Quarterback Brandon Veldhoen drops back for a pass during action in Saturday’s 53-0 provincial quarter-final win over the Fort Qu’Appelle Bisons.

Kevin McBain
of The Clarion

The Kindersley Composite School Kobras football team will host the Humboldt Mohawks this Saturday at 1 p.m. in the provincial semifinals.

The Kobras shut out the visiting Fort Qu’Appelle Bison 53-0 in the quarter-finals last Saturday.

“We wanted to get off to a good start in this game and we did, not like what we did in our last game against Meadow Lake,” said coach Tavis Lehman. “We forced them into a safety on their first possession and we scored on our second drive of the game.”

He added that they took a lot fewer penalties, which really helped, along with getting good field position for most of the game.

The score was 20-0 at half time.

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Kevin Pinno was the big point-getter in the game with 13 points. The rest of the points were evenly distributed, with Brandon Veldhoen, Daniel Anderson, Ryan Olivier, Kyle Edmunds, Caleb Bacon and Dylan Schmidt contributing.

A couple of highlights from the game included quarterback Hudson Bahm throwing to quarterback Brandon Veldhoen for their first score of the game and a big one-handed touchdown grab pulled in by Dylan Schmidt.

Lehman said he’s looking forward to Saturday’s semifinal.

“I feel like we’re getting really strong and the guys are playing well,” he said. “We’re hoping to get off to another good start. It’s going to be cold, so we have to make sure the guys are prepared for it. It may also depend on which team wants to hit the other more. And if we play like we did last Saturday, we have a good chance to get the win.”

The Mohawks were 3-3 during their regular season. They scored 168 points while having 180 scored against them. Last Saturday in their quarter-final match, Humboldt defeated Esterhazy 14-9.

On the other side of the draw, Melfort hosted and defeated Yorkton 7-0 and Lumsden hosted and defeated Martensville 74-6 to advance.

The provincial final will either be held in Melfort or Lumsden.

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