Dunbar 22 Henry Clay 19

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[h=3]Dunbar beats Henry Clay to end 5-year city skid[/h]Published October 11, 2012 Uncategorized Closed

 

Emory Thompson

 

Antwan WilliamsPaul Laurence Dunbar ended a five-year, 20-game losing streak against city competition by beating host Henry Clay 22-19 on Thursday night.

Dunbar scored all of its points in the fourth quarter to halt a nine-year, 11-game losing streak to the Blue Devils.

The Bulldogs’ winning touchdown came in dramatic fashion — a 50-yard pass from Trent Bauer to Emory Thompson with eight seconds left.

Henry Clay rook 13-0 lead in the first quarter on TD runs by Elijah Bell and Davion “D.J.” Jackson, both of whom topped 100 yards rushing on the night. (Bell had 162 yards; Jackson had 104).

Dunbar got on the board early in the fourth quarter on Bauer’s 31-yard TD pass to Taylor Smith, but Henry Clay answered with a 43-yard scoring run by Jackson to pushed its lead to 19-7.

But the Bulldogs rallied for two TDs in the last 2:30. Antwan Williams’ 6-yard scoring run and Levi Clark’s extra point cut Henry Clay’s lead to 19-14. Dunbar then recovered an onside kick, setting the stage for Bauer’s game-winning TD pass to Thompson. The Bulldogs added a two-point conversion pass to Brandyn Duncan.

Dunbar’s defense forced five Henry Clay turnovers, including two interceptions by Duncan.

Williams led Dunbar’s ground attack, rushing for 95 yards and a TD. Bauer completed 7 of 24 passes for 118 yards and 2 TDs, and had two picked off.

 

Fields Notes

[LRCW]

Dunbar's QB Trent Bauer was the Dunbar mascot for the 1st game of the season. and then decided he wanted to play football, and how he's throwing game winning touchdowns. What a story. Congrats to Trent and the Bulldogs.

[GOINGFOR2]

Congratulations to the Dunbar kids. Way to fight through adversity.