Defensive stops weren’t coming easily or often for either team on Friday as undefeated Seneca hosted playoff hopeful St. Joe-Ogden.

So when the Fighting Irish got one at their own 22-yard line, clinging to a three-point lead with 7 minutes and 2 seconds remaining, they made sure they wouldn’t need to get another one.

Seneca’s game-clinching drive only went 41 yards, but it burned both of SJO’s remaining timeouts and chewed up all 422 remaining seconds of game clock to salt away the Irish’s 39-36, nonconference victory.

“Just small yardage,” said Fighting Irish leading rusher Cam Shriey, who converted two first downs on that fateful drive and finished with an eye-popping 274 yards and three touchdowns – from 80 on the game’s first snap, 65 and 3 yards – on 23 carries.

“We didn’t need

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