Brian Taaffee's 10-yard touchdown pass to Lance Roberts in overtime and Tyler Feeley's ensuing extra point gave the visiting St. Paul's football team a 26-25 victory over Archbishop Spalding last night.
The touchdown came on the first play in overtime for the Crusaders (5-1). They trailed by six points after the Cavaliers scored.
The win created a two-way tie for second between the two teams in the MIAA B Conference and ended the Cavaliers' three-year conference winning streak at 16.
St. Paul's coach Dave Dolch called the game "wild" and said: "It had every bit of weather, from driving rain to sheets of rain and wind."
Dolch's team lost, 14-13, in 2005 to Spalding (5-1) when the Crusaders scored with 35 seconds left but missed the ensuing extra-point attempt.
Colby Roane had nine catches for a 135 yards and a touchdown for St. Paul's, and Chris Wilson had 13 carries for 101 yards.
Spalding scored first in the overtime on Jordan Cohill's 8-yard run for a 25-19 lead but missed the extra point.
Franklin 23, No. 13 Parkville 14 -- Carl Fleming rushed for 110 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries as the host Indians (3-4) upset the Knights (2-5). It was the second straight loss for the Knights (5-2), who were beaten by Hereford on Oct. 12. Keith Ford completed eight of 16 passes for 157 yards and a touchdown for the Indians. Ian Sadon gave Parkville a 6-0 lead on a 63-yard run in the first quarter, but the Indians scored the next 23 points, including Fleming's 41-yard touchdown run in the second quarter that gave Franklin a 7-6 halftime lead.
No. 2 River Hill 41, Atholton 0 -- Zach Martin had 17 carries for a 157 yards and two touchdowns to power the host Hawks (7-0) past the Raiders (4-3). River Hill's defense held Atholton outside its 20-yard line. River Hill's Luke Hosteteler went 4-for-4 for 89 yards and three touchdowns. Michael Campanaro rushed 14 times for 100 yards and had three catches for 69 yards and two touchdowns.
Howard 48, Mount Hebron 28 -- Taylor Landrum caught two passes for 71 yards and two touuchdowns for the visiting Lions (6-1). Howard totaled 407 offensive yards and seven touchdowns. The Vikings (1-6) had 292 offensive yards.
Overlea 35, Lansdowne 8 -- Brian Smith had one passing and one rushing touchdown to lead the Falcons (4-3) to a victory over the Vikings (2-5). Smith finished with 85 yards passing and seven carries for 35 yards. Bezon Pringle had two interceptions, returning one 35 yards for a touchdown. James Gilyard added a 21-yard touchdown run for Overlea, which plays again Friday at home against Patapsco.
