Richard Froese
South Peace News
The Peace River Prospectors were eliminated from the playoffs in the Mighty Peace Bantam Football League in the first round.
The Prospectors lost 33-22 to the Grande Prairie Norsemen on Oct. 22 in Wembley on a snowy and slippery field.
Cash Peircy, Carson Sokoloski, Makai Knoblauch and Hayden Curry scored touchdowns for the Prospectors, who opened the scoring.
“Conditions were snowy and windy,” says co-head coach Josh Scott.
He adds says the Peace River team looked mighty as the game began.
“The Prospectors came out strong and scored the opening touchdown of the game to lead 6-0 and controlled the ball against the Norsemen in the first quarter,” Scott says.
“Thee Norsemen eventually found their groove to lead 19-6 at halftime.”
A late surge brought the Prospectors within eight points with a chance to tie the game with three minutes left, he says.
“The Norsemen quickly shut the chance down by kicking a field goal to put the game out of reach to take the win,” Scott says.
In their final game of the regular season, the Prospectors lost 55-33 to the host Grande Prairie Raiders on Oct. 19.
Sokoloski, Curry, Knoblauch and Peircy scored touchdowns for the Prospectors.
“The Raiders are a tough team this year and finished first in the league and averaged more than 50 points a game,” Scott says.
“Our team came out strong and the players held their heads up the whole game.”
He gave the players high marks for their efforts in the playoffs and regular season.
“ can’t say enough about our team,” Scott says.
“Every game we played this season, we were close.
“Just one or two things all year held us back.
“The players worked hard . . . they buckled down in games and did their job.”
He sees strong potential for next season.
“I’m proud of each and every one of them and can’t wait to see what 2025 holds for Peace River football,” Scott says.
“Lots of players stepped up across the board to fill roles of players who were sick or unavailable to come and that shows true workmanship” Scott con- cludes.