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November 5, 2010
SIERRA LEAGUE YOUTH FOOTBALL
semi-final playoff game
Fernley v. Lassen
Number one ranked Fernley Vaqueros took the field against the fourth ranked Lassen Grizzlies. Do or die, the winner goes to the championship game, the loser goes home.
I sat in the announcer booth and called the game - I was a last minute substitution. Trying hard not to be partisan, avoiding the urge to argue with the refs over the public address system, keeping it clean - I had never done this before.
End of the first half, no score. This was not going to be an easy win. As Coach Johnny says, "You think you've been working hard, but there's always another team that's working harder."
Midway through the third quarter, Lassen scored on a punt return. 6 to 0 and it was the fist time that Fernley had trailed in a game all season.
Coach Harris told the team, "When you get knocked down, you have to get back up and fight."
In the fourth quarter, the Vaqueros rallied. Two breakaway touchdowns and a victory.
Ethan was very happy.
"Look what they did to my boy." - Don Corleone Godfather
