North Union’s late clock usage prevents Benjamin Logan from scoring during Wildcats’ CBC victory
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October 4, 2025
North Union’s Griffin Osborne, left, picks up yardage during a game from earlier this season. Also pictured for the Wildcats is Nickolas Hajjar (11). NU upped its record to 4-3 overall and 1-1 in the Central Buckeye Conference Mad River Division with a 14-13 win at Benjamin Logan. (Photo submitted)

North Union’s late clock usage prevents Benjamin Logan from scoring during Wildcats’ CBC victory

By Bob Putman 

It is not often a drive that does not end in a score can be looked at as a team’s best drive of the game.

That, however, may have been the case for North Union on Friday as the Wildcats traveled to Benjamin Logan for a Central Buckeye Conference game.

Leading 14-13, the North Union defense forced th...

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