8/27/2011 Oak Mt vs Buckhorn
Oak
Mountain falls in
quadruple-overtime thriller
Published
1:23am Saturday, August 28, 2010 By
PATRICK BALDWIN (Shelby
County Reporter)
Friday
night’s game between Oak
Mountain and Buckhorn
seemingly had it all.
Missed opportunities, special teams
breakdowns, key injuries and even a first quarter power outage dominated the
early storylines of the evening. But in the end, Buckhorn found a way to make
the most of the opportunities handed to them en route to a 34-28 quadruple
overtime victory Aug. 27 at Heardmont
Park.
Oak Mountain got on the board first with a 28-yard Mitch Mathias
field goal after taking the opening kickoff and driving deep inside Buck
territory.
Buckhorn would counter with a solid opening
drive of its own, but a botched snap on the ensuing field goal attempt turned
the ball over on downs to Oak
Mountain.
After both teams traded punts and mistakes
for a quarter and a half, Buckhorn finally found the endzone with 21.7 seconds
left in the first half. Roddrick Anderson’s a 2-yard touchdown run put the
Bucks up 7-3 at the half.
But trailing at half wasn’t the only concern
for Oak Mountain head coach, Jeff Harris. The
injury bug had reared its ugly head once again.
With last year’s starting quarterback Paul
Angel already out for the year with a torn ACL, senior starter Trey Page left
the game right before halftime with a major ankle injury of his own.
Enter sophomore quarterback Heath Quinn.
Quinn and company took their opening drive of
the second half and moved the ball deep inside Buck territory. But a costly
penalty and back-to-back incomplete passes stalled the drive out forcing the
Eagles to settle for another Mathias field goal.
On the very next possession, Buckhorn fumbled
on the very first play giving the Eagles great position and a chance to take
the lead. Three plays later and Oak
Mountain was on the board
again thanks to a 13-yard scamper by Bradley Bostick. The two-point conversion
was good and Oak Mountain was up 14-7 heading to the
fourth quarter.
The Eagles had a chance to put Buckhorn away
early in the quarter. But a costly holding penalty on a 58-yard touchdown run
by Heath Quinn killed the drive forcing the Eagles to punt.
With new life and a seemingly worn out
opponent standing across the way, the Bucks made the most of the mistakes and
gifts dolled out by Oak
Mountain.
After converting two huge third-down
conversions late in the game, the Bucks found redemption and the endzone with
less than a minute to go in regulation when Anderson bowled his way in from 2 yards out.
The extra point was good and the game headed to overtime.
Buckhorn struck first on a 1-yard run by Anderson. Oak Mountain
countered the Buck’s score with a touchdown run of its own, this time courtesy
of a Bradly Bostick 10-yard run.
After failing to score in the second overtime
and swapping touchdowns in the third, the two teams needed only one more extra
frame to cap off this strange season opener.
Oak Mountain took the ball first in the fourth overtime but failed
to score on its possession. Finally, after countless gifts and second chance
opportunities, Buckhorn seized the moment and scored the winning touchdown on
1-yard Anderson
run. It was Anderson’s
fourth score of the evening and his second of overtime.
Midway through the fourth quarter, backup
quarterback Heath Quinn left the game with an injury as well. Zach Stephenson
finished the game for the Oak
Mountain.
Up next for the Eagles is a Sept. 3
cross-town trip to Pelham. Both teams will be looking for their first win of
2010.