Amare Overton caught a short pass from Jav’eion Clark-Pugh and turned it into a masterful, twisting, turning 71-yard catch-and-run for the go-ahead touchdown with 10:49 left in Rock Island’s 15-12 win at Geneseo on Friday night. The two then connected on a 2-point conversion pass for the final margin. After stopping the Maple Leafs on their next possession, the Rocks (3-6, 3-3 in WB6 play) managed to hold the ball for the final 7:42 of the game to secure the victory. Overton finished with 4 catches for 106 yards and was named the Hungry Hobo Rock Island Rocks Player of the Game.
Each team scored on its first possession, Geneseo (6-3, 3-3) on a 5-yard run by Josh Steines, Rocky on a 19-yard scramble by Clark-Pugh, with Jonas Cortez’ extra point the difference in a Rocks 7-6 halftime lead. The Rocks received the opening kickoff of the second half and promptly committed turnovers on consecutive possessions. But despite allowing Geneseo to have a short field, the defense held the Leafs to just a field goal each time to trail 12-7.
RB Garr Tarr ran for 132 yards on 22 carries. Clark-Pugh finished 12-of-19 passing for 127 yards, with one TD and one INT. With the win, the Rocks finish their season with 3 wins in their last 4 games. They wind up in 3rd place out of the seven WB6 schools playing in the conference.