HANNIBAL — River High’s defensive unit stopped two second half drives deep in its own territory Friday night at Martin Flannery Field, but Pilot junior Wyatt Stalder sealed the deal on a 21-12 win over Buckeye Local with a ‘Pick-6’ return in the final minute.

Buckeye Local threatened to punch in a go-ahead TD for most of the second half, but Stalder’s late heroics saw him jump the route at his 37 and find paydirt 63 yards later with 42 seconds to play.

“Congrats to the defensive players and coaches,” said veteran coach Mike Flannery, who tossed the game ball to his ‘D’ coordinator Mark Romick afterwards. “We scored on our first drive, but things started to crumble offensively from there.”

“We’re more comfortable running the ball because it opens up the pass, but we’ll look at film and s

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