Keenan Harris had something to say.
And the St. Louis U. High two-way football standout needed to do it immediately.
The Junior Billikens faced a long walk to their locker room following a disastrous first half in last year's Class 6 District 3 semifinal contest at Ritenour.
Harris felt it was necessary to cancel the journey.
"He didn't want everybody to be dragging their heads and being down and depressed any further," SLUH coach Adam Cruz recalled. "So he asked me if we could just huddle on a baseball field nearby."
Cruz was somewhat surprised by the strange request.