They’ll see the missed blocks, the dropped kicks, the broken tackles. The game film will show all those miscues that gave the Spiders a 20-7 win in Kannapolis’ Memorial Stadium in the second round of the Class 3A postseason.

What the Wonders won’t see is their biggest mistake of all. That one’s on a different tape. It came Nov. 5 in Concord’s Bailey Stadium.

Wonders 10, Spiders 7 — a last-second win on the final night of the regular season that gave Kannapolis the South Piedmont Conference championship and four straight wins over Concord.

“When we got beat we wanted to beat them so bad we could taste it,”Concord lineman E.Z. Smith IV said. “We just came out here with so much intensity tonight — I’ve never seen this team with that much intensity before.”

Would it have happened without that loss two weeks ago?

“I doubt it. I do not think so,” he said emphatically.

North Surry, seeded sixth in the 3A Western bracket, became the first team to pay the price for that Wonder win. The Spiders traveled to Toast last week and burnt the Greyhounds’ playoff dreams with a 17-14 win. No offense to North Surry, but it was Kannapolis that kept coming to the forefront in Concord’s comeback win in the mountains.

“We knew we were going to see them again,” Spider quarterback Jamel Jackson said. “We knew we were going to have another chance at them. We just worked harder for them, studied harder, came out confident, came out on top.”

That confidence manifested itself early.

Real early.

On the opening kickoff, Drew Walters lofted a floater to the 30-yard line. Kannapolis sophomore Antonio McClure waved for a fair catch but couldn’t handle the short hop. Spider Andy Boyd jumped on the fumble, and Mack Johnson’s 13-yard reverse minutes later made it 7-0.

“Drew Walters and I talked,”Concord head coach E.Z. Smith III said. “He kicked it exactly where I told him to and we were able to get a recovery. We were very happy about getting started.”

Getting started proved difficult for Kannapolis. TheWonders ran five plays and dropped back to punt. Storming in from the left side of the line was Concord’s Scott McCarthy, who blocked Michael Anthony’s punt at midfield.

Kannapolis’ defense saved the day by forcing a punt, but Walters recorded his second fumble of the night. This time, punt returner Marcus Rivens, one of the Wonders’ most reliable seniors, dropped the catch at the 7-yard line. Dennis Miller covered the ball at the 5, and his Spiders scored two plays later.

Thousands of Wonders fans sat stunned in their seats, starting at a 14-0 deficit nine minutes into the game.

“After that fast start they knew we were for real,”Jackson said. “They knew we were coming out strong. We weren’t going to be shy. We weren’t going to be intimidated. We were ready for them and we were going to let them know they had to bring something.”

All the Wonders brought before halftime were two stalled drives that didn’t even break the Concord 20.

That trend would continue. Kannapolis punted from the Spider 36-yard line on its first series of the second half. As the third quarter melted away into the cool night, the pressure mounted.

“We knew if we made them play catchup we’d be in a great position to win the game,” said Smith, the defensive force who finished with a sack and several big tackles. “That’s what they had to do the whole game, so we felt really good about our chances.”

Kannapolis finally found the end zone with 8:41 remaining. The 14-7 hole looked a whole lot more manageable, and all the Wonder defense had to do was force a punt.

After one Spider first down, Johnson starred again. His 33-yard run put Concord deep in Wonder territory, and four plays later Jackson scored and sent the Kannapolis faithful heading for the exits.

“When I got the ball I made one cut and I saw daylight,”Johnson said of his long run. “I knew I had to do it. I had to do it for the team.”

Johnson had to do it for a team that has had trouble sleeping the past two weeks with thoughts of Wonder losses dancing through their heads.

Sleep tight, Spiders.