Monthly Archives: March 2007

the second this afternoon?”

“Coward!” taunted Amy. “Quitter! Youth of chilly extremities!”

“All right. We’ll finish up tomorrow, I guess. I play Kennard in the morning. He’s a snap.”

“That’s enough, Amy,” he said. “He can’t fight.”

There was no scrimmage with the ‘varsity that afternoon, and Mr. Boutelle was putting his second team through a hard practice when Joe Detweiler appeared on the second’s gridiron. “Boots” viewed his advent with suspicion and joined him with a … Continue reading →

“I’ve left my pretty little trophy behind. I’ll have to beat it back, Clint, and rescue it. Can’t you picture the poor little thing sitting there all alone in pathetic solitude, forlorn and deserted?”

That was Cherry Valley’s last threat. Later, in the fourth quarter, she reached the Maroon-and-Grey’s twenty-seven yards but was forced to punt after two attempted forward passes had failed. Brimfield secured two more touchdowns, one in each period, and twice … Continue reading →

Mr “You’ve been told before that you must keep off school property,” said Mr. Daley, otherwise known as “Horace.”

anything to do with it And Clint frequently doubted during the next week that glory had anything to do with it. When, on Tuesday afternoon, he reported to Mr. Robey, that gentleman cast a speculative look over him, nodded and … Continue reading →