POCATELLO — With one minute left in the first half, the Aberdeen Tigers had earned themselves a golden opportunity. Less than a yard away from the end zone, they had four chances to cross the goal line for a potential game-tying score.

Instead, it was the Ririe Bulldog defense that changed the game and pulled all the momentum to their sideline as time expired. Ririe (11-0) stopped four straight runs from the Tigers (7-4), as they pulled out a 14-8 victory in Thursday’s state semifinal showdown at Idaho State University’s ICCU Dome.

Bulldog head coach Josh Huntsman called all four plays “a fight.”

“That was incredible. I haven’t seen anything like that, really, in high school football,” he said. “Those boys just bowed their necks. They bowed their necks and said, ‘It’s not going to happe

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