A/N: We're now into the first game of the tournament, can Huey lead his rookie team to victory over the division powerhouse or will everything come crumbling down. Once again thanks goes out to KODfreak and DaveThewithWordsmith for reviewing, everyone else please review so I can get your feedback as well. The more reviews I get, the more motivated I am to keep writing and the faster chapters will com out.
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Chapter 7 – G.B. First Quarter
Out of the corner of his eye Riley saw Jason come flying to his aid and throw a block on Johnny allowing him to get further up the field untouched. But he did not get much further before he was faced with a wall of battling players that stretched form one side of the field to the other. His own players were trying desperately to stop the charging G.B. players from getting too him and the G.B. players were equally determined to crush him. Seeing his first opening in the line Riley made a dash for it, but just as he was about to squeak through it closed up on him. A normal kick receiver would have given up and accepted the yards he already gained, but Riley was determined to show that Jason was not the only one of the team with skills.
Instead he pivoted on his lead foot rolled off his linemen's back and away from the wall. His setback turned out to be to his advantage as Jason caught up to him. He ran right by Riley and into the line using his forward momentum to punch a hole through the line and give Riley a new route.
"Go Reezy," Jason shouted bringing his man to the ground freeing up one of their linemen at the same time.
Seeing his opening Riley took off again, slipping through the gap Jason made and into enemy territory. He juked right as he came to the next defender. The defender fell for his misdirection and Riley took off left leaving the slower defender in his dust. By now the charging defenders had stopped pushing forward and where trying to catch up him, but his team was doing everything they could to throw blocks for him.
Two more defenders converged on him at their fifty yard mark so he lowered his shoulder and drove through them knocking them on their rear. One tried to make a grab for foot as he passed but he lifted his foot up high and kept going.
He could see the end zone down the field now and only the giant Rex was left to stop him from a clear shot to it. Riley tried to juke right again, but Rex was not falling for it, so Riley spun left trying to create enough rotational momentum to break any hold Rex could get on him. Coming out of his spin Rex was still in grabbing range having waited out the spin and moved back with Riley's forward progression and the large senior lunged at him.
With only one option, Riley stutter stepped throwing off Rex's timing and ducked, narrowly avoiding the larger teen. Clear of his arms Riley took off. "Gotta be faster than dat nigga," he shouted back at Rex who was desperately trying to catch up to him, but even his much longer legs could not catch up with Riley's speed. Riley was now in the clear, the only player near him was the kicker and he was too far to the other side of the field to catch him in time.
Riley was already planning his celebration as he passed the fifteen yard line. He quickly made it passed the ten yard line with the kicker making up ground. He passed the five, the three, the two and he as he was bringing his foot forward to touch the end zone line he tossed the ball back toward his opponents mockingly as he threw his arms up and went into a hand stand flip and then into a full back flip.
He stopped his celebration short though when there were no fireworks, music or cheers. He had been told there would be fireworks. That's when he realized his entire time was yelling at him. He turned around to see the kicker scooping up the still live ball and running it back down field. He managed to get to his on twenty, before Huey forced the kicker to slide.
"What the fuck Riley?" Jason shouted at the gangster from down the field where Riley's team had gathered while Riley remained standing dumbfounded in the end zone.
"But I got to the end zone," Riley said in shock.
"You idiot, you dropped the ball before you crossed the line. I told you to keep your showboating in check," Huey growled at his brother as they met half way between the end zone and the team. He grabbed the cocky running back by his face mask and dragged him back to the team. "I knew would manage to fuck up somehow, as sure as Eddie griffin will release another crappy movie next summer."
"Get into formation," the referee called bringing everyone back to the game at hand.
"You better not let them score," Huey huffed letting go of Riley's helmet so he could get lined up.
Not a second after they got into position, Kyle hiked the ball and Johnny shot off down the field. Jason, Cindy, and Riley moved to cover their targets, but Kyle handed the ball off to his running back how broke out the side of clashing linemen. Hiro tried to adjust his path and catch the running back, but by the time he managed to he had crossed the first down marker and got three more yards before Hiro got him to the ground.
'That's how it's done," Kyle taunted Huey as he walked past the teenage revolutionary to the new line of scrimmage.
Kyle hiked the ball again and goes for a running play again, but this time Cindy was ready and she caught the running back before he could make it two yards past the line of scrimmage.
"That's how I do," Cindy shouted at Mina who had lined up on her side the field as a receiver.
Once again Kyle hiked the ball without giving them time to get fully set in their positions and this time he threw a twenty yard pass out to Johnny who was being covered by Riley. Riley tried to go for the ball rather than take the man and missed the ball and Johnny easily caught it. Desperate to not screw up again Riley reached out and grabbed the first piece of Johnny's body he could. His hand wrapped around the cold metal of his face mask and Riley pulled Johnny to the ground at the defensive forty three yard line.
A yellow flag flew onto the field almost immediately and the Black Panthers groaned, hanging their head in shame as the official announced the penalty to the crowd. Riley's penalty now moved the G.B. Chargers into easy field goal range. Kyle hiked the ball three more times but only managed to net five yards from all three plays.
They lined up for the fourth down and the G.B. kicker returned to the field to attempt the field goal. The centre snapped the ball back to Kyle who set it up for the kicker while Huey and Jason used two of their line men to springboard up in a futile attempt to block the kick while Riley, Hiro, and Cindy tried to rush the kicker. The ball left the kicker's foot in a straight line going right through the up rights and into the netting behind giving the George Bush Chargers a three to zero lead.
This time Riley was only able to get the kick return twenty yards down the field from his own fifteen before he was brought down.
"Don't fuck up this time," Jason said to Riley as they lined up in an HB Dive formation. On the third hike, Caesar snapped the ball back to Huey who handed it off to Riley while the rest of the team tried to create a hole along the line of scrimmage for Riley to get through. Two of the linemen managed to force the defensive line wide enough for Riley to squeeze through. He managed to avoid getting tackled until he ran into the wall that was Rex, who flattened Riley before he could get no more than eight yards.
"Not fast enough that time, eh small fry," Rex gloating over his victory standing over Riley who was a little dazed.
In the huddle Huey looked at Riley. "Good way to hold onto the ball this time Riley."
"I do what I do," Riley fronted trying to hide his embarrassment from the first play.
"Alright this time we'll run a Double Drag Shotgun. Jason you take the wide route and get ready."
"Right Huey," Jason nodded.
"Okay break," Huey called and the team lined up along the line of scrimmage. On the fifth hike Caesar snapped the ball back to Huey while Riley standing next to him took off in a long wide route to draw some defenders.
Meanwhile Jason exploded for the line of scrimmage heading up the field and toward the centre easily passing the cornerback who was supposed to be covering him. Just as he passed the corner back he cut in heading straight up the field and Huey released the ball toward the sideline. Fifteen yards down the field Jason cut toward the sidelines with the cornerback still on his tail, but unable to catch him and Jason was in the clear. The ball was going out of bounds, Huey had overthrown it but to save his quarterback the embarrassment with one outstretched hand Jason grabbed the ball and brought it into his chest just as he himself was about to go out of bounds. He dragged his feet along the green turf before falling out of bounds, the ball secure in his arm.
Jason jumped to his feet in the middle of the Chargers' bench and tossed the ball to the closest official. "You see how the great one does it," he said to Riley with his cocky smirk as he returned to the huddle.
"Give me the ball Huey," Riley demanded unwilling to be shown up by Huey.
"Alright but this time hold onto the ball until the play is whistled dead you hear me."
"I gotcha, nigga, just give me the ball," Riley nodded trying to mimic Jason from the play earlier.
"We only have fifteen seconds left so this will be the last play of the quarter so make it count. We got the wind next quarter," Huey said before breaking the huddle and everyone lined up again.
Huey grabbed the hiked the ball from Caesar and handed it off to Riley who followed Jason and Cindy up the side of the field where the pair of receivers created a gap for him to break into the G.B. secondary.
Riley was instantly met by Rex again, "Dis nigga again," he grunted as he juked right and then made like he was about to go back left drawing Rex in and after the giant defender took the bait he continued right blowing past him.
There were only twenty yards between him and his first touchdown and this time he was determined to get this. A defender too far away to catch him made a desperate dive, but Riley timed his jump right and leaped over the defender and had a clear shot at the end zone. This time he did not drop the ball and ran it into the end zone. The fireworks went off behind the end zone and the music began playing as Riley did his signature celebration by dunking the ball through the goal posts and hanging off it.
"Show off," Huey grumbled before signalling Jazmine to get ready for the kick. The clock still had one second on it so after they tried for the extra point their opponents would get one last play in the first quarter.
"Oh ya see that niggas" Riley rubbed his touchdown in the Charger's face, especially Rex who was steaming under his helmet from letting Riley humiliate him like that. "No one ain't got nothin' on Riley Essscoobaar."
They lined up again and Jazmine got to touch the ball for the first time kicking the chip shot for the extra point through the goal posts. Everyone gave her a high five as they lined up at their thirty five yard line and Jazmine kicked the ball down the field to where Johnny was waiting on his own twenty yard line to return it. He barely got five yards before Cindy dragged him down.
The official blew the whistle ending the quarter and everyone vacated the field for a short couple minute rest.
The first Quarter is done and it is now 7-3 for Huey and his gang. Can they hold onto their lead or will Riley's cockiness screw everything up again?
