(January 24th, 2015) – PETTISVILLE: The Buckeye Border Conference (BBC) is generally considered to be a lesser division than the North Western Ohio Athletic League (NWOAL). However, the Pettisville Junior Varsity squad set out to prove this conception to be amiss when they took on the Vikings of Evergreen on Saturday night.
And they did just that, giving the Vikings all they could handle in a competitive contest. The Blackbirds weren’t the least bit intimidated of their guests from Evergreen, and the battle between the two teams was a back and forth affair. So much so, in fact, that four quarters was simply not enough time to determine a winner.
Overtime was required to decide the victor.
It was in that extra time that the Vikings were able to gain just enough of an advantage to claim victory. They held on in overtime, beating the Blackbirds 48-44.
Though they lost the game, the young Pettisville unit still has much of which to be proud. This game could have gone either way, and it became evident to those in attendance that the separation between the NWOAL and BBC representatives was slight, if present at all.