One of the biggest decisions Chuck Milem had to make this past season as Erie-Prophetstown football coach was second-guessed by a 5-foot-4, 120-pound kicker.

The Panthers and Morrison Mustangs were tied 28-28 with 23 seconds remaining in a game played Sept. 21 in Erie. Erie-Prophetstown had just scored a touchdown.

Milem had to decide whether to put the ball in the sure hands of junior quarterback Ethan Howard, or perhaps his battering ram of a fullback, senior Zach Inskeep, for a 2-point conversion try. There was also the safer option, at least by conventional football wisdom, of simply kicking the extra point.