Sally and I went to our first high school football game as high school parents last night. That was so much fun. Our daughter Emma plays in the band. Her night was actually ludicrously complicated, but for Sally and me, well, we just sat there and watched the game.
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| End zone shot at the start of the second quarter. Stratford got a pick in the end zone right after this, drove down and scored. That made it 14-20. |
The Red Devils were at home against Notre Dame Catholic. Notre Dame ran a run-heavy read-option set against a decidedly undersized Stratord defense. Alas, the Red Devils really only have a handful of talented players. They had trouble stopped Notre Dame's power running up the middle, let alone containing the misdirection plays outside. However, they made some plays on offense through sheer team speed at the skill positions. Basically, they tried to run some kind of sweep run on almost every offensive snap, hoping to get one of their speed guys in space on the outside while mixing in the occasional play-action pass.
This worked well enough that Stratford was down just three at halftime. Alas, the size disparity along the lines started to show in the second half, and they wound up dropped the game 41-25.
More pictures are after the jump.
