Noah

By the end of the second quarter, I was already mad at everything.

The scoreboard glared back at us like it was mocking us.

RIDGEVILLE – 7

CLEARWATER – 14

One stupid touchdown.

One blown coverage on third-and-long.

One busted block where I got chipped just enough for their linebacker to blow up our running back in the backfield.

The kind of mistakes we knew better than to make.

“Lock in!” Coach screamed from the sideline, voice hoarse and raw. “Stay ...