Line Mountain nips Hornets, 29-26.

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A 22 yard Mike Shingara field goal with 14.2 seconds left in the game sent Line Mountain to a 29-26 PIAA District 4 Class AA opening round football playoff win over host Wellsboro Friday night.

The game winning boot spoiled a spirited second half Hornet comeback, which saw them a 26-12 halftime deficit.

The loss ended Wellsboro's season. They finished with a 9-2 overall mark, 5-1 in Northern Tier League play. Line Mountain now faces Western Wayne for the district title.

Big plays killed Wellsboro in the first half. The visitors scored on plays of 49, 61, 77, and 26 yards respectively to build a 14 point lead by intermission.

Wellsboro's two first half scores came on a one yard run by Russ Manney and a three yard burst by Jared Mahon.

The second half was a com pletely different story. The Hornet defense totally shut down Line Mountain's offense and the hosts slowly crept back into the game.

Mahon scored on a two run in the third quarter and then caught the two point conversion pass from quarterback John Lundgren to cut the Line Mountain lead to 26-20.

Manney capped a Wellsboro drive, scoring on a 10 yard run with 1:15 left in regulation. After the score, the Hornets elected to kick for the extra point. The boot was wide and overtime looked like a distinct possibility.

Line Mountain returned the ensuing kickoff to their own 31-yard line.

A 44 yard bomb from quarter back Brandon Carson to Nick Hock put the ball deep into Wellsboro territory, setting up Shingara for the game winning field goal.

Carson was Line Mountain's leading rusher, racking up 97 yards on 14 carries He got 77 of the yards on a second quarter touchdown run, however.

Dominic Rich added 58 yards on eight tnes but 49 of those yards came on one run a first quarter touchdown.

Manney and Mahon finished with 61 and 60 yards respectively for Wellsboro, Manney's coming on 16 carnes and Mahon's on 14.

Hornet quarterback Jay Young ran for 32 yards on four runs before leaving the game late in the first quarter with an ankle injury. He completed his only pass attempt for 19 yards.

Lundgren came on and filled in ably completely five of 11 passes for 142 yards.

Matt Kennedy caught two passes for 110 yards, Tony Dinsmore hauled in a pair for 46 yards. Ed Murphy and Mahon added one catch each. Both teams committed four turnovers each.