Comments on: Foothill-Freedom postgame notes

By: EBAL Fan

EBAL Fan — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:54:13 +0000

Pretty much all the visitor bleachers in the EBAL stink to be honest. Playing the “in that community,” card is ignorant. Take a run around the league and look at the rest of them — it’s just the way things are. The schools worry more about the quality of all their facilities than the visitor bleachers.

By: Kyle Bonagura

Kyle Bonagura — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:40:24 +0000

MOW- The videos are great. Hopefully our site can handle me posting all of them here… Definitely better in high quality though.

If you have DVDs made, email me and we could arrange something. Thanks.

By: Porque

Porque — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 21:14:44 +0000

Well done. I was entranced by the play by play in this very exciting game. You covered it beautifully. I was getting a bit perturbed by the Northgate comments though as the blogger had nothing to do with this contest. Both teams stepped up and never quit. I’m impressed by both the individual and coaching efforts. Freedom doesn’t have anything to be ashamed of in this absolutly fantastic high school game. This is why high school sports are the most exciting events in the land. Sure beats election coverage and politics in general!

By: ManO'War

ManO'War — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 20:55:07 +0000

Kyle, I can get you a DVD of this game (so ha ha). You are 100% on Walsworth play, he broke through 2 tacklers to try to get more yards – go see rough clips on youtube (along with others, and SRV-MV game also) – suggest “watch in high quality”, do the “More From jrlang3″ to see all. Maybe start with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITae-hAbVhY or see Walsworth heads-up play: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgyWbAAVsSY

By: Kyle Bonagura

Kyle Bonagura — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:44:39 +0000

Hawaii- Foothill may very well have scored, but it hadn’t done much in the three drives prior to that final one.

Sweeney called two timeouts when Freedom had the ball inside the 10 — those two timeouts probably saved Foothill just as much as any of the big plays. Did anyone film this game? I wouldn’t mind watching it again haha.

Also — A play I forgot to mention, was the first pass Mannion completed to Ryan Walsworth on the start of that last drive. It was a pass to the right sideline, Walsworth could have very easily just went out of bounds after he caught it, but he turned it into a really big gain — probably got an extra 20 yards or so.

By: Monarch76

Monarch76 — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:55:23 +0000

Great game! Watched Foothill all year and saw Freedom against Amador and knew it would be a barn-burner. Two very similar teams. Saw a lot of complaining about the seeding but it looks like the committee got it right. Can’t believe Mannion will be back another year . . . definite D1 prospect.

By: Hawaii

Hawaii — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:52:11 +0000

Kyle,

I am sure you are just keeping Freedom fan’s happy but PAT or NO PAT, Foothill’s two minute off is second to none, they don’t ever spike and waste plays, they would have driven down for that score reardless of what FReedom did.
Hats off to Freedom for not giving up when Foothill twice had big leads of 14 and 20 points. I agree, # 11 is the best receiver in the areabecause of his toughness going to the ball and after he has it and suns with it. He needs to play on Saturday’s next year in the Pac 10. The qfreedom b is a gamer and as i said all week Fothill had to stop his running and that would be the key. THye didnt and Frredom made it closer than it should have been.

By: ManO'War

ManO'War — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 16:44:47 +0000

Great game, great newsguy coverage – well summarized/analyzed, Kyle. Both teams great. Coaches battle, too, best of best maybe? Kluj stepped up huge, plays a lot anyway but was in for Justin Bolen (out with injury) at TE. Not a lot of penalties, but lots of spectacular plays. Also saw MV-SRV night before. Will try to post some clips on youtube later. Fan bleachers are not too good at Amador (where hero Lynch ran back 2nd half opening KO), either, not as bad at SRV – but splinters at Owens.

By: Rich Ng

Rich Ng — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 08:48:20 +0000

Hats off to Foothill. They got it done in the end when they had to. But the Freedom Falcons have absolutely nothing to be ashamed of. They came back from a two TD deficit to tie it up, then a three TD deficit to tie it again. Had they made that PAT at 41-41 to make it a 42-41 Freedom lead, I’m not sure the momentum would’ve shifted back to Foothill in that last minute and change. I’ve never seen the Freedom kids dig deeper, fight harder, or play better than they did tonight. This Freedom fan couldn’t be prouder of our team. Kevin Hartwig and his staff have done a wonderful job this year and I’m sure that the Foothill Falcons won’t soon forget the night that the Freedom Falcons came to town.

The only negative was the attrocious visitor seating. For a school in that community to have such poor accommodations for the visiting team’s fans is a disgrace. The only visitor stands I can think of that are even worse are at Owen Owens where Foothill fans get to sit next weekend.