DID THEY WANT THIS MORE THAN US? Yes, but that did not stop us from winning. The whole town of Hughson came together as a family to cheer on the boys. We may be a small town and we may be the underdogs but we are the big dogs. 

First quarter we had the ball offense on the field. Robert Mcdaniel with the pass to Malakai Sumter who was wide open ready to receive the ball. Now Ripon Christian has the ball #5 the Quarterback makes a 19-yard pass and found #22 open to make a run for a touchdown. Bad snap made on Ripon Christian which made them lose 17-yards. Hughson has the ball to Robert Mcdaniel with a hand off to Liam Bridgford which gets taken down by the defense. RC got the ball Quarterback #5 make a pass to #6 to make it to 39 yards for the first down. RC still has the ball and #5 makes a handoff to #22 which runs and makes it into the touchdown. 

The 2nd Quarter comes around and RC is winning, the score is 7 to 0. Our boys need to wake up and be on their toes. We need to want to win but we don’t look like we want to. But Hughson gets the ball Robert Mcdaniel looks to find someone no one was open so Robert made a run to the touchdown but gets tackled down by #25. Hughson still has the ball the snap was made Robert Mcdaniel looks to see who is open David Delgado was on the left of him open Robert Mcdaniel makes the pass and TOUCHDOWN. The score is even. RC got the ball #5 The Quarterback looks to find someone and can’t make a run but gets tackled. RC still has the ball and #5 sees #6 open and makes the pass for a 55-yard touchdown. Here Hughson Mcdaniel makes a pass to Liam Bridgford for the first down. Next play Mcdaniel does a handoff to  Bridgford to make a 19-yard run. Mcdaniel goes for a pass to Abraham Montes but gets denied by #22. Which forces a field goal, Ernie Mendoza makes it through. RC has the ball #5 makes a throw to #10 which catches it and makes a run for the touchdown getting passed to Hughson for the touchdown. Score is 21 to 10 RC in the lead.

The 3rd quarter comes around RC having the ball #5 makes the pass to #10 making an 8-yard pass. RC still with the ball #5 makes the throw to #16 making a 17-yard pass. #5 closing out the play by making a thow to #16 making a 9-yard touchdown. Hughson loses hope and faith. They are losing their drive to win. Hughson has the ball back Mcdaniel goes for a pass but intercepted by #3 on RC.  RC has the ball handoff to #22 making a run for the touchdown but dives to the end zone while getting tackled. RC has the ball #5 looks to see who is open find #10 but out of nowhere Bridgford comes up and INTERCEPTS the pass.

Here it is 4th quarter the score is 10 to 28 RC in the lead we need hope right here hughson need to want to win they need to be able to drive it win but let’s see how it goes. Hughson has the ball and Mcdaniel looks to get a pass no one open makes a run for 16-yards. Hughson still has the ball hand off the Bridgford who has a wide open pass to make a run RC gets stiff arm by bideford who makes a 16-yard run. Mcdaniel goes for the pass to Malakai who catches it and toe taps into the red zone. Mcdaniel hands off to Bridgford again making a 7-yard TOUCHDOWN!!! Another hand off to Bridgeford who makes a two point conversion.RC has the ball #5 makes a handoff to #22 which Hughson’s defense steps up forcing #22 back. Hughson has the ball. We have 4 minutes left on the clock. We need something to happen right here. Mcdaniel makes the throw to Delgado who catches it and makes a 76-yard TOUCHDOWN. The score is 25 to 28 RC still in the lead but it’s COMEBACK SEASON BABY. RC has the ball #5 looks for a pass but can’t find one making a run but gets pushed out of bounds. Hughson has the ball now with three minutes on the clock. Handoff to Bridgford making a 26-yard run for the first down. Mcdaniel finds Malakai and makes the throw which gets the catch for hughson. Less than a minute left Hughson quarterback Mcdaniel is hurt so they have to bring in Max Mankins Handoff to Alex Villarreal who makes it to the TOUCH DOWN. With only 14 seconds left on the clock. RC has the ball #5 looks and see #6 in the touchdown goes for the pass and INTERCEPTED by Delgado. Hughson wins 31 to 28. Hughson stepped up to the plate and made a comeback to take it home.Hughson is known to be the comeback kid that hasn’t given up hope and will be confused to quit. Hughson Showed that they wanted it more than RC. Hughson Huskies are on to state for the first time in 22 years David Delgado said on the news “It’s time to go win a state ring for the Community.” The Hughson boys have love for this community. They show all their respect towards the people and they want to win state for them but also for their loved ones and the people of Hughson. 

Here is what the players had to say about that game. Liam Bridgford said “ I don’t think it went very well. We kinda overlooked Ripon Christian the whole entire time. We had no energy, everyone looked like they were about to fall asleep in the locker room. We were all kinda tired. I think in the second half I did pretty good. In the first half I was pretty tired because my body hurt and I could barely walk on my ankle but in the second half I took a shot of pickle juice and I started doing good. I was very surprised that we won. I didn’t think we could come back by 18 points in 6 minutes but we did. My mindset coming into this upcoming game is personally i think we need to play all four quarters all of the past in the first quarter we have only scored one touchdown. And I think we need to play all of the quarters in football to win.

Here is what Malakai Sumter had to say about this game “I think we did alright there were a lot of ups and downs.I think i did good in the fourth quarter because that is when they really  used me. I think we did alright as a team besides them letting up a lot of touchdowns and stuff and kickoff absolutely sucking. For this next game I think we need to not overlook them and we have to make sure the defense is strong and the kickoff is strong too.”