O'Hara Loses Another Cliffhanger by Two Points

Clinton scored a deciding touchdown with less than a minute left in the game and won 27-25 on September 3. _____ Trenton Perry took an 11 yard TD pass from Dylan Stadter and Gabe Suthoff kicked the extra point as the Cardinals came from behind to erase a 25-20 O'Hara advantage. _____ Clinton opened the scoring in the first quarter on a 16 yard pass from Dylan Stadter to Collin Garvin and O'Hara matched the six pointer on a 34 yard pass from Raphael Spencer to Brandon Dennis. _____ Both teams failed to make their extra points. _____ The Cardinals scored first in the second quarter when Gabe Suthoff ran the ball in from five yards out after which the Celtics answered with a 32 yard pass play from Jake Fortin to D. J. Griffin. _____ Whereas the Cardinals failed in their two-point conversion attempt, Julian Gidley kicked the extra point for O'Hara to give the home team a 13-12 halftime edge. _____ O'Hara scored the only touchdown of the third quarter, a six yard run by Brett Coatney giving the O'Hara team a 19-12 lead into the final quarter. _____ The tiring Celtic defense nearly stopped the Cardinal scoring drive at the start of the fourth quarter, but on a fourth down play with the ball on the 26 yard line, Gabe Suthoff caught a TD pass from Dylan Stadter; Suthoff also ran in the two-point conversion to put the Cardinals up by one 20-19. _____ Behind the running of Raphael Spencer and Brett Coatney, the Celtics pulled ahead on an eight yard run by Raphael Spencer, but the team was unable to click on a two-point conversion.