NAPPANEE — NorthWood dropped a chance to move into first place in the Northern Lakes Conference after giving up 17 unanswered points to Warsaw Friday night.

Warsaw won 17-10 in overtime.

The Panthers (4-4, 4-2 NLC) struck early with 10 first quarter points — first from a 24-yard field goal by Brendan Widner and then off a 20-yard run from Will Kirkwood — but would not score the rest of the night.

The Tigers (6-2, 5-1 NLC) were scoreless in the first half before finding the end zone off a 23-yard pass from Jake Mangas to Conner McCammack in the third quarter. Warsaw kicker Caleb Klusman nailed a 20-yard field goal with 4.4 seconds left in regulation to send the game into overtime.

Warsaw won the coin toss and scored on a Mangas-to-Seth Fouts four-yard pass. NorthWood had one final opportunity to score but overtshot the end zone on fourth and goal.



Warsaw 17, NOrthWood 10 (OT)

Scoring by Quarters

Warsaw 0 0 7 3 7 — 17

NorthWood 10 0 0 0 0 — 10

School — Scoring Play

First Quarter

NW — Brendan Widner 24 field goal.

NW — Will Kirkwood 20 run, Widner kick.

Third Quarter

Wr — Conner McCammack 23 pass from Jake Mangas, Caleb Klusman kick.

Fourth Quarter

Wr — Klusman 20 field goal.

Overtime

Wr — Seth Fouts 4 pass from Mangas, Klusman kick.



Team Statistics Wr NW

Net yards rushing 149 179

Net yards passing 76 93

Total Yards 225 272

First Downs 17 16

Fumbles-Lost 4-2 0-0

Penalties 0-0 3-35

Individual Leaders

Warsaw: Rushing — Tristan McClone 38-152; Tim Perkey 7-20. Passing — Jake Mangas 7-11-76, 2 TD, 1 INT. Receiving — Conner McCammack 1-23, 1 TD; Trevor Pruitt 1-24; Seth Fouts 2-10, 1 TD; Taylor Cone 3-19.

NorthWood: Rushing — Will Kirkwood 9-81, 1 TD; Tanner Cleveland 22-91. Passing — Will Kirkwood 8-16-93, 1 INT. Receiving — Blake Cleveland 2-29, Travis Bear 2-24, Dustin Yoder 3-38.