In America, the winner takes all.

Chapter 153: It’s still your dad after all; the finals of the meeting (two-in-one)

"What is coming to us now is a future Oscar winner, a high-level sports agent, a rare genius on the football field in a century, who makes countless opponents fear the Tyrannosaurus Rex - Ethan O'Connor!" Flea laughed and booed. .

Others also cheered collectively, after all, it was still a month ago since the last time Ethan appeared in the locker room.

This month, Ethan went to film a movie, and for this group of teammates, they also completed the run-in without Ethan.

Ethan first looked at his good teammate, Robin Rice.

During his absence, he has been the team's starting quarterback.

Within four weeks of his departure, the team had successfully completed a complete victory.

"I have lived up to your instructions before leaving!" Rice said with a smile.

"You did a great job, Rice, I'm proud of you." Ethan nodded, praising Rice without hesitation, his eyes filled with doting.

Since Lisa became pregnant, the relationship between father and son has been solidified.It's time to announce all this to Rice. We can't keep it a secret.But Ethan has not yet thought about how to announce it specifically.

Then Ethan looked at several main players, mainly teammates newly recruited in the second half of the semester.

The first to bear the brunt are the two key positions of the defensive front, Haloti Nata and defensive end Chris Hawke. The performance of the two can be said to be on par with Albert. In the few games in which he was absent, they contributed a lot. He made many tackles and interceptions, and his performance was very impressive.

In addition, Ethan discovered a relatively unfamiliar face.

"Joel Hal welcomes you back to the team." Ethan said to him.

This is the tight end who left the field due to injury. It seems that he has recovered and returned to the team.

"Hey, Ethan, I have something to tell you. I'm planning to quit the team." Jorhar said this instead of seeing Ethan return with joy.

Ethan asked about the reason and it turned out that Joel had a conflict with another tight end recruited from Louisiana during the winter break.

It was this tight end who broke through the Norman defense many times in the previous game with Eli Manning, and his strength was quite impressive.The school spent a lot of money to bring him back from Louisiana.

As for the reason for the conflict between the two, it was naturally because Jorhar and him were competing for position.

Just as Ethan was about to speak, he heard a voice from behind: "Ethan, you are finally back. I can't wait to fight alongside you!"

A tight end named Henry Gary greeted Ethan warmly.

"No, I should start the California Open game!" Djorhar seemed unyielding.

"You start, as long as you can produce better data than me, I can let you start." Henry seemed confident, after all, he did get more yards per game than Joel.

"But don't forget, I'm better than you on the defensive end." Jorhar continued.

Seeing that the two sides were about to get into a dispute, Ethan asked everyone to quiet down.

Not just the two tight ends, this is a side effect of the increase in "bench depth", and there will be more and more similar disputes in the future.

There will be disputes about who should start in which game and who should take the key ball.

In a sense, Ethan's presence weakens the authority of coach Thomas for you.

Ethan felt he had to come up with a proper solution.

He looked toward the corner where Cooper was holding the football.

"In fact, I haven't touched rugby for a month, so I'm a bit raw now. Today's training is not as good as a special team training match. This is not only to help me recover, but also to determine the starting line-up for the next game. List." Ethan tried to say.

"Starting list?" The teammates seemed a little shocked.

"That's right. From now on, the starting lineup for each game will no longer be arranged by Thomas, but will be based on the players' private training evaluation. What do you think of this plan?"

"Nothing can be fairer," Flea tried.

"Wait..." Rice interrupted the teammates who were caught up in the discussion.

"In other words, as long as I can win the training game, Ethan O'Connor will have to sit on the bench in the next game?" Rice put forward another hypothesis.

"Theoretically, that's the case, but you have to make sure you can win." Ethan laughed.

During his absence, Rice's skills soared, and so did his confidence.

He doesn't really think he can beat himself, does he?
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In the first training session when Ethan returned to the team, the main force of the Normans was divided into two teams. Now the Normans are so strong that they can even arrange two offensive groups and two defensive groups.The only problem is there's only one kicker.

"You can share me." Mark responded with a smile.

When dividing the team, Ethan deliberately assigned several strong newcomers to the opposite side. Ethan felt that this could better help him recover.

As for Thomas, he served as the referee for this game.

"Ethan, I think you should change your approach, in a more peaceful way. I feel like you can't even shoot the ball accurately now." Thomas issued a kind reminder.

Although he once reminded Ethan to keep it private when he set off, now it seems that Ethan has obviously forgotten about it.

"I don't want everyone to see my joke." Ethan said.

As the game officially started, the team led by Rice attacked first and had a difficult time from the beginning. Albert caused a lot of trouble to him.The fast-moving Albert was able to quickly press Rice and become a high-pressure player. Rice could only run exhausted. He now does not have Ethan's passing stability under heavy pressure, and it is very difficult to pass the ball. .

In the first round of attack, it was almost extremely thrilling to get the first attack in the fourth attack.

The first few rounds only advanced a total of 35 yards, and finally a free kick was called at the 47-yard line of Eason's half.

Mark almost missed the ball and kicked it into the goal frame.

Next it was Ethan's turn to play. Although he was not faced with Albert, they were two defensive front players who could go further in their careers in the future.Haroldi Natta and Chris Hawke.

As expected, the intensity of high-position pressure that Ethan had to face was not at the same level as Rice's.

However, Ethan, who had been on the crew for a month, also showed some sluggishness in his movements. He was obviously a few beats slower. Just before Chris was about to block the ball, he hurriedly passed the ball out.

The flight trajectory of the football was like a missile that had lost its satellite navigation. Although it was heading towards the wide receiver, it flew straight out of bounds.

"Ohhhh!!!!" The team members were particularly excited about Ethan's mistake.

After all, it is much more difficult to see Ethan pass the ball wrong than to see him pass the ball successfully.

Ethan shook his head, but he was not satisfied with his performance.

In the second attack on the spot, Ethan's pace was caught up by the two people. Haloti Nata directly swooped to hug Ethan, and the strong inertia directly knocked Ethan down.

"A successful tackle!" Thomas whistled.

These teammates were even more cheering.

"The first pass failed, the second time I was tackled, and the third time I will be intercepted?" Rice said excitedly.

In fact, it perfectly reflected Rice's prediction. Ethan was actually intercepted in the third gear. The moment the ball was released, it was accurately blocked by Chris. The next second, Chris held the football in his arms with his backhand. He rushed towards the formation behind Ethan.

Return touchdown!

"Ethan is really going to lose!" At this time, the teammates have completely turned into fun people. Although they know that Ethan is because the player has not recovered yet, there is nothing more emotional than seeing a genius lose. What a pleasure.

Throughout the first quarter, Ethan's side was suppressed and did not even complete a touchdown in the first quarter.

On the other hand, Rice's team got a touchdown + pat + free kick in the first quarter, and advanced to a position 35 yards away from the Ethan square area before the end of the first quarter. The second quarter can start quickly as soon as the second quarter begins. Scoring offense.

The situation suddenly became very unfavorable to Ethan. You know, if Rice scores another touchdown, the point difference will be opened to more than ten points.

You must know that Ethan set a flag before the game. If he loses, his starting position in the next game will be gone.

But Ethan didn't seem to be in a hurry.

By the time Ethan came on the court again in the second quarter, the score had already been stretched to a dozen points. Although Ethan's passing was still considered "substandard," everyone present could see that his accuracy was high. Recovery, and recovery at an extremely fast speed.

In the second half of the second quarter, Ethan performed a series of exquisite passes, and the familiar "Magic Commander" fake moves were performed again.The efficiency of the push was greatly increased, and in the end, with the continuous return tactics cooperated by Cooper and Ethan, Ethan successfully completed the pass touchdown.

The offensive touch is picking up quickly.

However, Rice also seemed to be getting smoother and smoother, making multiple passes in succession.

By the end of the second quarter, the score gap between the two sides was still eleven points.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Ethan made obvious tactical moves to speed up the game. He served multiple times in a row, coupled with continuous ball running tactics, which once again improved the offensive efficiency.As Ethan's movements appeared to be faster and faster, the corresponding movements of the two future professional-level defensive fronts appeared to be slower and slower, and Ethan gradually opened up the gap.

In the fourth quarter, Ethan even showed off his terrifying physical condition before, forcing several people to run the ball on his own, and one person scored a 24-yard run.

Even in the last offense, he once again made a guest appearance on the defensive front, this time he was one-on-one with Rice.

Rice also tried to make a fake move, but Ethan saw through it perfectly. In the end, Ethan snatched the football directly from his arms and completed the return touchdown by himself.

And Ethan's rampant attitude not only told his teammates that the king was back, but also told Rice.

Your dad is still your dad after all.

In Concord, California, a small town 30 miles away from San Francisco, de La Salle High School is also conducting a unique intra-team tryout to determine the position candidates for the California Open.

In addition to the main players from DeLS High School, the competition field even included Ethan's old acquaintance-Tommy Fleiss. The black quarterback transferred to this religious school at the beginning of this semester. Catholic Boys High School.

Currently, he plays the position of backup quarterback.

An All-Star quarterback actually serves as a substitute, which is enough to show the gold content of the quarterback position of DeLS High School.

The current starting quarterback in the team is Steve Sarkisian, who passed for 3 yards last season, with 076 pass scores and 27 interceptions.

In terms of pure passing yards, it can be said that he is the top level of high school football quarterbacks.

And he himself is ranked 6th in the high school football player rankings of "High School Sports". It stands to reason that he should be invited to the All-Star Game.

However, Bob Ladouceur, the head coach of DeLS High School, took the initiative to reject the invitation on his behalf. Not only the quarterback, he also rejected the invitation of every player in order to hide his strength.

As for exposure opportunities... Bob has this confidence. De LS players do not need to be exposed. The team's winning streak is the best exposure.

In fact, among the major positions in De LS High School, every single one of them is a pretty good player.

Wide receiver Patrick Walsh has been locked up in advance by San Jose State University. He caught 47 passes and 15 touchdown passes last season.

Defensive end Daryl Ashmore was also targeted by Northwestern University and later played for many professional football teams such as the Los Angeles/St. Louis Rams, Oakland Raiders and Washington Redskins.

Running back Maris Muari will attend the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) next year.He ran for 1994 yards and 1 scores in the 756 season.

Fullback John Westbrook has also contacted Caltech and reached a consensus.He ran for 1994 yards and 986 scores in the 11 season.

In terms of strength on paper, De LS High School is no weaker than the Normans.And every position ranks among the top ten in the country in their respective rankings. It can be said that there is no weakness from top to bottom.

More importantly, they also have extra strength bonuses this semester...

"A miserable failure!" Tommy Fraser fell to his knees, already out of breath.

After experiencing a serious injury, he chose to stop taking medication. Not only did his physical condition decline, but he also had to bear the corresponding side effects.

It can be said that its own strength has declined significantly compared to before.

But what made him feel strange was that Bob Ladouceur extended a warm invitation to him and invited him to join the team.

After actually arriving here, Tommy Frazier finally understood the reason why Coach Bob summoned him here...

At this time, Tomi struggled to support his body. Only then did he realize that several teammates around him, although they were still sweating profusely, did not show any signs of exhaustion. In terms of endurance, they were already as good as Tomi. Open enough gap.

And this gap is also reflected in explosive power and flexibility.

Tommy, who lost the team tryout, was not surprised. He really felt the gap between himself and this group of players, or "monsters". He now prefers to use this word to refer to his teammates. .

In the locker room, he also saw Coach Bob again. At this time, Coach Bob was indeed holding a bunch of syringes in his hand.

The desire to win gradually twisted his heart, especially after seeing Ethan O'Connor's wonderful performance in the national finals.

Originally, De LS High School should have won this championship.

This made him particularly angry. He felt that Ethan and the Normans had stolen the championship from him through "drugs".

In response, he recruited Tommy, and after learning more about Tommy's personal experience, he created a fitness plan tailored for each team member.

This plan has been started before the start of the semester.

At this time, the LS High School Spartans did not fall behind at all, even against the green team led by Eli Manning, and were even stronger.

It is also worthy of being ranked No. on ESPN's national high school football list.

Currently, the Normans are ranked second on this list.

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"Bob Ladouceur recruited Tommy to the Spartans, and apparently drug use began at Dras High School as well."

After finishing today's team training, Thomas communicated with Ethan.

"Can I report it?" Ethan mentioned another direction.

Can't we just fight the bio-demon every time?
The strength of De LS High School itself is not bad. Now with the blessing of drugs, it will obviously suppress the Normans to a certain extent.

This game is not easy at all.

"You have to have definite evidence, and... NFHS doesn't want this matter to become a big deal. Think about the last investigation report after Tommy's accident?" Thomas reminded.

"What about the NCAA and NFL? I think this culture should change." Ethan said in particular.

In a sense, drug abuse harms one's own interests.

"Unless you can have enough influence, you'd better keep this matter secret until then." Thomas reminded cautiously.

"In addition, there are several other opponents in the California Open that you also need to pay attention to. These are regional champions from across California." Thomas continued.

If calculated by state, California's rugby strength level is second to none in the country. Except for Texas, which has a fanatical atmosphere for rugby, no one is embarrassed.Otherwise, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson wouldn't have been forced to move his family from California to Pennsylvania in order to be a starter.

Similarly, as the champion of ten divisions under CIF, the strength of rugby is naturally not much weaker.

but……

"If the Normans themselves are capable of fighting, with your return and recovery, except for LS, the remaining opponents have a chance of winning more than %, or even %." Thomas continued.

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Since the mid-term, the California High School Football Open hosted by CIF has been in full swing.

The first game is the clash between Pleasant Valley High School, the regional champion of the Northern Region, and BHHS, the regional champion of Los Angeles.

If there were some people who said Ethan was "half-hearted" and "not focused on the field" before the game, then with Ethan's dominant performance in this game, all doubts disappeared.

Ethan scored 400 yards in this game alone by running and passing the ball. It can be said that he turned this game into his personal show.

The Norman team scored seven touchdowns.

The final score was locked at a huge margin of 51 to 14.

De LS High School, which has been on a winning streak for many games, also continued its winning streak with a victory over Ayala High School from the Southern Region Division II champions.Ayala High School did not score a single touchdown during the entire game.

The next opponent for Norman and Eason is McClemont High School in the Oakland area.

He continued his fiery form in the game, constantly launching his signature "Death Crash". Although the name is a bit American-style, it is extremely easy to use.Almost one person completely overthrew his opponent.

However, using the body openly will naturally put the body under a certain amount of pressure again.

After the game, Ethan found the school doctor Leila who was comparable to Vivien Leigh in her youth.

Although bhhs does not pay for students' additional rehabilitation costs, that is for ordinary players. Ethan undoubtedly has privileges in the school, which also makes Grace nod to such additional expenses.

Ethan felt that Laila's health care methods were pretty good and did provide some relief. Of course, it was more of a psychological effect. After all, it was very enjoyable to watch a beautiful doctor give him health care.

Just two days after the Normans defeated their opponents, DeLS High School also ushered in a brand new opponent.St. Francis High School in the Midcoast area.It was almost the same big score crushing as the Normans, and this time Bob Ladouceur sent part of the substitute lineup for rotation. It can be said that from this round he began to think about how to maintain his physical strength in the finals.

In the semi-finals, the Normans met Lincoln High School in the old JS area and won the victory without any risk. Ethan also began to conserve more energy and used less running balls and more use in the game. Pass the ball.

It only needs to be mentioned that Lincoln High School’s last regional opponent, Tom Brady’s team, can be said that after returning to the football program, its strength has not only not declined compared to before, but has also improved to a certain extent.

And Ethan's defeat of Lincoln High School can be considered a successful revenge for Tom Brady!
On the other side, DE LS also defeated its opponent, Carlsbad High School in the San Diego area, and the two sides successfully met in the finals...

　Try to update 1W8 today, which means there are still two big chapters.

　　
　
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