Sam Beishuizen

UNION TOWNSHIP — After his third touchdown — the winning score — Wheeler sophomore running back Levi Murray turned to the home crowd with arms extended to both sides as if to say, “What else do you want?”

A handful of Calumet defenders draped over Murray but couldn’t stop him short of a 7-yard touchdown with 2:06 remaining that put Wheeler up 21-16. The Bearcats made that the final with a defensive stand on the next possession.

“I felt on top of the world,” Murray said, recounting his game-winner. He took 32 carries for 217 yards and scores of 5, 1 and then 7 yards. The latter two scores came even after Calumet defensive back Brandon Smith picked off Wheeler junior Logan Fox and brought the interception 70 yards back for a score to go up 16-7 with 1:58 remaining in the th

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