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July 22, 2006
Doug Padilla: Football in July
Usually the Angels' clubhouse television is tuned to a sports highlight show or afternoon baseball. On Saturday, about half of the team was watching the high-school football movie "Friday Night Lights" and John Lackey had a front-and-center seat. Being a former high-school football standout in Texas, Lackey had a reason to feel a connection.
After the movie, Lackey confirmed that the final high school game of his career at Abilene High School was against Permian, the school the movie revolves around. Lackey was the Abilene quarterback and he had a vivid recollection of the game.
Talk about memories dying hard. Lackey said the final score was something like 13-9 in a game to see who would qualify for the state playoffs. He said his team was going to get one last crack at victory but a 90-yard Permian punt pinned down Abilene deep in their own territory. Lackey also recalled he had just over a minute to operate and a scoring drive never materialized.
Lackey said Drew Brees' team beat Dominic Rhodes' team for the state title. "We had some pretty good football going on down there," Lackey said. Pretty good indeed.
Posted by Doug Padilla at July 22, 2006 03:29 PM
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