Cardinal Newman played a great game against us. Matt Winstead's shot was truly an amazing shot and the placement was perfect (congrats man). As much as i hate losing to cardinal newman they deserved to win. They came in more mentally prepared than we did and i tried to tell my team all season that if CN got a "wake-up" goal on us that it is going to be too late and last night proved my point. I want to congrats my team for giving it their all until the last whistle blew. Ian (cn's goalie) had an excellent game, even saving my shot at the last second before it fell under the crossbar late in the second half. CN boys stepped up and wanted that win especially after we beat them at their field. Im not gonna talk trash or anything bc they are a good team with plenty of talent and leadership. Of course i am pulling for my time to win it in the end, but cn played a game full of heart and they deserved the win. With the whole red card issue, that was a stupid mistake on my teamates fought. He did lose the ball and then tried to retaliate, drawing a stupid foul, and then forcefully bumped into the CN player. He already had a yellow card and just was not checked into the game mentally at that point in time. If we finish out beating Heathwood and Thomas Sumter in the coming week, we will still win region, but as a senior and captain, that game meant the world to me and i wish we could have won. Boys, its now time to focus on playoffs and state and show everyone that we have the ability, talent, and leadership to win it again. like i always say boys, "Remember Porter Gaud!"
