4TH QUARTER. Two minutes to play.
Greer trailed Greenville 28-21 in the Class AAA Upper State Semifinal. The Yellow Jackets needed a miracle.
What happened next still lives as one of, if not THE, most iconic play in Yellow Jacket football history.
QB Sinclair Cannon took the shotgun snap. He fired a quick pass out wide to WR Josh Williams.
Instead of turning up the field, Williams stayed turned backwards. RB Arthur Sitton circled back from the other side of the field, and at just the right time, Williams pitched the ball back to Sitton.
Sitton did the rest, galloping 60 yards down the sideline for the last-minute TD, tying the game at 28.
The “hook-and-lateral” was executed to perfection, and after Greer went on to win that game against Greenville, 35-34 in OT — and eventually win the 2003 Class AAA state title — it became a permanent part of Greer football history.
"It was definitely the most unbelievable game I've ever coached in," Greer head coach Travis Perry said after the game. “Our kids kept battling and they never hung their heads. They just kept hanging in there and fighting."
4 days until high school football is back.
