SAN JOSE, CALIF—, During Silver Creek High School’s game against San Jose High School this Thursday, Sept. 12, an unexpected fire erupted behind the field causing the game to be paused for ten minutes. 

The game started with the first kick being fumbled by the Bulldogs but they managed to recover it quickly. There were a couple of penalties against the Bulldogs, which benefited the Raiders very early on. The first touchdown was made by senior wide receiver Austin Price which put the first score on the board for the Raiders. Celebrations were made the crowd went wild as the Raiders looked for another win.  

The first half went smoothly and the Raiders started the second half leading 35-0.

A couple of minutes into the second half a fire erupted on the other side of the fence towards the back. The flame started small but as it was getting bigger it caught the attention of everyone in attendance and the referees made the decision to stop the game until further notice. Firefighters were quickly notified and arrived shortly after to keep it from spreading. 

By: Veronica Corona 

Firetrucks arrived at scene 

The firefighters had it all under control and the game resumed after about ten minutes. No one was injured and everything went back to normal as if nothing happened. Sophomore Jorge Corona who plays defense on the team was asked how he felt about the situation and he provided some unique insight. 

When asked how he felt when he saw the fire he said, “I was shocked there was a fire because it was out of the blue and that has never happened in one of my games before.” When asked if he thought pausing the game was necessary considering it was a small fire away from the field. “Yes because you never know what can happen next, it can spread very fast or something might cause an explosion. We didn’t know what was back there and how the fire would react to it.” 

Besides that unexpected event, the rest of the game went uninterrupted and the Raiders added another victory to their 3-0 record with a 42-0 victory against San Jose and kept the undefeated streak alive.