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Oct. 19—ACCIDENT — On a chilly evening at Half-Mile High Stadium on Friday, Accident was treated to an instant classic.
No. 3 Mountain Ridge (4-3) was either trailing or tied with Northern for 48 minutes and then some but found a way to stun the Huskies for a 21-20 overtime victory. It was the Miners’ 100th victory since the school opened its doors in 2007.
“Just an unbelievable effort by our kids, unbelievable effort by Northern,” Mountain Ridge head coach Nathan Shipe said. “That was a classic football game, can’t say enough about our kids. We had a lot of kids that weren’t 100%, they played like gladiators tonight.”
The Huskies (3-4) couldn’t have asked for a better start.
“Those are tough ones, I’ve coached a long time, haven’t had many gut-wrenching losses like that,” Northern head coach Phil Carr said. “Our kids played their absolute hearts out. We executed pretty much to a T, except one or two things. I can’t say enough about the effort my guys gave tonight.”
After receiving the opening kickoff, Northern drained the clock and ran 19 plays for 80 yards.
All 19 plays were on the ground, and only one went for more than 10 yards.
The Huskies converted six third downs and a fourth down.
After 10 minutes and 47 seconds, Evan Graham punched it in from the four.
“I think that kinda set the tone a little,” Carr said. “We’re gonna run the football, and we’re gonna be good at it. I think we had a pretty good night. Our offensive line, that’s the best we’ve blocked all year. But that’s a textbook drive when you go 10 minutes off the clock and end up scoring.”
Graham finished with 29 carries for 114 yards and a touchdown.
The Miners offense did not take the field until 1:06 remaining in the first quarter.
Mountain Ridge’s first two drives ended in a punt and an interception by Hunter Livengood.
After Livengood’s pick, Northern…
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Author : Cumberland Times News, Md.
Publish date : 2024-10-19 13:16:00
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