Northview Comes Up Short To Marianna, 48-42 (With Gallery)

September 8, 2012

The 1A Northview Chiefs held a 42-26 lead over the 4A Marianna Bulldogs Friday night in Bratt, but the Chiefs just could not hold on, losing 48-42 on an overtime forth down with  a fumbled ball just inches from the  goal line.

“At that point, you really clamp down; you put the vise on them defensively, and we were unable to do that,” head coach Wheatley said about the 42-26 lead. “It was just a matter of taking momentum away from them…which we did with the score, but they immediately got it back and kept believing ‘hey, we are in this thing’. And sure enough, they were.”

For a photo gallery, click here. (Band, cheerleader, mini cheerleader and dance team photos will be published on Sunday.)

The Chiefs, ranked number two in Florida’s Class 1A headed into Friday night’s game, took an early 8-0 lead with 10:07 to go in the first quarter. A LaMikal Banks interceptions set up a six yard touchdown run from senior Roderick Woods, LaMikal Kyles was in on the two point conversion.

The Bulldogs scored to make it 8-7, then Northview answered with a pass deep into the end zone from backup quarterback Daulton Tullis to junior Dalton Daniel, 15-0. Tullis was in at QB Friday night for starting quarterback Kevin Vaughan who is suffering from a wrist injury. Vaughan still stepped up for the Chiefs as kicker.

After the Bulldogs scored to trail 15-13, Neino Robinson returned a Marianna punt 75 yards for a touchdown, 22-13. A Brannon Freeman TD upped Northview’s lead to 28-13. Marianna scored a couple of times, 28-26.

Woods scored again for the Chiefs, 35-26, while a Jaron Myles touchdown made it 42-26.

But the Bulldogs bit back, eventually evening the game up at 42-42 to force overtime.

Marianna was up first in OT, adding a touchdown suffering a block kick, 48-42.

On Northview’s first down of overtime, Kyles drove to the five. On second down Kyles pushed to the one yard line. On third down of overtime, Woods was stopped shot inside the one. And on the fourth, and final down of overtime, the Chiefs fumbled the ball away for a 48-46 Marianna. win.

“At times, I thought we played with energy. We had a couple of big plays,” Wheatley said after the loss. “We’ve got to get better fundamentally. We had way to many missed tackles tonight. And we are going preach about finishing football games because we were unable to close it out tonight, and it cost us a win.”

Next Friday night Northview will host Chipley in a rematch of last year’s state semifinal game. The Chiefs were eliminated just shy of a trip to the state championship with a 25-21 loss.

For a photo gallery, click here. (Band, cheerleader, mini cheerleader and dance team photos will be published on Sunday.)

Pictured top: Northview head coach Sid Wheatley expresses his disappointment in a team huddle following the Chiefs loss to Marianna Friday night. Pictured top inset: LaMikal Kyles picks up yardage for the Chiefs. Pictured bottom inset: Northview’s Neino Robinson on a 75-yard punt return. Pictured below: A Marianna Bulldog heads over a pile short of a touchdown. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.

Comments

2 Responses to “Northview Comes Up Short To Marianna, 48-42 (With Gallery)”

  1. Tennelle Horning on September 9th, 2012 12:26 pm

    Way to go Chiefs! You guys did an awesome job even though it didn’t turn out in our favor! Keep the spirits and hard work up and you guys will continue to shine!

  2. Carol on September 8th, 2012 4:32 pm

    Sorry the game was not a success. Neino you ere awesome!!

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