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Spots and inches

By on September 23, 2011 in Freshman Football

With a little over two minutes left in the Sept. 22 SLUH-Vianney freshmen game, the Golden Griffins took possession on their own 35-yard line, down 20-14 with one final chance to mount a comeback. It had been a tight game. SLUH scored early in the 4th quarter but narrowly missed the extra point, and the […]

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Regarding Henry

By on September 18, 2011 in General, The Varsity

Henry Jones played 12 seasons as a safety in the NFL, 10 with the Buffalo Bills. He was All-Pro in 1992 and appeared in three consecutive Super Bowls. In his career as a safety, he made 18 interceptions, four of which resulted in touchdowns. He once made a key interception of Joe Montana in a […]

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Blink, and you’ll miss it

By on September 16, 2011 in Freshman Football

Freshmen football is a rollercoaster ride, up one minute and down the next. The SLUH freshmen are on the downswing, suffering another big loss at the hands of the CBC Cadets. 42-7 was the final score, and even I got that wrong. Besides updating the game on the Twitter feed, I was doing a pretty […]

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Behind the stats

By on September 3, 2011 in Game Stories, The Varsity

Early in the third quarter of SLUH’s second game of the season — an unseasonably hot September night —  senior running back Cameron Stubbs powered through the Ladue line and ran about 32 yards for his second touchdown of the night. It put the Jr. Bills up 20-7 and was the start of what would […]

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The Opener

By on August 28, 2011 in General, The Varsity

The Season starts perfectly at 6:30 a.m. when two teenaged boys indulge their mom and pause for a picture before leaving for school. It’s gameday, and football players get to wear their jerseys. They hate that kind of thing I’m pretty sure but they do it for me because they know it will make me […]

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