Washington's late catch leads Tiffin

10/13/2002

ERIE, Pa. - Nate Washington caught three touchdown passes from Ryan Harpold, including a 71-yarder with 14 seconds left, as Tiffin beat Gannon 49-48 yesterday.

Tiffin (1-5) fell behind 48-42 when Darmel Whitfield scored on a 16-yard run with 28 seconds remaining. But Gannon's (3-4) Jarret Kier missed the extra point, which proved to be the difference when Ben Sandrock made the conversion after Washington's tying score.

Washington, who played at Scott, finished the game with eight catches for 214 yards, including scores of 37 and 38 yards from Harpold.

BALDWIN-WALLACE 48,

OHIO NORTHERN 41

BEREA, Ohio - Dan Larlham threw four touchdown passes to Dave LaBahn for the Yellow Jackets (3-2, 2-2 Ohio Conference).

ANDERSON 41, BLUFFTON 17

ANDERSON, Ind. - Anton Hickerson rushed 40 times for 201 yards and two touchdowns for Anderson. Bluffton (2-3, 0-1 Heartland Conference) never led.

MOUNT UNION 61, HEIDELBERG 0

ALLIANCE, Ohio - Chad Teague kicked field goals of 26, 30, 21 and 36 yards for the Purple Raiders (5-0, 4-0 Ohio Conference).

The 'Berg (1-4, 1-3) managed just 81 yards.

HANOVER 57, DEFIANCE 35

HANOVER, Ind. - Sophomore quarterback Corey Minnfield, who played at Woodward, left his name on seven Defiance passing marks: completions (31), yards (414) and touchdowns (5), team completions (33), team first downs (20), yards (444) and team touchdowns (5).

Defiance (2-4, 0-2 Heartland Conference) had 526 yards in offense, while Hanover (5-0, 2-0) had 608.

HILLSDALE 40, WAYNE STATE 34

HILLSDALE, Mich. - Freshman Matt Menchinger kicked a career-high 58-yard goal for the Chargers (2-4, 2-3 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference).

SAGINAW VALLEY ST. 69,

FINDLAY 7

FINDLAY - Matt LaFleur threw for 220 yards and four touchdowns for the Cardinals (6-0, 5-0 GLIAC).

The Oilers (5-1, 4-1) scored on a 13-yard TD pass from Kevin Crooks (Ottawa Hills) to Josh Lenaburg.