For the Richardton-Taylor-Hebron football team, it has been non-stop football since Oct. 8. No Sunday or teachers convention has interrupted the Raiders' 12 days of football.
RTH hopes to keep the count running when they travel to Crosby to meet Divide County in the second round of the nine-man football playoffs today.
"It is quick but it was quick getting ready for Towner," RTH coach Travis Olson said. "We're in the same situation."
The match up with the third-ranked Maroons - who received a first-round bye after claiming Region 5's top seed - will be the Raiders' third game nine days.
RTH, the third seed from Region 6, ended its regular season with a win over Center-Stanton on Oct. 12 and advanced with a 36-0 win over Towner-Granville-Upham in the opening round of the playoffs Tuesday.
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"That was a good game for us," Olson said. "Towner was a good football team. It's prep for a better football team."
The Raiders began the season with a similar schedule, playing three games in 11 days from Aug. 21-31. The nine-man season began with two games during the opening week of the season.
This time, things are a little different then when RTH lost two of the three, Olson said.
"It's cooler now than it was then," Olson said. "This is the time (of the season) where we don't do extra drills. Our kids are the kinds of kids who are in good condition. They are three-sport athletes.
"If fatigue is something, then we will be in trouble but I don't see it being a big problem."
The Raiders have not thrown on the pads since Tuesday night's win over TGU.
RTH examined their offense Wednesday and they broke down Divide County on Thursday. On Friday, Olson had his team put it all together, working on offense, defense and special teams.
"We got through everything we needed to," Olson said. "It's just about the same amount of time as we normally have, just we haven't had a day off."
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Olson's biggest concern when comparing his Raiders to the Maroons is size. Up front, Divide County is much larger, he said.
"We have to use what we've used before, our quickness and our speed," Olson said. "We just need to keep coming at them with what we got.
"(The RTH linemen) are not small people up front. I feel like they do get after people pretty good. I'll take a 190-pounder that can go, go, go. That's a good high school football player."
