West Cocoa Chat

After 38 years, Cocoa wins the Class 3A Florida State Championship in overtime, 7 to 6 over Tallahassee Godby.
Highlights are as follows,
1. After hitting the game winning 52 yard fieldgoal last week with time running out to beat Miami Pace, the Cocoa kicker missed 4 fieldgoal attempts during the game.
2. Cocoa holds on a 4th and goal to stop Godby from scoring in regulation.
3. Godby scores a touchdown on the first possession in overtime.
4. Cocoa blocks the extra point attempt.
5. For the first time this year, Cocoa unveils their version of the "Wildcat Offense" putting star running back, Chevelle Buie under center. They score the tying touchdown.
6. The Cocoa Kicker who had gone from "Hero to Zero," goes back to hero again kicking the extra point and giving Cocoa High it's first ever State Championship in football.

Update from my son at the Class 3A Florida State Championship Football game between Cocoa and Tallahassee Godby at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Cocoa - 0, Godby - 0 at the Half.

The title (“Nope”) of today’s “last day of school / post” comes from a conversation I had with one of our members on top of a roof. You might say it was a roof-top experience.

Without giving too many details and changing the names to protect everyone except myself, the roof top conversation went something like this –
(Oh, I forgot to mention it was at night – anybody scared?)

Me: “Did you ever think you’d be sitting next to an elder holding a water hose and bull horn, on top of a roof?”

Spike: “Nope.”

I know, you want details or the number of the nearest Recovery Group for “Roof Climbing @ Night Elders.” Here’s what I can tell you –

1. A local coach wanted to do something for his hard working Team to make a memory.
2. He knows me.
3. He knows my affection for microphones or in this case, bull horns, climbing roofs at night, and holding water hoses that are full on and operational.

The result was the above conversation before said “event” occurred. I needed accomplices. It also resulted in meeting some great young men and having a laugh after the event transpired.

I have to tell you, the view on top of that roof at night was beautiful but it paled in comparison to the bonding that occurred between those boys and their coaches.

Now this may be a spiritual reach but I have to believe, a Creator of Matter itself, who decides to perform His first miracle (John 2) at the request of his Mom by turning water into wine, really thinks having fun matters! May your Christmas be filled with fun that doesn’t necessarily involve climbing roofs at night holding a water hose and bull horn.

BTW – I love John 2:5 where Mary tells the servants, “Do what ever he tells you.” Makes you wonder what her son had done in the past? Merry Christmas!