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Dogs continued from page 3 scoring in three plays and ending the drive on a 16-yard pass and catch from Proctor to senior receiver Grayson Leinart Van Alstyne took the lead for the first time since the first quarter and led 32-28 after another missed PAT with 7:17 left to go in the game
The Bulldogs needed to go 74 yards to regain the lead After converting another fourth down play, on first down Howe decided to throw the ball from their own 37 yard line That proved to be costly as senior safety Landon Pardee intercepted the ball at the Van Alstyne 22 yard line One play later, Jones outran the defense for a 78-yard touchdown The score stretched the Van Alstyne lead to 39-28 with 4:42 remaining in the game
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The never-say-die Howe Bulldogs put together a 10-play, 87-yard drive that took 3:57 seconds to score when Matthews broke free on a trick play for 17 yards Howe narrowed the gap, 3936 with 1:45 left in the game.
Howe's hopes hung on an onside kick that landed out of bounds and gave the Panthers the ball at midfield Howe used their timeouts to force a punt The snap sailed over punter D'Angelo Alexander's head who had to go back and retrieve it Fortunately for Alexander, the ball went over his left shoulder and the leftfooted punter was able to retrieve and kick in the same motion with Bulldogs staring down at him The punt went out of bounds at the Howe 30 yard line With 7 9 seconds, Howe had one shot to score to win the game Wall rolled out and tried to hit Ty Harvey but the ball fell incomplete The clock mysteriously took all 7 9 seconds off the clock on a play that took only five second from snap to finish The officials did not put time back on the clock and the game was ruled over
The 36 points scored by Howe was the most against Van Alstyne since the 'Dogs put up 41 back in 1998 Howe was previously 18-0 when rushing for more than 300 yards in a game in the Zack Hudson era The 456 total yards of offense is the most ever Howe has had in the series with Van Alstyne The previous high was 444 in a 35-13 victory at Van Alstyne Howe's record in the Silver Spike series now moves to 17-35-2
The Bulldogs will now try to get back in the win column Friday night with a matchup with Whitesboro (2-5, 1-1) who lost to Pilot Point, 10-9 last Friday.
Stats
Passing: Brandon Wall 2-7-2-50
Rushing: Tyler Grisham 26-202; Jaden Matthews 17-96, Mason Riggs 6-51, Brandon Wall 7-47, Brent Masters 5-10.
Receiving: Tyler Grisham 1-37; Ty Harvey 1-13.
