BULLDOGS BEATEN ON LAST-MINUTE TD
Stephen Katch scores the game-winning touchdown for Hempfield against Wilson with 17 seconds remaining
Leading by three points with less than eight minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Wilson punted to the Hempfield 24yard line.
It was from that spot that the Black Knights began their march to the end zone, orchestrating a 17-play, 76-yard, gamewinning drive that lasted 7:23 and lifted Hempfield to the 2016 win over the Bulldogs in a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 game on Friday at Gurski Stadium.
“Every time they needed a play, they got one,” Wilson coach Doug Dahms said of the gamewinning drive. “We had them, and we didn’t stop them.”
Hempfield’s winning touchdown was courtesy of running back Stephen Katch, who powered his way into the end zone from 2 yards out to give the Black Knights the lead with 17 seconds remaining. The ensuing extra point by Cannon Biscoe made it 20-16.
Prior to the score, the Bulldogs’ best opportunity to stop Hempfield came on a fourthand-3 at the Wilson 32-yard line with 1:57 to play. However, the Black Knights were able to move the chains, one of two successful fourth-down conversions they had in the game.
On the Bulldogs’ final drive, Hempfield intercepted quarterback Tom Hunsicker’s first pass to seal it.
With the win, Hempfield (4-0, 6-1) takes sole possession of first place in Section 1 with just three weeks remaining in the regular season. With the loss, the Bulldogs (2-1, 5-2) see their five-game winning streak end.
“Their kids wanted it more,” Dahms said. “They ran tough as nails. Their kids outplayed our kids when push came to shove.”
Wilson opened the scoring early in the first quarter when running back Cam Jones took the ball 53 yards for a touchdown on the second play from
scrimmage. The senior finished with 189 rushing yards yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries.
“Cam is tough,” Dahms said. “He’s a good runner, but he can’t carry the whole team.”
Following Jones’ touchdown, the Black Knights responded
with a 20-yard field goal from Biscoe. Similar to the game-winning drive, Biscoe’s kick was the last play of a 14-play series in which Hempfield moved the ball 76 yards in just over six minutes.
Wilson took a 10-3 lead late in the first half on a 25-yard