Brandon Anderson breaks up this 3rd-and-8 pass,
forcing the Rams to punt.

Josh Calfee leaps to make a nice catch, and gets a first down.

Lafayette Coach Paul Wheeler reached into his bag of tricks,
and pulled out the halfback pass.
Havon Travers throws downfield for Brandon Grigonis.

Stanley Charity scores from 7 yards out.
7-0 Rams.

A big momentum swing:
Alan Wheeling completes this long pass to Greg Cobbs.

Greg gets hit on the play, and fumbles.

The Rams recovered.
The 1st Quarter ended with Lafayette up 7-0.

The Cougars had a tough time defending this type of play all game.
QB Connor Hughes (No. 10) keeps left...

... putting the Rams close to another score.

Hughes finds Todd Reyher all alone in the endzone.
The Rams now led 14-0.

Anderson defends well on this pass play,
forcing Lafayette to try a long field goal.

Hughes also kicks for the Rams.
The previous week against Liberty-Bealeton, his 49-yard field goal,
which provided the only points of the game, set a Virginia AA playoff record.
Here he does it again, tying the record, and putting Lafayette up 17-0.

Calfee gets a nice return on the kickoff.

PC had to kick it away.
John Hedge's punt bounced inside the 5,
and was downed at the 4.

Another turnover.
Wheeling's pass for Matt Roan was a little high,
the ball going off of Matt's fingertips,
and into the defender's hands.

Calfee almost picked off this pass, but wasn't quite able to hang on.
Hughes kicked another field goal, this one from 39 yards out.
20-0 Rams.

The Cougar offense finally got some momentum, as the first half came to a close.

Calfee hauls in this swing pass, and moves the chains.

On the next play, with just a few seconds left in the half,
Hedge tried a 39-yarder, but it was just wide right.
The Cougars headed for the lockerroom, to plan getting out of the 20-0 hole.

Something said during the break lit a fire.
On the first play after the second half kickoff,
Josh Calfee awakened hopes, in spectacular fashion.

Touchdown! From 87 yards out!!
The PAT was blocked, but PC fans finally
had something to cheer about.
20-6.

The Cougar pressure made Hughes get rid of the ball early,
and the pass was overthrown and incomplete.
A stop on 3rd down set up a punting situation.

Hughes meant to fake the kick and pass it instead, but found no receivers open.
He had to scramble right, and get the punt off,
just past the outstretched arms of Joey Radcliffe.

The ball was downed at the 14, and the Cougars were once again in a hole.

Not for long!
Jeremy Porter breaks it up the middle, and
Calfee (right) knows what's going to happen.

Lightning strikes again!
Touchdown! From 86 yards out!!
In two plays from scrimmage,
the Cougars had erased most of their deficit.
The blowout was now a shootout!
20-13!

The Rams converted just under two thirds of their 3rd down plays.
Hughes connects with Charity, getting some momentum back.

Hughes on the keeper, getting the ball deeper into Cougar territory.

On first down from the 12, Hughes calls his own number.

Touchdown. The Rams lead was back to 14, at 27-13.

The fireworks were not yet over.
Porter takes the kickoff, and heads up the sideline.

Calfee finds some open spaces, moving the ball down inside the 20.

3rd-and-goal from the 7.
Calfee takes the pitch right.

Touchdown!
27-20, and the Cougars had the momentum,
as the teams switched ends for the final 12 minutes of the season.

Following another key third down conversion,
Charity takes it right, and heads upfield.

The 59 yard run put the Rams up 33-20.

The PAT was blocked, and though they were down by 13,
11:35 remained, and the Cougar offense had scored on three consecutive possessions.
There was still plenty of time.

Turnovers kill.
On the first play after the kickoff, a Lafayette defender
gets into the backfield, and interferes with Wheeling's handoff to Porter.

The Rams recovered the loose ball, and were in point blank range.

A few plays later, Levince Parrot took it in for a 2-yard score.
39-20, and reality began to sink in.

Hughes passed to Sintell Crew for the conversion. 41-20.

After Lafayette's only turnover of the game, when the Rams were threatening to score yet again,
the Cougars had to move quickly.
Calfee makes a difficult catch, getting the ball up to the 40.

On the next play, Porter finds a hole up the middle, and turns on the speed.

Porter takes it in on the next play, making it 41-26.

Wheeling connects with Roan for two, making it 41-28.
Unfortunately, only 2:55 remained, and a miracle was needed.

It was not meant to be.
Lafayette recovered the onsides kick.

Brandon Anderson prevents insult being added to injury.
The Rams would end the game taking a knee at the one.

Coach Hicks accepts the Runner-Up trophy.
Many players, coaches and fans of other teams, would kill for such.

It wasn't quite the ending we hoped for, but it was a tremendous season!