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Chargers struggle against Razorbacks with 16 players

It has been the story of their season, and it hurt them again on Saturday. With only 16 players taking the field, the Estevan Century 21 Chargers lost 48-0 to the Regina Razorbacks in the Queen City.


It has been the story of their season, and it hurt them again on Saturday.

With only 16 players taking the field, the Estevan Century 21 Chargers lost 48-0 to the Regina Razorbacks in the Queen City.

Chargers head coach Paul Duncan said things may have worked out differently for the 0-6 peewee team this year had they had a full roster.

"Looking into a crystal ball, I'd have to say I think we would have had more success this year because with more players, it breeds more continuity, not having to shift around and learn new positions. It would have helped in the players' development as well. They are learning a lot of positions, but not getting a lot of time to learn the position," Duncan said.

He said "the game was a lot closer than what the score showed," as the Chargers' effort was highlighted by three interceptions for cornerback Jonathan Swirsky.

The Razorbacks led 20-0 at the half.

"We did come across a lot of success at running the ball up the middle, and we were able to control a bit of the clock running the ball downfield. We've been working on that pretty much all year so far. The kids were in tough, as we only had 16 players. They battled really hard and were warriors out there. They made sure they didn't give up and gave it their all. I couldn't be prouder of them for it."

Although they didn't get any points on the board, Duncan said it was an encouraging day for the offence.

"We had a hard time getting the ball outside of containment, so we just kept running the ball up the middle all day long. They were giving that to us, so we got some positive yards."

There were, however, some struggles on the defensive side.

There were a few times where I think we missed on our angles and should have wrapped up and hit low, but we were hitting high and kind of bouncing off of people. But our defence has been quite stout all year long, so I give them a pass on this one."

The Chargers have two games left in the Regina Minor Football regular season, with the first one being on Saturday, as they visit the Regina Vikings.

"We'll continue to work on our game plan, and hopefully we'll have enough players out there that things will progressively get better for us over the last two games."