Canada Football Chat (CFC) continues its post-season coverage of the Winnipeg High School Football League (WHSFL) this week. Thursdayās matchup between the Sturgeon Heights Huskies and River East Kodiaks will determine who meets either St.Paulās or Steinbach in the Vidruk āAAā division final.
This marks another meeting of two teams that arenāt too familiar with each other. With Sturgeon Heights in the āAAAā division and River East at the top of the āAAā division this should make for an interesting tilt.
River East has blown their opponents out of the water this season. The Kodiaks have scored 211 points and allowed a measly 101 in eight games.
Ryan Porco of the Kodiaks talked about his team’s strength, their work ethic.
Sturgeon has had to face some pretty tough opponents while playing in the āAAAā division. Robin Mead gave me his thoughts on facing the Huskies.
āSturgeon Heights looks big, fast, tough and well coached. They’ve played a season versus some pretty formidable opponents and couldn’t help but be hardened and toughened by those battlesā.
One of the battles Sturgeon was on the opposite end of was a game against Dakota. The Dakota Lancers managed to win on the last play of the game on a long pass.
Fortunately for Sturgeon redemption came in the ways of the quarter finals. Last Friday the Huskies got their chance at beating Dakota. This time around Sturgeon won 37-10. Chris Henwood exclaimed that it felt āamazingā to win that game.
For the Huskies to have success, theyāll have to run the ball efficiently. Running back Kaeden Corrie is averaging close to 12 yards every time he touches the ball.
ā[He is] a threat every time he touches the ball,” said Huskies Head Coach Eric Vincent of Corrie.
This is a huge meeting for the two teams and the Kodiaks are not taking the Huskies lightly.
āWe are in for a serious challengeā added Mead.
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