Rural Retreat v. Cavaliers

Friday, October 26, the Rural Retreat Indians went to face the Holston Cavaliers. Rural Retreat won the coin toss, and received the ball in the first quarter. The Indians fumbled the ball, and the Cavaliers recovered the ball. The Cavaliers got a touchdown a few plays afterwards, and also got the extra point. The Indians had the ball, fumbled the ball a second time, and turned it over to Holston. With the ball in Holston’s possession, they fumbled the ball, and Rural Retreat was able to recover it. The ball was back in the hands of the Indians, and they proceeded to midfield. Then, the Indians made a good run, and moved to the 20 yard line. Later, the Indians scored a touchdown, making the score 7 to 6, with the Cavaliers only one point ahead. The Cavaliers had the ball, but were unable to make any progress, so they punted it to Rural Retreat at the 47-yard line. Rural Retreat inched their way toward the end zone, but fumbled the ball a third time. Holston then moved slowly down until they were only nine yards from a touchdown before the quarter ends. The final score is seven to six still.

In the second quarter, Holston got the ball first, and scored the first touchdown of the quarter. The Indians got the ball, but were unable to make any progress, so they punted the ball to Holston. Holston moved to midfield, but made no further ground. The ball was given to the Indians with six minutes left. The Indians slowly pushed their way toward the end zone. With only a couple seconds left in the second quarter, Rural Retreat scored a last-minute touchdown. The final score for this quarter was 13 to 12, still with the Cavaliers ahead by one point.

In the third quarter, the Cavaliers got the ball. They didn’t make any ground, so they punted the ball the Rural Retreat. The Indians made very little progress before turning the ball back over. The Cavaliers made another touchdown, and attempted to make a two-point conversion. The two-point conversion failed, however, due to a flag against Holston. Rural Retreat didn't make any progress, and made it to the 29-yard line before giving the ball back to the Cavaliers. The Cavaliers scored a touchdown, and there were only five minutes left on the clock. Later, towards the end of the quarter, Holston scored another touchdown, and this time got a two-point conversion. The final score in the third quarter was 33 to 12, with Holston in the lead.

In the final quarter, neither team got a touchdown until the end of the quarter. It was cold, and both teams had played hard, but the final quarter slowed down for both teams. The Cavaliers scored a touchdown and brought their score up to 41. The Indians made the final touchdown of the game with a large run down the side of the field, boosting their final score to 18. Holston won 41 to 18, but the Indians put forth a hard fight. It was Holston’s Homecoming, after all.

The Indians have only two games left in the season, and the final game is against George Wythe. We can only hope to see future victories at the last two games.