"Gimme 20." The words danced around in AJ's mind. AJ is a star wideout for the town team, the Greenwood Bombers. The Bombers coach was the dad of Luke the Puke. Luke took the starting quarterback job away from my best friend Josh.
"Hey my name is Josh." I was the starting quarterback for the Bombers until Luke's dad took over. I have no idea why he is starting, but I guess if your dad is the coach you're gonna start. Tonight is our last game against the rival team Danville Warriors. This is the second year of the rivalry, last year we won 27-19. It was a tight game but I came through throwing for 200 yards. This year it's for a play-off spot.
It was 7:00 at Bomber's Field. The lights were on and the stands were packed the best time for a football game. Luke was starting of course. The Bombers won the coin toss, and elected to receive. Josh was chanting "Lets go Bombers." The first play was a fly to AJ. The ball was overthrown. Josh said "Of Course." The next play was a draw to the Halfback Jewel Sampson. Jewel ran for about 20 yards. At the end of the 1st quarter the score was Greenwood 3, Danville 7. Luke had a terrible first quarter, throwing for 25 yards and going 5 for 15. His passer rating was a 14.58. "Horrible." said AJ.
At halftime the score was 21-10 Danville. Josh was asked to go in so he did for one play. He threw a complete pass to Jewel for 15 yards. Luke went back in. Luke threw a first down pass to AJ. The next play was a interception intended for Jewel and returned all the way to our 15 yard line. After that, Touchdown Danville. The new score 28-10 Danville. At the end of the 3rd quarter the score was 28-17.
The beginning of the first quarter I got a tap on my back it was the coach he said "After this drive you're in for the rest of the game." I said "Okay." That drive ended in a field goal. So the score now was 28-20 Danville. My first play in was a deep fly to AJ. He bobbled it and then CAUGHT IT! Now we were on the 5 yard line. I handed it off to Jewel and he powered his way to a touchdown. Now the 2-Point conversion. "This is a big play" said coach. It was a screen to AJ. He caught it and jumped over people to the endzone the ref put two hands in the air and the crowd went wild.
There was 2 minutes left the score was tied. Jeff the kicker was getting warmed up on the sideline. He is the best kicker in the league. We just wanted to run the clock out. With 5 seconds left Jeff came out on the field. it would be a 30 yard field goal. The kick went up looked good and hit the goal-post and...went in!!! The crowd went crazy people started swarming the field, we were going to the playoffs.
After the game we had a party at Pizza Hut. We talked about what were are gonna do next game in the playoffs. I was announced as starter "Yes!" I could see that Luke wasn't very happy. We got a call from the playoffs guy and he said "You'll be going up against 7-5 Town rivals Silent Champions."
It was gameday, We practiced all week ready to win a game. They got the ball first. They just marched right down the field for a touchdown. Now it was our turn. The first play was a draw to Jewel for a gain of 5 yards. The next play I got sacked for a loss of 7 yards. 3rd and 12, The pass went to tight end Jackson Smith for a gain of 20. 1st and 10. Interception returned for a touchdown. That's when they took me out, I got teary-eyed. Luke went in and played pretty good, but the score at halftime, Champions 21-3, Luke threw a Interception right to the defender. Champions scored another touchdown, to make it 28-3. With two minutes left in the 4th quarter the score 28-17. We had the ball, Luke threw a deep ball to AJ and he caught it for the Bombers Touchdown. We made the 2-point conversion and that made it a 28-25 game. We kicked the onside kick but didn't recover. At the end of the game the score was 31-25 Champions.
At the banquet for our football team, Coach said "We did an amazing job this year and hopes to see our pretty athletic faces next year."
THE END
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