Tigers Make Stand, Get Victory
The Tigers needed a goalline stand at the end
of the game to hold back Lancaster Friday night and take a 24-20 victory.
Lancaster called it's final timeout with 18 seconds to play and the ball
inside the 1 yard line. Coach Berry inserted offensive lineman William
Collins into the defensive line to beef up the interior and it worked.
Lancaster ran into a wall of Tigers and time ran out before another play
could be snapped. The Tigers opened
the scoring with a Matt Pratt field goal but it was a short lived lead as
Lancaster marched down the field and Antroin Broom scored from four yards
out to take the lead. On the Tigers next possession QB Daniel Orr
would throw an interception that Rodrick Stewart returned 75 yards for
another Lancaster touchdown. Another stalled drive followed by a
Lancaster touchdown (with a missed extra point) and Lancaster had scored 20
straight points on the Tigers and seemed to have control of the game.
The Tiger offense finally got untracked however
as Orr hit TE Hudson Marx for a 23 yard touchdown pass to cut the halftime
lead to 20-10. After the intermission, the teams swapped possessions
before Clarence Robinson cut the Lancaster lead to 3 with a 12 yard run.
In the fourth quarter Ray Sims would make a huge interception and return it
into Lancaster territory but the Tigers were unable to capitalize and had to
punt. After the Tiger D came up big
and made the needed stop, the Tiger O would come alive and take the lead
when Daniel Orr scored from the one yard line with just under two minutes
remaining. Lancaster wasn't done though and would move the ball all
the way to inside the one yard line when the Tigers made their stand and got
the victory. |