... 'er, scratch that - THEY WIN!!!
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| Touchdown!!!!! First score of the year for the A's | Click on the photo to view it larger |
Honestly ... I left the house a little on the late side and had figured that I might miss some of the C's game. (back track) I had read / heard via facebook that the field where the kids were going to be playing was sort of "hidden". Ummmm -- yeah. If you ain't a local you ain't gonna find this stealth field. I did eventually discover it and got on scene shortly before the half. Still being honest ... Valley's little ones - they were asleep at helm. Let's just say that they didn't play very well and the score reflected that. :( The 2nd game of the day was the B's (9 & 10 yr olds). This was, actually in pure football speak, a "good game". It was a snoozer from my point of view as a guy with a camera. It was a defensive struggle as neither team scored in the 1st half. Candor did put some points up on the board in the 2nd, and then they put some more up again and that game was pretty much done - the Tigers won it 13-0. The game was actually better than the score reflects.
And then there was the A's game . . . !!! These kids have had a tough season so far. Coming into this game they hadn't won one yet. They hadn't even scored yet. Yeah ... but plucky as they are, they keep coming back, and they keep trying! Twice in the first half of play they got good offensive movement going and managed to get the ball down the the 10 yard line. They were doing it - they could move the ball against this opponent. Twice they got stopped short of the goal. And twice the home team scored. It was 12-0 going into the half.
Sometime late in the 3rd, or maybe it was even into the 4th ... it happened. Valley #34, the Spoonhower kid got loose and burst into the end zone!!!! TOUCHDOWN!! SCORE!!!!! The Valley side would have been happy to leave right then and there - that alone was a victory! But hey - there was still plenty of time left in this game - and now that these kids had had a taste of scoring guess what....? They wanted more ... ! The kids were pumped up now and boy did they stiffen up on D for the ensuing change of possession. They shut Candor down - 1,2,3 - you're out - give us that ball back! A couple of plays go by, some yards gained, need to get the 1st down and keep this possession alive - we're only down by 6 .... Valley's QB steps back and he floats the ball up (pee wee's just can't rifle it - they just can't - not physically able to ... lol! ) and one could almost hear the collective inhale and dead silence on the Valley side of the field. A WIDE OPEN Kalpokas kid (#3) is there and CATCHES it and takes off!!! The Valley side of the field is going berserk. The other side is stunned. Kalpokas runs it in and we got us a TIE game with 5 or so minutes left in regulation.
We got us a game now ... :)
The kids were jacked after the first score when they had to play D. They were ultra jacked now - they knew that they HAD to get the ball back and they HAD to score one more time to secure this win. Candor has a big weapon that wears #20. Valley's D swarmed him, and the Tigers entire line in general like angry bees and again - 1,2,3 - you're out! "Give us that ball back!!" With less than a minute or so left on the clock Valley's A team marched the ball down the field and one of the kids was able to rumble it over the line to grab the lead. They put an exclamation mark on it by converting on the extra point via the #42 of the Tompkins kid to take a now 19-12 lead. There were 8 seconds left on the game clock. The Cardinals shut down the last Tigers possession and erupted in triumphant joy at having not only scored for the first time this season, but coming from behind to take a wild win!
I'll have pics from all three games up at the galleries in a day or two .. stand by!
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