Mars bows to Hampton in high-scoring thriller
ADAMS TWP — Rumor has it that touchdowns are still being tacked onto the scoreboard at the Mars Athletic Complex.
In a Friday night football game-turned-track meet where the two teams combined for 974 yards, Hampton outlasted the Planets, 49-42, and escaped with their playoff hopes intact.
Mars slipped to fifth in the WPIAL Class 4A Greater Allegheny Conference standings with the loss.
“Hampton made one more play than we did,” Planets coach Eric Kasperowicz said.
A few important ones, really.
Facing 3rd-and-10 from their own 10-yard line, Talbots’ quarterback Joey Mayer connected with Eric Weeks for a 16-yard gain, keeping alive what turned out to be the game-winning march.
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