“It was a little bit of everything, I can’t really explain it,” he said.
With his teammates yelling to him, ‘One more play,’ Dixon rose to his feet and got into his middle linebacker position.
“I just kept pushing myself,” Dixon said. “One more play is all we needed. I got their back and they got my back.”
Like it has done all season, Apponequet’s defense rose to the occasion on Saturday with a slew of tacklers, including Dixon, stopping D-R’s Aidan O’Connor on fourth down from the four as the Lakers pulled out a thrilling 21-13 double-overtime victory over the host Falcons in a matchup of South Coast Conference unbeaten teams at Taunton High.