On Friday, Sept. 23, students packed the stands with America Out gear to cheer on the Phoenix football team for their second home game of the season. With a win against Hampshire the previous week, both the students and football team went into the game with excitement. The Railroaders took a lead in the first half of the game with a score of  7-35. Despite the lead, the Phoenix were able to slowly catch up. 

Throughout the game, the Phoenix scored five touchdowns, four of which came from senior Basit Qadri. Qadri was able to score three touchdowns back to back in the third quarter, upping the intensity of the game. “We did a good job preparing, just sometimes we forget our jobs during the game,” Qadri said. The final touchdown came from sophomore DJ Harvey.

Despite the strong effort from the boys, the Phoenix lost 35-61.

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Amelia Chen

Senior Aniketh Dasika (77, center) gets ready to snap, passing the ball to the quarterback to initiate the start of the play. “[As a team] I think we can work on fixing our mistakes in practice. [We can work on] tossing the ball, making better throws, and not fumbling.”