Tigers fall to Marlins

Jeff Haws • jhaws@pnj.com • October 11, 2008 The game was there to be won. Pensacola High just couldn't get out of its own way well enough to do it. Four times, the Tigers broke the Panama City-Arnold 30-yard line and didn't score. PHS started two drives on the Marlins' side of the 50 — one at the 26 — and came away empty. Fumbles, bad snaps, clock-management issues and just plain old lack of execution all came into play on those drives. It all eventually led to a 14-13 loss punctuated by two more costly errors — a blocked extra point after what should have been the tying touchdown and a tackle in the secondary on the final drive when letting the Arnold running back score would have gotten them the ball back. Considering the stakes in this one, with PHS (3-2, 0-1 in District 1-3A) now needing wins over both West Florida and... [read full story]