{"id":41532,"date":"2023-09-12T10:37:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T14:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=41532"},"modified":"2023-09-12T10:37:33","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T14:37:33","slug":"pilots-fly-back-to-knock-off-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/pilots-fly-back-to-knock-off-panthers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilots Fly Back to Knock Off Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Paulding juniors Jack Woods and Evans Carter push the Ayersville receiver into the Paulding endzone to score 2 points for the Panthers, and taking possession of the ball!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

PAULDING \u2013 Ayersville scored 20 unanswered points over the final 18 minutes of the contest to rally for a 20-17 victory over Paulding at Keysor Field in Green Meadows Conference football action Friday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The maroon and white played a solid first half, getting a safety from Jack Woods before the Paulding offense added to the lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kobe Foor scored on a 15-yard touchdown run to widen the Paulding lead to 8-0 before Colten Hunt connected with Blake Rhonehouse on an 11-yard scoring strike that helped extend the margin to 15-0.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After blanking the Pilots in the first half, Paulding added a second safety on the night as Woods tackled Taurean Knueven in the endzone to make it 17-0 Panthers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ayersville began its comeback late in the third quarter as Lucas Fishpaw connected with Abe DeLano for a six-yard scoring strike that pulled the Pilots within 17-6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pilots scored again halfway through the final quarter when DeLano broke free for a 15-yard touchdown scamper that, combined with Knueven\u2019s two-point conversion run, trimmed the Ayersville deficit to 17-14.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Defiance County squad then completed the comeback with 40 seconds left in the contest as DeLano hauled in a seven-yard touchdown toss from Fishpaw for the 20-17 victory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

PAULDING \u2013 Ayersville scored 20 unanswered points over the final 18 minutes of the contest to rally for a 20-17<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":41533,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,7,5],"tags":[14685,4981,17579,17813,4888,3329,19366,15810,14109,19856,19854,5051,19855],"class_list":["post-41532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-school","category-sports","tag-abe-delano","tag-ayersville-pilots","tag-blake-rhonehouse","tag-colten-hunt","tag-defiance-county","tag-green-meadows-conference","tag-jack-woods","tag-keysor-field","tag-kobe-foor","tag-lucas-fishpaw","tag-paulding-hs-football","tag-paulding-panthers","tag-taurean-kneuven"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t