Fairfax HS vs McLean
So last Friday night I had the chance to shoot my first HS football game, well half of it but either way here is my story.
I got to the HS early so I could check in and make sure everything was ok with me shooting from the field. I walk around taking warm-up picks, practice shots, check lighting, talk to a few regulars and wait for the game to begin.
The game starts off with Fairfax kicking off to McLean and had one of the hardest pops of the game that I saw. The game uptil half time was pretty much a back and forth battle.
Even with a slow start Fairfax’s Quarterback Jack Bechert has a career game with 153 yards with 4 touchdowns. Two of the touchdowns were to senior Alex Young who has amazing hands and at 6′1 is a great target. Running Back Anton Burns finished the night with 16 carries for 115 yards and a TD.
At halftime I went into the locker room and as the Rebels were celibrating as if they “just won the superbowl” assistant head coach Kevin Simonds put them in thier places and made them refocus on the game at hand. Coach reminded them that the week before Mclean was down 17-0 at the half and came back to win. I think his pep talk helped the Fairfax Rebels coming out and handing McLean a 55-17 loss.