Autumn provided a gorgeous day for Southern Regional High School’s homecoming game against the Lacey Lions on Saturday afternoon. The temperature was warm and crisp at the same time as it was sunny and breezy, almost perfect sweatshirt-over-shorts weather. And for a while, at least, the Southern football Rams looked almost perfect as well, building a 12-0 lead with 6:50 left in the second quarter.

Clouds never made an appearance Saturday afternoon. However, the Lions managed to rain on Southern’s parade, pulling…