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Peek performance as Princeton finishes with win

Princeton (22) vs. Greenbrier East (17)
Written: Oct 27, 2012
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It is Senior Night at Hunnicutt Field as the Princeton Tigers take the field for their last game.

Princeton will bid farewell to 13 of their Senior football players for the last game of the season.

Tigers (1-8) win the toss, they will receive the ball.

*First quarter*

Shawn Miles will kick-off for the Greenbrier East Spartans. Tigers pick up the ball at the 20-yard line.

Jay Palmer is stripped of the ball recovered by Greenbrier East's Ethan Level.

Cole McClain taken down at the 35-yard line after a three-yard pick up. Flag on the play; unsportsmanlike conduct by Greenbrier East.

Ball moved back to midfield at the 50-yard line after the penalty sets them back yards.

McClain taken down at the 47-yard line after a tackled by linebacker Nick Wood.

Spartans face a fourth-down situation; they will go for it. Pass incomplete pass intended for Kanen Reynolds. Tigers ball.

Hunter Kurvey on the blitz that forces the Tigers to lose three-yards. They are facing third-down and four.

Princeton takes a timeout.

Tahj Sho-Johnson has a ten-yard run as they perform a wildcat procedure to get the first down for the Tigers.

Palmer keeps the ball taken down at the 37-yard line; five-yard gain on the play.

Ball moved to the 32-yard line; first down Tigers with 8:03 in the first quarter.

Palmer runs to the 18-yard line, Princeton has 53 yards rushing thus far in the game.

Johnson taken down at the 10-yard line after a nine yard run on the play he breaks several tackles. Second down and one.

Palmer carries it to the five-yard line. Ball spotted down at the three-yard line, first and goal.

Johnson down at the one yard line after he attempts to stretch to get the TD. Second and two with the Tigers in the red zone.

Devin Allen takes it inches, a foot away from the goal line.

False start on QB Palmer, five yard penalty. Brings up third and goal from the five-and-a-half yard line.

Johnson bumped out of bounds at the four-yard line. Tigers send out Austin Smith to go after a field goal.

Smith's kick is no good; ball is partially blocked. No score in the game as the Spartans take the ball back.

Penalty flag on the play; personal foul on the Tigers. Spartans get the first down on the 46-yard line after the 15-yard penalty.

Richmond taken down at the line of scrimmage. Brings up second down and 11 yards, ball on the 47-yard line.

Dalton Cline picks up four yards on the play.

Pass complete to Reynolds picks up another first down after the 12-yard completion.

Ball overthrown after a Cory Mann tackle. Ball stopped at 2:12 in the quarter.

QB overthrows the pass, flag on the play. Roughing that passer by Brett Carroll moves the ball half the distance to the goal line moves the ball inside the 14.

Second down and eight, Alexo catches the pass at the Tigers four-yard line.

First and goal Spartans, ball on the three yard line. McClain taken down at the seven-yard line. Loss of yardage on the play. First quarter ends with no score.

*Second quarter*

Colby Johnson pass is high brings up fourth down and five on the play.

Greenbrier East elects to go for it on fourth down.

Spartans, dressed in Green Bay colors, snap the ball to Cole McClain as flags fly. False start on the Spartans backs them up to the 10-yard line.

Greenbrier East will attempt the play again, moves again. Timeout Greenbrier East.

Fourth down and 10 with the ball in Princeton territory. McClain dropped by a tackle by Aaron Saunders. Princeton ball.

Ball up to the 23-yard line after a run by QB Palmer; picks up the first down.

Palmer passes to Johnson on the loss of one yard on the play. Ball just shy of the 23-yard line.

Palmer progresses to the 39-yard line after a nice pick-up by the QB.

Defense if key in this game as both teams have made crucial stops.

Palmer tosses to Johnson after a block takes the ball back to the original line of scrimmage.

Palmer throws to Zen Clements who couldn't make the catch at the 35-yard line.

Third down and 10 for the Tigers after the failed attempt.

Palmer thrown down at the 50-yard line but gets the first down for the Tigers.

Princeton calls timeout on the field.

Palmer throws the Clements a late flag on the play. Two flags actually on the play, one in the secondary and one on the line of scrimmage.

Penalties are offsetting so Palmer passes the ball to Johnson ball taken down to the 45-yard line. Second and five yards for the Tigers.

Johnson taken down inside the 40-yard line.

Pass intercepted by Greenbrier East, flag on the play.

Pass interference called on Greenbrier East, 15-yard penalty. First down for the Tigers.

Spartans jump on the play, five-yard penalty.

Ball moved back to the 28-yard line on the unusual penalty called.

Allen down at the 23-yard line.

Tigers TD!! Johnson on the the 23-yard run. Tigers take advantage of the scoring opportunity.

Smith out for the extra point. Greenbrier East jumps moving the ball to the one yard line. Princeton could elect to go for two after the penalty.

Tigers pull the kicking team off going for two points.

Allen is into the end zone. But the refs didn't signal the ball as good. Princeton leads 6-0 of the Spartans.

TD Greenbrier East on the kick-off. Cole McClain runs it 97-yards for the TD.

Shawn Miles' kick is good Spartans take the lead 7-6 over the Tigers.

Spartans facing third down and 12 with the ball on the 49-yard line.

Princeton takes the ball over on downs.

Tigers TD! Johnson on the 55-yard run.

Princeton will go for two. Pass deflected Princeton takes the lead 12-7 over the Spartans.

Richmond taken down at the 23-yard line after the 34-yard line.

Fourth down for Greenbrier East after two failed down attempts. They will go for a field goal; a 37-yard attempt. Kick is good. Princeton 12, Greenbrier East 10.

First down and 10 ball on the 43-yard line with under a minute left in the quarter.

Lamont Lee on the 44-yard pass completion. Tigers on the Spartans 14-yard line.

Johnson marked at the 17-yard line on the loss of three on the play.

Lee has the ball tipped out of his hands with 23.8 seconds left. Smith out on the field for the field goal.

The 38-yard field goal attempt is good for the Tigers. Tigers 15, Spartans 10.

With 9.3 seconds left the Spartans attempt a flea-flicker type play to gain some ground before halftime.

Colby Johnson passes to Richmond downed at the 30-yard line.

Halftime at Hunnicutt with Princeton 15, Greenbrier East 10.

*Third quarter*

Smith kicks the ball to the 27-yard line to Tyler Hannan who carries the ball to the 35-yard line.

Johnson to McClain taken down at the 35-yard line for a loss of one yard on the play. Flag on the play, face mask call against the Tigers; first down and five yards.

Johnson overthrows the receiver on the play so it brings up third down.

Short of the first down, after McClain gains nine plays on the yard. Fourth down and one for the Spartans. Tigers are looking to make a huge defensive play.

Johnson hit at the line of scrimmage as the Princeton defense is immediately on Johnson. Spartans about half of football short of the first down.

Princeton starts out on their 34-yard line.

Ball inside the Spartans 35-yard line after two back-to-back first down plays by Allen.

Princeton to go for it on fourth down after the Spartans defense steps up and stops the Tigers forward progress.

Johnson inside the 30 yard mark, short of the first down but flag on the play.

Face mask is the call, Tigers first down play after the flag.

Johnson inside the 20 after a gain of about three yards with 4:15 to play in the third quarter.

Tigers eating up the clock as they continue to make plays. Palmer will get down to about the 19 yard after no gain on the play.

Inside the 10-yard line gets a Tiger first down by Palmer on the QB keeper.

Tigers TD! Palmer takes it in from two yards out. An 11 play drive for the Tigers.

Smith out to attempt the extra point. Kick is good. Princeton 22, Greenbrier East 10.

Spartans lose yards on back-to-back plays brings up third down.

Johnson throws a pass, late flag on the play. Tigers almost get the interception. Speculation is that it will be offensive pass interference.

Flag is against Princeton, automatic first down. Ball marked just outside the 31-yard line of Princeton.

*Fourth quarter*

First down by Spartans, Matt Beard misses the throw by Johnson.

QB sacked on the 30-yard line Christian Marshall and Justice Shafer on the sack of Johnson.

False start on Princeton which takes most of the seven yard run away.

Third down and six for Princeton. There has not been a punt in this game tonight.

Johnson buried back at the 31-yard line, fourth down and long. Justice Shafer in to punt for the Tigers.

The refs have asked that the band stop playing because it is disrupting the Spartans play calling.

Pass interference on the Tigers brings up a 15 yard penalty and an automatic first down, ball on Princeton 32-yard line.

Richmond driven backwards by the Tigers and the Spartans lose yards.

QB is taken down by Nick Wood after the incomplete pass.

Tigers defense steps up makes Spartans turn the ball over on down. Christian steps up big for the Tigers.

Palmer spins out of bounds at the 38-yard line.

Tigers looking to burn the clock as they are inside of five minutes in the quarter.

Second down and 10, Johnson taken down at the 47-yard line, after a huge break out run for the Tigers.

Allen up the middle taken down at the 45-yard line.

Johnson gets the first down for the Tigers after their third down and 11 conversion. Inside three minutes and counting for the Tigers.

Allen gets across to the 22-yard line for the Tigers. Greenbrier East saying they wrestled the ball away from Allen. Refs confirm the call. Tigers turn the ball over.

Johnson complete the pass to Reynolds 2:23 left in the game as the Spartans continue to move against the Tigers.

Fourth down and five for Greenbrier East, they get the first down they needed five yards and got 10-yards.

Spartans TD! Johnson to Reynolds on the 33 yard connection for the score. Kick is good. Princeton 22, Greenbrier East 17.

Allen fields the ball to the 44-yard line for the Tigers with 1:15 left in the game.

Princeton takes a timeout.

Princeton takes a snap and a knee. Greenbrier East takes a timeout now.

Palmer takes the snap and knee to run the clock down he brings up third down.

Palmer drops back and takes the ball at the 37-yard line. Snap clock and game clock are now at the same point.

Princeton takes another timeout, with two seconds left on the game clock.

Princeton will go to 2-8 to conclude the season under first year head coach Randy Peek. The Tiger will win 22-17 over the Spartans.

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GAME SCOREBOARD
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 OT SCORE
Princeton 0 15 7 0 0 22
Greenbrier East 0 10 0 7 0 17
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