The game was all us for the first half then they came back and tied it. We kicked a 3 point field goal and the score was 17-14 us. Lakeland scored a touchdown and it was 21-17 them. We had about two minutes left on the clock. A lot of the seniors and younger guys who were on the sideline looked defeated, but the other starters and I knew we could do it. We started at our 20 yard line and drove the ball (with the help of a few penalties on lakeland) to Lakeland's 30 yard line. With about 15 seconds left on the clock on a long 4th down (our last try before lakeland would get the ball back) we tried a pass play. I worked hard to block my guy from getting to the quarterback and on a quick look back I could see Kyle (our Quarterback) was scrambling to make time for the receivers to get open. I hit my guy hard and knocked him down so Kyle could throw, and he chucked it deep for the end zone. Keep in mind this all happened in about 5 seconds. The ball looked like it was going to be intercepted by the lakeland defender and all of a sudden Alex (one of our receivers) came out of nowhere and grabbed the ball out of the air for a touchdown. We were now in the lead by three after the extra point kick. We kicked the ball off with ten seconds remaining in the game. Lakeland returned the kick about 20 yards and took 9 of the 10 seconds off the clock giving them one last chance to make an 80 yard play to score and win. They weren't able to pull it off and we won and were heading to the state playoffs. Moscow hadn't been there in 15 years so we were a big deal. We then hosted Bonneville from twin falls for the first game of the playoffs, it was a muddy and cold game in moscow that we ended up losing 18-6 which ended the season. I was happy we hosted it though, I wanted to have one last game at Bear Field. After the game I sat in the bleachers and just kind of reminisced about the six years of football I played there for about an hour until the lights got shut off. You would probably never see emotion from me and the guys in my class like you would have seen in the locker room after that game. We all finally realized that once we took our equipment off we would never put it on again. Most of us were either blank faced and staring at the floor or crying uncontrollably, primarily the latter. We all got to have our time to say a few words to our team mates and coaches. It was definitely hard to take that uniform and those pads off. I have so many memories on that football field, and I definitely would do anything to strap the pads on one more time and play for my town and to play with my best friends again.
Friday, March 7, 2014
March 7, 2014 another long one
The game was all us for the first half then they came back and tied it. We kicked a 3 point field goal and the score was 17-14 us. Lakeland scored a touchdown and it was 21-17 them. We had about two minutes left on the clock. A lot of the seniors and younger guys who were on the sideline looked defeated, but the other starters and I knew we could do it. We started at our 20 yard line and drove the ball (with the help of a few penalties on lakeland) to Lakeland's 30 yard line. With about 15 seconds left on the clock on a long 4th down (our last try before lakeland would get the ball back) we tried a pass play. I worked hard to block my guy from getting to the quarterback and on a quick look back I could see Kyle (our Quarterback) was scrambling to make time for the receivers to get open. I hit my guy hard and knocked him down so Kyle could throw, and he chucked it deep for the end zone. Keep in mind this all happened in about 5 seconds. The ball looked like it was going to be intercepted by the lakeland defender and all of a sudden Alex (one of our receivers) came out of nowhere and grabbed the ball out of the air for a touchdown. We were now in the lead by three after the extra point kick. We kicked the ball off with ten seconds remaining in the game. Lakeland returned the kick about 20 yards and took 9 of the 10 seconds off the clock giving them one last chance to make an 80 yard play to score and win. They weren't able to pull it off and we won and were heading to the state playoffs. Moscow hadn't been there in 15 years so we were a big deal. We then hosted Bonneville from twin falls for the first game of the playoffs, it was a muddy and cold game in moscow that we ended up losing 18-6 which ended the season. I was happy we hosted it though, I wanted to have one last game at Bear Field. After the game I sat in the bleachers and just kind of reminisced about the six years of football I played there for about an hour until the lights got shut off. You would probably never see emotion from me and the guys in my class like you would have seen in the locker room after that game. We all finally realized that once we took our equipment off we would never put it on again. Most of us were either blank faced and staring at the floor or crying uncontrollably, primarily the latter. We all got to have our time to say a few words to our team mates and coaches. It was definitely hard to take that uniform and those pads off. I have so many memories on that football field, and I definitely would do anything to strap the pads on one more time and play for my town and to play with my best friends again.
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