DTE 28 NP 24 final

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Great HS football game. DTE fumbled opening kick NP drives the short field to go up 7-0; DTE fumbles again on next drive, NP drives short field again to go up 14-0. East finally gets O rolling, mostly runs with NP keeping an eye on Angeline,scores to make it 14-7. NP gets ball back, goes for it on 4th and short that West turns into 47 yd TD run, NP 21-7. East scores to make it 21-14 at half. Third qtr saw DTE defense shutting down West and that big NP O-line. DTE puts two good drives together scoring on both to take 28-21 lead into 4th. Angeline has a few catches but not much of a factor on O. East D holds next NP drive to FG 28-24 DTE. Both teams traded punts with NP taking over with under 2 min from just shy of the 50. Moved the chains once then hit TE over middle down to 10 with about 45 sec. DTE seems to be holding when on 4th down, NP QB throws into endzone on a ball only the DTE defender could have caught. NP receiver playing defense, makes contact and ball falls to the ground. Should have been a non-call, could have been offensive pass interference. Ref throws flag on DTE for def pass int, NP gets another shot. They throw fade that receiver catches in endzone to apparently give NP the win..........wait....flag on NP, cant even remember what the call was. Negates the TD but gives them another shot at it that Angeline intercepts to seal the win. #4 was a tough runner for NP and #28 was just plain tough. QB #7 tall, nice arm not real accurate. Kicker for DTE put every kick in the endzone plus had a 65 yd punt that got them out of bad field pos late.