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thespian86 · 02-20-2008, 05:36 AM

Mine is when I was 14 playing football.

Where I come from there is a river separating two sides of the city; one is mostly residential (the north side), where I lived, and the other side is a mix of residential and commercial (the south side). Of course, this means a lot of rivalry between the north side high school LHHS and the south side high school FHS. I played for the LHHS Lions as a Defensive end/Middle Linebacker and I'll tell you, that was the only season where the Lions were ever any good; we had, now starting quarterback of the Ottawa GeeGee's Josh Sacobe, as well as several others, including myself, who all made the atlantic level Gladiators (which is similar to the NCAA's All American). At this point I was only in my first year of high school, and the only one on the varsity team in grade nine (or grade ten for that matter).

Every year we have a thing called "The North-South Bowl" in which we compete for a big cup; it is a regular season game between the two teams but it is still very important. That game is the most memorable of my life.

FHS had an even better team then us, they go undefeated almost every season, win provincials every five (LHHS is a hockey school) and in that game we just clicked. I had nine tackles, three sacks, a fumble forced on one that I recovered and almost ran back, and two interceptions, and since I played both ways (as full back) had eight rushes for 74 yards and one rushing touchdown. We won the game on Josh's (who also had an incredible game), Chris Munn's (our starting receiver), and my own performances. We got the cup and ran around the field and all got medals. But that wasn't it.

My moment was a two-fer. I was following my strong side tackle on a sweep to the right when he opened a gap for me and I let loose about twenty yards from the end zone. The strong safety spotted me and was considerably faster then me and when he was about to wrap me I gave him a bone crushing stiff arm. People said they could hear it on the bench. He went down like a sack of potatoes and I was stopped about three yards from the end zone by a corner. I took the next play off, Josh scored, they kicked, the kicked off, and on the next play I was on the field after then run, as middle linebacker, I hit that prick Bobby Macintyre (QB of FHS) so hard that he cried, he dropped the ball, I recovered, and almost ran it back which set up my touchdown run.

It was perhaps the most unbelievable game I have ever played in. I'm all choked up just writing about it.

02-20-2008, 05:36 AM	#10 (permalink)
thespian86 change is hard. Location: the green room.	Mine is when I was 14 playing football. Where I come from there is a river separating two sides of the city; one is mostly residential (the north side), where I lived, and the other side is a mix of residential and commercial (the south side). Of course, this means a lot of rivalry between the north side high school LHHS and the south side high school FHS. I played for the LHHS Lions as a Defensive end/Middle Linebacker and I'll tell you, that was the only season where the Lions were ever any good; we had, now starting quarterback of the Ottawa GeeGee's Josh Sacobe, as well as several others, including myself, who all made the atlantic level Gladiators (which is similar to the NCAA's All American). At this point I was only in my first year of high school, and the only one on the varsity team in grade nine (or grade ten for that matter). Every year we have a thing called "The North-South Bowl" in which we compete for a big cup; it is a regular season game between the two teams but it is still very important. That game is the most memorable of my life. FHS had an even better team then us, they go undefeated almost every season, win provincials every five (LHHS is a hockey school) and in that game we just clicked. I had nine tackles, three sacks, a fumble forced on one that I recovered and almost ran back, and two interceptions, and since I played both ways (as full back) had eight rushes for 74 yards and one rushing touchdown. We won the game on Josh's (who also had an incredible game), Chris Munn's (our starting receiver), and my own performances. We got the cup and ran around the field and all got medals. But that wasn't it. My moment was a two-fer. I was following my strong side tackle on a sweep to the right when he opened a gap for me and I let loose about twenty yards from the end zone. The strong safety spotted me and was considerably faster then me and when he was about to wrap me I gave him a bone crushing stiff arm. People said they could hear it on the bench. He went down like a sack of potatoes and I was stopped about three yards from the end zone by a corner. I took the next play off, Josh scored, they kicked, the kicked off, and on the next play I was on the field after then run, as middle linebacker, I hit that prick Bobby Macintyre (QB of FHS) so hard that he cried, he dropped the ball, I recovered, and almost ran it back which set up my touchdown run. It was perhaps the most unbelievable game I have ever played in. I'm all choked up just writing about it. __________________ EX: Whats new? ME: I officially love coffee more then you now. EX: uh... ME: So, not much.