Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Football Head Coach Doug Winkowitsch reveals the distinction of playing without an egregious amount of penalties.

The Tigers are sitting at 3-1 overall on the young season, converting on many of their chances. However, the biggest hurdle that ADM is still trying to discipline themselves in is with the penalties they’ve acquired through four games. The Tigers piled up more than seven in each of the first two games, before limiting them to three in the third matchup versus Lewis Central. Winkowitsch tells Raccoon Valley Radio that he was proud of his guys to decrease the yellow on the field, but sometimes the calls are dependent on the refs.

“I think the officials over there at LC (Lewis Central) we’re going to let things go a little more. I think both teams were probably holding more than what was called, but they can be deadly to a drive, and I think some of that is kids are trying to play fast and trying to do what they’re supposed to do, and trying to maybe give that extra effort, and sometimes that might results in a penalty. So I think as we move forward, I think you’ll see cleaner games on both sides of the ball, just because the fact the kids can start playing at games speed now, so hopefully we can resolve some of the penalty issues we had the first two weeks.”

ADM racked up approximately five to six penalties in last Friday’s game against Norwalk, but Winkowitsch says that it will be a point of reference to address as the season unwinds. The Tigers will be back in Adel on Friday to host the Boone Toreadors for Youth Football Night. Kickoff is set for 7pm as Raccoon Valley Radio will carry the broadcast on K107.9 KKRF, starting at 6pm.