SAN MATEO – For eight long seconds, the wind whipped sheets of light rain over San Mateo High’s MaryAnn Johnson Memorial Field as 22 football players sought an answer that would decide a league championship.
Finally, a signal from the line judge broke the silence. Sequoia had broken the goal line.
A collective scream erupted from the Sequoia bench as the Ravens players and coaches bounded onto the field. They hugged and tackled one another. Some just collapsed in boundless emotion.