Broncos youth football team tackles yard work at Kamloops seniors home
KAMLOOPS — What do you do when you beat up on another team so bad, they’re unable to play the following weekend? That’s a question the Kamloops Bantam Broncos community football team was faced with on the long weekend.
Last weekend, the Broncos played Salmon Arm and were set to host the Vanderhoof Vikings over Thanksgiving. Trouble is, Vanderhoof was also planning to head to the Shuswap to take on Salmon Arm, in an effort to make the trip worth the long drive. Unfortunately, the Shuswap squad was still hurting from their game against the Broncs and cancelled their game against Vanderhoof, so the Vikings decided to stay home. Which left the Broncos all dressed up with nobody to hit.
Instead of giving the players an off day to stay home and play Fortnite, the coaching staff arranged for a little community engagement activity for the team.
“We were pretty much scrambling as coaches to find something for our young people to do,” Broncos coach Dionte Jelks told CFJC Today Sports. “We thought why not have them involved in our community.”