It will not be easy for the boys of the Lawndale High School football team to get past last night's heartbreaking loss to the visitors from
Buckingham High. However, they should not feel shame about this loss, because it was not their fault. The blame for the loss rests squarely upon
the shoulders of the referees. Lawndale was called for 15 penalties in the game while Buckingham was called for only two. Are those refs blind?
Even from up in the media booth far from the field, I could see those Buckingham players taking cheap shots on the Lawndale quarterback all
night!
You can't blame the Buckingham players for playing dirty. I'm sure they were just doing what their coach told them. He's nothing like
Lawndale's classy, respectable Coach McCalister. He teaches his players to win the right way, with strong fundamentals. Sure, Lawndale did not
have much of a passing game last night, and their defense gave up a lot of easy points. Still, I truly believe that they would have won if the
referees had called a fair game.
Which of these sentences from the article shows a reason the author gave aside from the referees that Lawndale might have lost?
"I'm sure they were just doing what their coach told them."
"Sure, Lawndale did not have much of a passing game last night, and their defense gave up a lot of easy points."
"He teaches his players to win the right way, with strong fundamentals."
"He's nothing like Lawndale's classy, respectable Coach McCalister."