The Final Battle

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It was calm for a Championship Saturday with nervous anticipation all around. The cold cracked a little harder before the sun warm-up of the day. The field was set, lines were extra white waiting to be tore up amongst the boys wanting to play the game. The Sheboygan Badgers Vs. the Sheboygan Steelers was a battle of wills, both setting the bar high at 6-1 records coming into the game. The Steelers using a high powered offense balancing between run and pass was hard to stop, the Badgers using a run controlled offense blasting holes in the line for large gains but the last meeting between the two ended in a 8-6 win for the Badgers and only the best play will allow that to happen on this Saturday in October.

The coaches new that a early score would put control in the badgers hand and that plan was executed early with a QB keeper around the end for a 40 yard touchdown. The teams played even football the rest of the half. Pads were hitting, loud crunches with boys grunting with all their energy for the tackle.

The Badgers came out the second half and controlled it from the start, Marching down the field with power and grace looking at their opponent in the eyes and taking them head on. With the ball on the 1 yard line the question of what the badgers were going to run was answered with a power run right up the gut into the swarm of tacklers and coming out victoriously on the other side of the goal line,resulting in a 12-0 lead that the defense held onto for the rest of the game. As the boys jumped up and down with their league championship I was a little depressed that it was all over, boy what a team.

This season the Sheboygan badgers allowed only 30 points while putting up 104. 4 out of their last 5 games were shut outs and even had a game that allowed the opponents one first down the entire game.

Congrats Sheboygan Badgers, you sure were a team of winners.
Remember that winning isn't a right but rather a consequence of all the hard work put in.

At 11:34 PM,  Anonymous said...

You were a terrific coach and a huge influence on "your kids". Because you taught them more than just football, one (or more) of the boys just might remember their Coach Paul as a pivotal person in their life. Who knows!!!!
Congratulations on a job well done!
Love, Mom

 

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