Late kick lifts Proctor over KUA
In a matchup between two 6-0 teams, Matt Williams kicked a 27-yard field goal as time expired to give Proctor Academy a 42-40 win over league rival Kimball Union Academy on Saturday in game marked by incredbile momentum swings.
Josh Harris and Stanley Benion led the Proctor ground attack and helped Proctor build a 33-7 lead in the third quarter. KUA stormed back in the third and the game was tied, 33-33, entering the fourth.
Benion broke the tie with an 11-yard touchdown run with six minutes remaining, but Proctor failed on the two-point-conversion attempt.
Boston College-bound Kaseem Edabali scored the tying touchdown and KUA kicked the extra point to go ahead 40-39 with less than three minutes to play, but Josh Harris returned the ensuing kickoff to midfield and Proctor
drove to the 10-yard line to set up the game-winning field goal..
KUA was riding a 15-game winning streak that dated back to 2006, when KUA lost to Proctor in the Evergreen League championship game.
PROCTOR 42, KUA 40
First Quarter
PA-Peter Fessenden 95-yard interception return (kick failed)
KUA-Kevin Viera 17 run (Kevin Gangelhoff kick)
Second Quarter
PA-Stanley Benion 2 run (pass failed)
PA-Stephen Alli 6 pass from Cody Edgeworth (Matt Williams kick)
PA-Benion 22 run (Williams kick)
Third Quarter
PA-Benion 95-yard kick-off return (Williams kick)
KUA-Gangelhoff 10 pass from Ryan Burgess (kick failed)
KUA-Travis Jones 69 run (Gangelhoff kick)
KUA-Akeem Labitue 30 pass from Burgess (kick failed)
KUA-Jimmy Vailas 20 pass from Burgess (Gangelhoff kick)
Fourth Quarter
PA-Benion 11 run (run failed)
KUA-Kassim Edebali 37 pass from Burgess (Gangelhoff kick)
PA-Williams field goal, 27



