It was a strange start to the season for the Durango and Delta football teams.
First, their game was delayed 40 minutes by lightning, according to the Durango Herald, and then nobody scored.
The game, tied at 0-0 after regulation, went to overtime.
On its possession, Delta, which is ranked No. 4 in Class 2A, got down to the 1-yard-line, but then fumbled a third-down snap.
Durango, a 3A program, then got its shot in OT — and senior Harrison Kairalla kicked a 23-yard field goal to win. It was redemption from having missed an attempt late in the fourth quarter.
“I don’t even remember what happened,” Kairalla told the Durango Herald. “It was crazy. I’ve never had anything like that happen to me before.”
Chatfield falls during out-of-state trip
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Chatfield traveled to Florida during Zero Week, and faced a tough Braden River team. The Chargers fell, 49-32.
The game was tight in the first half, with the two teams trading scores.
Chatfield, ranked No. 4 in the 4A preseason poll, held leads of 13-7 and 20-14, but went into the break trailing Braden River 28-20.
The Chargers continued to battle in the second half, but were never able to close the gap.
Braden River features South Carolina commit Deshaun Fenwick, who had four touchdowns.
“He had something in him where I was like, ‘Woah,'” Chatfield coach Bret McGatlin told the Bradenton (Fla.) Herald.
But Braden River was equally as impressed with Chatfield.
“They were good,” Fenwick told the Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune of Chatfield. “They were a good team, I’m not going to lie.”
More coverage
- Pueblo South rolled to a 42-0 win over Wheat Ridge
- Zero Week continues on Friday night. Find a full schedule of games here. And find a top-10 schedule here.
- We will have live coverage of Friday’s games here.