Avonworth holds off West Mifflin in near second half rally
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Ethan Spozarski | August 31, 2024
The Avonworth Antelopes defeated the West Mifflin Titans 28-22, in a close second half contest on Friday night.
Avonworth’s first drive lasted nearly five minutes resulting in Nico Neal rushing TD.
The Antelopes continued the trend with another long drive that started in the first quarter and finished in the second with a Noah Goetz receiving TD.
Avonworth led 14-0 with 9:50 remaining in the second quarter.
NOAH GOETZ EXTENDS THE AVONWORTH LEAD
Extra point is ✅@AvonworthFB 14@west_mifflin91 02nd Quarter || 9:50 remaining @PaFootballNews pic.twitter.com/P2IihSmLih
— Ethan Spozarski (@SpozarskiEthan) August 30, 2024
West Mifflin scored next, stemming from a Avonworth fumbled punt, and ended with a Armand Hill rushing TD.
The Titans quickly tacked on a field goal to make it a 14-9 score heading into halftime.
TITANS ADD ON BEFORE THE HALF OFF AN AVONWORTH TURNOVER…
FIELD GOAL IS ✅@AvonworthFB 14@west_mifflin91 9
HALFTIME@PaFootballNews pic.twitter.com/Xusb8gS8fp
— Ethan Spozarski (@SpozarskiEthan) August 30, 2024
West Mifflin’s opening drive for the second half was moving well, but stalled out on a fourth down stop, leading to another Avonworth TD from Bryce Metz.
A minute on the clock later the game was postponed for about an hour due to lightning nearby.
First play was a fumble recovery taken back to the West Mifflin four-yard line then resulting in Metz’s second rushing TD of the night. Avonworth led 28-9 with under four minutes remaining in the third quarter.
From there, West Mifflin began to fight their way back as the Titans scored 13 unanswered points in the fourth quarter.
TWO PLAYS LATER, TITANS SCORE A LOOONG RECEIVING TD
Extra Point is ✅@AvonworthFB 28@west_mifflin91 224th quarter || 5:44 remaining @PaFootballNews
— Ethan Spozarski (@SpozarskiEthan) August 31, 2024
With just over two minutes remaining in the game, the Titans offense came out with the chance to tie and win the game, however Avonworth’s defense stood tall and caused a turnover on downs ending the game.
Despite a STRONG second half effort by the Titans, Avonworth gets the turnover on downs and will WIN THIS GAME‼️
FINAL SCORE: @AvonworthFB 28@west_mifflin91 22@PaFootballNews
— Ethan Spozarski (@SpozarskiEthan) August 31, 2024
Next week West Mifflin heads home to play the 0-2 Baldwin Fighting Highlanders, while Avonworth will play host to the Aliquippa Quips who has yet to play a regular season game this year.
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