Boyd Buchanan’s Austin Jackson carries the ball.The final three seconds were slow-motion agony for everyone who had sat through an aggravating sprinkle that opened into a downpour.
For 47 minutes and 57 seconds, Boyd-Buchanan and Red Bank had played bounceback in a Finley Stadium game that was moved from Red Bank after rain and lightning forced postponement Friday.
It was a senior who ultimately made the difference, and for once it was not Boyd-Buchanan quarterback Jim Cardwell but kicker Brogan Baker, who centered a 22-yard field goal as time expired to lift his team to a 43-41 victory over the Lions.
“I haven’t had many chances like that,” Baker said. “[Teammates] told me to shake off that [earlier] missed PAT. They had trust in me and I had trust in the snap, hold and blocking–and the celebration afterward was quite awesome.”
There were six lead changes.