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Etowah Exits State Playoffs
The Eagles were yards away from the potential winning touchdown against West Forsyth when time ran out.
The had a chance to tie the game late in the fourth quarter of their first-round playoff game at on Friday night but came up about seven yards short.
Etowah lost, 13-7, exiting the Georgia High School Association's AAAAA playoffs and ending its season.
With three seconds to play, quarterback John Oliver launched Etowah's Hail Mary pass from the 50-yard line, according to the Cherokee Tribune. At the other end of the long pass was running back Devonte Wheaton, who came down with the ball at the 7-yard line but couldn't shake a tackler to score.
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The Eagles spotted West Forsyth a 13-point lead in the first half and couldn't recover.
The Eagles finally scored on a with 38 seconds left in the third quarter, Cumming Patch reported, but had to start their final, desperate drive from their 2-yard line with 4:36 left to play and ran out of time.
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It was Etowah's , which beat the Eagles, 21-13, Sept. 9.
The loss dropped Etowah's final record to 6-5. The year was a roller-coaster ride during which the Eagles never won nor lost three games in a row.
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