By JIM WALKER

Tribune Sports Editor

PEDRO — A good play went bad.

An interception to stop a potential scoring drive set up the winning score as the Fairland Dragons outscored the Rock Hill Redmen 39-38 Friday in an Ohio Valley Conference game

Jesse Lane intercepted a pass but was tackled at the 1-yard line. Rock Hill was unable to move the ball and had to punt from its own end zone. The Dragons returned the punt to the 10-yard line and Tyree Ceaser scored on a 1-yard run with less than two minutes to play to tie the score.

Alec Warner kicked the extra point to put the Dragons ahead 39-38.

“I was scared to death,” said Fairland coach Dave Carroll. “We had so many players hurt and we moved so many people around, I didn’t know what to expect.

“Our kids hung in there and did what they had to do to win the game. It took a lot of heart. I think a lot of our young kids grew up.”

The game generated 861 total yards.

Tanner Sowards ran 17 times for 119 yards and scored three touchdowns. Jon Baise was 9 of 16 passing for 143 yards.

Quarterback Will McCollister was 8 of 24 for 278 yards and three touchdowns. Trey Wilds caught four passes for 198 yards and two scores.

The scoring went back-and-forth like two boxers in a title fight.

McCollister hit Jesse Lane with a 51-yard scoring pass to make it 6-0. Sowards came back with a 1-yard scoring run to tie the game.

Wilds and McCollister hooked up on a 77-yard scoring pass and then Sowards ran 17 for a touchdown to tie the game again at 12-12.

Rock Hill took a 19-12 halftime lead on a 9-yard scoring run in the second quarter and Cody Massie kicked the extra point.

Fairland tied the game again on a 13-yard run by Baise and Alec Warner’s conversion kick. McCollister had a 1-yard scoring run and Massie’s kick made it 26-19.

Alex Guzman returned an interception 32 yards as Fairland tied the game at 26, but McCollister and Wilds clicked on a 64-yard scoring pass and the Redmen led 32-26.

The Dragons made it 32-32 on a 5-yard pass from Baise to Sowards. Rock Hill regained the lead on a 12-yard run by McCollister. Fairland ends the season 4-6 and third in the OVC at 3-2. Rock Hill finishes 2-8 and 2-3.

Fairland 12 0 14 13 = 39

Rock Hill 12 7 13 6 = 38

First Quarter

RH — Jesse Lane 51 pass from Will McCollister (kick failed)

Fa — Tanner Sowards 1 run (kick failed)

RH — Trey Wilds 77 pass from Will McCollister (pass failed)

Fa — Tanner Sowards 17 run (run failed)

Second Quarter

RH — Steve Lewis 9 run (Cody Massie kick)

Third Quarter

Fa— Jon Baise 13 run (Alec Warner kick)

RH — Will McCollister 1 run (Cody Massie kick)

Fa — Alex Guzman 32 interception return (Alec Warner kick)

RH — Trey Wilds 64 pass from Will McCollister (kick failed)

Fourth Quarter

Fa — Tanner Sowards 5 pass from Jon Baise (kick failed)

RH — Will McCollister 12 run (kick failed)

Fa — Tyree Ceaser 1 run (Alec Warner kick)

Fa RH

First downs 18 20

Rushes-yards 41-219 50-208

Passing yards 143 278

Total yards 375 486

Cmp-Att-Int 10-19-1 8-21-2

Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0

Punts-average 2-24.0 3-25.7

Penalties-yards 8-40 14-125

Individual Leaders

RUSHING-Fairland: Tanner Sowards 17-119, Alec Warner 1-minus 3, Tyree Ceaser 6-12, Jon Baise 13-80, Chad Fisher 4-11; Rock Hill: Coty Davis 3-10, Steve Lewis 16-58, Will McCollister 12-64, Shane Harper 9-28, Jesse Lane 6-41, Jared Bruce 3-6, Trey Wilds 1-1.

PASSING-Fairland: Baise 9-16-1 143, Chad Fisher 1-3-0 13; Rock Hill: Will McCollister 8-21-2 278.

RECEIVING-Fairland: Tanner Sowards 2-10, Evan Maddox 1-15, Jonathan Holbrook 3-65, Alec Warner 2-56, Chad Fisher 1-7, Tyree Ceaser 1-5; Rock Hill: Jesse Lane 2-53, Trey Wilds 4-198, Jared Bruce 2-27.