Recap:
Great crowd, great atmosphere.
Junior Kyle James #25 played a phenomenal game offensively and defensively. I haven’t reported much on him this year and that’s my fault. He has been solid to great all year being a dangerous 2nd option on O and playing not only a great centerfield, but his open field tackling and hitting is as impressive as I’ve seen from a DB in my short 40 years of watching HS football.
I’m not going series by series. It was a tale of St. Rita making big plays on offense (and the KO return TD knockout punch by Kaleb Brown) and St. Rita’s D stiffening on some excellent Boylan chances.
Both lines did good work for both teams. Teams just have to take advantage of St. Rita mistakes if they make them because a big play is always around the corner.
The QB situation got very interesting but a very good situation from a team standpoint. The Soph tried to force throws that Boylan intercepted. Junior QB started the second half and started it with a big keeper. Both QBs have to run more because it will keep Ds honest and they are both great athletes that I think running will calm them down. Either way, 2 strong options from 2 great teammates with one goal in mind.
Defense strong again especially with some of the short fields they had to defend. Hall, Gaughan, Milton, Harris, Hixson, Wojcicki, Norred, Lias, Flowers, Wilson, Larkin: Take a bow.
Question: Since I’ve been amazed the last two years, what is it like seeing Kaleb Brown live for the first time?