So this year we've been going to all the Arapahoe HS home games, as +Kay Hill is in the Marching Band and we help them out. So it gives me a chance to work out my tribalism watching sportsball and cheering for Our Team.
Tonight was the Homecoming Game. And AHS has been an unexpected 5-0 so far this year.
At the end of the first half, the Arapahoe Warriors were down 24-7, and Gateway was basically dominating the field. Our lone TD had as much to do with Gateway penalties as Arapahoe good play.
With 3 minutes left in the second half, AHS scored its third touchdown of the half, to bring the score to 28-24.
With 12 seconds left (when I took this picture, during a time out), Gateway was on the Arapahoe 2 yard line.
And the Warriors held them, winning their Homecoming Game. Yay, team!
(I personally credit the excellent halftime show by the marching band with getting the team back into a winning frame of mind. Harrumph!)
Glad your daughter made it all happen!
Correction: According to this site (http://www.maxpreps.com/games/football-fall-15/arapahoe-vs-gateway/10-9-2015-ihfSNckBdkGZ5-mj8GeqMQ.htm) the halftime score was 24-14. I suppose that's correct, though that site also shows Gateway winning the game 28-21 for some time after the game.
Going into halftime it certainly felt like we were being trounced.
After the halftime we were down at the end of the field (actually, the end shown), helping get the trucks loaded. We were walking back to our seats when AHS got down toward that end of the field — which gave us the best seats in the house for Arapahoe's TD on that corner of the goal line.
Another interesting bit from the game was that some AHS people (school journalists?) had a drone that they were taking pictures of the AHS crowd with. It was … a bit unnerving at first.
Drones are becoming today's best toy. We had several peeking into apartment windows in downtown high rises.