By Mojo Hill

DEVILS LAKE — Moments after taking the lead with 29.6 seconds left, the Firebirds’ home crowd was nearly left stunned on a hook-and-ladder executed by Dickinson.

“All of our hearts dropped right away,” Devils Lake running back Bryar Exner said.

After a brief moment of hope, the Mavericks’ sideline was overcome by devastation. The Devils Lake players jumped for glory.

They’d just pulled off a miracle.

“I was like, ‘How did that just happen?’” Devils Lake quarterback Mason Palmer said.

With 7.8 seconds left before a long incomplete pass, Dickinson insisted there was time left on the clock. The referees did not agree. So No. 3 Devils Lake (6-2, 3-1) survived a scare at the hands of Dickinson (2-6, 1-3) at Roller Field on Friday. It was a 28-24 win.

“Our guys don’t quit. Th

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