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Wow! I don't think I can sum up the totally crazy night last night, I'll attach the article, but basically it was a long game (start 7pm end 11:40 pm)with lightening delay, multiple timing delays because the timer Lost his sight in the middle of the game or something. We had different people in different positions (someone missing), and 1 guy who got married last week 4,000 miles away. Add in a big county rivalry, a lot of close calls, a dredded Inadvertant whistle, and the constant possibility that White Castle would be the only place open after the game, and you have one crazy night!
All for 50 bucks!
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The Plainfield High School football team was seemingly in control on Friday night.
But a bizarre marathon game, marked by a 90-minute lightning delay, slipped through the QuakersÂ’ hands.
The BulldogsÂ’ Mark Titus hooked up with Elgin DeJean for a 45-yard touchdown pass with 1:44 to go to lift Brownsburg to a 21-18 victory. A Brownsburg excessive celebration penalty made it a 35-yard extra-point try, but Seth Fair made it.
Plainfield had one more chance when a long kickoff return by Craig Ray put the ball on the QuakersÂ’ 48. A Brownsburg interception killed the QuakersÂ’ chances with eight seconds left.
The Bulldogs improved to 2-0 while Plainfield fell to 0-2.
Tyran Fakes caught a 97-yard touchdown pass with 7:55 left in the third quarter to give the Quakers a 16-7 lead. Fakes caught it at his own 30.
The Bulldogs closed the deficit to 16-14 with 7:43 left in the fourth quarter on a 14-yard touchdown pass from Titus to Kyle Waggoner.
On BrownsburgÂ’s next possession, PlainfieldÂ’s Nick Riddle intercepted Titus on a third-and-21 play from their own 4. RiddleÂ’s interception gave Plainfield the ball at the 5-yard line, but Plainfield went backward.
On fourth down from the 9, Brownsburg was called for pass interference, giving Plainfield first down at the 4-yard line. On fourth-and-3, a QuakersÂ’ pass fell incomplete andt Brownsburg took over with 3:04 left. On first down, Titus was tackled for a safety, giving Plainfield an 18-14 lead.
Brownsburg recovered an on-side kick and eventually scored.
With 9:22 left in the second quarter, the game was delayed about 90 minutes when officials spotted lightning from the north.
When play resumed, Plainfield took a 9-7 lead when Jacob Hogue kicked a 35-yard field goal.
In the third quarter, a 55-yard punt return by the BulldogsÂ’ DeJean was nullified by a block in the back penalty. That gave the BulldogsÂ’ first down on their own 44. On third-and-7 from the Plainfield 42, the drive ended when Titus was intercepted at the 3. On the next play, Williams and Fakes hooked up for the 97-yard TD.
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