DEL VALLE — Numbers would tell you that San Marcos wasn’t supposed to complete the comeback.
When teams in high school, college or the NFL lead 28-7 with a special teams score and a pick-six, like Del Valle did with 4:51 in the second quarter in its game against San Marcos, it’s a situation that head coach John Walsh calls the “Death Star” — all but over. The Rattlers overcame the odds and a 21-point deficit — the largest comeback victory in the Walsh era — defeating Del Valle in a shootout, 49-35.
“It's hard to come over because of morale,” Walsh said. “So really, I think our kids — even if the sideline wasn’t really great — but if our morale was down, we wouldn't have been able to answer to make it 28-14. So it just took some regrouping. We kind of got out of sync a little bit.”
