The last game for the St. Albert Storm before the playoffs in midget spring league football kicks off Saturday at Clarke Park.
Game time is 8 p.m. against the West Edmonton Raiders.
Both teams are 2-3 and last month the Raiders beat the Storm 30-20.
The Storm are coming off a 49-45 loss to the Edmonton Chargers (4-1) last weekend at the Clareview turf field.
The Chargers tacked up 16 unanswered points in the fourth quarter.
At halftime the Storm led 35-20.
Quade Kozak completed 19 of 30 passes for 284 yards and four touchdowns and was intercepted once. Kozak also led the Storm in rushing with 78 yards on 12 carries for one TD.
Travis Heggart was on the receiving end of four TD passes for eight catches overall for 104 yards.
Cordel Callioux also grabbed three passes for 71 yards.
Kolby Phillips was credited with a team-high six tackles, Bronson Wilkie made five tackles and Heggart recovered a fumble.
Bellerose Composite High School teachers Maria Thompson and Chad Hill were saluted as Coaches of the Year in metro Edmonton high school sports.
Thompson was recognized in division three women’s volleyball and Hill was the top field general in Carr conference division one football.
Coaches of the Year in metro volleyball, football and basketball were selected and voted on by their peers for dedication to the game and creating a positive environment when interacting with players, fellow coaches, officials and fans.
Thompson guided the lady Bulldogs to their first metro banner since 2013 in division two by finishing 12-3 in league play.
The 2016 championship roster featured three returning players and only two Grade 12s.
The 2015 Bulldogs finished 4-5 in division two.
Hill directed the ‘24 Strong’ Bulldogs to their first provincial game since the Bellerose football team was formed in 1998 after the breakup of the Bellerose-based St. Albert Storm.
The Bulldogs, ninth in the final Tier I (1,250-plus students) Football Alberta rankings, roared into provincials as winners of four of their last five games, including a thrilling come-from-behind 32-21 decision against the Spruce Grove Panthers in the Tier I qualifier.
The Bulldogs also humbled the Paul Kane Blues 19-0 in the Battle of St. Albert while finishing 5-5 overall.
The Coaches of the Year winners will be honoured at the May 31 awards luncheon.
Local players will huddle up for the north team at the seventh annual Football Alberta Bantam Bowl on May 22 at Foote Field.
Selected from last month’s tryout camp were quarterback Ewan Vanderheide of St. Albert, defensive backs’ Zach Froesse of Gibbons and Jackson Ganton of St. Albert, linebacker Matt Swecera of St. Albert and defensive lineman Karl Haasz of Sturgeon County.
The concept of the Bantam Bowl is to reward and showcase the best graduating Grade 9 players in the province in an all-star format.
The Bantam Bowl and Alberta Sumer Games tournament are held in off-setting years.
