[Walt Longmire]

Congrats to LCA. I don't see anyone stopping them or Beechwood from getting to the finals. If that is the one that we get it should be a great matchup.

As for the game tonight, the slow start by Somerset made them play catch up all night. They showed a tremendous amount of heart to battle back and tie it up twice. To me the 2 spots in the game that decided it were: 1) When Somerset got the ball back right before half around the LCA 20 with a chance to tie it up and couldn't score. They had all the momentum at that point and, had they tied it up, might have really took off in the second half. Don't get me wrong, given the amount of time that they had left when they got the ball it was no easy task to punch one in there--but it would have been big. 2) When Grundy was shaken up and had to leave the game after Somerset had just tied it up. Even though Somerset ended up scoring there he wasn't able to play on that next defensive series (at least I don't think he was in there, it was hard to tell on the computer). LCA immediately burned the Jumpers over the top to take the lead back. The defensive backs looked confused/out of position on the play and I have to think that if Grundy were in there it might not have happened.

Somerset loses a great group of seniors that accomplished a lot in their time in Purple and Gold. The have nothing to hang their heads about. Hats off to them, they'll be missed.