MIDDLETON – Ririe’s run to its first state football championship ended just a few yards short on Saturday, as Nampa Christian came up with two big plays in overtime to beat the Bulldogs 36-30 in the 3A title game.

“We just didn’t have enough in the tank,” Ririe coach Josh Huntsman said after collecting the program’s first second-place trophy.

That sums up a hard-hitting game, with Ririe pounding the ball behind Kolter Lewis, and Nampa Christian taking advantage of enough big plays on both sides of the ball to hold on.

The final and decisive play was the Nampa Christian defense swarming to the edge to tackle Lewis as he sprinted around the left side on a fourth-down play in overtime.

For one of the seemingly few times all season, Lewis was held short of the goal line and the celebration

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