Well, last Friday night was a typical "Fat Friday" football game in Burke County, NC. In other words, it went down to the final seconds of the game before a winner was decided.
Pictured on the left is my family (from top, left to right: my daughter Kristen, my nephew Nic, my sister Jennifer, my dad Jim, my mom Beverly; bottom left to right: my sister Angie, me wearing the Duke cap, then my wife Debbie.) Boy was it cold sitting in those concrete stands!!!
For those who even care (it's going to be really hard for me to even type this) Freedom won over East Burke 7-3. The score was 0-0 until about 2 minutes left in the 4th quarter 
when East Burke kicked a field goal to go up 3-0. After the kickoff, Freedom drove down the field and scored a touchdown with about 40 seconds left in the game. East Burke made a valiant effort to score in 40 seconds but came up short.
Overall Freedom wins the yearly rivalry with 18 wins to East Burke's 15 wins; which brings the "original" Fat Friday football games to a close. That rivalry will certainly be missed 1000's of Burke County residents (and those who have moved and live outside Burke County--like me!)!
It was pretty cool to have the Army Para-Troopers (five of them) fly in the game ball. Check out the photo...it was an awesome experience! Kudo's to all of our military personnel. Thanks for all you do! I'm praying for you all!
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