Owensboro vs. Apollo

I played my best high school varsity football game against Apollo High School on this field 30 years ago, and tonight we returned with our sons to watch Owensboro High School play their cross town rivals for the city/county championship. With the score tied 7 to 7 late in the first quarter, the starting quarterback broke his leg and our next door neighbor, junior Jacob Roberts, entered the game in relief. On just his third play he threw a 50 yard touchdown pass. We were sitting with his family and they were ecstatic. On the next series he did it again, another 50 yard touchdown pass. We couldn’t believe it. And just before halftime he ran one in for another score. The boys were squirrelly, so we left at halftime, missing Jacob throwing two more touchdowns in the second half. Owensboro won the game 49-28, and Jacob’s four passing touchdowns tied a school record.