What we learned about the Padres is that they could match up with Palma.
Now I don't know if Carmel could withstand the rigors of a TCAL type schedule on a weekly basis.
But it did beat two TCAL opponents this year.
This wasn't a measuring stick for Carmel. Maybe for us it was. We were all curious.
I think we can safely say that Palma knew it was in a battle.
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2 comments:
It would have taken a perfect game to beat Palma. Carmel did not play a perfect game. Palma did.
Carmel missed out making it closer by 3 inches.
The first inch was when River Hain missed (by an inch) a fourth down pass on Carmel's first series that would have been six.
The second inch was when #62 of Palma made a great play and caught an onsides kick with Jacob Shyvers bearing down on him full speed...only an inch away. Carmel gets that onsides and maybe turns it into six.
The third inch was at the end of the game when Marcus Lund caught a pass and was forced out just an inch short of the first down marker. He makes the first down, maybe the drive continues and that's another six.
The first inch was defintiely six. Convert either of the other two inches into longer drives that result in scores and then you have both teams with five touchdowns.
But it isn't fair or right to play the what if game. Carmel did NOT make those plays when it had to. Palma was clearly the better team last night. A team that is likely to be even better next year.
Congratulations to the Chieftains. They won and they deserved the title.
what was curious to me was how Carmel let the time wind down when they had the ball at the 12 yard line before halftime.they had 47 seconds and it just went down to about 17 seconds. it was 3rd and 4 and they tried the field goal and missed because of a bad snap. Shouldn`t Carmel had the ball 4th and 4 after the ball was incomplete. Did i see that sequence correct or did i miss something?
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