All is not lost......

By Lew
October 8, 2004

I live close to Fort Worth, and I wasn't at the game at Abilene Wylie. But I was able to follow the game play-by-play with the fine work of a lady on this web site. You see, Candy Reagan did a super job of updating the website on each and every play for us web users, so we could "watch" the game from our computers. I have to say she did a great job and I was almost as excited during the game as if i were there. Great job!

Now let's talk about the game.
Talk about 2 heavy weights in the boxing ring, man, this was a boxing match.
Back and forth the battle went. Wylie ended up winning 13-7, but I am pretty sure the Wylie fans would agree, it was a hard fought battle.

Here are some takes on the game:
Candy Reagan from GoFridayNight.Com (0-0, first quarter) said:
1st & 10: Keenum throws to Chris Collum who catches the ball and runs down the sideline all the way to the end zone. It's a 54-yard pass play for a touchdown.

That made it 7-0 Wylie.

Candy Reagan from GoFridayNight.Com (Wylie, 7-0, first quarter) said:
2nd & 10: Alan Copeland runs in for the touchdown.

21:03 10/08/2004

That made it 7-7.

And then this:
Candy Reagan from GoFridayNight.Com (tied 7-7, second quarter) said:
2nd down: Michael Kiger runs in for the touchdown from the 8.

21:18 10/08/2004
With the missed extra point, it was 13-7 and that's the way the game ended.

But there was so much more than the score indicated. Sweetwater got down to the Wylie 16 before running out of time and timeouts. There was a last ditch throw, but it was all over. Man, what a game.

Sweetwater was able to get in the Red Zone 3 times and wasn't able to capitalize. A holding call in the second quarter, when QB Jeremy Thompson apparantly ran in for a touchdown really hurt, but you know what? I am so proud of Sweetwater.

Sweetwater fought and fought all night. Sweetwater has nothing to hang their heads over. Wylie is a very good team. How good? We'll see in a couple of weeks when they play Snyder.

The bottom line is, Sweetwater still has a chance for the playoffs. If the Mustangs can defeat Snyder next week at Mustang Bowl, and then Snyder hosts Wylie the following week, things could be very interesting.

Don't hang your heads Mustangs, Snyder is coming to town. You can do it!

Lew

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