MEMPHIS at CANADIAN

By Canadian Wildcat Sports Network

Canadian Wildcat Football is back and better than ever. Last week the No. 4 Wildcats grounded the 4A Bushland Falcons in a high-octane slugfest by a score of 44-27. Canadian came into this season as the only Top 10 ranked team in the panhandle in any classification, and it showed last Friday night.

Canadian Head Coach Chris Koetting was pleased with his team’s big win in the season opener, “It was a really good start and honestly the kind of game we needed. They had a packed house and our stands were full and I was curious to see how we would respond in that type of environment. I was real pleased that we came out and played well,” said Koetting.

This week the Wildcats welcome the 2A Memphis Cyclones to town for the 2014 home opener at beautiful Wildcat Stadium. Memphis holds an 0-1 record on the short season after losing their season opener last week to Seymour, 20-12.

The Wildcats go from playing an extremely fast-paced team in Bushland to a much slower paced running team in Memphis.

Canadian is heavily favored in the match-up but don’t expect Coach Koetting to take the Cyclones lightly.

“I’ll be honest, I’ve been very impressed watching them on film. I think we’ll do real well against an offense like that but I’m still interested to see how we stack up against them. They have two big running backs and they like to pound it right at you,” said Koetting, when asked about the Cyclones.

The weather could be the big story in this one as there is greater than a 50% chance of severe weather in the area for Friday night.

□ Memphis (0-1) at Canadian (1-0) 7:30PM Friday – Wildcat Stadium

□ Last Week – Canadian defeated Bushland 44-27

                        Memphis lost to Seymour 20-12

□ Interesting Fact – Canadian ran over 70 total offensive plays last week against Bushland.

□ Keys To The Game – Memphis runs a Wing T offensive variation and doesn’t pass the ball much. The Wildcats will need to adjust to that type of slow ground and pound type of play after playing against a NASCAR offense in Bushland.

□ Harris Prediction – Canadian by 41 points

□ Our Prediction - NL