56 Seconds

I was waiting there just thinking, are we going to win or will we lose? Then our coach came in and said,"This is your last game for most of you. This is the biggest one of your life. We will win!"

Then he told us to line up. When we were walking in line I heard the announcer say, "Now, here's your Lee's Summit Tigers!"

We won the coin toss. We decided to kick.

We kicked it and it was a booming kick! It went three years into the touchdown area. They were only able to take it 19 yards. The defense went out, they got 6 yards but they had to punt it.

First and second quarter went by. 14-12. We were winning. Third quarter went by and now it's 14 to 15. During the fourth quarter, they scored one touchdown, but we blocked the field goal.

When we recover the ball, coach said, "Offense, on the field!"

He told me the play. Their were 56 seconds to go. We were at the 49 yard line. Our side threw it again and we gained 21 yards. We have 38 yards to go and 27 seconds. We ran it another 17 yards, 31 yards to go. Then we ran 15 yards. Then we have 5 seconds to go. We scored a touchdown with 2 seconds to score we were down by 1. My coach decided to go for two. A quarterback sneak up the middle.

When we lined up, my heart was pounding. It felt like two hours went by but only 2 seconds went by. I yelled, "Hike" I jumped and then everyone was on top of me. The refs were yelling for players to get one of me about a minute late. When it was just me, the ref signaled "touchdown."

Then the reporters swarmed me! They were asking me questions about how it feels to be State Champions. Then I went to college for MU. Then I played for the Chiefs and I was put in the NFL's Hall of Fame for throwing the most yards ever thrown.

Submitted by Aaron, 6-T