Arlee finishes season on three-game winning streak

Arlee's seniors made their final game a memorable one. Zach Tameler ran for 217 yards and four touchdowns as the Warriors defeated the Victor Pirates 54-50 on Friday. The team ended their season 4-5, having won the final three games of their schedule.

It was a back and fourth affair, as Cody Sheridan scored for Arlee with a one-yard touchdown run with 5:29 left in the first quarter. Victor would answer back and take the 12-6 lead but the Warriors tied things thanks to a 79-yard kickoff return by Tameler with three minutes to go in the first.

After Victor turned the ball over on downs, Christain Haynes would score on a 20-yard touchdown run to round out the first period scoring. Victor would gain momentum in the second, scoring 22 points to Arlee's eight points - a four-yard touchdown run by Sheridan and a blocked punt for a safety. The Warriors trailed at halftime 34-26.

The Warriors weren't about to go away.

In the first official play of the second half, Tameler ran for 65 yards to score a touchdown and also ran for the extra-point conversion for the 34-34 tie. Victor turned the ball over on downs again and Arlee capitalized with a 22-yard touchdown from Sheridan to Tameler with 8:17 to go in the third.

Victor scored with 46.5 seconds in the third quarter to tie the game up again, and both teams would spend most of the fourth quarter exchanging the ball. With 2:36 left to go in the game, Tameler ran it in from 24-yards out to give Arlee the lead.

The Warrior defense came up big, forcing another turnover on downs. Logan Lefler made Victor pay for it too by running it into the endzone from 14 yards out. With 1:22 left, Arlee led 54-42.

Victor would score to pull within four points, but the Warriors' special teams recovered an onside kick and the offense kneeled twice to run the rest of the time off the clock.

Victor - 12 - 22 - 8 - 8 - 50
Arlee - 18 - 8 - 16 - 12 - 54

Arlee – Cody Sheridan 1-yard run (kick blocked)
Victor – Kyle Ball 69-yard pass from Kurt Manley (run failed)
Victor – Ball blocked punt recovery in end zone (pass failed)
Arlee – Zach Tameler 80-yard kickoff return (pass failed)
Arlee – Christian Haynes 20-yard run (run failed)
Victor – Ball 46-yard pass from Manley (Ball pass from Manley)
Victor – Morozumi 12-yard pass from Manley (pass failed)
Victor – Ball 23-yard interception return (Ball pass from Manley)
Arlee – Sheridan 4-yard run (run failed)
Arlee – Tameler 65-yard run (Tameler run)
Arlee – Tameler 22-yard pass from Sheridan (Logan Lefler run)
Victor – Deering 20-yard pass from Manley (pass failed)
Arlee – Tameler 24-yard run (run failed)
Arlee – Lefler 14-yard run (pass failed)
Victor – Ball 12-yard pass from Manley (Manley run)

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