Madison County Red Raiders

Scrimmage?

Reprinted from The Madison County Journal, August 16, 2007 edition.

Owens calls first scrimmage ‘very average,’ team dealing with heat

BY BEN MUNRO

Madison County finally put the pads on again this past Friday for a scrimmage which drew some mixed reviews.
While the team showed some flashes, head coach Randell Owens said, he also noted that the team looked like it hadn’t been in pads for four days.
“It was some good work, he said. “I saw some good things.. It was sloppy as you would expect, not being in pads but one day (last week).”
The Raiders will hold a more formal scrimmage Friday at 7:30 p.m. at Red Raider Field in front of officials as they try to progress from their fair-to-middling showing this past Friday.
Owens said he would assign a C- for the first scrimmage.
“We looked very average,” he said. “I was happy with the effort. I was happy with the intensity level of people trying to get after each other. I wasn’t pleased with the mistakes we made.”
Due to extreme heat, Madison County had only practiced in pads Monday leading up to the scrimmage. To “practice safely without fear” Friday, according to Owens, Madison County didn’t take the field until 7 p.m. when things had cooled off.
Owens said the Raider defensive charges are ahead of the offense right, now but said that’s typical this time of the year.
Owens also noted that all teams are pretty much in the same boat in having to scale back practice due to the heat.
“I’m not going to push the panic button about the amount of time we missed in pads.