Creston Norwayne wins first football title
Posted: 12/03/2011
MASSILLON, Ohio - Adam Wallace ran for three touchdowns and passed for four, including the winner with 31 seconds left as unranked Creston Norwayne outlasted No. 1 ranked Kenton 48-42 to win its first Division IV football championship.
Wallace found Kaleb Harris for a 31-yard score. Creston Norwayne finished 14-1.
Wallace passed for 282 yards overall and outdueled Ohio's Mr. Football Maty Mauk.
Mauk threw for five touchdowns and 421 yards for the Wildcats (14-1). He hit Brice Feckler for a pair of 65-yard touchdowns, a 14-yarder and a 28-yard score with 2:51 to play that put Kenton ahead 42-41. His final last-ditch pass was intercepted.
Wallace quickly drove the Bobcats 80 yards in nine plays to win it.
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