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I just came a cross an article on ESPN where they talk about this high school team in Kansas scored 72 points in the first quarter. This is how they scored:

“The defense had recovered five fumbles and intercepted a pass, returning it for a touchdown. The offense had run 15 plays — all but one a run — and scored eight times. Six different players had reached the end zone. And his team had converted all nine two-point conversion attempts.”

This the first round of the playoffs for both teams and set a high school scoring record for the first quarter which had stood for 82 years.

They were accused of running up the score, but the way it happened it was just a freak game. Here is the best quote of the article from the losing coach, John Petrie of Plainville High School:

“Right now, for a lot of our kids, things look pretty dim,” Petrie said. “But it’s our job to put this in perspective. I told them after the game — this is probably the worst thing that’s ever happened to many of them. But you know what? If that’s the worst thing they ever have to go through, they’re going to be in pretty good shape. It’s going to take time, but they’ll soon realize the sun is going to come up again.”

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