[Hawks nest]

Well I dont see in throwing punches and throwing the football at players when they stop you for a loss or keep you from getting a first down. I know it is hard to give up the dream when you get that far but just was really dissappointed in the sportsmanship and mostly from the same player from Belfry. If anyone had the refs in their pocket you can in no way say it was Russell. Othere than the one drive that Belfry got set back to the 3rd and 38 they had not gotten a flag hardly all night. If you were there you would have seen Russell had two touchdowns called back also. I cant see where you get they had the refs in their back pocket. How many times was there late hits on Russell out of bounds that didnt get called? I didnt see a dirty team out there playing out there. I saw two teams refusing to lose and being overly agressive at times. But to think that someone had the ref in their back pockets needs to look at the game in whole. Not just the one drive that set Belfry back. I was neutral in this game. My wife is from Russell and I work in the Belfry area and have so many friends over there. It is hard to take a loss either way but I do wanna thank both teams for one of the most enjoyable games I have seen in high school football in a while. GO RED DEVILS bring it home and great year Pirates. No one gave you a shot to get where you did. Take this and let it motivate you next year to start another streak.