Boyd-Buchanan quarterback Jim Cardwell has added another talent to his repertoire. In addition to punting, passing, kicking, running and tackling, the Buccaneers senior can now be called snake-handler.
There was a snake in the grass Friday at Boyd-Buchanan and, no, it wasn’t wearing stripes.
It was really a snake, a live one.
Don’t know if they showed it on TV but the snake slithered onto the field and the game was held up until the snake was dispatched by Cardwell.
I’ve never seen so many South Pittsburg youngsters — you think of them as country boys — so skittish. The snake was about a foot long, maybe less and probably harmless, especially after it met up with Cardwell’s helmet. The referee didn’t want to touch it and asked Bucs coach Grant Reynolds to get it off the field, to which the Reynolds, obviously no avid outdoorsman, replied, “No way.”