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CALHOUN FOOTBALL
Written by Don Brubaker
Friday, 23 November 2007
LIKE SO MANY PEOPLE IN THE AREA, THE CALHOUN SANDCRABS DESCENDED ON VICTORIA THE DAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. THE SANDCRABS, THOUGH, WERE SHOPPING FOR A FOOTBALL PLAYOFF WIN. THEY CAME TO MEMORIAL STADIUM, AND FOUND ANOTHER TEAM WANTING THE SAME THING. THE CRABS MET UNBEATEN CALALLEN IN THE 4A DIVISION TWO AREA PLAYOFFS. AFTER A SCORELESS FIRST QUARTER, THE WILDCATS ARE FIRST ON THE BOARD. BRYDEN MCCLURE WITH THE ONE YARD TD. CALHOUN WITH A DRIVE GOING, THEN THE BALL POPS INTO THE AIR, THE CATS KRIS GUERRERO SNAGS IT AND RACES 67 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN. HOWEVER, THAT RETURN WAS WIPED OUT BY A BLOCK IN THE BACK. STILL, CALALLEN HAD THE BALL, AND DUSTINI VAUGHAN WILL SCORE FROM THE SIX TO MAKE IT 13-0. VERY LATE IN THE FIRST HALF, VAUGHAN SWINGS IT OUT TO MCCLURE. NICE BLOCKING IN FRONT OF HIM, MCCLURE TIGHT ROPES THE SIDELINE, GETS THE 43 YARD TOUCHDOWN, 21-0 CALALLEN AT THE HALF. IN THE FOURTH, DOWN 27-0, THE SANDCRABS GET THEIR ONLY TOUCHDOWN ON STERLING JONES' TWO-YARD RUN. BUT CALHOUN'S SEASON GETS ENDED BY UNBEATEN CALALLEN, 27-7. AFTER THE GAME, I TALKED WITH THE SANDCRABS HEAD COACH.
"This team has the heart of a champion", said Richard Whitaker, Calhoun Football Head Coach. "The last couple of weeks we've had every opportunity in the world to fold our tents and they never would. They've overcome so much and it's been a tremendous year. No one expected us to be this far. I'm very proud of these guys." THE SANDCRABS FINISHED THE SEASON WITH A RECORD OF NINE UP AND THREE DOWN.
