Talk about a tough loss. Milan lost on a last second field goal to Eastern Hancock Friday 26-24. Not only was the kick made as triple zeros were shown on the scoreboard. It was a second chance field goal.
The Royals were lined up to kick a field goal with seconds left in the game. Before the ball was snapped, Eastern Hancock was whistled for a false start. While kicker Aaron Redmond followed through with the attempt, the try, which he missed, didn’t matter. The Royals were pushed back five yards and they set up to kick again. This time, there was no whistle, the kick was good from 29 yards out, time expired, and Milan lost a heartbreaker by two.
Milan’s Brad Voss said the game was a very back-and-forth competitive contest and a tough loss. The Indians Logan Reed scored on a 3-yard run for the go ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter. Logan Burton’s extra point made it 24-17 Milan with 6:56 to play.
Eastern Hancock’s Zach Arnold raced 76 yards for a touchdown just 14 seconds later; however, the kick by Redmond after failed. The Indians still led 24-23. But Redmond later got two opportunities for the game winning triple at the buzzer and won it for the Royals.
A stat summary follows.
Eastern Hancock 26, Milan 24 (home)
EH 0 10 07 9
MI 0 03 14 7
Edited recap and stats from Milan’s Brad Voss: It Eastern Hancock had a false start on their first field goal attempt at the end of the game. The presnap penalty negated the attempt which missed wide left. On their second attempt, the kicker made the field goal as the clock hit triple zeros.
Scoring plays:
- 2Q 7:28- MI Logan Burton 30 yd FG, MI 3-0
- 2Q 2:06- EH Aaron Redmond 29 yd FG, tied 3-3
- 2Q 0:37- EH Brayden Sullivan punt return TD, Redmond kick, EH 10-3
- 3Q 11:46- MI Austin Green 78 yd kickoff return TD, Burton kick, tied 10-10
- 3Q 10:18- EH Chase Riggs 4 yd, Redmond kick, EH 17-10
- 3Q 7:40- MI Ethan Pierce 14 yd pass from Brayden Rohrig, Burton kick, tied 17-17
- 4Q 6:56- MI Logan Reed 3 yd run, Burton kick, MI 24-17
- 4Q 6:42- EH Zach Arnold 76 yd run, kick failed, MI 24-23
- 4Q 0:00- ECH Redmond 31 yd FC, EH 26-24
Team stats for EH, MI:
- Pass yds 82, 110
- Rush yds 165, 140
- Total yds 247, 250
- 1st downs 7, 13
- 3rd down eff 3/14, 4/11
- 4th down eff 1/3, 0/2
- Turnovers 1 (fum), 1 (int)
- Penalties/yds 11/75, 10/90
- Punts/avg yds 4/39, 4/12
Stat leaders:
- Pass comp/att/yds/TD- (EH) Swan 7/14/82; (MI) Rohrig 10/16/110/1
- Rushes/yds/TD- (EH) Arnold 14/175/1, Riggs 4/13/1; (MI) Rohrig 9/60, Johnson 12/45, Reed 10/35/1
- Receptions/yds/TD- (EH) Sullivan 1/34, Sotelo 2/26, Arnold 2/13; (MI) Volk 4/47, Pierce 3/30/1, Green 1/13
We thank Milan’s Brad Voss for the information.