AHS 30 MONTEREY 19

Woo! I dont know how many more of these close games I can take! This game was so huge for us as far as playoffs go. We heard it from coach all week long, "Seniors if you want to make playoffs, you must win this one!" We won this one, now next week is more important.

I cannot help but tell you how nervous I was before this game. So many things to think about, playoffs, snaps, big defensive front, the list could go on. But as soon as I strapped that helmet on all those feelings went away. After that first score on our first series I dont think Ive ever been so fired up this year. Our past few games starting out slow offensively I wanted to open up with a bang! And thats exactly what we did when Marcus Stockton hooked up with a 52 yard TD to big Benny Shepard who had some moves all game. And the deffense! They sure made a point to Monterey that the wishbone(midline) scheme wasnt gonna work on the Sandies! They held them to I dont even know how many fieldgoals all game. Four fieldgoals and one TD. Even though it was hott and the lights werent on we were ready to play! We went into the 4th quarter down 19 to 16. We knew we had to get something going. It was do or die! All that work we did all week, all the continuals, all the sprints after practice came down to this last quarter. After tough running by Jacob Burton, Thomas Fraser and Heath Herrington and some good pass plays we found ourselve on the goal line. After some play confusion with half the offense running the wrong play Marcus Stockton somehow found Dalton Koller for a 5 yard pass! One more touchdown to go. Now the offense rellied on the defense to hold them. And they did!! Just like they had played all game. Big hits, and hard playing they held them to another field goal! Now to put the final nail in the coffin. We drove it down the field again and scored with a 16 yard pass to Will Bryant who did a great job holding on to the ball. Defense held them once again to give the ball to AHS with minutes to go! We ran the ball a few times to give us some first downs and keep that clock running! Then we got into the good ole victory formation to close it up. After the toughest week of practice it was all worth it. The deffense played awesome! Now the next one is just as big if not bigger. Lets rest this weekend and fuel up the body and get ready for the Midland High Bulldogs!!

"Nothing great in life is accomplished without passion. My passion is football, what's yours?"
M.P.I.F.