Football: The Miracle on Smyth Drive
6-3, 230-pound senior from Valencia tries to secure future
Years ago, Larry Muir was a freshman at Alemany High when the Warriors’ season was called the “Miracle on Rinaldi Street.”
After Valencia won the Foothill League title on Friday night, overcoming a 27-0 deficit to defeat Hart, 28-27, Muir, the head coach, called it the “Miracle on Smyth Drive.”
Muir called the win the best in his 19 years of coaching and said Jay Jay Wilson, the senior receiver-defensive back, turned in “one of the most unbelievable individual performances I’ve ever seen.”
Wilson scored all four Valencia touchdowns and had the game-saving interception in the fourth quarter.
“He made some plays that took over the game,” Muir said.
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