Valley edges Nazareth in OT thriller

  • WALL OF BLOCKERS Seniors Tucker Schlueter, #44, and Cash Sperry, #11, set up the run with blocking. | COURTESY PHOTO
    WALL OF BLOCKERS Seniors Tucker Schlueter, #44, and Cash Sperry, #11, set up the run with blocking. | COURTESY PHOTO
  • BACKFIELDTOSS Senior Brayson Cruse, #14, tosses off the football into the backfield. | COURTESY PHOTO
    BACKFIELDTOSS Senior Brayson Cruse, #14, tosses off the football into the backfield. | COURTESY PHOTO
  • PATRIOT PASS Freshman Damian Valdez, #2, took a hand-off and turned it into a pass inValley’s 33–32 overtime win over Nazareth Friday night at home. | COURTESY PHOTO
    PATRIOT PASS Freshman Damian Valdez, #2, took a hand-off and turned it into a pass inValley’s 33–32 overtime win over Nazareth Friday night at home. | COURTESY PHOTO
In a rare six-man overtime game, the Valley Patriots converted a onepoint conversion attempt as Damien Valdes ran the bootleg pass to perfection and found Cash Sperry in the endzone to secure a thrilling 33-32 victory over the Nazareth Swifts on Thursday night at Patriot Stadium. Valley (2-2) led 20–18 with 1:09 left when Valdes intercepted Will Young for a 20-yard pick-six that gave the…

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