The Davidson Raiders Senior boys football team lost their only exhibition game of the season 46-13 to the LCBI Bisons last Thursday. This came as they try to shake the cobwebs out after a long summer before taking home field this week for their regular season home opener.

Jason Low, head coach of the Raiders, said it took the 6-man football team a while to get going and remember how to play football Sept. 6 at Outlook field, but that all in all it was a “good first game” for the club.

“We pretty much were sleeping for the first half, that was the hardest part for us,” said Low. “The score was 32-0 at half and then we regrouped and made some adjustments and changes and started playing a little bit better.”

The Raiders were able to push the ball up the field against the Bisons during the second half and kept up the pressure on LCBI almost matching them on the scoreboard 14-13 in a tight second half.

“It was good,” said Low. “Towards the end of the game we made sure everybody got some playing time. We subbed in all our rookies and got everybody in.”

Low said the team would be working on “fine-tuning their defensive system before squaring off Sept. 14 against the Hanley Sabers at Davidson field. He said the offence has to get a little more comfortable with each other as well.

“I’m just trying to help them gel a little more and get some more points on the board.”