KMOT Preview--TriCounty

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BETTER KNOWN AS THE KMOT GRIDIRON PREVIEWS. TONIGHT, WE'VE ONLY GOT ONE TEAM TO LOOK AT. BUT IT IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE AREA'S BEST TEAMS FROM LAST YEAR, THE TRI-COUNTY RAIDERS.

THE RAIDERS CAME INTO THE 2005 SEASON JUST HOPING TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. BUT THEY ENDED UP DOMINATING EVERYONE THEY PLAYED. THE TEAM WENT 8-0 IN THE REGULAR SEASON, THEN, THEY KEPT PLAYING WELL IN THE POSTSEASON, MAKING IT ALL THE WAY TO THE STATE SEMIFINALS BEFORE LOSING A TOUGH GAME TO THE EVENTUAL CHAMPS FROM RICHLAND. WHILE THE TEAM DID LOSE SOME KEY PLAYERS FROM LAST YEAR'S SQUAD, THEY DO RETURN QUITE A FEW STARTERS AND THIS YEAR, THEY KNOW THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO SNEAK UP ON ANYONE.

TRI-COUNTY OPENS THEIR SEASON ONE WEEK FROM SATURDAY WHEN THEY HOST A REMATCH OF LAST YEAR'S QUARTERFINAL GAME AGAINST AEE. THE TEAM'S HOMECOMING GAME IS SEPTEMBER 8-TH AGAINST LAKOTA AND THE RAIDERS START THEIR REGION SCHEDULE THE FOLLOWING WEEK AT MADDOCK.

THE 2ND HALF OF THE YEAR WILL SEE THE TRI-COUNTY HOST GAMES AGAINST NORTH CENTRAL BENSON AND WELLS COUNTY AND THEIR REGULAR SEASON WRAPS UP OCTOBER 10-TH, WHEN THE RAIDERS HEAD NORTH TO TAKE ON TGU.

WELL, WE'RE NOW A WEEK AND A HALF INTO OUR GRIDIRON PREVIEWS. BUT DON'T WORRY, WE'VE STILL GOT PLENTY OF TEAMS TO TALK ABOUT. HERE'S THE SCHEDULE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, IT HAS CHANGED A LITTLE FROM LAST NIGHT. ON MONDAY, WE'LL BE LOOKING AT THE GLENBURN PANTHERS. THEN TUESDAY, WE'LL TELL YOU ABOUT THE RUGBY PANTHERS. AND ON WEDNESDAY, WE'LL PREVIEW THE UPCOMING KENMARE AND MLS SEASONS.