Wildcats Claw Through Three Overtimes To Remain Unbeaten

By Jim Henderson

The St. James Wildcat Football team needed three overtimes to beat the E.D. White Cardinals 27- 21 and improve to a perfect 3-0 on the season.

The loss was the first for the visiting Cardinals and it was a game that saw both teams struggle offensively for two and a half quarters and then forced into three overtime periods to decide the outcome.

“Give E.D. White credit,” said St. James head coach Robert Valdez. “They played with heart and we knew we were going to get their best tonight. But we kept plugging away and for us to finish the way we did was big time.”

The first half was scoreless until the final minute of the second period.

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