Saturday, September 20, 2008

Serra versus McQueen of Nevada: Post Game

On Friday September 18th we played and lost to McQueen of Reno, Nevada 24-7. McQueen is the #1 ranked team in Northern Nevada. After the close De La Salle loss we had a short week to prepare for another great team in McQueen. After they drove in their opening drive for a touchdown and a 7-0 lead. We responded by going down on a long drive and scoring to tie the game up at 7-7. The score remained the same until a questionable interference call gave McQueen a first down right before half to keep a drive alive in which they eventually scored. During the first half we had several opportunities to score and did not capitalize on them. We played them close despite missing some key players who would have helped us in this game. I'm not taking anything away from McQueen but It is tough to play a team like them on a short week and with several key players missing from the lineup. The score was 17 to 7 in the fourth quarter and we almost recovered a mishandled punt by McQueen which they recovered on their own 5 yard line. They say football is a game of inches. We have learned this the past two weeks. We will have time to heal and get healthy by the time we play Valley Christian. This will be a tough test but we're ready for the challenge. Go Padres!!

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