A Prior Lake assistant football coach interrupted Totino-Grace head coach Jeff Ferguson's postgame interview session to shout praise from several yards away.
"We did everything we could to stop you and we couldn't stop you -- nice game," he said.
"You as well, coach," Ferguson replied.
Truth is, one of the Eagles' key plays in last Friday's Class 5A state tournament quarterfinal victory neither came from Ferguson nor was designed to be a long touchdown. Quarterback Bob McDaniel found a streaking Sam Meyer for a 34-yard touchdown strike early in the fourth quarter to give the Eagles a 21-14 lead that they would not relinquish in a 21-17 victory.
"That's Jay Anderson, Don Roney and Brian Litecky, those are our offensive coaches," Ferguson said of the play call. "They don't get enough credit."
Even they don't deserve all the credit. McDaniel scanned the field and made the right read at the right time.
"It wasn't really designed to go there," McDaniel admitted. "[Meyer] was kind of the zero read. But all the other routes were taken and I saw that he beat his guy so I laid it out there for him."
Said Ferguson: "Our kids maintained their poise, their composure and their confidence and ended up making the necessary plays. That's been the story of our season."
