Call this game wild. Call it crazy. Call it a tale of two halves. Call it a game of missed opportunities. But if you’re an Ashbrook coach, player or fan, you’re calling it a victory. If you’re a Forestview coach, player or fan, you’re probably still scratching your head.
The first half, almost everything was going right for the Jaguars. Four Ashbrook turnovers helped aid Forestview to a 21-0 half-time lead. The Green Wave muffed two punts and quarterback Jabreze Robbs threw two interceptions. One was a tipped interception that was returned 20 yards for a touchdown by Logan Melsior.
Forestview got their first their first points on the board with a four-yard run by defensive tackle/fullback Tate Payne. Colton Guthrie extended the lead with a nine-yard touchdown run in the second quarter. The score could have been even more lopsided had it not been for a long touchdown pass by Forestview that was called back by penalty.
The Green Wave had a chance to put some points on the board in the first quarter, but a 29-yard field goal attempt failed.
The tide turned in the Wave’s favor quickly in the second half. On the first play from scrimmage Robbs pitched the ball to Terrell Hager and Hager took it 77 yards for a touchdown. The kick failed however. The Jaguars appeared to answer the score with a half-back pass from Moe Neal to Jared Carter for a touchdown, but an illegal shift brought it back.
The Jaguars drive would stall when they went for it on fourth and one. The Green Wave defense came up big. In the fourth quarter, the comeback was on. Robbs’s three-yard run for a touchdown and Cameron Lowery’s run for a two-point conversion cut the Jaguars’ lead to 21-14. Things continued to snowball for Forestview.
The Jaguars suffered their first turnover of the game when Colton Guthrie was intercepted by Junathean Hager. Hager returned it 54 yards for a touchdown. The Green Wave went for two, but the attempt failed. The Jaguars kept the one-point lead.
The Jaguar offense could not sustain a drive and could not melt the clock. Ashbrook took the lead with less than a minute to go with a Robbs 13-yard pass to Thomas Smith. The two-point conversion failed again. Ashbrook would score one more time in the final seconds with another interception by Juneathan Hager. He returned it 99 yards as time expired.
Ashbrook won 32-21!
"We came out slow. But we played extremely well in the second half." said Ashbrook head coach Greg Hill "We were fortunate to win. We tried our best to put ourselves in a hole to give it away in the first half. These kids showed a lot of character and a lot of resilience to come back and win this game tonight and that’s what I’m proud of."
When talked about having sole possession of second place in the conference, Hill said "Right now. We still have to more weeks to go. We don’t count anything. We have been up, down and all over the place. I think right now we are starting to get a little bit."
Ashbrook will be on the road the last two weeks against Lake Norman Charter and Hunter Huss. Forestview will host Hunter Huss before traveling to East Gaston for the regular season finale.
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