It was a rough start for the Creighton Kodiaks 6 man Football team on Friday afternoon at the Creighton Oval Field Of Dreams.

 

The Kodiaks came into their home  game fairly confident where they usually play well.

 

Creighton was 1-1 with a home win over ST Breux and a good showing in Carrot River the week previous.

 

The Kodiaks were hosting the Lanigan Lazers who were also 1-1 on the season.

 

Give Lanigan credit, they took advantage of some Kodiak penalties and a slow start to build up a 26-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back in a convincing 60 to 25 win.

 

Another factor in the Kodiaks losing this game was they weren't able to stop the Lazer running game.

 

Despite the loss, Matthew Lavis had another strong day for Creighton hauling in three touchdown catches, including a 30 yarder to try and keep his team in the game.

 

The other Creighton touchdown came from Ryan Grunerud, who scored on a Quarterback Sneak from the goal line.

 

Head Coach Ryan Karakochuk summed up the loss. " I didn't expect to spot them 20 something points to start  the first quarter, and then we had a couple of touchdowns called back because of holding calls. You think you score points,  and then before you know it you are second and 20 or third and 20 and you are punting. I think we were pressing and trying to do to much, but by the time we got into our game plan and comfortable the game was out of reach. That is one of those games you wish you could get back, but in sports unfortunately you get one crack at it,  and it definitely wasn't the result we were hoping for playing at home."

 

The Kodiaks will now head to Viscount to take on the 1-2 Vikings this Thursday night at 7pm. This game was supposed to be played on Friday but both coach's decided to move the game to Thursday, due to the Thanksgiving long weekend.

 

This is a big game for Creighton, and if they have any hope of making the playoffs, they absolutely have to win this game. 

 

It will come down to the Kodiaks playing clean football and trying to stay injury free, and obviously getting off to a better start.

 

Creighton will return home the following Friday October the 16th to host Carrot River in their final home game, 4pm at the Creighton Field.