Premier O'30s Match Report 12/14/08 - by Kevin O'Donovan

Barnstonworth Premier 2 Silver Lake 1
Forest Hills High School
Nedgy, Duane Pena

I wasn't even at the game. Out sick I was. If Martin had paid attention, he might have noticed that it was Chivon or somebody besides me in goal. In any case, here is a summary from one of my teammates, mostly regarding the very unfortunate player on the other team.
I really didn't see exactly what happened. The ball was in the air coming towards Yogi and the guy challenged for the ball. I was watching the ball as it skimmed of Yogi's head and went behind the play. I was saving the ball from going out of bounds when I saw the guy laying there screaming. It was obvious that something serious just happened. Yogi said that the guy came down on his leg in an awkward way, but he really wasn't sure either. Others covered him in jackets until the ambulance arrived about 25-30 minutes later. They strapped him to a board and wheeled him off the field. The ref gave us 12 minutes to finish the game (we had about 25 minutes left and were really pressing for the winner at the time). With maybe two minutes to go, Nedgy (who had already taken off his boots and whose tooth was killing him from the elbow he had received the week prior when he himself had to go to hospital and get 8 stitches and some dental work) beat 5-6 guys before passing to Duane who beat the keeper with a well placed shot near the top of the box. As we were cheering, their players sunk to the field. A classic thrill of victory/ agony of defeat moment.