Bizz Cain hauls in Urbana’s first touchdown reception of the game against visiting Northeastern Friday night.
Photo by John Coffman Photography
Grady Lantz passed for four touchdowns as Urbana held off visiting Northeastern, 44-35, in a non-league football season opener Friday night.
A Diezel Taylor touchdown early in the first quarter gave Northeastern a 7-0 lead.
Late in the first quarter, Urbana tied the game at 7-7 on a 12-yard Lantz touchdown pass to Bizz Cain.
After a Northeastern fumble in the final seconds of the first quarter, the Hillclimbers scored on a 22-yard touchdown pass from Lantz to Colt Cotner to make it 14-7.
Another TD pass – 11 yards from Lantz to Colton Teepe – midway through the second quarter gave UHS a 21-7 lead.
An Urbana interception late in the second quarter led to a NE touchdown run which cut the Hillclimbers’ lead to 21-14 at the half.
With eight minutes remaining in the third quarter, a touchdown run by the Jets evened the scored at 21-21.
An Urbana 32-yard touchdown pass from Lantz to Ronnie Weimer with three minutes remaining in the third quarter gave the home team a 28-21 lead.
UHS took a 36-21 lead midway through the fourth quarter on Preston Wisma’s 2-yard TD run.
A Northeastern touchdown pass two minutes later cut the deficit to 36-27.
Austin Hill’s seven-yard rushing TD with a minute left made it 44-27, and NE’s Garrett Chadwell returned the ensuing kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown to round out the scoring.
Lantz completed 14 of 28 pass attempts for 218 yards and had 2 interceptions.
The Hillclimbers host Fort Recovery this Friday night.
