Week Seven Players of the Week October 20, 2008 --
With Wagons Circled, Panthers Look to Lash out against North Crowley
Sometimes what we want and pray for is more than we can hope for.
Or so it seems. We all wanted and prayed for a Panther upset of the undefeated Richland Rebels, wanted the boys to experience the success they’ve worked so hard to earn, wanted and prayed for them to play the kind of total game we know is within their power.
In the end, our wants went wanting, and though it might be tempting to say our prayers went unanswered, we know that they were answered – just not with the answer we wanted or hoped for but with a resounding and resolute “not this time.”
And so Panther Nation joins the team itself in circling the wagons and hunkering down for the two-week siege that marks the end of the regular season. It doesn’t get any easier as the Paschal Panthers on Friday square off against the North Crowley Panthers, who blew up, lit up and ran wild on Weatherford last week, before finishing the 2008 campaign against the always burly Burleson Elks.
Week Three Players of the Week September 22, 2008 --
Week Two Players of the Week September 15, 2008 --
Week One Players of the Week September 8, 2008 --
Paschal’s Never-Say-Die Spirit Sinks Irving Nimitz Vikings as Time Expires
“And then there was the football arcing through the velvet sky, under those Friday night lights, a bright flickering orb of danger and unimaginable joy.”
-- Rick Talander, Sports Illustrated
You just had to be there. And even if you were, you weren’t sure you saw what you saw.
But here it is in black and white: The Paschal Panthers varsity football team beat the Irving Nimitz Vikings Friday night in amazing fashion on a beautiful pass from QB Brian Gallagher to RB Emmanuel Smith, who made an equally beautiful catch and run as time expired. The 38-37 victory pushed Paschal to 2-0 while Nimitz dropped to 1-1 in the 2008 campaign.
