The Jets trailed 28-21 midway through the fourth quarter. Northeastern senior Diezel Taylor hit senior Kaleb Moone on a 33-yard TD pass and Taylor ran in the 2-point conversion to give the Jets a 29-28 lead.
Northeastern senior Luke Mefford intercepted a pass on the Roughriders’ next possession and returned it to the 3-yard line. Jets senior Jackson Jones scored on the next play and Taylor kicked the extra point to give Northeastern a 36-28 lead.
But the Roughriders drove 60 yards in less than a minute, scoring on a 4-yard run by senior Braxton Vance. West Jefferson quarterback Austin Buescher ran in the 2-point conversion to send the game to overtime.
West Jefferson won the toss and elected to play defense. Taylor’s pass to senior Jacoby Newman on 4th-and-15 fell short, giving the Roughriders the ball with a chance to win the game.
A few plays later, Buescher scored on a 6-yard run to give West Jeff a 42-36 victory.
Jets senior Cody Houseman ran for two TDs in the first half and Newman scored on a 2-yard run on the Jets’ first possession of the second half.
Northeastern fell to 5-1 and 0-1 in the OHC North. They host West Liberty-Salem (4-2, 1-0) next week at Conover Field.
West Jefferson (6-0, 1-0) travels to Triad (0-6, 0-1).
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