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Stratford outlasts Hornets 17-14
By PHIL CLARK
Sport* Editor
Yogi Berra said it. "It ain't over
till it's over!” Even when it ap
peared to be over, the long awaited
rematch of last year's state champi
onship football game between
Westfield and Stratford was still in
doubt That’s because what appeared
to be a Westfield touchdown was
waved off after a three minute con
ference among officials working the
game.
However, when all the fireworks
were over, and the officials made
their decision, the touchdown was
disallowed, giving Stratford the 17-
14 win, and the Hornets thier first
loss of the year.
What apparently happened was
this. Westfield, trailing by three
with just five seconds left on the
clock after an incomplete pass, used
strong-armed tight end Brian Nash
to heave the ball downfield after a
lateral from quarterback Matt
Shepley, near the Hornets’ 45 yard
line.
Nash threw the ball in the air to
the Stratford 10, where John
Morton leaped up among Stratford
defenders and tipped the ball.
Sophomore wingback Ben Hulbert
made a miraculous reception off the
deflection, and tried to head toward
the goal line.
Around the five, the ball came
out of Hulbert's hands and Morton,
who had circled around behind the
defenders, picked up the ball while
lunging into the endzone, with the
official near the goal line signaling
touchdown.
Indians make homecoming sad event
By VETO F. ROLEY
New* Editor
In the end, one statistic told the
night for Perry.
Although the Panthers scored on
two big plays, Dodge County held
the ball all night, finishing with
over 30 minutes of possession
time. The Indians drove the ball on
the Panthers, and played field posi
tion.
And in the end, that was enough
for Dodge to come away with the
20-17 Region 3AA win, and pour
disappointment on Perry's home
coming celebration.
Perry led the game until the
opening moments of the fourth
quarter 17-12. A Panther goal line
stand with 11:25 remaining, gave
Perry the ball on their own one yard
line.
However, the Perry offense could
only manage three yards of offense,
and was forced to punt. Kicking
from his own endzone, Jason Brett
was able to gel off a 30 yard punt.
But, the Perry special teams came
into play, allowing Kenny Edwards
to take the ball back to the Perry 11
yard line.
On the second play of the Dodge
County drive, Robert Carr went in
from eight yards out for the win
ning score. Brad Moore then hit
Carr for the two point play to uive
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But there was a penalty marker
on the play as well. That's where
the long discussion came in, while
officials tried to decide if Hulbert’s
"fumble" was a fumble, or a for
ward lateral, making it an illegal
forward pass.
That's what the flag was about.
Had that been the case, Westfield's
advancing of the ball would have
counted, but it would have been
called back by the penalty, which
Stratford would have been forced to
accept to nullify the apparent
touchdown.
But, the flag was picked up and
the play ruled a fumble at the one
yard line, which could not be ad
vanced. That sent the Stratford team
and fans into a frenzy, with the ap
parent touchdown being disallowed.
Westfield has appealed to the
GISA on the basis of a rules inter
pretation concerning the illegal
forward pass. The G.I.S.A. ruled
Tuesday the touchdown would have
been nulified by the penalty, and
disallowed Westfield's protest.
What the wild finish did was
take away some of the glamour
from a splendid football game be
tween the two best teams in the
GISA. They are odds-on favorites to
meet again for the state champi
onship, if the teams finish one and
two in the region. That would set
the stage for a rematch in the finals.
The game was a see-saw affair in
which neither team scored twice in
a row. Every score except
Stratford's fourth quarter touchdown
was answered by the other team.
the Indians the 20-17 lead with 9:01
showing on the fourth quarter
clock.
Perry would get the ball back
three times in the remainder of the
game; but, could muster only one
first down and nine total yards
against Indian defense.
The Panthers did get one drive
going with less than five minutes
remaining in the game; but, turned
the ball over on a fumble with 3:20
remaining.
The Panthers would draw open
ing blood, striking for six on their
first possession. Sophomore run
ningback Carey Washington would
have Perry's first big play of die
game, taking the second Panther
snap from scrimmage 46 yards to
the Indian nine. Dexter Kendrick
would go the remaining nine yards
for his first score of die night.
Brett added the extra point, giv
ing the Panthers the 7-0 lead with
7:33 remaining in the first.
Although Dodge would move
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Perry Head Coach John Stephens has a talk with his
quarterback Kiwaukee Thomas Friday night.
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Jake Walls and Todd Rigdon (Hornets #10) stop
Stratford's William Wilkens.
Stratford scored first after the
Hornets were unable to capitalize
on a William Wilkens fumble, the
only mistake the slippery Wilkins
made in a 203 yard, two touchdown
performance. Strong-legged Ben
Terry hit a 41 yard field goal with
the ball on the Perry defense
throughout the first half, the
Panthers would jealously guard the
goal line. However, the Indians
would complete one drive with 2:58
remaining in the half.
It seemed as if the Perry defense
would hold the Indians again, forc
ing a fourth-and-goal from the five
yard line.
Indian quarterback Moore found
tightend Marlon Davis all alone in
the endzone. However, the ball
bounced from Davis' hands seem
ingly incomplete. But, center
Clayton Coleman saw the pouncing
pass a yard from paydirt, and re
acted, catching the pass and falling
in for the first Indian score of the
game. The PAT was bad; but,
Dodge was within one of the
Panthers.
The Panthers scored first in the
second half, again using the big
play. On the second play from
scrimmage in the half, Kendrick
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53 seconds left in the first quarter.
The Hornets came back with a
nifty 37-yard scamper by the fleet
Michael Davis, who broke to the
outside around the Stratford 35 and
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