Marquis Hunt runs the ball for an 88-yard touchdown in the September 9 game against Vasquez High School; Kyle Hudson sacks the Vasquez quarterback. Both attend practice despite their injuries. Next game is at home this Friday, Oct. 7. YOU are invited to come!
Reported by Patric Hedlund and Tony Levesque
At first it seemed as if the lightning, thunder and pouring rain would be the most memorable thing about last Friday’s Frazier Mountain High School Falcon football game against the Fillmore High School Flashes. Then two members of the Falcon team were injured.
“Marquis [Hunt] received medical treatment at Henry Mayo and may be out for the season,” Coach Bill Shillig reported on Monday. A “team mom” for the Falcons said Xrays show Hunt’s collar bone was broken. The parent of another injured player said Hunt has “a hairline fracture.”
A rumor quickly circulated among fans that Kyle Hudson had broken two ribs in the same game, but his mother Stacey Havener said Monday, Sept. 26, “We don’t believe Kyle’s rib is broken. He got hit really hard and got bruised. This is the second time he was hit in that same spot, so it hurt pretty badly…We’re getting him a ‘flack jacket’ and he is going to play,” she said.
Both athletes showed up for practice on Monday. “Their spirit and work ethic are great,” Havener said, “but rebuilding a program can be tough.”
“We have 19 varsity players and all play every game whether on special teams, the offense or defense,” Coach Shillig wrote. “One guy out for the season does not shut our program down. We anticipate bringing players up from the JV.”
Lightning strikes delayed the Fillmore varsity game until 8:30 p.m. The Flashes scored a quick touchdown, followed by a 90 yard kick return touchdown by Falcon Patrick Moulder, to tie 6-6 with 8 minutes left in the first.
A touchdown run by the Flashes took that to 12-6. Moulder recovered a fumbled ball and ran it back for an 88-yard touchdown at the top of the second quarter, vaulting to 12-12. Isaac Shillig scored a 2-yard run for an 18-12 Falcons lead.
“But then it started pouring rain. The other team’s cheer squad started packing up and their fans were fading. Soaked from head to toe, the Falcon fans in the stadium started yelling and cheering their team on,” said Liz Brown, a varsity cheerleader.
“Even most of the Falcon JV cheer squad joined us in the rain, cheering our team on.” The third quarter put the Flashes back on top, 33-18.
But Falcon Kevin Enciso scored a 16-yard touchdown pass from Shillig. Fillmore took 4 more tough touchdowns, but the Falcons scored the last play of the game. A 5-yard pass from Shillig to Forest Pohl ended the game 59-30, Flashes on top. Next week’s game will be at home against Grace Brethren which went to playoffs in 2010. Come out to cheer on our Falcons!
This is part of the September 30, 2011 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.
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