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 on October 9, 2025
North Union’s Nickolas Hajjar (11) delivers a pass during a home game earlier this season. (Gazette photo by Aleksei Pavloff)

North Union’s clock management pays off with narrow triumph over Benjamin Logan

By By Bob Putman, Richwood Gazette 

 

It is not often a drive that does not end in a score can be looked at as a team’s best drive of the game.

That, however, may have been the case for North Union on Friday as the Wildcats traveled to Benjamin Logan for a Central Buckeye Conference game.

Leading 14-13, the North Union defense forced the Raiders into a three-and-out and following a punt took over at its own 30 with just over nine minutes left in the fourth quarter.

The Wildcats (4-3 overall, 1-1 CBC) then used a punishing ground attack to run off 15 plays that took nearly eight minutes off the clock.

The drive did not end with any points being added to the North Union side of the ledger, however, Benjamin Logan (3-4, 0…

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