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It
doesn’t get much better than this!
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Tigers vs Raiders
The first quarter
of the game went back and forth each
team making costly errors as a misty
rain made the passing game difficult and
the footing while running unsure. At the
end of the first quarter no one put
points on the board.
The score
Tigers 0 – Raiders 0.
The second quarter
scoring began with 14:26 left on the
clock as the Raiders put together a 9
play, 69 yard drive that ended in a
27yard Touchdown pass. The point after
kick was wide.
The score Tigers 0
– Raiders 6.
Tigers turn…4
minuets later with 10:29 showing on the
clock the Tigers toped off an impressive
11 play, 73 yard drive of their own with
a 15 yard touchdown pass to #32 Byrd
from #9 Johnson. The point after was
good by #20 Palacios.
The score Tigers 7
– Raiders 6.
Tigers turn again…With
time running out in the first half, the
Tigers defense slam the door shut on the
Raiders and gave the ball back to their
offense 61 yards away from a score. With
only :07 left on the clock #20 Palacios
kicked a 40 yard field goal to put the
Tigers ahead at the half.
The score Tigers
10 – Raiders 6.
The theme for the
second half could have been… I am my
worst enemy.
The third quarter
belonged to the defensive squads as
both teams came out determined not to
give up points. To start the scoring for
the second half it was the Raiders turn.
But not on the offensive side of the
ball. With 8:04 left in the 3rd quarter
#46 for the Raiders picked off a Tigers
pass and returned it 23 yards for a
Raiders touchdown… Giving the raiders a
2 point lead 12- 10. The point after
once again failed.
The score at the
end of the 3rd quarter was
Tigers 10 – Raiders 12.
The Fourth quarter
scoring started with the Tigers
defense giving their offense the ball on
their own 26 yard line. Two plays later
with 14:51 on the clock, QB #9 Johnson
goes (left , then right, then left again
or was that right) for a 20 Yard
Touchdown run to put the Tigers back in
the lead 16 – 12. The Tigers failed to
convert the extra point.
The score Tigers
16 – Raiders 12.
Remember the
theme for the second half … I am my
worst enemy?
Tigers ball deep in
Raiders territory, 2:04 left on the
clock, time running out for the Raiders.
Once again it’s the Raiders defense that
does the job as the Tigers fumble the
ball in the end zone and the Raiders
recover the ball for a touchdown.
Putting them up by 2 points 18 -16. This
time the point after was good.
The score Tigers
16 – Raiders 19.
With less than two
minuets left in the game The Tigers
found themselves 60 long yards away from
a win, a tie to go into overtime or a
season ending loss on the road.
With :35 left on the
clock faced with a 4th down
and long. The Tigers decided to go for
the tie. Tigers Kicker # 20 Palacios
welcomed the opportunity and with the
confidence of the entire Tigers team
behind him, kicked the 31 yard field
goal to tie the score 19 – 19.
The score at the
end of regulation play Tigers 19 –
Raiders 19.
Overtime
After 7 plays in a
drive that took 78 yards Coach Murphy
decided it was time to end the game as
he sent #20 Palacios back on the field
to kick a 34 yard field goal for the win
in overtime. With 9:14 left in overtime
Palacios split the uprights to give the
Tigers the Win.
The score
Wilmington Tigers 22 – Jacksonville
Raiders 19.
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