Vegreville Bantam Vortex Host Wainwright Warhawks

Vegreville Bantam Vortex Host Wainwright Warhawks

Coach Steven Cheremshynski Vegreville Football Association

It was Saturday, September 21, when the Vegreville Vortex hosted the Wainwright Warhawks for their second home game of the season. The team had a lot of excitement when they arrived at the field in the morning. Not only was it their second home game, but it was also being broadcast live on the local radio station, Country 106.5.

At the end of the first quarter, the score was 0-0. We came out nervous and slow in the first quarter and had some unforced errors and penalties that cost us some points. The play was very much back and forth during the first half of the game. At one point in the second quarter, we took the lead 12-6. Wainwright kept battling and managed to score a touchdown right at the end of the second quarter.

The Warhawks started the third quarter with a 14-12 lead. It was a quarter where both teams experienced some penalties. The fourth quarter saw some scoring with Wainwright pulling ahead and winning the game 32-18. The coaches were pleased with the team’s effort. We’ve made some improvements to our tackling. We had a few unlucky “bounces” that went Wainwright’s way. It could have been a different game had they gone our way. The Vortex are now 0-4 for the season and the coaching staff is wondering if the association is thinking about making coaching changes. Please join us for our final home game of the season when we host Bonnyville. They are the provincial champions last year and so we’d appreciate a large crowd to support the team.