A good battle with a very wild last four minutes.
The AP offense shot themselves in the foot throughout the game. At the four minute mark, , with UD up 17-6 it appeared to be over with AP throwing an interception with a little over four minutes left.. That was turnover number 8 for the Knights. So, game over, right?
Not so fast.
On UD' possession on third down, the Knights did a jailbreak, forced a fumble, and ran it back for a touchdown, making the score 17-12.
AP then onside kicked, which was recovered by the Cardinals.
So, UD to run the ball and force AP to use the time outs, right? Wrong. Upper Dublin ran one running play, but then inexplicably did tow pass plays, bout incomplete, preserving the clock for AP.
Then, on fourth down, set to put, the long snapper for UP snapped the ball a mile over he punter's head.
So, AP with the ball, inside the 20 with over two minutes left and all three time outs.
AP managed the clock pretty well, got one first down on a fourth, that made it by a millimeter, In that last two minutes, the Knights ran 8 plays, but couldn't get it done, turning it over on downs.
And Upper Dublin, despite their late game meltdown, survives 17-12.
Academy Park finishes 7-4, a decent season, another payoff appearance.
But a season that had to be frustrating. Their four losses all close ones to good teams. I saw three of the losses, and in those (Pennsbury, Penn Wood, Upper Dublin),they had the winning or potential winning score in their hands deep in the opponents territory a the end of the game. And didn't get it in.
The AP offense shot themselves in the foot throughout the game. At the four minute mark, , with UD up 17-6 it appeared to be over with AP throwing an interception with a little over four minutes left.. That was turnover number 8 for the Knights. So, game over, right?
Not so fast.
On UD' possession on third down, the Knights did a jailbreak, forced a fumble, and ran it back for a touchdown, making the score 17-12.
AP then onside kicked, which was recovered by the Cardinals.
So, UD to run the ball and force AP to use the time outs, right? Wrong. Upper Dublin ran one running play, but then inexplicably did tow pass plays, bout incomplete, preserving the clock for AP.
Then, on fourth down, set to put, the long snapper for UP snapped the ball a mile over he punter's head.
So, AP with the ball, inside the 20 with over two minutes left and all three time outs.
AP managed the clock pretty well, got one first down on a fourth, that made it by a millimeter, In that last two minutes, the Knights ran 8 plays, but couldn't get it done, turning it over on downs.
And Upper Dublin, despite their late game meltdown, survives 17-12.
Academy Park finishes 7-4, a decent season, another payoff appearance.
But a season that had to be frustrating. Their four losses all close ones to good teams. I saw three of the losses, and in those (Pennsbury, Penn Wood, Upper Dublin),they had the winning or potential winning score in their hands deep in the opponents territory a the end of the game. And didn't get it in.
