What a night!

We showed up to the field at 6:30 as it began to rain. We knew the rain wasn't leaving so we braced for a running game against a large defensive line and when I say large I mean their smallest 6th grader was 135lbs. Their largest happened to weigh in at 260lbs! Rain continued to keep coming down as I pulled our offensive line aside to give a little "pep talk". I told them this was going to be a running game so that means we were going to have to give the best blocking of our season to prevail. We came out flat in the first quarter only rushing for about 20 yards and no pass completions. The opposing team scored on their first drive on what I would call a fluke play but all the less it was still a score. The second quarter gave way to an empty offense on both sides of the ball. We went into half time down 8-0. We rallied our team to come out an be more physical, and they were. The second half started off with some great blocking by our line while our star running back ran a pitch to the outside corner all the way into the house only to be called back for an illegal block in the back! Our defense went up against a much bigger offensive line all night and came out on top.
With less than one minute remaining we recovered a fumble and drove down to the 35 yard line giving the ball to our star running back who didn't disappoint. With no time remaining on the clock he broke 3 tackles and ran the ball in for a score. We were successful as well with our 2 point attempt to tie the game. It was an amazing game! Overtime did not fare well for us but in our hearts we overcame adversity, and while we did not win the game, the battle was ours! I am very proud of our team this year as we ended the season with a winning record but more importantly they all learned valuable lessons in life on that field! What a game!