The perfect storm ended Prestonwood North’s undefeated season last night. A flu bug ravaged the lineup. Only 6 of the regular 12 man rotation was healthy enough to play. 2 of those 6 had missed practice all week and 2 more were dealing with a stomach bug and played through it. In the 2nd quarter, a flagrant targeting gave our RB a concussion (it was flagged but no ejection) and ended his night. So from the middle of the 2nd quarter, our defense had 3 JV kids filling in. On top of that, the rain turned our opponent’s field into a mud pit. There was standing water and mud. With no RBs and JV kids blocking, we had to pass, which we do really well in normal conditions, but our QB never could get his footing and we struggled hanging onto the ball. Our two stars played their butts off and did everything they could to keep us in it but there’s only so much you can do in situations like that.
So we drop to the 2 seed in our district, which actually might be a good thing. We avoid Kingdom Prep until the 3rd round. We have a tougher 1st round game but much easier 2nd round game if we advance.