A Defensive Battle In Pomeroy Resulted In A Narrow 13-6 Win For Nelsonville-York
By: Jack Demmler, William Franciscus
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POMEROY, Ohio (WOUB) – Friday night, the Nelsonville-York Buckeyes traveled to take on the Meigs Crusaders.
The game started out as a defensive struggle as both teams failed to score in the first quarter.
It was looking as it might go scoreless into the half but with 4 minutes left in the second the Buckeyes Drew Carter was able to find Leighton Loge to give them a 6-0 lead at halftime.
To start the third quarter Nelsonville-York methodically worked it down the field and to cap off their drive Drew Carter ran it in to give the Buckeyes a 13-0 lead.
After turning it over on downs in the red zone it looked like the game was slipping away from Meigs. But the Crusaders were able to force a fumble and Jake McElroy recovered it and took it back for a touchdown to make it a 13-6 game.
Both teams defenses stood strong and both got a couple of fourth down stops and both teams offenses were unable to put any more points on the board and the game ended with a 13-6 Nelsonville-York victory.
Nelsonville-York (3-3) return home to face Wellston next week, and Meigs (2-3) will look to shake off this loss away at Athens.