T.J.'s football team played their rival North Whitfield in the championship game on Saturday. The Kodiaks went undefeated in the league after beating the Pioneers in a regular season finale 20-6. The Pioneers came out strong in the first quarter and a half leading the Kodiaks 12-0. After the Pioneers went up 12, the Kodiaks ran a kickoff all the way back to the Pioneer 20 yard line. The Kodiaks then scored on the ensuing possession to bring the game to 12-8 at the half. The second half was all Kodiaks as the defense came up big to hold the Pioneer offense to 0 points in the half. The Kodiaks scored a touchdown late in the 3rd quarter to make the game 14-12. The Pioneer offense had one last shot at a late score when the Kodiaks fumble the ball on the Pioneer 30 yd line with 1:11 left in the game. The Kodiaks were plagued with penalties on that drive, but the defense came up big with 2 sacks and a run kept in bounds running the clock down to 2.2. seconds. The Pioneers spiked the ball on the 1st down as the clock expired. The refs ruled that time should not have ran off and there should have been 1/2 a second to play. So the celebration stopped for a moment and the Pioneers had one last shot at the end zone. The pass was short and the Kodiaks celebrated their first Football Championship in the school's three year history.
T.J. and I were very excited that he was able to win this championship at his new school. It has truly been the place where he is supposed to be.
