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LAST-SECOND FG LIFTS DONS 81-YARD DRIVE SETS UP KICK VERDUGO HILLS 18, CRESCENTA VALLEY 17.


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Verdugo Hills High quarterback Stephen Miller
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The senior, though, was on the mark in the final minute to help the Dons rally for a 18-17 victory on a 20-yard field goal by Matt Debbaudt on the game's final play of the intersectional In`ter`sec´tion`al

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 game at Glendale High.

Trailing 17-15, Miller directed an 81-yard drive that took Verdugo Hills from its own 16-yard line to Crescenta Valley's 3. A 17-yard pass to Peter Seller with 3.9seconds left set up Debbaudt's winning kick.

Verdugo Hills (4-0) scored the game's final nine points against Crescenta Valley (0-3) after trailing 17-9 entering the fourth quarter.

``I had to come back from my mistakes and take the team down the field for the win,'' said Miller, who was 13 of 26 for 217 yards and completed his last five passes for 64 yards on the final drive.

Verdugo Hills' defense put the Dons in position for the win after Crescenta Valley's Nick Wilkerson, who had 133 yards on 27 carries, was stopped at the Verdugo Hills 21 for a 2-yard gain on fourth and six with 1:10 to play.

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 penalty, Verdugo Hills started its winning drive on its own 16 with three timeouts remaining.

The Dons moved to the 44 on a 7-yard, fourth-down scramble To encode (encrypt) data in order to make it indecipherable without having a secret key to "unlock" it. The term came from the early days of cryptography which camouflaged analog transmissions with secret frequency patterns.  by Miller. Miller completed passes of 14 yards each to Michael Espinoza and Tyler Shannon to take the ball to the Crescenta Valley 28 with 19.3 seconds left.

After a 5-yard run by Miller with 11.5 seconds left, he connected with Seller on the 17-yard slant down to the Crescenta Valley 3-yard line. Debbaudt's 20-yard field goal sailed through the middle of the uprights as the Verdugo Hills players stormed the field in celebration.

``It was an emotional game, but I knew as soon as I caught that pass we were going to win the game,'' said Seller, who also had a 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter for the game's opening score.

Verdugo Hills coach Darren Fitzgerald Darren Fitzgerald (born December 16, 1977 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a Northern Irish football player who plays as a forward. He currently plays for Ballymena United in the Irish League. Honours
Irish Cup Winner 2001

Northern Ireland International: Under-21
 was just relieved to have an opportunity to put his offense back on the field after Crescenta Valley opted to try for the first down rather than a field goal with just more than a minute to play.

``I am just glad I didn't have to make that decision. We were ready to go if we got the ball back,'' Fitzgerald said.

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Date:Sep 23, 2006
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