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Saturday’s Circle At Scobey Game Features Prep Playoff Implications

Saturday’s Circle At Scobey Game Features Prep Playoff Implications
SCOBEY FRESHMAN BRAM HANDRAN (foreground), a starting receiver, junior Alex Moreno (background), a starter at offensive guard and defensive linebacker, and junior receiver/defensive back Braxton Wolfe were all on the injured list for last week’s game against the Fairview Warriors. Moreno (for sure) and Handran (highly likely) are out for the rest of the season while Wolfe it is a wait-and-see situation. His status for Saturday’s home game against the Circle Wildcats was unknown at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday the Leader’s press deadline. In Monday’s JV game against Fairview, Aiden Leibrand and Tyler Leischner went down with injuries. — Leader Photo, mike
Saturday’s Circle At Scobey Game Features Prep Playoff Implications
SCOBEY FRESHMAN BRAM HANDRAN (foreground), a starting receiver, junior Alex Moreno (background), a starter at offensive guard and defensive linebacker, and junior receiver/defensive back Braxton Wolfe were all on the injured list for last week’s game against the Fairview Warriors. Moreno (for sure) and Handran (highly likely) are out for the rest of the season while Wolfe it is a wait-and-see situation. His status for Saturday’s home game against the Circle Wildcats was unknown at 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday the Leader’s press deadline. In Monday’s JV game against Fairview, Aiden Leibrand and Tyler Leischner went down with injuries. — Leader Photo, mike
A professional football coach once said “It is only a must-win game if you face elimination.” For the Scobey Spartans, the Saturday, October 1, 7 p.m. home game against the Circle Wildcats (Radio: KCGM 95. 7 FM) is indeed a must-win contest if they plan on competing in the upcoming Class C 8-Player playoffs beginning the weekend of October 2829. A Spartan win and they might be in providing Poplar or Plentywood doesn’t pull off a victory against Scobey in the final two weeks of the regular season. Plentywood, Circle and Scobey all currently have 2-2 conference records, creating a 3-way tie for third place (Circle owns the tie-breaker against Plentywood since it won 44-12 in week four). Culbertson and Fairview, who meet each other October 7 in Culbertson, are both 4-0 in conference play and the smart money says they will finish 1-2 in the final conference standings — in what order who knows? Circle opened the season with a 38-32 loss to Shelby on Tilleman Field in Havre. Following were conference games against MonDak (40-8 win), Fairview (6430 loss), Plentywood (44-12 win) and Culbertson (6434 loss: Circle led 20-12 at halftime but was outscored 52-14 in the second half). If Saturday’s matchup is anything like the last time the two played — a 34-30 come-from-behind Scobey victory when Boen Tande tallied with 29 seconds left in an Intra-Division Playoff game last October on Plainsmen Field — then it is up for grabs. The Spartans find themselves in this spot after getting blanked 26-0 Friday night by the Fairview Warriors on their Starr Field turf. Both teams produced long, time-consuming drives on their initial possessions. Scobey received the opening kickoff, which Zakariah Traeholt returned 19 yards to the 26-yard line. Nine ...
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