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THE GETTYSBURG TIMES, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20., 1993Williams’ miracle stuns SpartansBy DAVE EICHLERTimes Sports WriterDALLASTOWN —There is less than a minute left in a district playoff game knotted at 14. The ball rests on the 25 yard line. Who will Gettysburg coach Sam Leedy call on?How about a Jason Shelton scramble around the outside? Or a Brandon Streeter to Steve Olson bomb? Maybe Streeter to Brian Jone3?Would you believe Spartan Jon Long to Wamor Jason Williams?That’s right, the biggest scoring p]ay of the Gettysburg football season came with the Warriors on defense.With 37 seconds left in the game, the Gettysburg junior reeled in an errant pass from Garden Spot's Long and ran it back 39 yards for the wi nning touchdown.Gettysburg came with the blitz on the winning play, but Spartan coach Jim Kruis said it didn’t matter. He said his team should not have been passing that late in a tied game.“With a minute left, we just got greedy and tried to get down into a position for a field goal,*' Rruis said “It was just a bad decision on my part.”Krtus didn’t slight the Gettysburg defense, though, which had four interceptions m the game.“If you give a good team have a chance like that, this is what’s going to happen,” he said.The Warriors will next play the winner of the Manheim Central vs. Lower Dau-hin game. The game was scheduled for ast night, but was postponed until tonight because of poor field conditions. Whoever Gettysburg plays, the game will take place Friday at Hershey Stadium at 1:00 p m.Gettysburg started the game with an£THE HERO — Gettysburg’s Jason Williams runs the ball while teammate Troy Kessel (88) looks on during last night’s District IXI-AAA game against Garden Spot inTimes photo by Bill ScnwartzDallastown. Later, with 37 seconds left Ln the game, Williams intercepted a Spartan pass and ran it back 39 yards for a touchdown to win the game, 21-14.DISTRICT FOOTBALL4-yard line Two plays later, Streeter ran it i n from one yard out. Streeter then found SheltonThe Spartans moved the ball to the Wamor 20-yard-hne, when Long found Chad Jackson in the back of the end-zone,A- _A t A T — A 4-U_
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Gettysburg Times
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, US
Sat, Nov 20, 1993
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