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ALL OHIO CAPITAL CONFERENCE BATTLE The site, Grove city school, the teams, Ohio capital conference rivals Dublin Coffman and Hillard Davidson. The 2 teams met earlier in the regular season, with Davidson getting a come from behind victory. Coffman would get a opportunity to score first, but a 40 yard field goal by JR kicker Adam Graessle would be no good keeping the score locked at 0 with 9.31 left in the first. The next time Coffman would get the ball they would give their loyal fans a reason to cheer as Jured Gilkerson a SR wide receiver would catch a pass from Central Ohio's best qb Brady Quinn A big 6-4-203 jr, and take it to the house from 43 yards out, and after Graessell's extra point Coffman was up 7-0 with 528 left in the opening period. Davidson would get a great kickoff return by Thom Hassler going 50 yards all the way to the Coffman 45.a couple of plays after Erick Phillips would go 31 yards for a td and Jake Lehnert the game was tied at 7, with 3.56 remaining in the first quarter. Davidson would get another huge play when Aaron Leadingham would fall on a fumble by Quinn, and the 1st quarter would end as the game had started all tied ,but at 7. The wildcats from Hillard would score 5 seconds into the 2nd when the great Phillips would go in from 6 yards and after the extra point it was 14-7 Davidson. Gabe Mannella A 6-0-220 power back would plow his way into the Davidson endzone to bring Coffman to within 1, but the extra point was wide right, so the score would stay at 14-13 in favor of Davidson. Defense would be the name of the game until there was 12 seconds left in the half, and that is when the speedy Chinadum Ndukwe would make a fantastic catch resulting in a 15 yard touch down, a two point run was no good. The teams would go into the locker room with Coffamn leading 19-14. The 3rd quarter would see Coffman score first when Mannella score from 30 yards out and with the extra point it was 26-14 in favor of the underdog from Dublin, with 8.39 remaining in the period. Things would not look good for Davidson when Phillips would fumble, but Davidson would recover. Then on 4-1 the Wildcats would face a 4th and 1 a gusty call by the coaching staff and a good run by Phillips would result in a 1st down. Later in the drive the Wildcats would face a 4th and 7, and again they would go for it, and as before they would go for it, and like before they would rely on their star to get it for them. The defense from Coffman would also think Phillips would get the call and held him to get the ball back. The clock would show 5.5 seconds left in the 3rd as Graessle would hit a 37 yard field goal to put his team up 29-14,setting the stage for a good 4th quarter. Davidson would start a drive deep in it's own territory and ride Phillips all the way down field for a touchdown when he would score from a yard out and after the extra point the score was 29-21 with 8.43 left in the game. Hillard Davidson would get a interception from Coby Kellog and head toward the endzone but,he was stripped by the lighting Quick Chinadum Ndukwe killing any hopes of a comeback. The final score was made by Gabe Mannella on a 5 yard score and after the extra point the final score would be 36-21 newarkcatholicfan |