O’Dell reintroduces hog ball to ’Cats at camp

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O’Dell reintroduces hog ball to ’Cats at camp

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Orrick varsity coach Matt O’Dell continued resurrecting pieces of Orrick High School’s gridiron past when the Bearcats convened for their fourth and final week of offseason 8-man football camp. To cap the final camp session July 31 on Orrick’s practice field, the Bearcats played “hog ball,” a variation of two-hand touch football that allows two forward passes per play. Orrick last played it in 2006, O’Dell said. “These boys came out and worked their tails off all July, we’ve got to end with something fun,” he said. “So what’s more fun than telling everybody their eligible? You’ve got double passes, all sorts of strategy that goes into this game.” The latest version of hog ball produced a down-to-the-wire finish, with O’Dell providing a tiebreaker method. During regulation, both teams failed to score. Inspired by the shootouts of ice hockey and soccer, O’Dell had each team pick quarterbacks to throw to receivers running go routes for touchdowns to help determine the winner. Trent…

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