LIVE UPDATE: Emporia High 21, Manhattan 10; FINAL
By Michael Ashford
Originally published 06:28 p.m., October 19, 2007
Updated 09:08 p.m., October 19, 2007
Manhattan's Jamie Jones fumbled the opening kickoff, which Mark Kolmer recovered at the Manhattan 25-yard line.
Emporia then used four plays to reach the end zone, as Edd Noonan scored on a 5-yard rush to make it 7-0 after the extra point.
On its first possession, Manhattan drove all the way to the Spartans' 20-yard line before the drive stalled out, and the Indians then missed a 37-yard field goal.
Manhattan got on the scoreboard with 6:37 left in the first half when quarterback Colton Rohr hit Tom Elliot for a 19-yard TD pass to tie it at 7.
Emporia responded with a 13-play, 76-yard drive that lasted 5-minutes, 54 seconds and was cappd by a Mark Kolmer touchdown around the right side. EHS missed the extra point, making it 13-7, which would last until halftime.
Manhattan got a 25-yard field goal to close Emporia's lead to 13-10 with 1:05 left in the third quarter.
Emporia again answered an Indians score, this time with a touchdown run by Kolmer from 11 yards out. Noonan ran in the two-point conversion to push its lead to 21-10 with 5:31 remaining.
Brandon Childs intercepted Manhattan's Rohr on the Indians' next possession, and the Spartans held on from there.