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Northmont gets win, waits on edge of playoffs

T-Bolts shut out Beavercreek, but they’re almost certainly out of postseason.

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By Greg Billing, Staff Writer 1:04 AM Saturday, October 31, 2009

BEAVERCREEK — The Northmont High School football team wasn’t celebrating much on Friday, Oct. 30, knowing that its playoff fate was very nearly sealed in the negative.

While the T-Bolts did their part — beating Beavercreek 28-0 — to make the Division I postseason, their chances are still very slim heading into tonight’s games.

“You can’t lose to Springfield and make the playoffs. That’s what it boils down to,” Northmont coach Lance Schneider said of the 21-18 loss in Week 7.

Beavercreek knows all about those close losses. The Beavers dropped two games by three points to Fairborn and Fairmont and lost another by four points to Wayne. That left quite a few computer points on the table.

“We’ve been right there. But you have to break through and get a win against one of these teams,” Beavercreek coach Scott Clodfelter said. “Until we believe we can get that win ... ”

Beavercreek got 244 yards against the Greater Western Ohio Conference’s stingiest defense (204 yards per game). Getting into the end zone proved more difficult.

The Beavers’ (4-6, 0-5) best chance came trailing 7-0 in the second quarter but a fumble on Northmont’s 10-yard line stopped it. The Beavers never got closer than the T-Bolts’ 44 again.

“That might be the best defense we’ve seen,” Clodfelter said.

How tough was that defense? Beavercreek running back Gabe Henry needed 41 yards to reach 1,000. Unofficially, he finished with minus-2 yards on 10 carries.

Northmont (6-4, 3-2) led 7-0 in the first quarter when Brandon Reamon got a step behind the defender for a 61-yard touchdown pass.

Korey Ringer added a 1-yard TD run and stiff-armed his way to a 78-yarder in the second quarter. Xavior Johnson capped the scoring with his 55-yard interception return late in the fourth.

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