Second-guessing is as much a part of football as quarterbacks, blitzes and special teams.

Whether you coach the local knee-hi team or the Super Bowl champions, you're going to have calls second-guessed.No coach is immune to it - not even when you're a coach with 40 years of experience and over 300 victories on your resume.Friday night, Marian and Lehighton met in a game that will undoubtedly go down as one of the best of the season.The game had a bit of everything - the intensity of a local rivalry, an outstanding crowd, an incredible late-game rally by the Indians, and a clutch final-minute touchdown drive by the Colts. But what people will remember more than any of that is the game boiled down to one call, one play with just seconds remaining.After Marian had scored a touchdown with just :38 left to pull to within a point, Colt head coach Stan Dakosty had to decide whether to attempt a kick that would force overtime or go for the two-point conversion and the win.Dakosty and the Colts decided on a fake kick and a pass, but the throw into the end zone was just out of the grasp of a Marian receiver who had a pair of Lehighton defenders closing in quickly.Lehighton had pulled out a crucial comeback victory, and Marian was left to deal with the "what ifs."What if it had attempted to kick. What if the Colts had left their offense on the field for the conversion. What if ...."That's all part of the deal," said Marian's Stan Dakosty. "That's what makes this game so great."There were lots of different options, and everyone has a different opinion on what to do in that situation."But Dakosty didn't second guess his decision - at least for the most part."Well, after it failed, then I would have liked to do something else," he laughed on Monday morning when reflecting back. "But at the time, there was no doubt in my mind that we needed to go for two. Lehighton had moved the ball very well offensively in the second half and I was concerned about our ability to stop them if it went to overtime."We needed three yards for the win. I felt that was our best chance."Dakosty said that while going for two was a "no-brainer," the play the Colts were going to run was open to discussion."We called a time-out after our touchdown and my assistants and I discussed what we wanted to run," Dakosty explained. "We had three options, but the final decision was mine. I decided on a fake kick that we had just put in this week based on things we saw when watching Lehighton on film."We thought it would be open, and we did have a chance. But we didn't execute it perfectly and Lehighton played it well. We had a chance, but they turned it into a tougher play than we had hoped it would be."Dakosty said he knows that not everybody is going to agree with his decision, but that's fine."That comes with the territory," said Dakosty. "If we make the conversion and win the game, it's a great call. When it fails, it's a terrible call. As a coach, all you can do is try to make the decision that you think gives your team the best chance to win."This time it just didn't work out, but you can't look back. It was a great game and a great atmosphere. Give Lehighton credit. In the end, they made one more play than we did."************INDIAN COMEBACK ... In Lehighton's win over Marian last Friday, the Indians went to the locker room at halftime trailing by a 20-6 margin.That deficit didn't bode well for Tom McCarroll and his team, based on past experience. Since McCarroll took over the program in 2012, his teams had been 0-16 when trailing at the break.The last time Lehighton recovered from a halftime deficit and won was Oct. 29, 2010. On that day, the Indians were losing after two quarters, 13-12, to East Stroudsburg North and rallied for a 36-19 victory. After that win, Lehighton had lost 22 straight games when trailing at the half.************FIRST-HALF FRENZY ... Pleasant Valley put on a scoring clinic in the first half of Friday's game against Allen.The Bears rolled up 52 points in the first two quarters en route to a 59-14 victory.Over the past 38 years, that total is the fourth highest in Times News history for points scored in the first half. Jim Thorpe is tops with 56 on Sept. 5, 2008 (during a 56-19 win against Mahanoy Area), while Northern Lehigh follows with 55 (on Oct. 31, 2003 during a 68-8 win against Palmerton) and 54 (on Oct. 1, 2010 in a 67-28 victory versus Salisbury).************STASKO SCORES THREE WAYS ... Palmerton's Mike Stasko had quite a day Saturday when he scored five touchdowns to lead the Blue Bombers to a 40-6 win over Pen Argyl.The senior caught three touchdown passes, had a rushing score, and returned a kickoff 85 yards to the end zone.The last time a Palmerton player scored touchdowns in a game in three different ways was Sept. 20, 2002 (147 games ago). In that 35-18 loss to Saucon Valley, the Blue Bombers' Ryan McGrath scored on a 40-yard run, a 57-yard reception, and a 96-yard kickoff return.************RAIDERS ROLL ... Tamaqua rolled to a big win last Friday, cruising past Panther Valley by a 59-6 score.The last time the Blue Raiders won by that big of a margin was Oct. 6, 1978 when the team posted a 54-0 victory over Mahanoy Area.As far as scoring 59 points in a game, you have to go all the way back to Sept. 29, 1928 to find a game when Tamaqua had more. The Blue Avalanche, as they were called back then, used six touchdowns from Joe Rhubright to help gain a 76-0 win over Nesquehoning.