Heed your coach, Falcons, don’t hang your heads

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The streak is over and so are the dreams. Palmdale (12-2) won a dozen consecutive games, having not lost since Sept. 7, and won its sixth straight Golden League title. Yet, it all crashed to a sudden stop Friday night with a 42-14 loss to St. Paul in the Western Division championship game.

Afterward, Palmdale Coach Jeff Williams gathered his bedraggled players. ‘You are a bunch of great guys,’ he told them. ‘You have nothing to be ashamed of, nothing to hang your heads.’

And the coach is right. Absolutely.

- Anthony Stitt