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Considering the defense he was facing, he did a great job. CG came up short but I (and I'm sure the other CG fans) have nothing but praise for Dante stepping in.
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That was a tough one ,nothing but the best for Hunt the rest of the way.
RE: Crusaders Football
Great game by all the CGHS Crusaders- When Gibbons recovered the onside kick- I really thought they were going to win. Would have liked to have a little more time on the clock run a few more plays- plus we lost a TO on the 2 pt conversion so that didnt help. I thought Dante played great and with great poise. Congrats to all the Gibbons players on a great season.
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Gonna have to hand it to the Gibbons fan base on the board for not using the Stankavage injury as an excuse. Classy, no doubt. I felt for the 2nd year in a row CG had trouble dealing with the physical play of Hunt, maybe that's just the way I saw it. How bout the number of folks that made the trip from Wilson. I was impressed and I was expecting it. The Football Friday highlights sounded like a home game for Hunt. I've watched Joyners 60 yard run about 10 times. Not sure how he spun thru that. Not sure either team actually played their best last night. At least one of the Gibbons turnovers weren't forced but a bad decision. Y'all didn't use it as an excuse but as a Hunt fan I can't help but feel it may have different with Stankavage even though Dante played great for the most part.
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Thanks jsh. No excuses, we had our chances and no point in "what if's". There were two turnovers (that I saw) forced by Hunt: one was a very hard hit to Grazen and the other was after a nice catch by Zaruba --he had the ball stripped which was just great defense by the Hunt kid. It was a competitive game and we CG fans are proud of all the kids. CG had injuries all year but played through them and no point in using them as an excuse. I remember having to play Orange without Washle the starting middle line backer. But the younger guys stepped up, especially Scott and Lydon. Shout out to Grazen, Washle, Stankavage and the entire Gibbons team----you all had a tremendous year and became the first team in school history to go undefeated in the regular season! Well done! And Dante should hold his head high. Imagine the pressure he faced having to go in for Stankavage.
As far as the Hunt crowd, it was the largest crowd I remember seeing over the past 4 years. They brought it.
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For what it's worth Dante didn't practice for a few days last week and didn't take any pre game snaps.i take nothing away from Hunt ,but Dante is one tough kid to go out there with ligament damage on his throwing hand .way to leave it all out there Dante!
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