FRANKLIN, Tenn. – Baylor’s Red Raiders almost ruined homecoming for Battle Ground Academy on Friday night.
BGA needed a 31-yard pass from James Ramsey to Chris Reeves with 48 seconds left in beating Baylor, 24-21, in a Division II high school football game.
BGA improved to 7-0 and 3-0 in DII while Baylor dropped to 2-5 and 0-4.
Baylor held BGA to 67 yards rushing, but Ramsey completed 18 of 24 passes for 307 yards.
Sam Williams had 29 carries for 168 yards for Baylor and Pickett added 52 yards on seven carries.
Brett Murray had 118 return yards for Baylor.
STATISTICS
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
¬--------------------- -- -- -- -- -------
Baylor………….…..………....…0 ….7 ….7 .7 -- 21
BGA….………………………....3 …7 …7 ..7 -- 24
BGA—FG 31 Colton McInturff
BAY—Brandon Pickett 5 run (Tanner Taylor kick)
BGA—James Ramsey 14 run (McInturff kick)
BAY—Matthew Oellerich 1 run (Taylor kick)
BGA—Michael Moore 53 pass from Ramsey (McInturff kick)
BAY—Pickett 21 run (Taylor kick)
BGA—Chris Reeves 31 pass from Ramsey (McInturff kick)
Statistics:
…………………………………………..Bay………….BGA
First Downs……….……………………....13……….......18
Yards Rushing…………………………..215…………….67
Yards Passing…………………………….20……………307
Passes Comp-Att-Int ………………….3-6-1………18-24-1
Fumbles………………………………….0-0………….2-0
Punts (Number-Ave) …………………1-42….……2-30.0
Penalties-Yards ………………………..2-6…………6-38
(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)