By E. Shawn Aylsworth
Managing Editor
COLUMBUS – I’ve often said that it sometimes feels like there’s an Eeyore clouds followin’ me around. How else to explain my presence at the state’s only suspended-by-lightning high school football game Aug. 28?
Class 5A No. 11 Columbus North had established momentum with touchdowns on its first three possessions in building a 21-6 lead over 5A eighth-ranked host Columbus East at halftime of the 30th annual matchup held this year at Stafford Field. But the Olympians returned a fumble for a score on the first play of the third quarter, and they had the ball trailing by eight at the Bull Dogs’ 24 when the lightning delay struck with 8:04 left in the third period.
After a downpour-laden delay of 84 minutes, the decision was made to postpone the contest to 1 p.m. ET Saturday.
Under sunny skies and far-better weather conditions Saturday, East turned that third quarter shift in momentum into something to tell the grandkids about in shocking the Bull Dogs, 24-21.
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