After coming up empty on a 10-play drive, Somerville tied the game at 36 in one play, a 32-yard pass from Legg to junior Verkobe Woodberry. The same combination then connected on the two-point conversion to tie the game at 36 with 3:21 remaining.

The Bulldogs’ start couldn’t have been scripted any better. Crosby threw a pass out in the flat to Creamer, who cut back across the field and took it down the opposite sideline to which he started for 59 yards. Somerville was unable to hang on to a pooch kickoff and Iola’s Wesley Alexander recovered at the Yeguas 38. On the ensuing play Crosby found Cale Gould behind the secondary for the touchdown and a 12-0 lead.

Blake Crocker recovered the next kickoff just past the needed 10 yards and near the Iola sideline.

“We knew if we were going to have a chance we were going to have to start fast and we had some breaks early on, made some plays here and there and we were able to sustain and finish,” Bamburg said. “So testament to our guys, the coaches.”

Somerville junior Oscar Rivera kept the Bulldogs from extending the lead with an interception, which led to a Legg to Woodberry 37-yard touchdown pass three plays later with only 2:14 gone in the game.

Somerville took a 14-12 lead on a 2-yard run by Legg and the second PAT by Said Reyna with 1:14 left in the first quarter.