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Overtime loss
Posted On 14 Jul 2008
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Will the Whitley County Colonels be ready for Friday’s game with district foe, Clark County? The Colonels suffered a heart-breaking loss to Breathitt County last week, 28-27 in overtime.
With the score tied 20-20 at the end of regulation, the Colonels won the overtime toss and elected to go first. The result was a 10-yard TD for senior Ladle Rider. Mark League hit the extra point and the Colonels led 27-20.
The Colonels held Breathiest County in the first three downs but Stacey hit Robinson on a six yard pass for the score. That’s when Breathiest County coach Mike Hal comb decided to go for the win. Robinson found himself pinned in on the final play, but he got loose and went in for the conversion, with it the win.
After back to back close losses the Colonels will face another tough challenge. This week the Colonels go to Clark County. A win there and a win over North Laurel could give the Colonels a third place finish in the district race.
Whitley County’s Ladle Rider tuned up for the Clark County showdown with three touchdowns and 124 yards Friday night.
It was the Bobcats who got on the scoreboard first. The touchdown came after Breathiest recovered a Whitley County fumble and drove down the field. Stacey scored from two yards out with 4:15 left in the game. The ‘Cats missed the extra point.
The Colonels then went on a 20-0 spurt to take the lead. Shawn Bard scored on a fumble recovery and when League added the extra point the Colonels led 7-6. Rider scored nine minutes later and Tease’s kick pushed Whitley County ahead, 14-6.
Rider opened the third quarter with a 59 yard run but the PAT failed with 11:46 and the Colonels looked to be in control with a 20-7 lead.
However, the fourth quarter belonged to Breathiest County as Robinson scored on a 51 pass from Fugue with 9:27 left in the game. The Colonels couldn’t hold off the rally as Breathiest County tied the score with 2:19 remaining when Paul Holland broke loose for a two-yard run.
“When just didn’t get it done when we needed to,” said Colonels coach Mike Campbell.
