With five seconds left in the biggest game of his life, with crazed fans screaming at him from every direction and with everything riding on his right foot, E.J. Sylvia delivered.
When taken out of context, listening to Gustavo Simoes talk about football can be quite confusing.
"I played football all the time as a kid in Brazil," the high school senior and Vineyarders center said after practice Monday. "And I had seen football on TV, too, but I never played it until I came here."
Put in context, the confusion is easily sorted out.
Thirty-four seconds remained on the clock.
The Island Cup is a treasure shared by two Islands.
The Vineyard's winning season ended on Saturday afternoon with a narrow 25-20 loss to Nantucket.
The record shows that in 1953, an informal team of Vineyarders played football against Nantucket High School, losing 33-20.