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The teams in 9 Man

Postby point/center » Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:23 am

HEAD NORTH TO TALK ABOUT A COUPLE 9-MAN TEAMS AND THE FIRST TEAM ON THE RUNDOWN IS THE KENMARE HONKERS.

LAST YEAR, THE HONKERS WERE WERE A VERY YOUNG TEAM AND PLAYING 9-MAN FOOTBALL FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THAT LED TO A VERY CHALLENGING 2-5 SEASON. BUT THIS YEAR, THINGS ARE DIFFERENT IN KENMARE. THE TEAM HAS 6 SENIORS THIS YEAR, AND THEY RETURN 16 OF THEIR 18 STARTERS FROM LAST YEAR'S SQUAD AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE TEAM NOW HAS A YEAR OF 9-MAN EXPERIENCE UNDER THEIR BELT AND THAT'S WHY THIS TEAM THINKS THIS MIGHT BE THE YEAR THEY MAKE IT BACK TO THE PLAYOFFS.

THE HONKERS START THEIR SEASON FRIDAY NIGHT WHEN THEY PLAY AT ST. JOHN. THEN, THE TEAM PLAYS THEIR FIRST HOME GAME OF THE YEAR WHEN ROLETTE COMES TO TOWN THE FOLLOWING WEEK AND THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR ENDS WITH ROAD GAMES AT WESTHOPE AND MLS. DURING THE 2ND HALF OF THE YEAR, THE TEAM ONLY HAS ONE ROAD GAME...THAT'S AT DIVIDE COUNTY ON SEPTEMBER 29TH. AND THE REGULAR SEASON ENDS WITH BACK-TO-BACK HOME GAMES AGAINST TRENTON AND BERTHOLD.

WE'VE GOT ANOTHER REGION 8 TEAM TO LOOK AT TODAY. THE MLS MAVERICKS. LAST YEAR, THE MAVERICKS HAD AN PRETTY GOOD OFFENSE THAT AVERAGED ALMOST 30 POINTS A GAME. HOWEVER, IT WAS THE MAVERICKS DEFENSE THAT WAS THEIR DOWNFALL AND LED TO THEIR 1-7 RECORD. IN THEIR 8 GAMES LAST YEAR, MLS GAVE UP 402 POINTS...THAT'S AN AVERAGE OF 50 POINTS A GAME. THIS YEAR, THE TEAM IS VERY YOUNG AND THEY HAVE A NEW HEAD COACH AND THE TEAM SAYS FIXING THAT DEFENSE HAS BEEN THEIR FIRST PRIORITY THIS FALL.

THE MAVERICKS OPEN THEIR SEASON FRIDAY NIGHT IN ROLLA. THEN THE TEAM PLAYS THEIR NEXT 3 GAMES AGAINST CANDO, GLENBURN, AND KENMARE AND ALL OF THOSE GAMES WILL BE AT HOME. HOWEVER, THAT MEANS THE TEAM IS ON THE ROAD A LOT AT THE END OF THE YEAR. OTHER THAN A HOME GAME AGAINST PARSHALL, THE MAVERICKS PLAY AT DIVIDE COUNTY AND BERTHOLD AND THEIR SEASON FINALE WILL BE AT TRENTON.

SO WITH THOSE TWO PREVIEWS NOW IN THE BOOKS, THAT MEANS WE'VE LOOKED AT 15 TEAMS SO FAR THIS YEAR AND WE'VE STILL GOT TWO MORE TO GO. TOMORROW, WE WRAP UP THE PREVIEWS BY LOOKING AT THE TEAMS FROM TGU AND BERTHOLD AND, LIKE I SAID YESTERDAY, IF WE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO YOUR SCHOOL THIS YEAR, I'M SORRY. BUT WE'LL TRY OUR HARDEST TO GET OUT THERE AS THE SEASON GOES ON.
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