I think their second string could have beaten us that day. Over and over our quarterback was sacked, our receivers were smothered, and their offense ran over us. I had never seen such large, fast, strong players. Williams won 27-7 after putting in their second string to avoid running the score up. Glass High School, but this day was not his: he never could find his rhythm, and his tremendous arm had very little precision, in part because the defense started blitzing and our offensive line just couldn’t hold them. He had done a superb job all season, including a thrilling comeback victory over E. Our prize quarterback, Eddie Joyce, Jr., was running a fever with what we were told was strep throat. I was there that day, playing in the band down on the sidelines. The game was played at Victory Stadium in Roanoke on a bitterly cold day in December. Williams’ Titans won the State AAA Football championship in 1971, they defeated Andrew Lewis for that title. From 1970-1975 I was in the Pride of Salem, the championship marching band at Andrew Lewis High School in Salem, Virginia. It’s a treat to see Denzel Washington act in his role, and several of the supporting players also do a fine job.īut the real reason I finally bought this film (Blu-ray version, on sale at Amazon) was that the story it tells is part of my personal history. This isn’t a great movie–in fact, it’s pretty formulaic and manipulative in spots.
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