Chapter 12
Friday evening, the players filed into the locker room. The sweaty stench of a season of exhausting practices filled the air, the intense, blood-letting, gut-retching practices that culminated in this night. There was none of the usual horsing around, but they were not tight either. There was a strange aura, unlike any the coaches had ever seen. The Wildcats possessed a very focused approach to the task at hand. Thirty minutes before kickoff, Coach Statzer came out of his office, stood in front of them and began addressing his team.
“Boys, I have never seen a better week of practice in my life. I have never felt a team of mine was so ready for a game. On the other side of the wall, a team is getting dressed and they are equally determined to take the glory of this night a
