Glendora Tartans 34, West Ranch Wildcats 21
When Jim Lovell and his crew managed to return to earth safely despite having not landed on the moon, the Apollo 13 mission was called the "successful failure."
This game may well be called "the victorious defeat."
Your Wildcats found themselves facing a JV team comprised of some very big, very strong, very fast juniors and sophomores--a unit they lost to last year--and never backed down nor gave up.
We were down 20-0 at halftime, and we later would go on to be down 34-0 at one point. Most teams would have folded, given up, asked for a running clock. Not us.
We finally put some drives and big plays together on offense and also managed to stop the Tartans on defense, and started scoring.
34-7.
A stop on defense.
34-14.
A successful onside kick.
34-21.
ANOTHER successful onside kick.
And, alas, that is where the magic ended. We were unable to convert on a fourth down and gave the ball back to Glendora with about a minute to go.
I have never been prouder of this team than I am after this.
Next week: Los Osos!
This game may well be called "the victorious defeat."
Your Wildcats found themselves facing a JV team comprised of some very big, very strong, very fast juniors and sophomores--a unit they lost to last year--and never backed down nor gave up.
We were down 20-0 at halftime, and we later would go on to be down 34-0 at one point. Most teams would have folded, given up, asked for a running clock. Not us.
We finally put some drives and big plays together on offense and also managed to stop the Tartans on defense, and started scoring.
34-7.
A stop on defense.
34-14.
A successful onside kick.
34-21.
ANOTHER successful onside kick.
And, alas, that is where the magic ended. We were unable to convert on a fourth down and gave the ball back to Glendora with about a minute to go.
I have never been prouder of this team than I am after this.
Next week: Los Osos!
