Arkansas high school football team suffers crushing loss in last seconds of game
The win put Little Rock Central into the playoffs
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An Arkansas high school suffered a crushing defeat Friday night.
Fayetteville High School was up one point in the fourth quarter and on 4th down decided to take a knee, thinking the game would have been over instead, of running around with the ball and wasting time.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The announcers were heard saying, “Oh, no.”
But their opponents, Little Rock Central, had different ideas.
With 1 second left, Little Rock Central got the ball back on the Fayetteville 12-yard line. It was close enough for the school to kick a field goal and win the game.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Little Rock Central won the game, 37-35.
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“Absolutely brutal way to lose a game Fayetteville accidentally takes a knee on 4th down with 2 seconds left and Central kicks the game-winning FG to win it. Tough way to go down,” SB Live Arkansas tweeted along with the clip of the final two plays of the game.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Little Rock Central moved to 3-4 on the season and Fayetteville fell to 4-6.
Little Rock was able to move to the state playoffs with the victory, according to 24/7 Sports.
“I’m proud of our team,” Little Rock Central coach Kent Laster told Arkansas Online. “Hats off to Fayetteville High. They played a heck of a game. It was a back-and-forth game, and I’m proud of our guys. They never quit.
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“All the things we’ve been talking about all season long, they finally came together. We finally put together an entire game.”