The happenings in Fairfield

FAIRFIELD -- Driving to Fairfield from Augusta, I had a total Field of Dreams moment. At the end of the classic baseball movie, staring Kevin Costner, the screen fades to black while the camera pans out on a line of cars driving to the baseball field carved out of an Iowa cornfield.

Driving along Interstate 95 to Fairfield for the Lawerence-Brunswick football game, I looked to my right just before reaching the Fairfield/Benton exit to see the lights at Keyes Field beckoning me.

It was a pretty magical site. If you build it, he will come.

Indeed.

Keyes Field was in considerably good shape, considering at least six inches of snow fell on the field over night. A crew of workers, led by Rick Thomas and Grege McGoff (among others) cleared snow off the field and sidelines to make it playable for Friday night's game. According to Lawrence athletic director Bill McManus, students shoveled snow out of the bleachers and off the yard lines on the field, so the field could be painted.

Keyes was a little muddy, but it had little to no impact on the game.

What did have an impact on the game was Rashon Edgerton, even if you didn't know it was him.

Late in the third quarter, Edgerton ran for a first-down, stretching for the yard marker. On the play, a big chunk of his No. 6 jersey was ripped off. After noticing the tear, a Brunswick coach ripped the jersey of Sebastion Darling on the Brunswick sideline (no easy task) and on the ensuing drive, Edgerton went from No. 6 to No. 5.

Wearing No. 5, Edgerton threw a 43-yard touchdown pass on a halfback option that for all intents and purposes ended the game.