GThroughout the 2013-2014 sports seasons, every team and athlete experienced highs and lows. Through adversity and close games, every team gave it their all to make their season successful. Throughout these games, several stood out as the most exciting and entertaining games of Dreyfoos’ athletic seasons. From a hundred minute match, to a last-minute win, this year had it all. Here are the top three games of this year:

#3: The Hundred-Minute Match:

The girls soccer team had a tremendous season this year, making it all the way to the district championship game versus Martin County High School. The game was tied all the way through regulation and went through overtime twice. Still tied, the match was decided by a shootout.

“We’re talking about a hundred minutes of play,” girls soccer coach and science dean Stephen Anand said. “It was the longest game the team has ever played.”

In the shootout, both teams were neck and neck, scoring on each penalty kick opportunity. It was not until the fourth kick that the Jaguars’ fate was decided.

“Us missing the fourth penalty kick sealed our fate and we lost the game,” Mr. Anand said.

Though the game was lost and ended the girls soccer team’s season, a lot of positives came out of the match.

“That game alone has afforded us so much respect,” Mr. Anand said. “We have a whole lot of coaches trying to schedule us for next season and we’ve made a name for ourselves as the district runner-up.”

#2: The Boys Basketball Season Opener:

The boys basketball team opened their season up with a match versus Community Christian High School after a successful 2012-2013 season. The Jaguars were predicted to do very well in their first season in a conference, but this game almost started their season on a bad note.

“We were down by eight with four minutes to go,” communications senior and basketball player Kevin Levine said. “We came back with really good defense and forced the other team to commit a lot of turnovers.”

The Jaguars’ offensive comeback was lead by basketball co-captain communications senior Munashe Kwangwari, who hit the game winning free throws.

“Munashe hit about eight free throws in the last 90 seconds of the game,” said Levine. “It was really exciting.”

#1: Back and Forth Battle

It was the game that decided advancement to states or a trip home and that movement could only be halted by the IB-ridden Suncoast High School. The two rivals fought a back and forth match with Dreyfoos, consisting of two seed and communications senior Kevin Levine along with one seed and strings senior Reed Rabideau winning the first set. Suncoast then came back to tie it up, but ultimately the Jaguars rallied in the third and final set to win the match.

“[Levine] and I played very well that game, only breaking twice in the first set,” strings senior Reed Rabideau said.

The first set ended in a score of 6-2 with Dreyfoos on top. Their confidence was crushed, however, when Suncoast tied up the match in the second set.

“I talked to [Levine] and set ‘we need to play smart in this one and just ride it out with the momentum we have’ but we ended up losing the second set,” Rabideau said.

The second set ended with a closer score of 7-5 with Dreyfoos not being able to seal their win and lead to another set with Suncoast’s hopes high. With the want to progress to states, Rabideau and Levine were able to put their minds together and play intelligent tennis. In the third and final set Dreyfoos won with a score of 6-4 and were able to walk away with a win and a guaranteed position in the state tournament.