In America, the winner takes all.

Chapter 123 Halloween War (44)

Just when Ethan was about to give an impassioned speech to the team members to motivate them, he heard the sound of the door being pushed behind him.

It was the principal whom I hadn't seen for a long time, and he was accompanied by Grace, the school's sports director.This game is very important for BHHS, and the two of them naturally want to represent the school and cheer for the boys of the rugby team!
The two of them were even dressed much more formally than before. Principal John was in a suit and tie, and sports director Grace was wearing a suit that showed a business atmosphere. It was completely different from the casual dress Ethan had seen before, and her hair was no longer disheveled. , instead it was tied up, with a strand of hair hanging down on each cheek.

Full of flavor.

Both of them wear school badges on their chests, which also symbolize their mission at the moment.

As usual, Ethan naturally asked the principal to say a few words first and stood aside consciously.

The principal looked at Ethan especially, then stepped forward and cleared his throat.

"In 20 minutes, your game will officially begin. I want to tell you that at this time you represent not only the team, not just the school, not just classmates and parents. Don't forget that there are You yourselves, throw away all pressure and show your strength, this is what you have to do tonight."

"I also hope that everyone present tonight can leave a good memory, and they can still recall tonight after many years. Maybe we won, maybe we lost, but no matter the ending, this is a kind of Good memories, isn’t it?”

John uncharacteristically did not put too much pressure on the team members, and then Grace stepped forward.

Compared to before, her dress today gave Ethan a little more expectations, but when she spoke... she immediately went back to her original shape.

"No matter what, the school will support you." After saying this, Grace nodded and then moved away.

The atmosphere suddenly became a little awkward, and it sounded like she didn't think BHHS would win.

Thomas immediately stepped forward and said in a rescue manner: "Tonight is by no means the last game in your lives, nor is it the most important game, but it is also crucial..."

His speech sounded like it was purely to save the situation, without any key points, and it had no motivational effect. As others retreated, the players didn't even respond at all.

It can be said that from the principal John, to Grace and then to Thomas, the speeches of the three people are worse than the last.

The final task fell to Ethan, who strode to the front of everyone.

"Thank you to the previous three people. I think all three of them are right, but I would like to make a few responses..."

"First of all, I want everyone to be as quiet as possible and let us listen carefully!" Ethan made a shut-up gesture.

The locker room then became extremely quiet.

I could only faintly hear the shouts outside.

"Who can tell me what you just heard?" About ten seconds later, Ethan spoke.

"I heard the shouts of fans and student cheering groups outside." Someone responded.

"That's right. Many people came to the stadium two hours in advance. Many people made props overnight. The cheerleading team started preparing for this preliminary final two weeks in advance."

"Actually, this is who we represent."

"We stand here at this moment, representing everyone who supports us, every fan who is here, every classmate who cheers for us. Every cheerleader."

"Representing the staff who maintain the equipment before games, representing school security, representing everyone directly and indirectly involved."

"In addition, on behalf of everyone who has helped us, Coach Thomas, the school principal, the athletic director, the entire coaching staff, each of them hopes that we can get better, gives expectations, and takes action."

"And every family member, every loved one, Ford's girlfriend who helped him lose weight, Albert's mother who got up every morning to make breakfast for him, my mother, and Catherine, these people are all supporting us!"

"In the end, we are ourselves. Thomas said that this game is not critical, but I think it is too critical, extremely critical. We have been waiting for this day, these next few hours, since we were born."

The expressions of all the team members began to become solemn one by one.

"Flea, how old did you start practicing football?"

"Cooper, until what time do you work out every day?"

"Rice, how long have you been holding on for this day?"

Ethan asked one by one.

"Yes, each of us has gone through hardships and traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers to get here."

"But what if we lose?"

"All the above-mentioned things I have mentioned above do not exist and have turned into air! Everything will disappear. All the applause, all the shouts, all the encouragement, all the support have become a joke and have no meaning."

"No one in this world will worship a loser. No one will like a loser. I hate failure."

"Rice, do you want to please girls? Cooper, do you want to be respected by everyone? Albert, do you want to go to a good college through football? Munster, tell me, besides playing football, you What else are you going to do?" "So, don't be like a coward and say that none of this is important, all of this is too important, we want to win, we must win!"

The scene started to applaud, then someone roared and someone started stamping their feet.

"Win! Win! Win! Win! Win!"

The shouting soon became deafening, and everyone gradually became restless!

Thomas and John looked at each other behind Ethan.

"Win, win, win!" The two old men also joined in the shouting.

Only Grace covered her ears, feeling like her eardrums were about to burst.

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Amid the cheers of thousands of spectators, the entire Norman team was fully armed and ran into the stadium, with Ethan holding the school flag as usual.

On the other hand, when the Bergen High School Crusaders entered the stadium, the audience booed.Their team has the same team name as the St. Louis school, and many Catholic high schools use this team name.

What's strange is that for such an important game, I didn't see any Bergen High School supporters, and they didn't even bring a cheerleading team.

"There are no girls in Catholic boys' high schools." Flea, standing next to Ethan, answered his question at this time.

As for the hosts and analysts at the scene, after the routine introduction of both teams, they directly focused their attention on Ethan O'Connor.

"If I'm not mistaken, player Ethan seems to be stronger again!" Matt Millen said as soon as he came up.

"You are right. Contestant Ethan's physical fitness has indeed made some progress this semester. He can be said to be a real fitness fanatic!"

The body is the most intuitive way to express a person's strength, and he has a particularly vivid memory of Ethan. Ethan's body left a very deep impression on him back then.

As a former professional player, of course he has a set of subtle measurement standards for players' physical fitness. At this time, through the big screen at the scene, he could intuitively feel that Ethan's body was obviously stronger!

To be able to reach the level before is to be the best among peers.

Now the height, weight, and muscles have improved further!This made Matt Millen start to look forward to this game.

"Oh, Ethan once again lost the coin guessing round, but before that, Ethan seemed to win every time he lost the coin guessing game." The host said immediately.

"It's not that every time you lose a coin guessing game, you win, but Ethan, the quarterback, has never lost since he officially stepped onto this green field!"

"But we also cannot ignore Bergen High School from Arizona. This high school brings together almost the entire state's elite players..."

"Now the game officially starts, wait...how did I see Ethan and the special team walking into the game field together?"

"Is he going to make a temporary guest appearance on the special team today?"

The host couldn't help but ask questions.

Matt Millen is very vocal on this issue: "In fact, even in the NFL, there are many offensive and defensive players in the special teams. For example, the returners of the special teams are usually played by the offensive team. As a running back, most of the defensive personnel come from the defensive team..."

"We saw that several players from Bergen High School began to walk off the field...Does Bergen High School also need to replace key players on the special team? Wait, this seems to be made in response to Ethan O'Connor's early appearance. Targeted adjustments!”

"It seems that the coaches of both sides are quite well prepared for this game. The official offense and defense have not yet started. From the first half of the serve, the two sides have been engaged in tactical games..."

Ethan's decision to play early at the kick-off was naturally discussed with Thomas in advance. This was just one of several special tactics in this game.

However, what was slightly beyond Ethan's expectation was that his opponent would immediately make corresponding adjustments.

Is it really as mentioned by the two commentators at the scene that this is a strategy tailored for myself?
Ethan looked at the new arrivals.

Judging from the numbers, Nos. 61, 69, and 75 are all members of the defensive team...

No. 60-79, this is the exclusive number range for the defensive team.

Ethan also followed the special team and stood in the first row.

As Mark, who was at the front of his own area, kicked the ball out, Ethan saw the football crossing the entire field and being picked up by the opponent's last returner.

"The game officially begins!"

Ethan took the lead and charged directly towards the returner...

(End of this chapter)