Late FG lifts Bobcats past Raiders
Summers County (29) vs. Liberty-Raleigh (26)
Written: Sep 05, 2015
By J.DANIEL ROLLINS
for the Daily Telegraph
GLEN DANIEL _ The Friday night lights became the Saturday night lights in Glen Daniel following a 95-minute delay due to lightning, but that didn’t seem to matter to either the Raiders or the Bobcats.
Summers County’s Jacob Persiani kicked a game-winning field goal as time expired to give the Bobcats the thrilling victory over Liberty 29-26.
The Raiders struck early in the first quarter when running back Christian Whittaker found the end zone from 13 yards out to put Liberty up 6-0.
The lead was short lived, however, as Matt Ryan barreled down the field for an 84-yard touchdown on his team’s first possession of the game. Persiani’s extra point gave the Bobcats a 7-6 lead.
The Raiders wouldn’t recover the lead, but managed to tie the game with 11:24 left in the fourth quarter when Whittaker once again found the end zone and quarterback Hunter Wright connected with Deonte Acord to make it 26-all.
However, Liberty was unable to convert on fourth down inside the red zone with a little more than two minutes remaining in the contest.
Ryan rallied for the Bobcats, leading a Summers County charge, going 64 yards down the field to set up up the field goal for the win.
Ryan finished with 201 yards on the ground on 16 carries and 73 yards through the air. Whittaker had 157 yards on 25 carries and all four touchdowns for the Raiders. Wright was 20-for-30 through the air for 241 yards.
SC (2-0): 13 6 7 3 — 29
L (1-1): 6 6 6 8 — 26
First quarter
L: Christian Whittaker 13 run (kick fail) 9:37
SC: Matt Ryan 84 run (Jacob Persiani kick) 9:18
SC: Ryan 47 pass to Nathan Grimmett (kick failed), 0:43
Second quarter
L: Whittaker 8 run (run failed), 6:01
SC: Greg Shrewsbury 1 run (run railed) 0:43
Third quarter
SC: Ryan 43 run (Persiani kick), 11:23
L: Whittaker 1 run (run failed), 8:10
Fourth quarter
L: Whittaker 6 run (Wright pass), 11:24
SC: Persiani 33 kick, 0:00
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — SC: Matt Ryan 16-201, Tucker Lilly 2-9, Nathan Grimmett 7-41, Greg Shrewsbury 7-41, Dillon Smith 7-29. L: Jacob Bailey 1-8, Hunter Wright 7-(-14), Eric Workman 5-33, Christian Whittaker 25-157.
PASSING — SC: Ryan 3-7-0-73, Nathan Grimmett 1-5-0-8. L: Hunter Wright 20-30-0-241.
RECEIVING — SC: Matt Ryan 1-8, Tucker Lilly 1-9, Nathan Grimmett 1-47, Caleb Harrah 1-17. L: Jacob Bailey 9-81, Adam Banks 1-31, Deonte Acord 7-115, Brandon Lemmon 2-27, Christian Whittaker 1-(-2)
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