Sean Sample is just as surprised as you are that Nixa coach Rich Rehagen let him kick that field goal. But, trailing 17-14 late in the fourth quarter and acing fourth-and-15 from the Neosho 33, the Eagles needed something, anything, to give them a spark.

They found that spark on Sample's right foot.

Sample, just a sophomore, booted a school-record 50-yard field goal to tie the game, then caught a 25-yard touchdown pass with 34 seconds left in regulation to help the Eagles knock off Neosho 38-31 in a double overtime, Class 5 District 5 thriller.

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