For the first half of the South 5A 12-Man Football League contest between the Central Cyclones and Weyburn Eagles on Saturday at Gutheridge Field, it looked as if the two teams were going to be in for a hard, grind-it-out slog.
Neither squad could get a whole lot going consistently moving the ball, as the defences for both teams managed to hold off potential scoring drives again and again.
And when the two teams went into the half tied 7-7, it was easy to assume things weren’t going to change all that much once things resumed after the break.
For the most part, that was the case -- except for three plays that turned the tide of the game in the Eagles' favour.
A 76-yard run by Conner Kerr, 92-yard run by Owen Istace and 46-yard run by Carter Bell all led to the trio scoring Weyburn majors, and they’d go on to a 27-7 victory over the previously unbeaten Cyclones.
Weyburn improved to 1-1 with the win, Central fell to 2-1.
Carter Hulgan had the lone touchdown for the Cyclones on a six-yard catch from Cyclones quarterback Brodie Ansell in the first half.
Quarterback Kerr had the lone touchdown for the Eagles in the opening 24 minutes.
Javin Boynton led the Central offence with 23 carries for 113 yards, including 71 in the first half, while Keaton Belsher had three catches for 43 yards and Tate Macdiarmid three catches for 27 yards.
Cyclones quarterback Brodie Ansell was 14-for-28 passing for 152 yards.
Istace capped his day with seven carries for 117 yards, while Kerr had six carries for 115 in addition to going 5-for-11 passing for 58 yards.
League action continues on Friday, Sept. 23 with Vanier at Central under the lights at Elk’s Field, with game time at 7 p.m. Estevan is in Weyburn also on Friday night, with the lone game Saturday seeing Swift Current at Yorkton.
