Failed 2-point try allows Cheyenne to escape with win

Mojave’s 2-point conversion try with seven seconds to play was no good, and host Cheyenne escaped with a 20-19 victory on Friday.

Tawee Walker scored on a 1-yard run with seven seconds, but Mojave couldn’t connect on the 2-point pass.

Cheyenne (4-4, 3-1 Sunset League) led 20-0 after a 24-yard TD pass from Matthew LaBonte to Corwin Bush with 9:11 to go in the third quarter.

But the Rattlers (1-7, 1-3) came to life, with quarterback Taiwan Braden scoring on a 7-yard run with 5:02 left in the third quarter to make it 20-6.

Mojave’s Blake Fitzgerald scored on a 6-yard run with 11:08 to play, to pull the Rattlers within seven.

Cheyenne fumbled the ball on the first play from scrimmage following the kickoff, but Mojave was unable to capitalize turning the ball over on downs at the Cheyenne 18-yard line with 6:47 left in the game.

The Desert Shields ran the clock down to 3:47 picking up two first downs, but Bush fumbled and Eduardo Mijarez recovered the ball for the Rattlers on the Mojave 35-yard line.

Facing third-and-13, Braden connected with DeQuincy Mitchell for a 46-yard pass to move the ball to the Cheyenne 27 with 1:45 left.

Braden’s next pass was tipped, but DeQuincy Mitchell was in the right place at the right time and caught the ball at the 1-yard line with 10 seconds left, setting up Walker’s TD run.