Robert Musgrove scored on a fourth-and-goal from the 2-yard line on the final play of the first half to tie the game.
Hunner Inklebarger added a two-point conversion for an 8-6 lead.
It wound up being the difference as neither team scored in the second half and the Seventh Grade Bearcats beat Atkins 8-6 for their third win of the year.
Atkins had taken a 6-0 lead with about six minutes to play in the first of the two 20-minute running clock halves.
That touchdown also came on a fourth down play, and on a pass that covered 17 yards, but a pass attempt on the two-point conversion try was incomplete.
Playing quickly, the Bearcats had about five minutes to go 70 yards – there are no kickoffs in seventh grade football – and did so in 10 plays to take the lead.
Musgrove had a 37-yard carry on the drive and would finish the game with a team high 52 yards. Inklebarger ran for 51.
The Bearcats looked to extend the lead but about seven minutes into a near 10 minute drive a holding penalty took away a first down inside the Red Devil 10 and the Bearcats ultimately turned the ball over on an interception.
After a punt exchange the Red Devils had just under four minutes to take the game away from the hosts but a sack by Brody Chambers forced the Red Devils into a fourth-and-long.
Chambers, who had four solo and three assisted tackles in the game, made the stop on a pass that converted the fourth down and the Red Devils got a time out with :01 to play.
An incomplete pass ended the game.
Besides Chambers’ two tackles for a loss, Inklebarger and Maddox Crosby shared a stop for a loss and Elijah Draper had one as well.
The Bearcats will next play at Paris on Thursday and will close the season at Charleston on November 3.
SEVENTH GRADE BEARCATS SLIP BY ATKINS, 8-6
