Non-league football: Prairie 21, Battle Ground 20

BATTLE GROUND — Junior quarterback Jayson Maddux scored a 4-yard touchdown with 2:55 left in the game and junior Taylor Lawhead’s extra point gave the Prairie Falcons a come-from-behind 21-20 victory over the Battle Ground Tigers in non-league action Friday night at District Stadium.

On the ensuing possession Nolan Mickenham’s interception sealed the Falcons’ first win of the season.

Battle Ground controlled the first half of the game behind the running of senior Brock Robinson, who carried the ball 22 times for 212 yards and two touchdowns. The Tigers took a 12-0 lead into halftime.

Prairie (1-3) erased that deficit in the first three minutes of the second half. Payton Millet returned the second-half kickoff 54 yards to put the Falcons on the board and Aaron Brumley’s 13-yard run gave Prairie a 14-12 lead.

Battle Ground (0-4) re-took the lead with 8:23 left in the game. Robinson’s third touchdown of the game, along with his two-point conversion staked the Tigers to a 20-14 lead. He finished the game with 261 yards on 34 carries and three touchdowns.

Prairie then marched down the field for the game-winning score. A 24-yard catch and run by Ward along with a 18 yard run by Brumley set the stage for Maddux’s game-tying touchdown.

PRAIRIE 21, BATTLE GROUND 20

Prairie 0 0 14 7–21

BatGround 6 6 0 8–20

First quarter

BG — Brock Robinson 8 run (kick failed)

Second quarter

BG — Robinson 54 run (pass failed)

Third quarter

P — Payton Millet 54 kickoff return (Taylor Lawhead kick)

P — Aaron Brumley 13 run (Lawhead kick)

Fourth quarter

BG — Robinson 2 run (Robinson run)

P — Jayson Maddux 4 run (Lawhead kick)

Individual statistics

RUSHING — Prairie: Brumley 18-74, Logan Reed 3-14, Maddux 8-9, Jake Bobst 1-5, Izaiah Ward 1-4. Carson Slagle 2-1. Battle Ground: Robinson 34-261, Trent Thompson 13-63, Izak Brundage 4-20, Dylan Smith 1-1, Seth Workman 3-(minus-8).

PASSING — Prairie: Maddux 6-16-45-1-0, Battle Ground: Workman 8-13-55-1-0.

RECEIVING — Prairie: Ward 3-34, Zeke Dixson 1-6, Brumley 1-6, Bobst 1-1; Battle Ground: Brundage 3-20, Tent Thompson 2-13, Isaiah Cummings 2-13, Sam Kee 1-9.