Monday, November 20, 2006
Most Dramatic Game of the Weekend? A High School Game
Ohio State-Michigan? Dallas-Indy? Forget that. The pigskin game of the week without a doubt was the Bothell-Pasco 4A high school football game in Washington. This Saturday, Bothell defeated Pasco 43-40 in a 9 overtime game! The 9 overtimes tied a national record, and here is a recap of each overtime period:
High-school overtime rules call for the teams to exchange possessions starting at the opponents' 25-yard line. Starting in the third OT, each team gets the ball at the 10.
In the first OT, both teams kicked field goals. In the second, Bothell went four-and-out, but Pasco fumbled. In the third, Bothell's defense stuffed Pasco twice from inside the 2. On its turn, Bothell fumbled.
In the fourth and fifth, more field goals. In the sixth, after Bothell failed to score, Pasco's kicker, Kelly, missed a chip-shot field goal.
In the seventh, Kelly hit Perez for a 10-yard TD. On Bothell's turn, third-string running back Robert Schaefer scored from the 2 on fourth-and-goal. In the eighth, Bothell quarterback Cody Atkinson scrambled in from 10 yards. Kelly hit Seth Halliday to tie.
And in the ninth, after Kelly kicked another field goal to put his team up 40-37, Bothell got the ball, took a deep breath and called a fullback dive to the left side.
Talk about an Instant Classic.
High-school overtime rules call for the teams to exchange possessions starting at the opponents' 25-yard line. Starting in the third OT, each team gets the ball at the 10.
In the first OT, both teams kicked field goals. In the second, Bothell went four-and-out, but Pasco fumbled. In the third, Bothell's defense stuffed Pasco twice from inside the 2. On its turn, Bothell fumbled.
In the fourth and fifth, more field goals. In the sixth, after Bothell failed to score, Pasco's kicker, Kelly, missed a chip-shot field goal.
In the seventh, Kelly hit Perez for a 10-yard TD. On Bothell's turn, third-string running back Robert Schaefer scored from the 2 on fourth-and-goal. In the eighth, Bothell quarterback Cody Atkinson scrambled in from 10 yards. Kelly hit Seth Halliday to tie.
And in the ninth, after Kelly kicked another field goal to put his team up 40-37, Bothell got the ball, took a deep breath and called a fullback dive to the left side.
Talk about an Instant Classic.
3 Comments:
right in my backyard. my buddy covered it for The Seattle Times and there was all sorts of talk around the office.
incredible.
Amazing stuff.
i wasn't there myself, but it's been the talk of the seattle times' sports department.
pretty crazy stuff. the winner now plays a pretty damn good team. see if they have fate on their side.
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