Winner's Overview 2018 Season:
well, where does one start....
WDAZ was in Thompson for the "game of the week" week 1, Cavalier didn't perform up to expectations and there was a lot of finger pointing as to why, after the game but it is what it is....they were one of 4 teams left in the State just a mere 8 months prior and reloaded well I thought, considering the other team in the East didn't win a game this season (lost many many seniors, I realize, just stating) and Cav lost 3 All-Stater's had a Senior Starter not playing and had a starting running back go down early in the game and had 2 Juniors that played the season before not play this season....
fast forward to St. John: (cavs best game of the season IMO, because they used all their tools and spread it better than any other game of the year hands down, Ironically no media or no fans, except parents and grand parents) some said St. John "isn't that good" I say they win again this Saturday! leaving them "one of 4 left in the State" and have only one loss to? Cavalier......
fast forward to last game of their season:
first off? NapGS was the better team that day, and this isn't the total reason why but I'll say:
they had a longer spell of no games than when the season starts with "the night the lights went out in Georgia"
to the Bye, than to Cav game (15 days) nice period of time to prepare... a team could actually start preparing for Oaks or Richland (in this case Oaks) along with a focus on the up coming task which was a 36-14 victory with 2 crucial turnovers by Cavalier and no scoring in the second half, Nap wins (hats off) .....I remember the prior year as Nap left the Cavalier field and the Coach ripped the Tornado banner of the wall, crumpled it up and threw it in the Garbage, some may say thats not right? I call it passion, I'm fairly passionate myself about competition and the competitive side of, well? anything
but as I stood there in Napoleon thinking Wow! what a beautiful day to be standing in Rural ND (a place no better) sucking up the Sun, watching a Team pour out emotions, after a defeat, after everyone else had left, I realized like every year (some more than others) that I was once a Senior in HS that had played my last game of a Sport....and in all? thats all that matters....
Good Luck to all the teams left.....Leave it all on the Field....