A week ago, Lehighton was pushed to its limits against Blue Mountain in an Anthracite Football League showdown of two unbeaten teams.

The Indians needed a late fourth quarter drive to secure what was arguably their most hard-fought victory of the season.On Friday night, the circumstances for Tom McCarroll's team weren't much different.But much like a week ago, Lehighton got timely passes from quarterback Tyler Cann and powerful running from tailback Wyatt Clements, who capped a 93-yard drive with what proved to be the winning score in a 7-6 victory over Governor Mifflin.After falling 35-13 to the Mustangs a year ago, McCarroll was more than pleased to take his team on the road and come away with a gritty win over what is typically one of District 3's top programs."Your win that week is your biggest win. But I think this is a little bit bigger," he said. "I think this is one of those games where…in the last couple of years, we've won the games we were supposed to win. I think this is one of those wins where our kids just really believed; I think a lot of people doubted us going against a good, quality, Class AAAA program that is in contention every single year."I don't want to say it's a statement win, though it might be. But for our program, this is a huge, huge win."And the Indians (5-0, 4-0) got big contributions from their top playmakers to make it happen.Despite threatening several times in the first half but coming up empty, Lehighton made a switch in the third quarter to a wildcat formation that featured Clements taking the ball on a direct snap.And it worked.Clements was effective in the first half, rushing for 53 yards on 11 carries. But he was nearly unstoppable in the second half, carrying the ball 19 times for 90 yards, seemingly wearing down the Mustang (2-3) defense every time he hammered into its line."It's something that we had in the playbook but we hadn't pulled it out yet this season," McCarroll said. "It has been successful for us in the past. We were able to spread them out a little bit and create some running lanes, and Wyatt's obviously hard to bring down with one tackle."Never was it more apparent that the strategy was working than on the game-winning drive, where Lehighton chewed up nearly six minutes from the end of the third quarter into the fourth while going nearly the length of the field.But before Clements could finish the drive, the Indians needed to convert a critical fourth-and-six at the Governor Mifflin 29 yard line. And much like he has throughout the season, Cann delivered, finding Tegan Durishin for a 21-yard gain and a first down before Clements ran it in from eight yards out on the next play to give Lehighton a 7-0 lead with just over nine minutes to play.Governor Mifflin answered, however. Hunter Reeser capped a 65-yard drive with a 33-yardstri strike to Dylan Harr that brought the Mustangs to within 7-6, needing only an extra point to tie.Following an offsides penalty on the Indians, the Mustangs looked primed to at least tie the score. But they never got a chance.The ensuing snap was low, eliminating any possibility of kicker Benjamin Myers putting the ball through the uprights, giving the ball back to the Indians and allowing them run out the final minutes of the game."If I had it to do over again I'd obviously go for two down there when they got the offisdes (penalty)," said Governor Mifflin coach Dominic Vecchio. "But what are you going to do?"They're a good football team. I think we're a pretty good football team. Tonight we had difficulty stopping them, but we couldn't get anything going on offense and that was the deal for us."CLEAN SHEET. … Lehighton did not fumble in the game, and Governor Mifflin was not penalized.UNDEFEATED. … For the first time since 2005, Lehighton is 5-0 to start the season.NO NEED. … After punting three times in the first half, the Indians didn't need to do so over the final two quarters. Cann was intercepted on third-down on their first possession; Clements scored on the second drive; and Lehighton ran out the clock the final time it had the ball.