2011 Football Recap

This past football season was a huge disappointment to the players, fans, and coaches. This year the cardinals finished their season with a record of 2-7. The players came into camp this year very excited and ready to hit. Plains started off the season with a hard hitting game against Staunton. The game was back and forth, but Plains eventually fell short and lost by a touchdown. The following week Plains faced Auburn. For the first half of the game the cardinals had the biggest lead against Auburn that any other team had all season. The lead wasn’t enough though as Auburn rallied in the 4th quarter putting them up by one point. The final seconds of the game consisted of one of the most heartbreaking moments of the season with a field goal that only missed by inches concluding another loss for Plains football. The Cardinals then lost their next two games against Athens and Williamsville; both games were lost by only a touchdown. The following week the cards got their first win against a tough Riverton team. The game went back and forth all night until the cardinals got the lead and ran out the rest of the clock. Plains’ playoffs hopes were ended in the next week after a loss against Sangamon Valley. The frustrations of the players were shown in the homecoming game when Abe Bruce and Kyle Weller both got ejected from the game for unsportsmanlike conduct. Plains won the following week to get their second win of the season against a 0-9 Petersburg Porta. The season ended with the final game of the season against Nokomis. The cardinals lost once again finishing their season 2-7. Weeks after the season was over Coach Oller announced his resignation along with Coach Sanchez and Coach Debarr. Plains football will be going into the next season with a new coaching staff and hopefully, a lot of enthusiasm for better results of Pleasant Plains Football.

Jake McNamara
-The Cardinal