Kyle Thomas sat in Boyd-Buchanan’s locker room Friday night. He noticed neither the cold in which he had played nor the warmth of the room. There was, though, one chill after another racing up his spine.
The Buccaneers had played a fruitless first half and were down 10-0. They tromped out of the cold in a shell-shocked funk. Thomas may not even have heard the words of encouragement uttered by coach Grant Reynolds. His mind was racing, well outpacing the thumping of his heart.
“We all went into the locker room in shock,” Thomas said. “I kept thinking as a senior I can’t let my last game end like this. We all thought about what we had to do.”
Thomas put thoughts into action.
Three times opportunity knocked, and three times Thomas answered, and as a result the Bucs are 10-1 and playing again this Friday, hosting Friendship Christian (9-3) in a Class 2A state quarterfinal.