Antec
10-30-2010, 09:29 PM
NACOGDOCHES, Texas — Friday night lights burned well into Saturday morning before Rodrigo Carreon kicked a 19-yard field goal to give Jacksonville an 84-81 win over Nacogdoches in a high school football game that lasted 12 overtime periods.
The game possibly set a national record. The National High School Record Book lists two games that lasted nine overtimes. The first was a 1977 game in Detroit with Southeastern defeating Northeastern, 42-36. That game lasted 3 hours and 43 minutes. The record was tied in 2006 in Washington when Bothell defeated Pasco, 43-40.
The Jacksonville-Nacogdoches game lasted 5½ hours and eliminated the Dragons from playoff competition in District 14-4A. The game was tied at 28 at the end of regulation play and finished just before 1 a.m.
The game possibly set a national record. The National High School Record Book lists two games that lasted nine overtimes. The first was a 1977 game in Detroit with Southeastern defeating Northeastern, 42-36. That game lasted 3 hours and 43 minutes. The record was tied in 2006 in Washington when Bothell defeated Pasco, 43-40.
The Jacksonville-Nacogdoches game lasted 5½ hours and eliminated the Dragons from playoff competition in District 14-4A. The game was tied at 28 at the end of regulation play and finished just before 1 a.m.