Colts Win at Home

By Donna & Amy White
The Haysville Times
Posted on September 13, 11:27 PM
Hey Haysville, the workweek is over, and Friday night football is back! Last Friday marked the Campus Colts’ first official home game of the season. And it was a nail-biter! The Colts faced off against McPherson with hopes of claiming their first win of the season.
Nobody could have predicted how this game would turn out. McPherson jumped out to a 0-12 lead in the first quarter of play. The Colts worked their way to a touchdown in the second quarter. And Brandon Daley’s kick for the extra point cut McPherson’s lead 7-12. But in the final minutes of the half, McPherson scored another 7 points to give them a 7-19 lead at the half.
During the halftime break, Campus fans enjoyed the traditional halftime show. The Campus Pom Pon Squad performed a routine followed by the Campus Marching Band. Both gave great performances. However, one question remained in my mind: Where are the band uniforms? Through four years of my own band experience at Campus there was not a performance that we were not in complete uniform. It just made a more presentable package.
Anyway, back to the game and the second half of play. Campus came out fighting. Through fumbled plays by both teams, the Colts recover and inch closer with Ryan Burke’s touchdown at the 6:54 mark. Daley’s kick was good for the extra point. The seven points bring the Colts within five of McPherson with a score of 14-19.
The fourth and final quarter of the game was the game clincher. McPherson scored right off the bat giving them a comfortable 14-26 lead. Campus had some troubles throughout the game with getting a hand on the ball and keeping it. But in the final minutes of the game, the team turned it up a notch.
Campus scored another touchdown at the 6:13 mark to bring them within five points again. The Colts kept working for the common goal and with 51 seconds left found themselves at the 5-yard line. With less than a minute on the clock, Campus knew that they might only get one chance to make the play. And once again, Ryan Burke would carry the ball to the endzone for the touchdown. Burke’s touchdown pushed the Colts ahead of McPherson 27-26.
In the final five seconds of the game, the Colts put it all together and kept McPherson contained. And with that, the buzzer sounded and Campus had won its first home game of the season 27-26. And for the second week in a row, McPherson lost by just one point.
On the way to the car, we were walking behind a dad and his young son. The dad told the son, “That is why you never give up.” And he could not have been more right. The Colts never gave up and kept pushing through the mistakes to come out on top. Without sounding too much like a big purple dinosaur, what a valuable life lesson to learn.
Campus plays at home again this Friday against Newton at Colt Stadium. Game time is 7 p.m. Then the Colts will be on the road for the rest of September before returning home again on October 6th to face Arkansas City. Go Colts!