WATCH: Sending Off The Bobcats

SAN ANGELO, TX -- For the first time since 2017, the San Angelo Central Bobcats are playing for a Class 6A Area Round Championship. What goes with the challenge is one more week for the Angry Orange faithful to keep cheering for their team. 

This afternoon family, friends, and fans of the Central Bobcats gathered at San Angelo Stadium to send the Cats off to Abilene for the team's second-round matchup against Eaton. 

For the Bobcat mom's its moments like this afternoon that they'll cherish forever. Tonight the Bobcats are not only playing for the program's first appearance in the third round of the playoffs since 2016 but for the team's QB1 Malachi Brown who has been held out of tonight's game due to an unforeseen medical circumstance. 

Watch as two Bobcat moms talk about what it means to show support for their favorite Bobcats each week and how this game carries a little more meaning with Malachi Brown being sidelined.