An active sentence or voice is a type of sentence where the subject of the sentence is the performer of the action such as the example that was given The kicker missed the point after the touchdown.
However, this can be converted to a passive sentence like this The point was missed by the kicker after the touchdown.
Usually in informational writings about the past they are written in chronological order leading up to the end so you know the order of how it occured. Sorry if I'm wrong
