“Ok guys, we’re almost into the fourth quarter. It’s time for us to suck it up. Ok, 41 sweep, on two, 41 sweep, on two.”
Jason took the snap, spun and slipped the ball to Mike. The quarterback winced as he felt a slight twitch as the ball was jerked from his hands. Nevertheless, he turned, carrying out his fake. Again Mike broke loose for a nice 12 yard gain, but probably could have gone all the way if he hadn’t been playing hurt. Tinker Reed was showing fatigue, so Jason felt he needed to run #42 as far as possible to make a tackle.
Fries gained another first down and found themselves with a fourth and 1 at the Galax 29. Coach sent in a seldom used play, a criss-cross where Jason fakes a handoff to the crossing back, then spins to give to the second back going in an x-pattern to the
