On Friday, I traveled down to broadcast the Shamokin-Cedar Cliff game. Although the Indians led at the half, Cedar Cliff used a little more speed to pull away in the second half. The big story for the Indians was that Tyler Dirienzo was not able to make the trip due to the same illness that hampered him in the preseason. Shamokin will be at Pottsville on Friday night.
Mount Carmel traveled to Boothwyn to take on Chichester on Saturday. With a roller coaster of high and lows, the Red Tornadoes gave up a perfect chance to pull one out of the fire. Down 28-14 with 10:12 to go, Mount Carmel rallied with two touchdowns and a two-point conversion to take a 29-28 lead with :47 seconds left in the game.
The Red Tornadoes not only gave up the winning score once but twice as West Virginia recruit, Chris Smith (pictured above) rallied the Eagles to their first victory.
If you are a Mount Carmel fan, it was tough to take. Just imagine the following historical sports moments and emotions. Notre Dame coming back against Boston College in 1993 down three touchdowns and lose on a last second field goal by the Eagles. Ampipe losing to Walnut Heights after they just taken the lead in All the Right Moves. The USSR beating the USA in the 1972 Olympics in basketball after several downcourt lobs. Boston College's Doug Flutie going downfield to Gerard Phelan to upset Miami in 1984. Take you pick, it was all of these and then some.
Analysis on this and the rest of the season coming later.
