🏈Eastwood holds off a Central rally to win its playoff opener 35-33

If you caught Friday's game, you saw a wild one. Eastwood held off a Central rally to beat San Angelo Central 35-33 in the bi-district round, after Central trailed by 22 points on the road. Central scored the last touchdown with 3:44 left, but Zey Johnson was stopped just short of the goal line on the two-point try.

• Eastwood's record: 9-2; Central finished 5-6
• Next up: Eastwood plays Aledo in the Class 6A Division II area round
• Johnson's night: 169 rushing yards and four touchdowns
• Central's defense: four interceptions, three after the delay

Eastwood's Logan Bedwell had three interceptions, including a 36-yard return for a touchdown on the first play of the third quarter. Lightning then delayed the game for more than two hours, and play resumed about 11:30 p.m. Johnson finished his junior season with 1,922 rushing yards, topping Daven Manning's 2016 program record. Also this week, the Eastwood boys cross country team won the Class 6A state title, the program's third.