For a moment or two this season it didn’t seem like making the postseason would happen for the Rattlers.
For starters, the 2019 edition of the Rattlers football team didn’t have many . . . returning starters that is. Most of the offense from the 2018 district championship team was gone due to graduation. Some new faces and an adjustment here and there have been enough to get Sharyland back to the postseason for the 12th straight year.
Still the season has been a topsy-turvy one. A season opening win at Brownsville Pace was followed by a loss to McAllen Memorial. Another win was followed by another loss, then a win. A victory over Roma in week six ended the win-one- lose-one cycle and had the Rattlers at 4-2 overall, and more importantly 2-0 in district.
A three game losing streak, two close ones along with the loss to Pioneer, pretty much ended any thoughts of repeating as district champs and put the Rattlers into a week ten game versus Valley View in the Rattlers last game of the regular season that they desperately needed to win.
“We talked to the kids about leaving a legacy,” said Rattlers Adame. A loss would have put their playoff streak in jeopardy and Adame said he wanted his team to know that.
“We weren’t going to hide that.”
The team responded with a 29-6 win and, with a bye in week eleven to get a little rest, is ready for their shot at Calhoun.
“We got back on the winning track and have some momentum,” said Adame.
The task of upsetting Calhoun is next on the schedule and has the Rattlers in a position they have been in before this year.
Being the fourth place team means your first round opponent is a one seed and Adame says that makes no difference to him. He commented on how the Rattlers were seen as underdogs in most of the big games they were in this year.
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