Cougar Football- Week 9

The Cougars beat Dubuque Walhert 27-7 in their last regular season game. The game was played in rain that lasted most of the night. This game was Senior night and was also the last regular season game of the 2008 season. We ended our season with the record of 6-3, which places us into substate. We have shown great tenacity as a team as we didn’t let the three game losing streak in the middle of the season damper our spirits, but instead went on to win every single game after that.

The Cougars will play Xavier at their home stadium, which will give Kennedy a much desired rematch of our number 1 rivals. The Battle for 42nd Street will be replayed. My team mates and I are greatly looking forward to another chance of playing our down-the street rivals. As they only beat Kennedy last name after breaking a few big plays, and a missed scoring opportunity on defense, which 7 yards from the goal line separated us from the win. We also have Royce Bell back as our starting running back, after he had missed the first five games of the season.

We have already had two practices (Saturday and Sunday) and I’m in good faith of knowing that there isn’t one player on my team that can’t wait to beat Xavier. Not only are we playing for pride and revenge, but we are playing for the Street and for our own grab as the Iowa 4A State Champions. The Kennedy Cougars are going to play a night of football that is so physical that no one will have ever seen the likes of it. Our coaches have told us that they know that we need no extrinsic motivation for this game, because this battle is ours, 42nd STREET IS OURS!