PHOTOS: Photo slideshow of Friday night’s game<\/a>]<\/p>\nRoy Tupou ran for 102 yards and Jacob Tapia totaled 68 receiving yards in the win. The Crimson Bears\u2019 Liam Van Sickle was held to 11 yards in the loss.<\/p>\n
In his first game starting for injured Bubba Stults, Max Wheat completed the only touchdown pass of the game, a nine-yarder in the second quarter.<\/p>\n
Wheat was unable to finish out the game however, hurting his shoulder late in the third quarter. Freshman Cooper Kriegmont played the entire fourth quarter at quarterback, and was inches away from winning it all.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a good battle, a very good battle,\u201d JDHS coach Kevin Hamrick said.<\/p>\n
Instead of one team kicking off to the other to begin the overtime period, the winners of the coin toss simply decided if they want the ball or not. In regular season games, if the score remains tied after four quarters, each team is given four plays from the 10-yard line. Babcock\u2019s field goal was TMHS\u2019 fourth play of the overtime.<\/p>\n
With their third and fourth plays, Hamrick let Kriegmont keep the ball on quarterback sneaks up the middle.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe got down to the four inch line and we called a quarterback keeper and our guys said, \u2018We\u2019re in, he\u2019s in, he\u2019s in,\u2019\u201d Hamrick said. \u201cThe refs raised their hands (signaling no touchdown) so I\u2019ll just have to watch the film,\u201d Hamrick said.<\/p>\n
It was a fitting ending for the Falcons\u2019 defense, who overpowered the JDHS offensive line all game. The TMHS offense wasn\u2019t as spectacular.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019d have some plays and drives that \u2014 \u2018That was good\u2019 \u2014 and then we\u2019d shoot ourselves in the foot with an illegal procedure or jumping offsides,\u201d Quinto said. \u201cOur three turnovers really kept them in the game as far as field position.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Crimson Bears sacked Falcons quarterback Owen Mendoza deep in the backfield on each of TMHS\u2019 first two drives.<\/p>\n
Senior Erik Frenette provided the first highlight-reel play of the game with two minutes left in first quarter.<\/p>\n
Wheat\u2019s intended pass to Kasey Watts was intercepted by Frenette, who then cut back up through JDHS\u2019 offense for a 35-yard score.<\/p>\n
The Falcons lead was short-lived however. One possession after the touchdown, as Mendoza looked to convert a third and long, Derrick Roberts intercepted a desperation pass and returned it all but three yards from the end zone. Wheat connected with a diving Koen Schultz several plays later, tying the game up at 7-7.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo tie up the score, that\u2019s huge, it brings everybody back into the positive,\u201d Hamrick said.<\/p>\n
Neither team could take control of the game in the second half \u2014 penalities disrupted any flow of offense for both the Falcons and Crimson Bears.<\/p>\n
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