It was a new look offensively for the Mountain Home High School football team Friday night, and it nearly led to a win for the Bombers. Brad Haworth has the details.
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It’s an offense the team ran in junior high, so the double wing wasn’t something totally new to the players, and the result in the switch from the option offense was successful and gave Mountain Home something to build on, despite the tough 28-26 loss. The Bombers dominated in most phases of the game, playing one of their better defensive games in a while, holding Nettleton’s offense to 28 points, while they came into the game averaging just over 60 points per contest.
The first half was all Mountain Home. The Bombers took the opening kickoff and ran nearly seven minutes off the clock, while going on an 11-play, 76-yard drive capped by a Gage Hershberger 22-yard run to put Mountain Home ahead 7-0.
The Raiders answered on their first possession to tie the game at seven.
Mountain Home’s next possession was a quick one, as Bryce McKay broke free for a 50-yard touchdown run.
After holding the Raiders defensively, Mountain Home would extend the lead with another 11-play drive finished by the one-yard scoring run of Brock Bogy. The extra point was missed, leaving Mountain Home with a 20-7 lead.
Nettleton got a short touchdown run by Nathan Young to make it 20-14 at halftime.
In the second half, the Raiders took a 21-20 lead just over one minute in with Young’s second TD of the game. Young scored again in the fourth quarter to push Nettleton’s lead to 28-20.
Mountain Home though fought back with yet another 11-play drive capped off by a 33-yard touchdown run by Bryce McKay. The Bombers had to go for a two-point conversion to try to tie the game, but the pass was incomplete, and Nettleton held on for the two-point win.
McKay led the new look offense with 183 yards rushing, while Hershberger had 117 yards on a whopping 26 carries.
The Bombers fall to 0-3 on the season, while Nettleton improves to 3-0.
Mountain Home is off next week. They return to action in two weeks at Jonesboro for their 6A East Conference opener.
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