Wickliffe vs. New Middletown Springfield football: Blue Devils hang on, 17-15
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High drama on Halloween. In a Division VI first-round playoff game between Wickliffe and New Middletown Springfield, the visiting Tigers lined up for a 27-yard field goal try that likely would have won the game with 18 seconds left. Would it be a Nightmare on Rockefeller Road for the Blue Devils? Not on this night. The kick was no good, and Wickliffe held on for a heart-stopping, pulse-pounding 17-15 victory. The Blue Devils move on to a regional quarterfinal Nov. 7 at No. 1 seed and No. 1 in the state in Division VI Kirtland, which, as the old saying goes, is a case of going out of the frying pan and into the fire. But Wickliffe, which improved to 9-2, is happy just to have another game to...