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on a line drive kick that whizzed past the outstretched foot of goalie Lee Baines.
Behind 2-0, the Panthers returned to life momentarily, halfbacks and fullbacks challenging their opposite numbers for the ball. The RCHS front line broke through the EM defensive ranks but shots at the goal either sailed over the net or careened out of bounds to the side.
As the Panthers’ play became more ragged. Eastern Mennonite’s passing game got sharper. They zipped the ball dowm the field with short, quick kicks, always finding an open man. Rapp defenders were left standing still and shuffling their feet as EM’s attackers faked in one direction and then dribbled in the other. Repeatedly, first-year goalie Lee Baines was left the lone defender, unable to halt three-men drives to the net.
With the score 4-0 and Baines pulled far out of the box. Will Oliver made one of Rappahannock's best (and only) halfback defensive plays. Seeing the goal undefended, Oliver rushed at the net, getting a foot on the ball just inches away from another score and sending it back towards midfield. Baines fell in a heap with a yellow shirted opponent; both had to be helped to the bench for ice packs on pulled leg muscles.
It seemed to get harder and harder for the Panthers to remember plays and patterns. Like iron fillings to a magnet, they pulled towards each other, ending in a clump of blue jerseys at the center of the field. When a man broke free with the ball, there was never anyone open to receive the pass.
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