Posted on 12/04/2004 5:49:45 PM PST by Richard Kimball
I give it a 1.
Avast, matey! Not even a two, for the pretty pictures?
You took some good photos...... Interesting article
These were 6-man football teams, of course. Somebody should tell the lurkers what 6-man really involves. It's tough, it's free-wheeling, there are more cheerleaders on the sidelines than extra players on the benches, and it's pure small town rivalry at it's finest.:)
religious bump
No, these are full eleven man teams. One of my students had a team in the six man playoffs, Aquilla. They got put out a couple of weeks ago, though. I've been to a couple of six man games, and they are exciting. Crawford only has 27 people on the roster, though, so most players go both ways, and they don't have enough people for a full second team. Just about everybody gets some playing time.
These were 6-man football teams, of course.
Eleven man, with that small of schools? My son was on a 6 man team, and there the ruling that if one team is ahead by 50 points at half-time the game is called a win for one side and other side crawls off. We left two games (mercifully) early because of that and one of them was a Homecoming game.:)
Painful experience, based on school enrollment size.
We had a game last year where we played the second half with a running clock, because we were so far ahead, but we haven't actually stopped a game for anything but lightning. Most of the six man schools only have about 150 or so people in the whole town. One of the things I love about small town high school football is that the kids really are students first. One of the Crawford kids has been accepted to the Citadel, and another is going to Texas A&M. Both of these kids got in on grades, not athletics. By the way, at the risk of hopelessly bragging, around 70% of the Crawford kids go to college and get four year degrees, including the athletes.
This looks like a legitimate article to me.
Am I wrong?
Seems fine. I just wanted to talk like a pirate, matey!
A Pittsburg pirate?
Even though I photograph the team for a newspaper, I always tag anything about them as a vanity. I figure if it's my stuff, it's a vanity, even if it is published.
Good to know.
It's a worthwhile article, IMHO.
Thanks for posting it.
No, you're never wrong, onyx! It's just that the poster calls it "a shameless vanity" - so I thought I'd rate it. It's definitely a good "ONE!"
I'm never wrong?
Oh AGYG... if only that were true...lol.
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