Anticipation

THE AIR WAS THICK WITH ANTICIPATION AS STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND FANS LINED THE BLEACHERS IN THE STADIUM. THEY KEPT GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER AS THEY ALL TRIED TO FIND SEATS FOR THIS PIVOTAL MOMENT IN THE GAME. IT WAS 4TH AND GOAL, WITH ONLY ONE SECOND LEFT TO PLAY. A QUICK GLANCE AT THE SCOREBOARD SHOWED THAT IT WAS 16-12 IN FAVOR OF OUR TEAM. 22 YOUNG MEN TOOK THEIR POSITIONS ON THE FIELD, WITH ELEVEN THINKING SCORE, AND OUR GUYS HOPING NOT TO LET THEM. GRASS STAINS MIXED WITH BLOOD AND SWEAT COATED THEIR UNIFORMS, HELMETS, AND GLOVES. THE QUARTERBACK BEGAN HIS CADENCE," SET, RED 47, RED 47, HIKE, HIKE…" THE CROWD’S CHEERS WERE MUTED TO THE PLAYER’S EARS AS THE BALL WAS SNAPPED. THE SOUND OF HELMET’S CLASHING TOGETHER WAS ALL THAT WE COULD HEAR. THE QUARTERBACK DIDN’T PASS THE BALL, HE HANDED IT OFF. BODIES SMASHED TOGETHER WITH THE BALL BURIED SOMEWHERE IN THE SEA OF PLAYERS. THE REFEREES LOOK AS IF THEY ALREADY KNOW WHAT THEIR RESULT WILL BE. THE TENSION MOUNTS F...