Final Game....under the lights

Go Eagles!

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Go get 'em Nik!

Got Him!

It's really feeling like a football game tonight. The cold, crisp dusk air makes us shiver as we wait for the Golden Eagles to be announced over the loud speaker......then we hear it "in at number 84... Nik Masselink" You know he was smiling big under that huge helmet once he heard that....and it wouldn't be the last time tonight.

The boys started out with a quick touchdown from the kick off.....6-0.... flashed up on the scoreboard. We are off to a great start! But that was the last hurrah, at least for a while. The the Gladiators reeled off 28 straight points and we went to halftime a bit shell shocked. Everyone figured the season was over. Except coach Rob and the boys.....

I'm not sure what they said at half, but our kids came out on fire.....shutting down the Gladiators and closing the score to 28-20 with just minutes to play. I don't think our D allowed a first down the entire 2nd half. With just a few minutes left, we had the ball down to the 10 yard line, poised to score and then go for the tie on the conversion. But a distarous fumble was recovered by the Gladiators, and then one of their kids broke off a (80-some yards?) long TD run to finish it out at 34-20 as the clock expired.

The boys put up a ton of effort and we were all very proud of the way they fought back in the 2nd half. I guess if you can't win, this was still a great way to finish the season.

Afterwards, Nik got a copy of his "Bob Sandsers Award for his outstanding play in week 3. Once we can deglitch our scanner, we will add it to this post, its pretty cool!