On October 4, 2024, the PHS football team lost in the final seconds to Central at their home stadium during their Homecoming game by a score of 34-26. Central High School was 5-1 on the season which was expected to come out of their team this year after their state championship win on the 23-24 season last year. Potosi was 2-4 for the season with three more regular season games left, they play Pacific at Pacific, Desoto at home, and St Charles West at home. The Potosi football team is hoping to wrap their season up with three last wins to be 5-4 on the season final.
The first Quarter was a great start for Central High School, Central Rebel #23 August Black scored the first touchdown of the game with five minutes left to go on the clock and five yards away from the Trojan’s end zone. Returning for a kick #4 Devan Graf scored a field goal for the extra point attempt for Central: Central led the game 7-0 first quarter. Junior Potosi school student Clayton Richards with 42 seconds left on the clock in the first quarter runs a 15-yard touchdown to bring the Trojans up 7-6, #15 Wyatt Canon comes out for the extra point kick attempt and makes it for a tie game score 7-7 with 42 seconds left on the clock for the first quarter.
Second Quarter approaches and with five minutes left in the second quarter Central Rebel #49 Jaxon Jones scores a 10-yard touchdown for the Rebels, #4 Devan Graf returns to the field for a kick attempt and scores for a 14-7 score in the second quarter. Ball Returns to the Trojans in the last two minutes Potosi Trojan Freshman David Miller scores a 47-yard touchdown to run the score 14-13 Central, Potosi Highschool Junior Wyatt Canon comes out for the kick and completes the field goal to run the score back to tie- game 14-14 with two minutes left of the clock in the second quarter. Last five seconds of the game Central Rebel #4 Devan Graf attempts a kick at the 10-yard line where it is blocked by Potosi Trojan Junior Thomas Lambing and picked up and ran down the field by #24 Potosi Trojan Sophmore Carter Pyatt for a 90-yard touchdown to bring the Trojans up to a lead 20-14. Trojan Wyatt Canon Returns to the field for a field goal and it’s incomplete to keep the score 20-14 and closes out the second quarter with the Trojans leading.
Third Quarter Potosi Trojan Freshmen David Miller throws a pass to Trojan Sophmore Blayne Maxwell where he runs a 30-yard touchdown to run the score 26-14 Trojans leading 12 points ahead of the Central Rebels.
The fourth Quarter heats up as Central battles to catch up to Potosi and win their homecoming game. 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter Central Rebel #49 Jaxon Jones pushes through our line for a touchdown to tie the score once again, their kicker returns to the field for a kick attempt and it is ruled complete and the Central Rebels run ahead by one continuing into the fourth quarter. Last two seconds of the game, Trojan David Miller attempted a pass but it was intercepted by Central Rebel #40 Maxton Woods for a 50-yard touchdown to bring the Rebels ahead 33-26 against the Trojans. The kick was good and brought the Rebels up 34-26 to finish out the game with a buzzer-beater for their homecoming win, a hard and sad loss for Potosi.
Potosi Trojan Sophmore Blayne Maxwell said, “I think the game went pretty well other than how it ended, going into the game I was really just worried about doing my job as well as I could every snap, I’m still a little heartbroken about the loss but I’m ready to bounce back next week and I’m just going to keep trying to perfect the little details within the game to make myself and the team better.”
Potosi Trojan Freshmen David Miller said,” I think that we played well we still made some mistakes that ultimately cost us but I think it was a good game for us to get back on track and get our team morale up and get us back to winning games like we should as long as we can stay healthy.”
Potosi Trojan Junior Clayton Richards said, “My thoughts going into the game were pretty clear, I just wanted to play the best for myself and for my team. Going in I knew Central was our biggest competition being the defending state champions. This year we wanted to redeem ourselves and prove to ourselves that we could win and show out after last year: the whole team had a chip on their shoulder even though we played with an attitude and grit we were able to keep our character and composure.”
