: Souhegan's Michael Fiengo gets wrapped up by Plymouth's Robbie Thorne, left, and Liam Shannon during Friday's game in Amherst.(Photo by Joe Marchilena/NH-HighSchoolSports.com)

AMHERST – The Plymouth Regional High School football team hasn’t had many moments like it did Friday night against Souhegan.

Bobcats coach Chris Sanborn hopes his players will remember it, for multiple reasons.

After dominating early in the game, with touchdowns on the first two possessions, Plymouth had to withstand a comeback by Souhegan and then come up with a big stop in overtime for a 28-21 win over the Sabers in a Division II matchup.

The Bobcats looked unstoppable on their first two drives of the game, but found themselves getting ready to play extra football when the Sabers scored with 43 seconds left to tie it up.

“This is what you do it for. It’s better when you come out on the winning end of it, of course,” Sanborn said. “I told the kids, would you rather do this or have a 48-6 win? This is where memories are made. You never know when its going to be a moment you remember. I thought we could have played better, and I’m sure they thought the same thing.”

Robbie Thorne scored three touchdowns for Plymouth (7-0, No. 7 in the NHHSSports Coaches Poll), including a 1-yard run on fourth down in overtime that proved to be the difference. The senior also had 51 yards on 12 carries while Tristan Patridge had 118 yards and a score on 18 carries.

The Bobcats gained all of their 286 yards on the ground and dropped back to pass just twice, with quarterback Luke Diamond throwing one incompletion.

Souhegan (6-1, No. 9) got a big day passing from junior Michael Fiengo, as he completed 21 of 30 passes for 320 yards to go with three touchdowns and an interception. Two of those scores went to Ryan Raudelunas, including the game-tying touchdown, as he caught six passes for 100 yards.

Brayden Hickman added four catches for 119 yards and a touchdown and Brody Smith had seven catches for 52 yards.

“I’m so proud of how our kids battled,” Souhegan coach Robin Bowkett said. “We talked about battling for 48 minutes and we had to battle for a little bit more. I’m so proud of the fight in our kids, to get the ball back with less than two minutes to go and to go score.”

Plymouth opened the game with a nine-play, 61-yard drive that ended with Thorne’s 12-yard scoring run. After Souhegan elected to punt from the Bobcats’ 34-yard line, Plymouth went on a 13-play, 91-yard drive, converting four third downs along the way, capped by Patridge’s 3-yard scoring run to make it 14-0 with 5:40 left in the first half.

“Early in that game we did a nice job offensively driving the ball and consuming the clock,” Sanborn said. “We had a stop there, but then giving up that touchdown, it was a complete broken coverage. That’s a gut check.”

On the ensuing drive, Souhegan converted two fourth downs, both on its own side of the 50-yard line, including one on a 31-yard pass from Fiengo to Ayden McGrath. On the next play, Fiengo found Raudelunas for a 23-yard score and a fake extra point saw Aidan Reardon hit Hickman to make it 14-8 at the break.

The teams traded punts to open the third quarter, but on Souhegan’s second possession, Fiengo connected with Hickman down the visiting sideline for a 78-yard touchdown. The extra point was no good, leaving it tied at 14 with 5:31 to play in the third.

Plymouth answered with a 15-play, 75-yard drive, with Thorne scored from 3 yards out for a 21-14 lead with 8:47 remaining.

The Sabers looked like they might respond, but the drive stalled at the Bobcats’ 30 and Fiengo was picked off by Brodhi Rousseau with 4:58 to play. Taking over at its own 25, Plymouth marched down inside the Souhegan 40, but turned the ball over on downs at the 33 with 1:56 to play.

More than enough time for Fiengo.

He found Hickman for 12 yards and Raudelunas for another 40 to the Bobcats’ 15. Then, on third-and-4, Fiengo connected with Raudelunas again for a 9-yard score and the PAT by Owen Drake tied it at 21 with 43 seconds remaining.

“I think maybe people underestimate Fiengo’s ability to throw the football,” Bowkett said. “He was great (Friday). He led us down the field and the kids believe in him.”

Plymouth got the ball first in overtime and used all four plays to find the end zone, with Thorne’s 1-yard run giving the Bobcats the lead.

A sack of Fiengo by Eli Crane eventually left Souhegan with a fourth down from the 20-yard line. Fiengo found Hickman for a gain of 16, but the Bobcats stopped him short to end the game.