The decisive play was a two-point conversion scored on a catch in traffic by Zane Minton from quarterback Levin McGuire.  But the play just before this, a 99-yard fumble-recovery touchdown by the speedy Minton may be longer remembered. It was a record for the school that can only be tied, never broken. 

The touchdown and conversion came at the end of the third quarter to make the score 14-6 Spring Hill. 

Behind the running of senior runners Joshua Kirkland and Caleb McClure, the Dragons started staging a comeback early in the fourth, scoring after a 60-yard breakout run by McClure on a 1-yard run up the middle by Kirkland.  But the two-point attempt afterward was stopped with 11:26 left in the game. 

From there came a succession of stalled drives by both teams, with Genoa’s last drive stalling on a three-and-out. Spring Hill got the ball back with 1:20 left and kneeled the ball, running out the clock. 

After the game, Spring Hill Coach Greg Smith praised his team’s resilience after a hard loss last week in Subiaco. “They just didn't quit, but guys just kept playing both teams and we just kept playing hard and it was it was a fun high school football game, great environment. The crowd did a great job.” 

About Minton’s 99-yard game-turning touchdown, Smith said, “When you work hard and you do things right, sometimes God smiles on you and good things can happen for you if you keep working and you don't give up.” 

After being named the Arkansas Farm Bureau Player of the Game as his teammates called out his nickname, Water Bug, Minton was asked to describe the play from his point-of-view. “It happens so fast. When I picked the ball up. I just tried to secure the ball, so nobody could catch me from behind and ran as fast as I could.” 

Smith said Minton had actually been sick in the days before, but on a late Friday night under the lights in Spring Hill, he looked like he felt just fine.