Post by kramcat on Oct 24, 2012 17:00:55 GMT -6
www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 0ebdyWANJU
The video documents the closing moments of a fifth-grade game between Memphis (Tenn.) Briarcrest Christian School and Memphis (Tenn.) Presbyterian Day School. The two parochial rivals compete against each other at all different levels, and a win for one side against the other, even in the fifth grade, is always a feather in a team or athlete's cap.
In the 2012 edition of the elementary school face-off between the two schools, it appeared that feathered cap would be worn by Briarcrest after it scored a late touchdown, leaving fewer than 10 seconds remaining. After the subsequent squibbed kickoff, PDS took over with just two seconds on the clock, enough time for one last heave toward the end zone.
On the final snap, the PDS quarterback dropped back and heaved the ball as far as his fifth-grade arm could get it, but his pass landed right in the breadbasket of a Briarcrest defensive back. By all accounts the game should have been over.
Yet it wasn't over because the defensive back who thought he had just become a hero began celebrating too early. In a nearly fluid motion, as soon as he had pulled in the interception, the defensive back dropped the ball so he could celebrate the victory with his team. Of course, the referee had never blown a whistle, so the ball laying on the ground was still live.
After a couple idle seconds a clever PDS player realized that he hadn't heard a whistle, scooped up the live ball and trotted into the end zone, instantly transforming a two-point loss into a shocking four-point victory.
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The video documents the closing moments of a fifth-grade game between Memphis (Tenn.) Briarcrest Christian School and Memphis (Tenn.) Presbyterian Day School. The two parochial rivals compete against each other at all different levels, and a win for one side against the other, even in the fifth grade, is always a feather in a team or athlete's cap.
In the 2012 edition of the elementary school face-off between the two schools, it appeared that feathered cap would be worn by Briarcrest after it scored a late touchdown, leaving fewer than 10 seconds remaining. After the subsequent squibbed kickoff, PDS took over with just two seconds on the clock, enough time for one last heave toward the end zone.
On the final snap, the PDS quarterback dropped back and heaved the ball as far as his fifth-grade arm could get it, but his pass landed right in the breadbasket of a Briarcrest defensive back. By all accounts the game should have been over.
Yet it wasn't over because the defensive back who thought he had just become a hero began celebrating too early. In a nearly fluid motion, as soon as he had pulled in the interception, the defensive back dropped the ball so he could celebrate the victory with his team. Of course, the referee had never blown a whistle, so the ball laying on the ground was still live.
After a couple idle seconds a clever PDS player realized that he hadn't heard a whistle, scooped up the live ball and trotted into the end zone, instantly transforming a two-point loss into a shocking four-point victory.
sports.yahoo.com/blogs/highschoo ... 32857.htmlDon't accept your dog's admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.
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