Time runs out on Storm

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ALEDO – Time ran out on the Bureau Valley Storm's season Saturday.

Mercer County's Brett Anderson scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak with 17.6 seconds left and then hit Kyle Pitman for the two-point conversion as the Golden Eagles beat BV 22-19 in a Class 2A first-round playoff game at Aledo.

“I thought that we played hard the whole game,” BV coach Jeff Ohlson said following the game. “We had some penalties and turnovers that cost us. When you do that, sooner or later, they catch up with you, and they caught up with us here today.”

The Storm (7-3) fumbled on their first possession of each half, and Mercer County took advantage of both miscues to take leads of 7-0 and 14-13. BV also kept alive a third-quarter Eagle drive with a facemask penalty on a fourth-and-long.

But the Storm battled back and retook a 19-14 lead when Michael Weidner plunged in from 1 yard out with 11:16 left in the game.

BV got two fourth-quarter stops to keep Mercer County at bay. The Storm recovered the Eagles' lone fumble on the day at the Storm 3-yard line on one possession, then Adam Weidner batted down a fourth-and-8 pass attempt after BV went three-and-out.

But the Storm managed only one first down on the ensuing drive, turning the ball back over to Mercer County with 2:07 left to set up the winning drive.

The Eagles (8-2) advance to next weekend, when they will travel to Gibson City to take on GCMS.

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