08 November 1, 2008 - ObserverXtra

24 | SPORTS
»HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
The Observer | Saturday, November 01, 2008
6-0 record good for jump to A division
EDSS junior football team has excelled this season, coming together in short order to top the standings
JONI MILTENBURG
The junior boys’ football
squad at EDSS has
gone from farm team
to serious playoff contender
this season.
There’s a high turnover
in the junior squad
because many of them
sign up in Grade 10,
learn the skills of the
game, and then move
on to play senior.
“I never go in with too
high expectations, because
junior changes so
fast from year to year,”
said coach John Swatridge.
The team’s performance
this season exceeded
every expectation
Swatridge had;
the juniors kicked off
against Preston High in
the quarter-fi nals Oct.
30 with a 6-0 record.
This junior team has
tackled the steep learning
curve with the
same determination
they tackle opponents
on the fi eld. Their playbook
has expanded
from eight or 10 offensive
plays and two or
three defensive plays at
the start of the season
to 15 different defensive
plays and 30 or 35 plays
on offense.
“When they sign up,
they put things down
like, I want to be the hitter
guy, I want to be the
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COMING THROUGH The offensive line throws up blocks for running back Emeka Agada during junior boys’ football practice Oct. 28. The team
fi nished the regular season with a 6-0 record.
running guy. They don’t
even know the names
of the positions,” Swatridge
said.
He and his coaching
staff have only seven
practices to get their
team ready for a game.
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The fi rst match is a controlled
game – the coaches
are on the fi eld with
the players – and doesn’t
count in the standings,
but the following
week they’re playing
in a season game.
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And that includes
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“They go from “where
do I stand?” and “what’s
my position?” to going
out and playing a regular
game,” Swatridge
said.
The coach said quarterback
Cole Martin has
and prestigious history.
“I hope to use the German
classes for when
I go to Germany,” said
Brohman, who started
studying the language
this year at EDSS.
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will be to compete and
show at different levels
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been a big part of the
team’s success, improving
immensely over last
year. He also had high
praise for Teddy Sebben,
Emeka Agada and
the rest of the offensive
line, calling them “awe-
and eventually make a
junior team (ages 12 to
16). If she earns a spot
on such a team, her
competitions will likely
take her to the United
States.
“I want to work on
those levels here in
Canada and then I want
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On defence, Swatridge
said he could name the
whole line, but particularly
Grade 9 students
Patrick Stewart and
Billy Miller and safety
Brandon Seip, who
makes almost half of
the team’s tackles.
The team has been
playing strong, but the
going will be tougher
from this point on. The
team’s record during
the regular season was
good enough to move
them from the “B” division
up to “A” for the
playoffs.
Swatridge said the
coaching staff can’t do
much to prepare the
squad for the tougher
teams they’ll face, except
“try to stir a little
fear into them.”
The squad has handled
a jump like this before;
last year’s 5-0 showing
moved them from “C”
division up to “B”.
“I think they’re going
to be shocked at fi rst
and then I hope they’re
going to rise to the occasion,”
Swatridge said.
“If they play the way
they can, they’ve got every
chance of winning
in A too.
“Cameron Heights is
probably the team to
beat in junior. But we
can’t worry about them;
we have to worry about
Preston fi rst.”
Jump: Expects German studies will help
her as she prepares for school overseas
PHOTO | JONI MILTENBURG
to go to Germany and
then maybe work for
the Olympics,” said,
Brohman, who just
last weekend won fi rst
place in her division at
a Canadian Dressage
Owners & Riders Association
(CADORA) competition.