| Sunday, August 31, 2008 11:08 PM CDT |
BHS gives up halftime lead, falls in double overtime
By Pantagraph staff
DANVILLE -- Danville High School rallied from a 20-0 halftime deficit to edge Bloomington, 34-27, in double-overtime Friday night in a season-opening Big 12 Conference football game. | Box scores, schedules, stats
Danville tied the game with a 20-point third quarter and led 27-20 before BHS forced overtime with an eight-play, 73-yard scoring drive without any timeouts. Tyler DeHart caught a 22-yard TD pass from Mykul Pearson with 1:06 left to tie it.
Neither team could score in the first overtime. Danville got on the board to start the second OT on a 1-yard run by Mario Crosby. Danville’s Edward Clark then intercepted a juggled Pearson pass in the end zone to seal the win.
BHS, ranked No. 10 in Class 6A, played without four suspended starters, including standout tailback/safety Darrelynn Dunn. Still, the Raiders built the 20-0 halftime cushion on a 1-yard TD run by Pearson, a 45-yard pass from Pearson to Torre Harrell and a 2-yard run by Derrick Simmons.
A muffed punt by BHS with 9:24 left in the third quarter seemed to turn the tide for Danville. The Vikings scored 27 straight points after that.
Simmons ran for 98 yards on 15 carries for BHS. Pearson completed 8 of 11 passes for 167 yards.
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