HOMEWOOD – “That was one for the ages right there.”

That’s how Mountain Brook High School head coach Chris Yeager summed it up after his Spartans pulled off an improbable two-point conversion to knock off rival Homewood in overtime, 25-24, on Friday night at Waldrop Stadium.

Deciding to go for two and the win, the Spartans’ offense, deafened by the Homewood marching band, mixed up the snap count, and the ball went whizzing past an unsuspecting Cayden Hofbauer.

Hofbauer didn’t panic, the quarterback retreating all the way to the 27-yard line to pick up the loose ball. He went as far back as the 42-yard line to avoid oncoming Homewood defenders. He then spotted Bennett Jordan in the end zone and heaved it from the 37.

Jordan high-pointed the football in between a pair of Homewood defende

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