As most adults know and those who have a strong faith, the most growth people, businesses, organizations, and even teams experience is when things don’t go quite as planned. Sometimes these experiences can be so overwhelming that the entities potentially collapse! But if they can endure, fight through, and make the adjustments to overcome this adversity, they rebuild themselves only to be stronger in many, many different ways.

 

Friday night, Turpin came to the castle playing very good football and with a record of 7 & 2 (4-0 in FAVC play). By the end of the quarter, the score read Kings 14- Turpin 0. But by the end of the half, the score going into the half read Kings 28, Turpin 24. This was the largest amount of points ever given up by the Knights stingy defense all year. We went into the locker room to regroup, as one would expect given the history of our previous games. In the second half, our defense began to stiffen as Turpin had to settle for a field goal to close the gap to 1 by a score of 27-28 Kings. The Kings defense again provided a turnover for our offense and gave up a starting field position at the mid field strip. The Kings ground machine marched down to the four yard line. And on 4th and goal with just under 2 minutes remaining, the choice to seal the game with a touchdown was made. Senior QB Jensen Gebhardt found senior Zach Hilderbrand in the end zone. Turpin would mount one more drive that ended on the Knights 40 yard line with Turpin’s version of the “Hail Mary” only to be intercepted by Mason Barker, leaving one second on the clock on this memorable Senior Night!

So Kings would win the last FAVC championship on its home field in a very, very hard fought game! Congratulations to the senior class of 2012, to the supporting Junior class, to the rest of the team, to the parents, to the coaches, and to our community! The second season begins now!