×BRISTOL, Va. – Not much time had elapsed since Collin Widener took the snap from center Levi Parks and dropped to a knee to kill the final 6.6 seconds that were showing on the clock.

In the immediate aftermath of one of the most entertaining high school football games played to date in Southwest Virginia this season, the Holston senior was asked what it was like to play in such a riveting contest and provided an apt response.

“That was intense,” he said.

On a night when Holston saw a 31-point lead vanish, the Cavaliers still managed to escape with a 44-38 non-district victory over the John Battle Trojans on Thursday as Widener’s fourth and final touchdown with 34.8 ticks left was the decisive score.

Late-game heroics were the furthest thing from anybody’s mind when Holston (2-1) was

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