The Central Lions played better against the Woodruff Warriors than the 38-0 score would indicate. Almost all of the the Warriors points came on big plays, not on the grind-’em-down offense I’ve seen in other WHS victories.
PHS fielded a team comprised almost entirely of underclassmen. If these kids stay interested in football — and get bigger — they will be in a good position two years from now, if not next year.
I’m curious, though, as to why the team walked off the field at the end of the game, refusing to shake hands with the Warriors, who were litterally left waiting at the 50 years line. Did they believe that Coach Tim Thornton was running up the scrore? Were the Lions just sore about losing their homecoming game by such a lopsided margin?
One thing is certain, the officiating crew from Pekin certainly stunk up the place. I haven’t seen so many yellow flags since I covered Tolono Unity High school. At times, It’s as if they tossed flags and then had to meet to get their stories straight. They also tossed quite a few for “unsportsmanlike conduct” while the teams were huddling between snaps and weren’t in contact with each other. Unless there are f-bombs going back and forth, football players have to be allowed to express emotion.
UPDATE: The “dead tree” version of the JS article mentions the walk-off ny Central, but not the Web sersion … hmmmmm.
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Just as I predicted, next week’s game is going to be the big one for Peoria bragging rights – Richwoods vs. Woodruff. Will the Knights march on to the MS-6 championship, or will the Warriors be spoilers and win the best record among the Peoria teams?