Warriors find perfection
December 9th, 2007, 12:40 pm by sschrammHere are a few of my thoughts about Western Alamance’s first state football title…
-Was there any doubt who the best team in Class 3-A was this year? In case you spent the last few weeks in a cave, here are a few things to think about.
At 16-0, Western Alamance was the only undefeated team in the classification. The Warriors were ranked atop the Associated Press Class 3-A poll all season. Second-ranked Rocky Mount, which received a handful of No. 1 votes, got bounced by the Warriors in the playoffs.
Western Alamance defeated Greensboro Dudley, the Class 3-AA champ, on its home field during the regular season.
Yep, the Warriors were by far the class of Class 3-A in 2007.
-One of the things that made Saturday’s onfield championship celebration so special was the presence of so many former players and their families. While the win didn’t give them the state title they fell short of, for all of Warrior Nation, Saturday’s win provided some vindication for those teams.
-Offensive coordinator Jeff Snuffer called a marvelous game less than three days after losing his brother to cancer. I know when there is a war raging overseas, using words like courage and strength outside of that context can become trite, especially when it comes to sports. But the fact that Snuffer was able to focus and be there for his team, and the Warriors to be there for him, showed real grit.
-If you thought there were a lot of those ‘WA’ stickers on cars around town before Saturday. Just wait.
-Never again will any Western Alamance player or coach have to field the question of when will they win a state title. Now they’ll get asked about winning a second one.
