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Wheelersburg 41 Portsmouth West 7 Last night at Ed Miller Stadium, in Wheelersburg, Ohio the Southern Ohio Conference 2 title was on the line in a battle that pitted two undefeated teams. Portsmouth West came in 9-0 as did the home team Wheelersburg Pirates. I had posted on Southeasternohiopreps.com that I thought this would be a three to four touchdown win for the Pirates. A friend from West said he thought a 15 point win for the Pirates. When all was said and done neither of us came close to the final, because the Pirates exploded for a thirty four point win. West would start their opening drive at their own 25-yard-line. On the first play from the line of …show more content…

Then with 22.9 seconds left Salyers again dropped back to pass, this time he looked down field and threw a beautiful looking pass to a wide opened Tanner Holden, who galloped into the end zone. The pass play covered 41-yards. The point after by one of the best kickers in the state, Jalen Miller locked this one up a seven apiece.Holden was able to break a diving tackle attempt by Cole Staggs to get into the end Zone. On the ensuing kickoff Cole Staggs fielded the ball at his own 1-yard line and he broke several tackles before he was stopped by Evan Horsley, at the Pirates 30-yard line, with just :11 seconds to play in the exciting opening quarter. West had all of the momentum back on that side with the big return. On the first play of the drive Bradford scrambled around looking for anyone to get opened and when that did not happen, he tried to run but was taken down hard by Jeremy Cooper and C.J. Hall. Cooper won't have the stats to show it, but he had one heck of a first half. Just :20 seconds into the 2nd quarter West attempted a reverse like play to Cody Staggs, that was stuffed by Cole Lowery for no gain. The Pirates defense swarms to the ball as well as any defense that I have watched this season. The first three plays of the drive netted just one-yard. On fourth down Bradford threw a sideline pass to L.T. Maynard, who almost made a great catch

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