Back to back to back runs by senior tailback Koye Kaiser moved the football from the 10 yard line where the series began to inside the 1 yard line where the game ended. "We were going to run the play no matter what, we were on the inch-line," Karazsia said. "We just didn't get it. "We're going to analyze it, coach is going to look it over. We played a great game, the defense played great and it was a great team. "It's just going to be a tough loss for a while." Much like a pair of heavyweight chess champions searching for a title, the two head coaches -- Weber and Scecina head coach Ott Hurrle -- matched wits and playbooks for the entire 48 minutes of regulation and then some. "This was fun, a chess match, what are we going to do, what they going to do," Weber said. "It was a great game and whoever was here watching the price of the ticket was worth it." The Crusaders drew the first attack when David Tarver ran 6 yards for a second quarter score at the 11:54 mark. It took almost the entire quarter for the usually high-flying Linton-Stockton offense to retaliate. It came when Dane Rupska hauled in a 5-yard pass from Karazsia with less than a minute before the half to even things completing the first comeback by the two teams. Third quarter action saw the Miners take a 14-7 lead when they chewed up nearly