Walters sees plenty of upside in Rams

By Lethbridge Herald on August 28, 2025.

Herald Photo by Justin Seward LCI Ram football players pile up during a play at practice on Monday.

By Justin Seward

Lethbridge Herald

A former LCI  Rams football coach who is returning to help this season sees tremendous upside in this team heading into a new high school football season.

“I find that they got a great quarterback, got great receivers, their ‘O’  (offensive) line is starting to coming around, their ‘D’ (defensive) line’s coming around and with good coaching, those kids are going to come around and do things,” said Cliff Walters, LCI assistant coach, who returns to  the program for the first time since 2003 where he retired from teaching.

“I think they’re a complete football team. They just have to get it altogether to move to the next level of aggression and then when they do that, they’ll gel at the right time, and we hope we’ll have a contender in the end.”

Walters so far has seen a group that is energetic in how they play.

“They  have a desire to do well and succeed, and I’ve just been pleased, there’s some great kids in  here,” Walters.

Depth is  what Walters sees a challenge.

“Depth is always a problem, but you have to play through that, it’s a part of the game,” said Walters.

“The talent that you have is the talent you work with. You do the best that you can with what you have and then your responsibility is to bring those boys as far you can and to teach them to be men along the way.”

Walters has liked head coach Darren Majeran’s approach to coaching the team.

“He’s a milder version of myself and he keeps me in line which is what I need because I’m an old war horse and when the ball goes up I wanna go to war,” said Walters.

“So, he goes up in the booth and I go down on the sideline and it’s a good combo.”

The Rams will be joined in the Prairie Sky Conference regular season play by Raymond , Catholic Central, Chinook, Cardston and Medicine Hat.

“If  (players)  wanna go to the next level, you have to play the next level competition,” said Walters.

“For them, they have  to step it up and by stepping it up, that’s the only way you can prepare for the end because it’s really in the end that counts. You’re a provincial champion or you’re not.”