2 TD, but our defence block both convert attempts. Our first TD is scored by #10 Eric Martens in one exciting run! The Convert is brought in by #9 Boston Thiessen!

St. Vital takes hold of the ball, but it’s not long before defensive player # 55 Gavin Neufeld intercepts.

# 10 Eric Martens runs in our second TD! Number # 9 Boston Thiessen once again runs in the convert!

With both teams aggressively making their way across the field, there were many excellent tackles and the defence was on fire! Great tackles by # 55 Gavin Neufeld, #98 Austin Neufeld, # 95 Grayson Styve, #16 Anthony Charonneau and many more!!

Our third TD is run in by #2 Noah Godlewski, Convert is good by #10 Eric Martens! Score is now 21-30!

After a long intense battle on the field and excellent support from everyone on the line and behind it, we finish our 4th quarter with #10 Eric Martens running in our last TD, bringing our final score to 27-30 for St. Vital.

WOW!!! Talk about an exciting game! Great effort from all the players! This is going to be a fantastic season!!

#45 runs for 15 yards for a 1st down

#81 had a great tackle to stop extra point

#9 snaps the ball to #31, hands off to #45, for a t.d.

#55 fakes the hand off and blocks for the raiders t.d.

#66 makes a great tackle off of raiders kick-off

#18 + #31 make a tackle to stop t.d.

#9 tackles to stop extra point

#12 helps jump on a loose ball to regain possession

#5 forces runner to go out of bounce

#33 blocks the opposition to prevent a raiders fumble