High School Heartbreak: Greenville Fumbles, Oil City Scores

With four seconds remaining in Friday's game between Greenville High and Oil City High in Pennsylvania, Greenville had the ball and faced second-and-goal at the 1-yard line. Greenville decided to try to score a touchdown rather than kick a field goal, but certainly they knew that the worst-case scenario would be a game headed to overtime, and not a loss. Right?

Wrong.

Instead, the Greenville pitch was fumbled, and Oil City's Dallas Williams picked it up and ran 96 yards for a touchdown as time expired, winning the game, 33-27.

"Never say die," Oil City coach Matt LaVerde told Craig Phillips of The Derrick in a story posted on the school's Web site. "That's why you play every play until the final whistle."

LaVerde declined to criticize the Greenville coaches for eschewing a 19-yard field goal, saying, "If I had their huge line and back, I would have run, too."

According to Rivals.com, Greenville was considered the No. 6 team in all of Pennsylvania, and coach Brian Herrick said he thought his team would have no trouble scoring from one yard out on the last play of the game.

"Any time we have the ball at the 1-yard line, I think we can punch it in," he said.

But instead Greenville fumbled, and Oil City gave us another incredible high school football finish.

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High School Kicker Kip Smith Makes 67-Yard Field Goal
Teen With Down Syndrome Scores Touchdown on Last Play of Game
High School Hail Mary: Dominique Mims to Colt Lyerla for 61 Yards
High School Team Misses Field Goal as Time Expires, Wins Anyway (Again)