UNIONTOWN — Uniontown High’s Eagles lost a heart-breaker Friday evening, giving up a late lead and ultimately any hope of advancing to the playoffs visiting West Franklin High.
The Falcons erased a 21-7 halftime deficit, tying the game with just over a minute left in regulation.
And after Uniontown failed to score during its possession of overtime, West Franklin converted a third-and-six pass play for a touchdown to win 29-21.
The loss drops the Eagles to 2-6 overall. More importantly, Uniontown is at 0-2 in Class 3A, District 4 play, eliminating the squad from playoff contention.
“I feel sick to my stomach for our kids, especially our seniors,” Eagle head coach Chad Stroud said. “We didn’t get the breaks we got in the first half, we didn’t play as well and we didn’t tackle nearly as well.”
The Eagles gained the upper hand early, courtesy of an onside kick to start the game. Uniontown chewed up most of the first quarter clock and scored a touchdown.
West Franklin responded with a touchdown to lead 7-6 after one period.
A Jordan Woods interception set up Uniontown in the second period, capped with a 10-yard touchdown pass from Zach Travis to Seth Sympson. Travis intercepted another Falcon pass late in the half, which led to Jordan Woods’ two-yard touchdown run as time ran out to put Uniontown on top 21-7.
West Franklin turned to its running game in the second half, scoring in the third quarter to close the deficit to 21-14.
Garrett Murrow led Uniontown with 51 yards rushing on offense and an interception on defense. Ty Clayton added a rushing touchdown and 10 tackles on defense. Tyler Hall had nine tackles and two sacks, while Max Labbe also had nine tackles. Travis had n interception on defense, as did Woods. Brenton Esslinger registered two sacks.
The Eagles wrap up the 2010 season Thursday Central Heights.
Uniontown 6-16-0-0-0—21
West Franklin 7-0-7-7-8—29
Eagles lose heartbreaker
