Just short.
It’s what the Whitman-Hanson Regional High football team came up as against Silver Lake on Friday, Oct. 8.
Down 13-6 with six seconds remaining, the Panthers were stuck on fourth-and-goal by the Lakers.
Senior Jake Guiliani gave W-H a 6-0 lead in the second with a rushing TD, but it didn’t last as Silver Lake scored the next 13.
Senior Collin Briggs added four catches for 60 yards in the loss. On defense, the linebacker combination of Guiliani and junior Evan Casey combined for 15 tackles and senior Malcolm Alcorn-Crowder racked up with two sacks and two tackles for loss. Junior Sam Pace added an interception.
W-H is now 0-5 and will travel to 4-1 Marshfield tomorrow, Friday, Oct. 15 for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
— Nathan Rollins