Why would this game be any more important than other contests earlier in the season? First of all, it was Senior Night, honoring the soon-to-be-graduating band members, Purple Diamonds, cheer squad and football players and trainers. It was between the two largest towns in the county, thus the “Battle of Bastrop County?’ And lastly, it was the last game of the season, and both teams wanted to finish with the good taste of victory in their mouth. This was an Elgin squad who had only won one game all year, yet this group of young men had been either winning or barely trailing with ...