Appleton West football scores in final minute to defeat Green Bay Preble

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APPLETON – Appleton West quarterback Conner Navis threw a 6-yard touchdown pass to Chase Verboomen with 47 seconds to go and then ran in the game-winning two-point conversion to give the Terrors a thrilling 36-35 homecoming win Friday night at West High School.

Navis led a mad comeback in the second half as the Terrors trailed 35-20 before scoring twice in the final eight minutes to pull out the victory. West is now 3-3 overall and 2-2 in the Fox River Classic Conference North Division.

Navis finished with 389 yards passing and five touchdowns, three to Parrion Peace and another to Bennett Nelson. Peace ended up with eight catches for 183 yards and Chase Verboomen had six grabs for 75 yards for the Terrors.

Appleton West hosts Pulaski on Friday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m.

Terrors 36, Hornets 35
(Green Bay Preble scoring plays and stats not reported)
Second Quarter
AW – Bennett Nelson 20 pass from Conner Navis (Payton Weideman pass from Navis), 9:43.
AW – Parrion Peace 55 pass from Navis (pass failed), 5:17.
Third Quarter
AW – Peace 33 pass from Navis (run failed), 0:26.
Fourth Quarter
AW – Peace 41 pass from Navis (Nelson pass from Navis), 7:24.
AW – Chase Verboomen 6 pass from Navis (Navis run), 0:47.
Individual Statistics
Rushing: AW, Isaac Isa 2-16, Michael Aponte 3-11, Charlie Blevins 11-9, Riley Verboomen 1-0, Conner Navis 6-6.
Passing: AW, Navis 20-32-389-1.
Receiving: AW, Parrion Peace 8-183, Chase Verboomen 6-75, Bennett Nelson 4-60, OC Garcia 1-49, Payton Weideman 1-22.
Records: Appleton West 3-3, 2-2 Fox River Classic Conference North Division; Green Bay Preble 0-6, 0-4 Fox River Classic Conference North Division.