That one flinch and the roof caved in. Offsides, 5 yard penalty, first down for Chaminade at the 25, Serra with no time outs.  Instead of a miraculous come back, instead stumbling away with a disappointing but respectable 3-point loss, the Cavs gave up 14 points in the final sixty seconds and left humiliated 38 - 21.  The last two touchdowns were flukes, but the score was not.  The Eagles outplayed Serra in every aspect of the game of football. 

 

Chaminade ran 92 plays to Serra's 45.  They punted only once. The defense was on the field 70% of the game.  But the defense never gave up.  Three times, the Cavs denied the Eagles a touchdown after a first inside the red zone. 

 

The problem was offense.  All of Serra's scores were triggered by patented Khalil Tate escapes.  The last touchdown, in particular, featured a nearly miraculous fourth down run after Tate emerged from a sure sack.  But the passing game -- on the whole -- was anemic.  Despite a few encouraging run plays, the same was true of the run game. 

 

Anything like a play-by-play from this game would be like drinking an e coli cocktail.  Nothing to do but hope it's a one-off.  The Cavs remain Mission League Champs.