[charlie22]

Just got back from the game. I sat on the Boyle side (visitor side is a joke, can't see the field over the players). All the talking about the refs is funny. The Boyle fans were fine with it until HHS went up 3 scores and then all of a sudden they were the worst refs in the world. I am sure after 30 straight wins, losing is frustrating and they were just over reacting. Like another poster mentioned, I too thought 1-2 personal foul calls were ticky tacky. Someone mentioned HHS looked in midseason form; I thought they looked sloppy first half, and better second but far from midseason form. HHS had way too many penalties and turnovers. On D it looked to me like alot of guys trying to make a hard hit and not wrapping to tackle and gave up alot of extra yards. Kicking game better than expected. The drive by Highlands at end of first half was a thing of beauty! If the O can move like that consistently, they will put alot of teams away in first half. Boyle's top player (Hester) looked out of shape. The Boyle fans near me were also saying this and said he needs to get in shape so he can play both ways more. Boyle had some success running the ball, but passing game was unimpressive. I honestly feel if they meet again, that HHS wins by 4 TD's, unless Boyle has a tremendous improvement.

I agree that the Birds didn't look anywhere close to mid-season form. Way too many mistakes. Execution not near as sharp as it should have been. Birds will get there though.

I thought Hester played a pretty good game. I didn't notice the fatigue. Heck, towards the end of the game and with Cox on the sidelines with cramps, Hester became the horse. Was still running very hard. Didn't look out of shape to me. Playing both ways against a team like Highlands will wear out any kid playing both ways. Which is the obvious reason Dale two platoons. There are some talented kids on Highlands team that would start on both sides of the ball at other programs. Dale chooses to only permit them to play one way to keep them fresher and allow them to get coaching on the sidelines while the other unit is out on the field.