Palisade trailed Timnath by ten points, 24-14, with just five minutes remaining in regulation of Saturday’s first-round game in the 3A State football tournament. They ultimately won the contest in regulation, 27-24.

What happened in between was a tour de force by a Palisade team possessed and outright refusing to allow their season to end in the first round of the state tournament for the second straight year.

“Well, that was as exciting as you can get,” Palisade head coach Joe Ramunno said postgame.

The comeback started with a long possession for the Bulldogs, chewing up over five minutes of game clock on a meandering drive which ultimately stalled out in the red zone and resulted in a 24-yard field goal by junior Carter Hayward which cut the Cubs’ lead to seven. Remember that name, be

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