GIRARD — Twenty-nine years after his father, then a sophomore and now the head football coach, was a part of the last Girard team to beat Poland, Indians sophomore quarterback AJ Pearson scored the game-winning touchdown and two-point conversion to lead Girard to a come-from-behind 29-28 win over the Bulldogs on Friday at Arrowhead Stadium.

Indians coach Pat Pearson spoke with great emotion after the back-and-forth game, which also gave his team sole possession of the Northeast 8 Conference going into the penultimate week of the regular season.

“[I’m feeling] numb,” Pat Pearson said. “Proud. Just proud. Our kids played their hearts out. Hats off to Coach Pav, those kids played their tails off. That was a heck of a football game. Our kids just kept fighting, kept believing.”

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