A Lancers touchdown with 10 seconds left in the game gave St. Pius X a 40-36 win over Monroe City in the Class 2 semifinals Friday afternoon.
J.B. Connoley with the call of Evan Eckrich’s pass to Harrison Ray on nemopressbox.com. That was the seventh lead change of the game, and fourth of the fourth quarter, with the previous one coming on Jayden Holland’s one-yard touchdown run with 4:23 remaining, putting the Panthers up 36-33. Monroe City scored on its first two drives on a one-yard run by Jayden Holland and a 15-yard-run by Quincy Mayfield, before the Lancers scored the next three to go up 19-14 at the half. Mayfield finished with 25 carries for 262 yards and two touchdowns, and also had a 16-yard touchdown catch. He was named our Freeman Financial and Insurance Outstanding Player of the Game. Holland had 21 carries for 113 yards and two scores. Fourth-ranked Monroe City’s season ends at 11-2, St. Pius X is 9-5, and will play for the state championship next Saturday.
Find the game on our archive page, and our postgame interviews with Coach David Kirby below.
Monroe City Coach David Kirby:
