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Quincy Hill scored on a 1-yard run on fourth-and-goal, and Jake Hamilton hit the game-winning extra point as Spring Valley outlasted rival Richland Northeast 49-48 in four overtimes Saturday at Harry Parone Stadium.

It was the Vikings’ fifth straight win over their Richland District 2 rivals.

“It looked like for a while there we didn’t have a chance to get back in,” Spring Valley coach Robin Bacon said. “But we preached to our kids to finish. We put on the back of their shirts ‘Finish.’ … These kids are resilient and they never hung their heads.”

Spring Valley trailed 21-18 with less than two minutes to go in regulation and didn’t have any timeouts with Richland Northeast facing a fourth-and-1 at Spring Valley’s 37-yard line. But Spring Valley’s Da’Prince Haynes recovered a bad snap to give the Vikings a chance to tie or win in regulation.

The Vikings used a hook-and-ladder to Terrell Jackson to get to the RNE 47 with 1:08 left. Hill hit two straight passes and then heaved one to Cameron Thomas, who made a leaping 23-yard grab to move it to the 4-yard line. Hamilton connected on the 21-yard field goal with four seconds remaining to tie the game at 21-21 and force overtime.

The teams exchanged scores and extra points in the first three overtimes. In the fourth overtime, RNE’s Tyquandre Davis scored on a 2-yard run to make it 48-42, but Grayson Maxfield’s extra point attempt was short.

TURNING POINT

Richland Northeast needed just one first down to run the clock out in regulation, but fumbled on fourth-and-short to give the Vikings a chance.

KEY PERFORMERS

Quincy Hill: Spring Valley quarterback struggled for first three quarters, but his 57-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter got the Vikings within 21-18, and then scored the game-winning touchdown in the fourth overtime.

Tyquandre Davis: Rushed for 114 yards and scored four touchdowns, three coming in overtime periods.

Da’Prince Haynes: Had a big day on the Vikings’ defensive line. He also caught a two-point conversion to get Spring Valley within 21-18 in the fourth quarter and 2-yard TD pass on fourth-and-goal in the second overtime.

KEY NUMBERS

5: Consecutive victories by Spring Valley in the series against RNE. It’s the first time the Vikings have won five straight against the Cavs.

55: Number of points Spring Valley and RNE combined to score in the four overtimes.

THEY SAID IT

“These seniors wanted to win this trophy. They never lost to Northeast. We want to keep that tradition up. Just a gutsy performance by our kids.” – Spring Valley coach Robin Bacon

“This tells me a lot about my guys. How we can finish. That is the ultimate thing to finish.” – Spring Valley defensive lineman Da’Prince Haynes

HOW THEY SCORED