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Look: Idaho high school football showdown ends with dramatic Hail Mary, failed conversion

Watch the final sequence as No. 2 Meridian stuffs No. 1 Rocky Mountain to eke out 14-12 win

Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports

One moment, the No. 1 ranked high school football team in Idaho appeared to be staging an improbable late-game comeback.

The next play, the state's No. 2 team won the game on a defensive stand. 

Meridian (7-0) stuffed the ensuing two-point conversion to beat Rocky Mountain (6-1), the top team in SBLive's Idaho Power 10 rankings 14-12 on Friday night. 

It's the first time the Warriors have beat the Grizzlies in 11 years.

Rocky Mountain senior Luke Luchini caught a tipped Hail Mary pass in the back of the endzone from around 30 yards out.

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Rocky Mountain attempted a potential game-tying two-point conversion, but a handoff up the middle to running back Art Williams was stuffed by senior linebacker Nathan Reynolds.

Scroll to the top of the page and watch the final sequence for yourself.

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Andy Buhler, SBLive Sports
ANDY BUHLER, SBLIVE SPORTS

Andy Buhler is a Regional Editor of Texas and the national breaking news desk. He brings more than five years of experience covering high school sports across the state of Washington and beyond, where he covered the likes of Paolo Banchero and Tari Eason served on state tournament seeding committees. He works on the SBLive/Sports Illustrated Power 25 national boys basketball rankings. He has covered everything from the Final Four, MLS in Atlanta to local velodrome before diving into the world of preps. His bylines can be found in The News Tribune (Tacoma, Washington), The Associated Press, The Columbian (Vancouver, Washington), The Oregonian and more. He holds a degree from Gonzaga and is based out of Portland, Oregon.

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