TOKYO — Practice makes perfect. But last-minute wrinkles can sometimes work in football as well.
That was the case Friday as American School in Japan got on the scoreboard first via a hook-and-lateral run of 58 yards by Micah Eickbush en route to a season-ending 36-15 win over Humphreys at Mustang Valley.
“We thought we had nothing to lose. We just put that in yesterday,” coach Ron Schnell said of the trick play. Quarterback Isreal Rodriguez tossed to receiver Shou Murakami-Moses, who pitched to Eickbush, who took it the distance 3 minutes, 24 seconds into the first quarter.
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