Then, as Jason crosses the three-yard line, he sees the Galax safety, instead of trying to reach the hole, crashes down onto Sparks’ legs, spinning him around. The Wildcat guard and the Maroon Tide safety crashes to the ground. This frees up Tinker Reed, who has gone down to one knee.
Jason covers the ball with both hands. At the two-yard line he plants his right foot to dive into the end zone, just as Tinker Reed lunges from his knelt position. Reed’s helmet hits Jason’s raised left knee, spinning it backwards just as the linebacker’s left shoulder pad meets the knee of Jason’s planted right leg.
Jason sees a flash of blinding light. He feels a jolt as if his knee had just been hit with 240 volts of electricity. He tries to dive, to propel himself, but it’s like he is trying to jump
