Ellwood City entered halftime of Friday night’s non-section match-up against Neshannock up two touchdowns, but the visiting Lancers rallied and knocked off the Wolverines 26-20 at Helling Stadium.
Ethan Beaman hauled in an 8-yard touchdown pass from Jino Mozzocio with only 13 seconds remaining in regulation to provide the decisive score.
After a scoreless first quarter, Ellwood City opened up the scoring with a pair of rushing touchdowns in the second frame to race out to its early advantage. Quarterback Tyler Smiley plunged in from 1-yard out and with less than two minutes before halftime Richard Cureton found the end zone on a 15-yard scamper.
Ellwood City led 14-0 at halftime.
Neshannock responded with two rushing touchdowns of their own in the third quarter to tighten the contest to 14-12.
Midway through the final quarter, Anthony Barberio picked off a Mozzocio pass and returned it 20-yards for a defensive touchdown for the Wolverines pushing their advantage to 20-12.
However, just 14 seconds later Lancer running back Anthony Eakin got loose and found the end zone on a 71-yard touchdown run and with a successful two-point conversion Neshannock tied the game with just over four minutes left in regulation.
Offensively, Ellwood City rushed for 197 yards as a team with Cureton leading the pack with 68 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown. Tyler Smiley found trouble in the air game, finishing 2-11 passing with two interceptions. Smiley added 70 yards rushing and a touchdown.
The Wolverines (1-2 Overall) next open up section play with a road game against the Mohawk Warriors on Friday.
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