Kyle Gallant had a choice to make.

The Hermon head football coach and his Hawks offense were facing a fourth and goal in the second half of Friday night’s game against Wells. Hermon had been leading most of the contest, and was up 15-8 at the time.

But the momentum had been starting to drift toward Wells. The reigning Class D state champs had just scored their first touchdown of the night. And if the visiting Warriors could keep the Hawks out of the endzone, it could turn into a different ballgame.

So what was Gallant going to do? Would he play it safe and try to kick a field goal, or would he roll the dice and look for a more decisive play from his offense?

“I learned a long time ago coaching football that, sometimes you just have to take the risk,” Gallant said after Hermon’s 22-16

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