Campolindo coach Kevin Macy is carried off the field following the team's 20-18 last-second North Coast Section title win over Marin Catholic at the O.co Coliseum last week.
Photo by Dennis Lee
Yes,
it's a cliché: "Will the clock strike 12 on Campolindo's fairytale
season?" But indeed, it's a more-than-intriguing storyline.
Campolindo (Moraga),
picked to finish last in its league, has defied logic and odds all
season, especially the last two weekends when the Cougars upset heavily
favored Cardinal Newman and Marin Catholic, a pair of former Bowl teams,
to reach the state's center stage. With not a single obvious Division I
player on the roster and not much speed or strength, it will indeed be
intriguing to see if the Cougars can match up with a physically superior
Washington Union team and end this tale in storybook fashion.
"We may not look like much to most people but we're a good football team," said Campolindo's best athlete
Griffin Piatt,
who has scored 13 touchdowns from his wideout spot and added 12
interceptions from safety.
