JFIF C
$ &%# #"(-90(*6+"#2D26;=@@@&0FKE>J9?@= C
=)#)================================================== "
} !1AQa"q2#BR$3br
%&'()*456789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz
w !1AQaq"2B #3Rbr
$4%&'()*56789:CDEFGHIJSTUVWXYZcdefghijstuvwxyz ? O?#Q^) i 8Ҥ'$tfjjBGӥ"nTlv~E##MN# {v1RcM#Ҁ!aݪ22
ӥGJD@M#ڥaSHLJtTqE ndfut
=)=M 1ҕ ` p!^=):S@XQ ttJj7AO> N zcҝ8$(E4/|:R =:Rc#=*6Ҥ`De w'R$@9M`Ƿ J۞Vn oouy$gdp)f\wxW Ȍr 9\JM'KO$Ҷ%sIJ۱4T[TP $~A r=ƒLX4'Gεf \%0[ǐTԟҚ@X{FQy$2=cF1\VUut;YX` QkJ#M GSa mqч\ o-Mxx]?PB3D֥+<6*Uʝ jh, *Or: V^My ]G &_]1H7oҦ++JzSYz8=:SP${O" UzSAuc1XVEr8)mՋ1_h `m tks(:a 8V v A)8㚈 zzV=(%oݳUEPp*vK_ 41Iik:v3x&vxAI>#@ǁe-κQsrmӍi3wl
wѯc ?*> ݿi?]W$`
l&&ݷ ?kS, 8]ɯ\h9z+X:ߝV!x{mN.+p3A ݞlZ ;YJ] SmckXYp ~5RV10T`H.q@e *#B
iWlq< @1x- %hА2M{ߥ- 8cJ 0S`"+HE @a i˓ޘR PeALwwϗVZ+ϥt+7Y-. DX Rq]/:>KHۏf3LZi,-0\WGZCI38Tv3ȷ&8֥9 *bJS& 0ڥaQң}RdO= 'ޚ[ހ~Pr9 8> :ҎiSD[VY@Yt'˟@f;hdww=>>f{}:W
kǰ:цG>U *''3Z@(zQzfCF3 :?xR&Q-~h$9R=+t=r_Sá}
|Y|=G)f6QLaݥLU-(Ҩ$&b|taT2s<\>eb%٘)eddbWc}_jM6?Psh vfIDe8 ?֩oGކOq:q@~c |C_HȽ4BiwcqL
yZh ӹ PnJ 9_187wzoa{.sh?7>3%a @\t%d&uo,fi##-l\ 8 ^?u,flȉ2v L6[I'[k-Wɵ |ǾToEp0)OARAH)zwi {%;foRz h5kBkHϑh<*r8ԜqWAx0i&]Ϝ;89OnqY_
/ɡ]O+ N-BWȥXty4rݖlVO34~}HSuӐ-¦y8 =*Υ7T\n[ =b-1>ƭ+sE${ \oi67(/SjK6;fE[ݩ3]:
؊7B>|=sHmOsӮQ+l|}zmkXqdٌBzO iRjI[
c?SU%[SW`5 "^isL2y#S{<er2 TZ4#X.],;l? Ƒlp~Q? 90Jc@ϳ8"O\'yGm&$vR2>`I1]$2>Gր<:Umk5,|hX/%̎O^QDr؟㡯N6hSDZGm{sf,0x wydi$rX4
)
3oMյl2Gkg HP lh "֮판F[4*8:_6pZ|!{ܟƶ4; րV|guᴫ.R}=z_mk'ܨ jœ3K q yK
ܨ=;uhbРJa(P8 x班s*_cR&eO+w `Bzt2_կ.r
M ᪬wHx
*AH>3 DzT6 2~ӒgHL?S :xPe9?JMۮߨW&,MqaS nb89#>)_տ NX\ "Q,|C>e sW?ws
*] yĦJbdx
-U?[9>+0[̜~bQcw~ZpgSpo++_] _i,X I# YwԻh;IL3M2}H.J3
gf@S@ ; cL(Ij>})4]bHoƔ4 ((㱒Kg*[jM:)hdҸK>8;(x1ӤŦ9h +G>ԾBȨZ8Xz #` d~ƈd @b8 -Ff}#u#[7<0Vq='pOJJ }s #M-a1[ǵ$d^0A;N(XTDφaN:5F{#
ڰ,,+Xr9R=xy@W8
jIgɰ,m9u@A犾F*TE T o g i v e C o n c o r d i a t h a t s o m e t h i n g e x t r a t o h e l p t h e m r e a c h t h e i r ( a t o n e t i m e i m p o s s i b l e ) d r e a m o f b e c o m i n g S t a t e C h a m p s , t h e y i n v i t e d B F S c l i n i c i a n , R i c k B o j a k t o c o m e t o t h e i r s c h o o l a n d p u t o n a c l i n i c . I t b r o u g h t t h e t e a m t o g e t h e r a n d g a v e u s t h a t m o t i v a t i o n t h a t w e n e e d e d , s t a t e d C u l w e l l . T h e f o l l o w i n g s e a s o n t h e P a n t h e r s w e n t o u t t o b a t t l e w i t h e v e r y t h i n g t h e y h a d . L i k e m o s t s u c c e s s s t o r i e s , i t w a s n ' t e a s y a n d w i t h o u t c o m p l i c a t i o n s . T h e y w o n t h e i r f i r s t f o u r g a m e s a n d t h e n l o s t t w o i n a r o w . T h e y l o s t t o t h e i r a r c h r i v a l B e l l e v i l l e i n d o u b l e o v e r t i m e 1 0 - 7 , a n d t h e n t o G o o d l a n d 1 4 - 7 . C o a c h C u l w e l l e x p l a i n s , I t w a s g o o d i n a w a y b e c a u s e i t b r o u g h t t h e k i d s c l o s e r t o g e t h e r . I t s h o w e d t h e m t h a t t h e y c o u l d n ' t w i n i f t h e y w e r e n ' t p l a y i n g t o g e t h e r a s a t e a m . I t s h o w e d t h e m t h a t e v e r y o n e h a d t o b e d o i n g t h e i r j o b , w i t h o u t p o i n t i n g f i n g e r s a n d b i c k e r i n g o n e w i t h a n o t h e r . " T h r o u g h t h i s , t h e P a n t h e r s r a l l i e d t o g e t h e r . S e n i o r L i n e b a c k e r J o h n H a k e , b r o u g h t h i s t e a m t o g e t h e r e m o t i o n a l l y a n d m e n t a l l y . H e i s t h e h e a r t a n d s o u l o f o u r t e a m , e x h o r t e d C o a c h C u l w e l l . H e a l w a y s s t o o d u p a s a l e a d e r a n d g a v e a h e a r t - t o u c h i n g m o t i v a t i o n a l p e p t a l k b e f o r e e a c h g a m e . T h a t l i t t l e e x t r a i n s p i r a t i o n h e l p e d e a c h p l a y e r r e a c h d e e p d o w n i n s i d e f o r s t r e n g t h w h e n t i m e s g o t t o u g h . < b r > C o n c o r d i a h a d l e a r n e d f r o m t h e i r l o s s e s a n d w e r e r e a d y t o b a t t l e t o g e t h e r a s a t e a m a n d w i n . T h e P a n t h e r s s t u n n e d t h e d e f e n d i n g S t a t e C h a m p i o n , T o p e k a H a y d e n , w i t h a 2 7 - 1 4 v i c t o r y i n t h e 4 - A b i - d i s t r i c t g a m e . T a i l b a c k , J o s h W i l l i a m s , d e s p i t e p l a y i n g w i t h a b r o k e n b o n e i n h i s r i g h t h a n d , c a r r i e d t h e b a l l 3 4 t i m e s f o r 2 5 4 y a r d s . C u l w e l l p r a i s e d , T h a t w a s a g r e a t e f f o r t . H e i s a t r u e w a r r i o r . N e x t c a m e a b i g g a m e a g a i n s t u n b e a t e n 1 0 - 0 K i n g m a n . T h e P a n t h e r s d e m o l i s h e d t h e m e a s i l y w i t h a 1 6 - 0 s h u t o u t v i c t o r y . T h i s a d v a n c e d t h e m i n t o t h e s e m i - f i n a l s o f t h e S t a t e P l a y o f f s f o r t h e f i r s t t i m e i n h i s t o r y . T h i n g s w e r e g e t t i n g h e a t e d u p a n d t h e P a n t h e r s w e r e o n a r o l l . T h e y b a r e l y b e a t W e l l i n g t o n 1 6 - 1 4 f o r a s h o t t o p l a y f o r s t a t e c r o w n . < b r > T h e S t a t e C h a m p i o n s h i p g a m e a g a i n s t 1 2 - 0 u n d e f e a t e d H o l t o n , w a s C o n c o r d i a ' s f i n a l t e s t t o s e e i f t h e y h a d w h a t i t t o o k t o w e a r t h e n u m b e r o n e c r o w n i n t h e s t a t e . T h e y f a c e d n u m b e r o n e r a n k e d H o l t o n w h o h a d o u t s c o r e d i t s t h r e e o p p o n e n t s i n t h e p l a y o f f s e a r l i e r t h i s s e a s o n w i t h a c o m b i n e d s c o r e o f 1 2 8 - 2 0 . S e n i o r l i n e b a c k e r / f u l l b a c k , J o h n H a k e r e p o r t s , I t h i n k t h a t i s o n e o f o u r g r e a t e s t w e a p o n s . W e d o n ' t e v e r g e t i n t i m i d a t e d . T h e P a n t h e r s p l a y e d w i t h f u r y . D r e a m s a n d g o a l s w e r e o n t h e v e r g e o f b e c o m i n g a r e a l i t y . < b r > T h e 6 - 2