This Friday when my family was running late to the semi-final football playoff game of Kennedy vs. Bettendorf at the UNI-Dome in Cedar Falls, we stopped at my grandma's to drop off the dog. She and our cousins were watching the televised version of the earlier game which was running over time. Since we were tired, late, and hadn't bought tickets yet, we considered staying at my grandma's to watch the game on television. However, we were sure glad we didn't!
The Dome being air conditioned, enclosed, clean, and well-lit makes it a great venue for a football in November. Because this was Kennedy's first semi-final in a long time (and second in school history), the atmosphere in the stadium was electric. The entire Kennedy side was essentially filled with fans dressed in green and gold.
The team was on a roll in the Dome keeping even with Bettendorf in the first half, but after the half-time, the mood changed! Although Bettendorf made a second exciting touchdown to bring them to 14 points, the Cougars responded, not by giving up, but by putting power back in the game with an interception to reverse the Bulldogs' momentum. Even when Dalles Jacobus was down on the field (being sick), he recovered and revved up the crowd with his energy after it! In the middle of the third quarter the crowd roared to keep the excitement up, and the team fed on this enthusiasm. That kind of feeling doesn't happen through a television screen, no matter how exciting the game is played.
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