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Vol. 6 No.3 OCTOBER 12, 2006, Page 12 Kick lands thrilling Homecoming win back Matt Flynn was inter: which helps in the battle for But McDaniel was deter- RYAN CHELL field-position .• SPORTS EDITOR cepted by senior defensive- mined to not lose their home- back Bobby Waugh, who The game got interesting coming game in front of the With the MLB playoffs returned the interception fif- again in the fourth quarter. home crowd, as they calmed occurring and teams winning teen yards. The Green Terror After a Green Terror fumble down after Sturges run, games "walk-off" fashion, one offense then realized that they on their own 49 yard line, the exchanging punts with can wonder, can football needed to make the most of Bullets responded with a Gettysburg, and then running games have "kick-off" wins? this.opportunity. small drive of their own that an effective two-minute drill Well, that is what the Green And they did. was capped off with a 4 yard to give Leonard the chance to Terror football team did last McDaniel started out the run by running back Tom kick the field goal, win the Saturday with their 17-14 drive conservatively, gaining Sturges. The game was tied, game, and to not give the homecoming win against the 57 yards on the ground, but and it looked as if the momen- Bullets the opportunity to Gettysburg Bullets. With just then quarterback Brad Baer tum was shooting with the come back' and ruin home- three seconds remaining in the found receiver Matt Gingrich Bullets. coming. game, sophomore kicker Jay for a 26-yard touchdown Not so fast. The crowd was in the game Leonard connected .on a 46- through the air. Gingrich The Bullets kicked off to the for the most part, as the many yard field goal, the longest of made the catch despite what Terror and McDaniel had two fans at Scott S. Bair took his career, and the timing seemed to fans and coaches to runs that were so fast, they breaks from their brats, could not have been better. be obvious pass interference, made the Bullets look like sausages, burgers, and steaks Gettysburg still had two sec- which was not called on the beanbags, blanks, or stones. to root for the home team. onds on the clock and fielded play. McDaniel kick-returner Many fans cheered when the the ball on a squib-kick from The Green Terror had the lead, Christian Turner gave his Terror got first downs, McDaniel; he attempted to and on the next Gettysburg offense a short field with a 54 cheered when Gettysburg repeat the old Stanford-Cal drive, the defense forced yard return, and then 'Terror quarterback Matt Flynn got miracle, but to no avail. another turnover in the red running back Eric Zwilsky, jacked-up in the fourth quar- M~Daf1ild ~