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Arkansas power leads team 29-0 before it can run a play
By Cameron Smith
Because of the great variety in high school sports, it's exceedingly rare that a statistic pops up that is nearly unfathomable. Yet, in a much ballyhooed Arkansas matchup between perennial power Little Rock (Ark.) Pulaski Academy and Cabot (Ark.) High, one figure in particular jumped off the page: Pulaski led the game 29-0 before Cabot ever ran a play.
If you're anything like Prep Rally, this is where you stop and say, "Wait, what? That's impossible!"
Using conventional football wisdom, such a scoreline absolutely would be impossible. For Pulaski head coach Kevin Kelley, whom this Sports Illustrated feature calls one of the least predictable thinkers in high school football, a 29-0 scoreline before a foe gets to possess the ball only requires thinking outside the box and a whole lot of onside kicks, all of which you can see above.
"That game the other night, they were just stunned," Kelley told Sports Illustrated about the early lead. "Emotionally, it takes so much out of you when the other team goes for it successfully or recovers an onside kick -- or three of them in a row."
Against Cabot, here's how Pulaski Academy pulled off the aforementioned demoralization of its opponent:
After winning the opening coin toss, Pulaski drove down the field for a touchdown. Immediately following the score, the Bruins lined up to kick off
Arkansas power leads team 29-0 before it can run a play
By Cameron Smith
Because of the great variety in high school sports, it's exceedingly rare that a statistic pops up that is nearly unfathomable. Yet, in a much ballyhooed Arkansas matchup between perennial power Little Rock (Ark.) Pulaski Academy and Cabot (Ark.) High, one figure in particular jumped off the page: Pulaski led the game 29-0 before Cabot ever ran a play.
If you're anything like Prep Rally, this is where you stop and say, "Wait, what? That's impossible!"
Using conventional football wisdom, such a scoreline absolutely would be impossible. For Pulaski head coach Kevin Kelley, whom this Sports Illustrated feature calls one of the least predictable thinkers in high school football, a 29-0 scoreline before a foe gets to possess the ball only requires thinking outside the box and a whole lot of onside kicks, all of which you can see above.
"That game the other night, they were just stunned," Kelley told Sports Illustrated about the early lead. "Emotionally, it takes so much out of you when the other team goes for it successfully or recovers an onside kick -- or three of them in a row."
Against Cabot, here's how Pulaski Academy pulled off the aforementioned demoralization of its opponent:
After winning the opening coin toss, Pulaski drove down the field for a touchdown. Immediately following the score, the Bruins lined up to kick off
