Harris Y # Two 20 – Falcons Green 18
The Falcons came up on the short end of a 20-18 score yesterday afternoon playing the #Two Team from Harris Y on their home field. The Falcons scored on the first play of the game when Caleb Robinson threw a quick pass to Mitch Moore who turned the cornor on the right side of the field and raced down the sideline scoring the first touchdown of the game before anyone had even settled in their seats. The extra point was missed but the Falocns had a quick 6-0 lead. The Falcon defense held the Harris Y and the offense started once again from their own 5 yard line. Three plays later the Falcons had moved to within 15 yards of midfield which is the first down marker in flag football. The Falcons lined up in an unbalanced formation to the right of center, the same formation that Mitch scored on earlier. This time Caleb faked the pass to Mitch, avoided the pass rusher, and ran down the left sideline for the Falcons second touchdown of the first half. We missed the extra point for the second time but held a 12-0 lead and things were looking good. The Falcon defense held the Harris Y once again but this time the offense turned the ball over on downs and the defense was back on the field. One of the players on the Harris Y made a juggling catch of a long pass and the Harris Y was in position to score for the first time. As time was winding down, thier quarterback scampered around the right side and scored making it a 12-6 game. The offense had time for only 2 plays but moved the ball downfield to the Harris Y 15 yard line before time expired.
The Harris Y had the first possession in the second half but the Falcon defense came up with a big interception. The offense was unable to score and gave the ball back to the Harris Y. Once again the defense held and the offense took over. The Harris Y made a huge interception and ran the ball back to the Falcons 3 yard line before scoring the tying touchdown on the next play. This time their extra point was successful and the Falcons trailed 13-12. With the offense on the field, Ryan Brown ran the same play Caleb Robinson had run in the first half. Ryan faked a pass to the wide receiver , avoided the pass rusher, and ran down the sideline for the Falcons 3rd touchdown of the game. Once again the extra point was missed but the Falcons had a 18-13 lead with 5 minutes left in the game. The Harris Y scored on the very next play of the game when we just missed their quarterback’s flag at his own goal line, not once but twice and he ran through the rest of the defense for the winning score. It was a hard loss on the scoreboard but the improvement the Falcons showed on both sides of the ball was evident from the opening whistle. Their were some questionable calls which did not go our way and played in the outcome of the game but the Falcon players never complained and moved forward each time. They played like champions and I was very proud of them. We have a bye next week with practice on Wednesday.
