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<\/a>Tailback Seth Paige made them pay on the first Wildcat\u00a0play from scrimmage taking a\u00a0handoff from\u00a0quarterback Joe Green 85 yards before being pushed out at the 9-yard line.<\/p>\n
Three plays later, Green scored from 4-yards out and the Wildcats\u00a0were\u00a0up\u00a07-0 with\u00a04:33 left in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
Clay answered right back though\u00a0behind Wilson and\u00a0sophomore tailback Cedrick\u00a0Brown. The two helped the Devils move down the field with ease, capping it off with a 25-yard touchdown run by Wilson which\u00a0tied the game at 7-7 with 1:02 left in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
Just like a heavyweight boxing match,\u00a0teams traded blows back and forth early on until both were able to make adjustments at the half.<\/p>\n
Green took a keeper 28 yards down to the 38-yard line, while Josh Haygood followed with a 13 yard run putting the Wildcats inside the 25-yard line.<\/p>\n
Three plays later, Green\u00a0juked three defenders on a third and eight play and\u00a0scrambled\u00a023 yards for a touchdown\u00a0putting the Wildcats back on top at 14-7 minutes into the second quarter.<\/p>\n
Clay missed a huge chance to tie the game on its next drive as Jenkins threw a ball deep across the middle and towards a wide open and streaking Ajay Belanger who got his hands on for a brief second before dropping\u00a0what would have been a 91-yard touchdown catch.<\/p>\n
It was that kind of night for Clay and had them thinking\u00a0what could have\u00a0been as numerous trips inside the red zone came up empty as well.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ironically the theme for last nights game was appropriately titled ‘Every teams nightmare’.<\/p>\n You can bet Clay won’t ever forget Seth Paige or Joe Green as the two\u00a0became nightmares for the Devils to handle through out the game.<\/p>\n Trailing 14-7 in the third\u00a0quarter, Clay took advantage of a shanked punt and a non 12 man call to tie things up in\u00a0middle of the third quarter.<\/p>\n Wilson broke off a 26-yard run to bring the Devils inside the 14-yard line, two plays later Brown bulldozed his way in from 12 yards tying the game at 14-14 with 7:47 left in the third.<\/p>\n Paige broke off a 50 yard run that moved the Wildcats inside the 18, however a unsportsmanlike call against the Wildcats put the ball\u00a0back at\u00a0the 33-yard line. Five plays later, Paige broke loose for a 22-yard touchdown run putting the Cats up 21-14 with 4:13 left in the third.<\/p>\n Wilson limped off the field on the Devils ensuing possession with a possible ankle\u00a0injury but returned obviously in pain on a fourth and 1 play to pick up a key first down. Wilson hobbled back off the field after picking\u00a0up the first down immediately.<\/p>\n Haygood put the game out of reach on the second play of the fourth quarter taking a handoff from Green and racing 59 yards down the sideline tight roping the final 15\u00a0yards to put the Wildcats up 28-14 with 11:38 left in the game.<\/p>\n Despite being down two scores Clay had several opportunities\u00a0to get back in the game.<\/p>\n Wilson carried the Devils on his back on\u00a0the ensuing drive getting them inside the 10-yard line.<\/p>\n With fourth and 1 from the 9-yard line, Wilson was hit immediately by a host of Wildcats and came up short of the first down by 6 inches.<\/p>\n Baker County took over at their own 9-yard line with a little more than six minutes remaining\u00a0standing between them and their second district title in four years.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Behind Green,\u00a0Paige and Haygood, the Wildcats were able to burn about\u00a0four minutes off the clock on its ensuing possession before\u00a0giving the ball\u00a0back to Clay\u00a0with under three minutes remaining.<\/p>\n Shaquan\u00a0Griffin, who made numerous big plays in the\u00a0backfield all night, came up big in the fourth quarter sacking Jaylan Jenkins for a five yard loss. Jenkins avoided a sack on the ensuing fourth down play but sailed a ball high and into the hands of Lee Graham who\u00a0came up with the interception with under two minutes remaining.<\/p>\n Baker County took a knee on consecutive\u00a0plays before Clay\u00a0called a timeout on third down before the players doused Rodgers with the Gatorade Shower.\u00a0Another kneel down and Rodgers got another Gatorade shower this time it counted. Rodgers didn’t even know he got doused twice.<\/p>\n “You\u00a0get so into the game you don’t even realize that,” Rodgers laughed. “This is\u00a0a special night for us, this is what our eighth district title in school history.”<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>