FB 2014-10-09 - Freshmen vs Arlington

Thursday's freshman game against Arlington was your average football game, nothing really special.  Until the last minute.

Arlington got on the board first with a 71-yard pass play at the 8:36 mark in the 1st quarter, then added a 2-point conversion to take an 8-0 lead.

Oak Harbor tied the game late in the 2nd when Mac Carr broke loose for a 50-yard sprint, capped with a run by Mac Nuanez for the 2-point conversion.

OH took the lead 14-8 with 5:59 left in the 3rd, when Carr danced into the end zone on a 4th and Goal play. The run conversion failed.

With 0:41 left in the 3rd, Arlington scored from 16 yards out and completed a pass conversion attempt to take a 16-14 lead.

The two teams battled back and forth until late.  Arlington downed a punt inside the Wildcat 1 with about a minute to play in the game.  Oak Harbor drove to the Arlington 22 when disaster struck.  With only 45.9 seconds left in the game, Oak Harbor fumbled the snap and Arlington recovered.

Things looked bleak for the Wildcats, but Arlington, instead of just taking a knee and ending the game, tried to run a play.  The Eagles fumbled the handoff and Thomas Lawless recovered at the Eagle 10.  Then to add insult to injury, the refs hit Arlington with an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, moving the ball to the 5.

Carr took the handoff and scored on the first play.  The 2-point run failed, but Oak Harbor led 20-16 with just 35 seconds to go.

Another misfortune hit the 'Cats on the kickoff.  The kick was fielded at the 25, then Arlington executed a picture-perfect reverse and returned the ball all the way to the Oak Harbor 9.  Two plays later, Arlington regained the lead 22-20, now with just 9 seconds left.

After Arlington kicked the ball OOB twice, Oak Harbor finally fielded the kickoff at the OH 30, returning to the 40.  With just 2.2 seconds left, Coach Marshall called for the halfback pass.  QB Chris Trisler threw to a wide open TJ Passmore on the near sideline, who then threw across the field, back to Trisler.  Trisler had room to run for a while, but Arlington was able to bring him down at their own 32, leaving Oak Harbor with a 22-20 loss.


Photos from the game are posted HERE.

Video highlights are HERE.