“I said I wanted to get back to Folsom, so that was evident in the way I played this year. He said he’d predicted and hoped for a rematch with Folsom High - the team’s next opponent. In the wake of the victory, May recalled an interview from before the 2018 season. “We practice those types of situations all the time, and it’s competitive in practice too.” “It was a tall task, but it’s not something we weren’t prepared for,” he added. In a six-point hole with just 50 seconds remaining, Franks called a few short pass plays to put his team in position for one final heave. The Huskies hung around and took advantage by grabbing the lead late in the fourth quarter. “The line really did a great job of executing tonight.”ĭespite moving the ball late in the third quarter, the Rams were stifled by three fumbles. “We had a lot of good blocks tonight, and all of the holes were wide open,” Jordan said. Jordan added another score on the opening drive to put his team a 23-14 lead. The Rams added a field goal before halftime, but wasted no time in the second half. He broke through the left side of the line for a 40-yard touchdown to tie the game at 14-14. It was Donovan Jordan who added the Rams second touchdown of the night. “I felt like we were in control of the game, with the exception of some turnovers on offense that clearly hurt us, but defensively, I thought we played well,” Franks pointed out. That came six minutes after a 78-yard fumble recovery from Sheldon cornerback Dillon Juniel. The Huskies capitalized on a pair of big plays in the game, including a second-quarter Statue of Liberty draw off left-end to running back Tyrell Smith, who scored from 10 yards out to take an early 14-7 lead.
“They run the ball really well, they have talented backs - it’s a simple, but tricky scheme that they run, and it causes problems for you.” “We saw them be extremely effective all season long, against good teams,” Franks said of Sheldon. Mary’s football team back from a six-point deficit following a late touchdown and two-point conversion from Sheldon’s Francisco Salinas to Michael Graves. So I just put it out there and knew that the fastest guy on the field was back there, and hoped he could go get it.” “The worst thing would have been that I under threw it and it would get picked. “Honestly, I just knew I had to get it to him,” May confessed. But he had enough arm strength for the heroic completion Friday night. It took two more months to throw a football.
He slowly regained arm strength, beginning the process by throwing a tennis ball just five yards at a time. And it started with a strenuous rehabilitation regimen. But it wasn’t until March of the following year that he started feeling better. That was August 26 - a date May remembers vividly. “Pretty much everything that could have gone bad, did.” “I also dislocated my shoulder and dented the bone,” May said. He tore 80-percent of his labrum in the process. But the reality is that May is lucky to even be throwing a football again after a gruesome injury in 2017.Īfter tossing three touchdowns in his team’s 2017 season-opener, May dove for a fumble and two defenders landed awkwardly on his shoulder. The throw was a mix of skill and good fortune. “I went up to Joe after the play and said, ‘Huh, that looked familiar,’” May said. Instead, it was senior Hunter Low who found Fontes with a similar, 30-yard touchdown in the waning minutes of a 31-28 quarterfinals win. Except it wasn’t May throwing the ball, due to his injury. The incredible finish was a repeat of last year’s conclusion to a 2017 playoff game versus the same Sheldon program. The Hail Mary ending also brought back Deja Vu for St. “So it’s pretty ironic that it happened in the game as well.” “It was pretty much the same exact thing that happened with three seconds left in our two-minute drill,” May added. May called the throw and catch ironic following his team’s two-minute drill this week at practice.