No. 9 Ryle (10-3) quarterback Nathan Verax stands at the 6-yard line, in shotgun formation. The emotional game flashes before his eyes: Indiana commit Jacob Savage has an ice pack on his foot and starting linebacker George Mintch is in crutches by the third quarter. A field goal blocked and an extra point that clanked off the upright. Everything that could go wrong for the Raiders on Friday night, did.
But there they were, bleeding, but surviving, down one point to No. 10 Frederick Douglass (8-5) in overtime, with a two-point conversion to decide it.