She marched over to the group and was about to deliver her opinion of them in scathing terms, when the whistle sounded.

There was a general scramble for places.

Then the ball was put in play and the second half began.
The sophomores managed to tie the score during the early part of the last half, and from that on held their own.

They fought strenuously to keep the juniors from scoring.

When the juniors did score, the plucky sophomores managed to do the same soon after.