THE FACTS
McDaniel (3-6, 3-5 CC) 19, Gettysburg (1-8, 1-7 CC) 16
What: Centennial Conference (CC) football game
When: Saturday, Nov. 5
Where: Westminster, Md.
THE SKINNY STORY
McDaniel scored on its first and its last drive of the game to escape with a 19-16 win over Gettysburg.
THE LEADERS
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Josh Williams (Baltimore, Md./Catonsville) led the Bullets defense with eight tackles.
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Rocco Abdinoor (Edgewood, Md./St. Mary's Annapolis) threw for 196 yards on 14 of 37 passing. He also ran the ball 14 times for 55 yards.
FOR THE FOES
• Hunter Sigler led the Bullets with three catches for 71 yards and two touchdowns.
THE REST OF THE STORY
• McDaniel took the opening drive 75 yards in just eight plays that included three straight runs of more than 10 yards. Trent Gaskins finished the drive with a three-yard touchdown run before Chris Singleton Jr. (Catonsville, Md./Georgetown Prep) blocked the PAT to keep it a 6-0 game with 11:06 on the clock.
• Taking over at its own 45, Gettysburg moved 27 yards in six plays before having to settle for a 25-yard
Doug Cummings (Mooresville, N.C./Pleasant Valley [Pa.]) field goal to make it a 6-3 game with 3:43 to play in the opening quarter.
• On third and 18,
Rocco Abdinoor (Edgewood, Md./St. Mary's Annapolis) spun out of a would-be sack, he found
Hunter Klein (Springfield, N.J./Jonathan Dayton) for a 44-yard gain. One play later, however, a deflected pass bounced right into the chest of Christian Homer, who hauled in an interception in the end zone, setting up a 4-play, 72-yard drive that ended with a Hunter Sigler 40-yard touchdown reception with 13:55 to play in the second quarter.
• Abindoor broke out for a 32-yard run to set up first down at the Gettysburg 22 before the drive stalled and Cummings hit a 36-yard field goal to close to within 13-6 with 9:57 showing.
• The Bullets closed the half with another 9-play, 73-yard drive to set up a third Cummings field goal from 24 yards as the half expired to close to within 13-9.
• Gettysburg put together a 15-play drive in the third quarter that consumed 6 minutes, 33 seconds and covered 80 yards before Abdinoor dove into the right side of the end zone with 13:38 to play in the fourth quarter and take a 16-13 lead.
• The fourth quarter went back and forth before a
Matt Mikulka (Lititz, Pa./Manheim Twp.) interception gave Gettysburg the ball back with 3:07 to play. McDaniel, however, forced a punt with 1:39. Aidan Bell blocked the punt to give the hosts the ball inside the 10-yard line. A sack on first down set up second-and-long. On third-and-16, Jared Snow connected with Sigler in the back of the end zone. The PAT sailed wide to keep it a three-point game with 57 second left but Gettysburg could not get in position for a potential game-tying field-goal attempt.
THE INSIDE STORY
• It was the fourth straight time that a November meeting between Gettysburg and McDaniel was decided by one score. All four games have been won by the Green Terror by a combined 15 points.
NEXT UP
Gettysburg concludes the season at home against Franklin & Marshall on Saturday. Game time is 1 p.m.
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