The picture below was that state of the visitors bleachers at Port Charlotte HS last night that we were expected to sit on. Someone had cleaned the area where the band was going to be as you can see in the pic. Been going to alot of football games for almost 50+ years and had never seen anything like this. It appeared to be some kind of mildew?
Had the opportunity to be introduced to KP Price's Dad and Grad Dad before the game, Grad Dad was a 1971 graduate of Manatee, we talked alot about the past as well as some of things he dealt with in as far as integration and its impact on High School athletics back then.
In as far as the game, I believe Port Charlotte just ran out of gas. Chad Chaote in his podcast with Jaquez, had questioned whether Port Charlotte would be prepared to play a full game, as their last 3 games had all seen running clocks...meaning their starters had pretty much just played one 1/2 half of football the last 3 games. after i play of football to begin the 2nd half Manatee was down 18-7. The 1st half for Manatee was a half filled with penalties, dropped passes, and missed tackles and Port Charlotte subsequently taking full advantage of all of it. Manatee from that point would outscore Port Charlotte 24-6 in the second half, throw in a last minute INT by the Manatee defense and it was enough for Manatee to sneak out of Port Charlotte with a win.