The heartbreak had to have been evident on the faces of the Birmingham Brother Rice players late Friday night against Orchard Lake St. Mary's after the Warriors were two plays away from winning for the first time at St. Mary's and giving head coach Al Fracassa his 400th career win.
But the Warriors gave up the game-winning touchdown on a third-and-goal from the 17-yard line, and now there's a tough road ahead for the Warriors, who badly want to get Fracassa his 400th win.
Next up for the Warriors is a game at arch rival Novi Detroit Catholic Central on Saturday night, and the Shamrocks are unbeaten and playing as well as anybody in the state.
The week after that, Brother Rice will travel to Ohio to play one of the top teams in the country, Cincinnati La Salle.
If Brother Rice doesn't win one of these next two games, it'll have to win its Week 9game against a to-be-determined opponent to not only give Fracassa his 400th win, but get to the five wins Brother Rice at the very least has to win in order to qualify for the playoffs.