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Estevan atom Miners take to the air again Weyburn Ravens

The Estevan atom Miners ended their season with a hard-fought 19-6 loss to the Weyburn Ravens at Woodlawn Field on Saturday in the opening match of Football Day In Estevan.
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The Estevan atom Miners football team opened Football Day in Estevan with a tilt against the Weyburn Ravens.

The Estevan atom Miners ended their season with a hard-fought 19-6 loss to the Weyburn Ravens at Woodlawn Field on Saturday in the opening match of Football Day In Estevan.

Kevin Mortenson, president of Penta Completions Estevan Minor Football, said the Miners got off to an early 6-0 lead in the evenly contested match on a nice run down the sidelines that the learn-to-play team’s coaching staff has been trying to teach the kids throughout the month-and-a-half long season. He said from that point on the Ravens just managed to find the end zone more than they did.

“We sized up nicely with the Weyburn team,” said Mortenson. “We had some nice pass plays. We got a couple of first downs out of that and that is just about unseen in the atom level.”

Mortenson said about eight of the Miners will be moving up to the peewee ranks next season and the hope is everyone who is returning will bring along a friend so they can build up the roster. He said each of these kids showed a lot of energy this season in their practices as well as their two home-and-home series against Weyburn and the Moosomin Little Generals and to finish off the year as the opening game of an Estevan Minor Football showcase event is great.

“I’m really happy that we got all four (teams playing),” he said. “It’s been a long time since all four age groups, atom, peewee, bantam and the high school, have been playing on the same day.”