Generally, I do not write a post like this one on Fire and Hammer, but this was something I had to share.  As many of you know I am not a huge sports fan, rarely attending any sports event unless I drive a school bus delivering the school atheletes to their destination.

Our Cassville High School football team has had an excellent year, however, and I want to share that with you.  Our team had a 10 – 2 year in their conference.  They have been in play off games for the past two Saturdays or so, and have won the games.  It came down to the final play off game between Cassville and Chilicothe; and Chilicothe had a 13 – 0 season, not losing a single game.  The big game that determines State Champions will be Friday November 28 in Saint Louis in the Jones Dome.

I guess I am just about like every other guy, I like to see winners, and I have know our boys on the team were winners I just haven’t gone to any other game this year, but I went Saturday, and was glad that I did.  I had planned on listening on the radio, but saw how beautiful a day it was going to be and decided that if my older son Timothy, who was out deer hunting at the time, wanted to go then I would go too.  Sarah, his wife called him on his cell and asked if he would like to go.  He wanted to, and he came in early due to the cold, and we decided to go a little early, get lunch, then go to the game; hopefully to find a seat by going early.  HA! HA!  When we arrived to the stadium in Cassville, there was not a seat to be found.  This was at 1 p.m. and the game didn’t start until 1:30.

So, we stood along the railing with probably more than a hundred others, until the game started, during the game, and until the game was over.  It was one of the best; if not the best football game I ever watched.  These teams were very evenly matched.  It seemed that Chilicothe was getting more yardage, but would be stopped in crucial moments for Cassville.

Cassville led at the close of the first half 14 – 7.  In the third quarter Chilicothe came back and got a touchdown.  On the extra point attempt the ball went high, and it seemed to me that a gust of wind caught that ball and sent it to the left of the left field goal post, coming up short and to the left and no point.  The score at that point was 14 – 13, Cassville in the lead.  Cassville gained no other points, nor did Chilicothe.

In the last minute of the game Chilicothe was attempting a touchdown with a few short yards to the goal.  The quarterback made a pass, and Cassville intercepted, and they kneeled with the ball, until the clock ran out.  Cassville won 14 – 13.  They go to Saint Louis on Friday.  It is a first in the history of Cassville Schools.

I don’t know if God intervenes in football to help one team win over another or not, but it almost appeared that way to me.  I don’t believe in coincidences.  I do believe in God through His Son Jesus Christ.  I know He rules in the events of men.

GO CASSVILLE WILDCATS!!!

-Tim A. Blankenship