RIDDLE – The Riddle football squad kept fans on the edge of their seats Saturday afternoon as they
rallied in the second half to squeak out a 28-26 victory over Country Christian.
The victory kept the Irish’s unbeaten streak intact as they moved to 3-0 on the young season.
The first quarter looked pretty bleak for Riddle as they fell behind the visiting Cougars 12-0.
The Irish opened up the second quarter with a touchdown run by Jonathan Harp on the first play from
scrimmage. Following a successful conversion the Irish trailed by only four points, 12-8.
Not to be outdone Country Christian drove back down the field and added another score before halftime to take a 20-8 lead.
Neither team’s offense could get on track in the third quarter but as the final period started so did Riddle. Harp scored his second touchdown of the game on a 20 yard run but the conversion attempt failed and Riddle trailed by six 20-14.
minutes later it was Isaiah Ibrahim’s turn to find pay dirt as he ran around the left side of the formation
and scampered 60 yards down the sideline to tie the game at 20-20. The conversion failed.
As the quarter began to wind down Riddle had the ball on their own 43 yard line when quarterback
Layton Rainwater handed the ball off to Ibrahim who once again hit the sideline this time racing 57 yards to the end zone.
Rainwater ran the ball in for the two point conversion on a keeper and the Irish were on top for the first
time on the afternoon, 28-20. Following a four and out (turnover on downs) by Country Christian Riddle began to work on the clock trying to run it out but had to give the ball back to the Cougars with under a minute left in the game.
Country Christian promptly took it the length of the field and put it in the end zone on a 22 yard pitch and catch to set up a potential game-tying two point conversion attempt with no time left.
The attempt was a run but the Riddle defense held them out of the end zone to end the game and secure the 28-26 victory.
This marked the third time in as many games that Ibrahim has rushed for over 150 yards.
Riddles 3-0 start to the season is the best start they have had in over a quarter of a century, 1998 to be
exact. That year the Irish won their first four games but injuries cost them the rest of the season and they finished 4-5.
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