Woody Hayes would have been proud.

Tamaqua took a page out of Ohio State's past with its own version of a three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense.The Blue Raiders executed it to perfection to outlast Lehighton, 42-40, in a Schuylkill League game on Friday night."I enjoyed this one," said Tamaqua coach Sam Bonner. "That was old-school football. It definitely put a smile on my face."When Bonner says old-school, he isn't kidding.Nick Briener carried the ball 26 times - in the first half alone - and Nate Boyle ran the ball 18 times in the second half. For the game, the pair combined for 64 of Tamaqua's 69 rushing attempts."Both of those kids run hard," said Bonner. "Nick is a sophomore and Nate is only a freshman, but they're tough, strong kids who battle for every yard. Our kids up front also did a great job."I can't say enough about our linemen - Josh Gordon, Jordan Georgis, Matt Amodea, Adam Klatka and Bronson Strouse - and our tight ends - Matt Weaver and Eddie Titus - they really controlled the line of scrimmage."Tamaqua needed all of the offense that Briener and Boyle could generate to survive repeated comeback bids by the Indians.Breiner finished with 149 rushing yards and scored five touchdowns while Boyle added 131 yards and a score."We went to our Power-I formation pretty early in the game and Lehighton was having trouble stopping it so we just stayed with it," said Bonner. "Not only were we scoring with it, but we were keeping them off the field - which was important because we weren't having much success stopping them."In a game that was dominated by offense, it was plays by Tamaqua's special teams and defense that ultimately preserved the victory.Lehighton had pulled to within 42-38 on a Mike Mayernik two-yard touchdown run - his fourth TD of the game - with 7:01 remaining.On Tamaqua's ensuing possession, Lehighton came up with it's best defensive sequence of the game to force a three-and-out. It looked like the Indians had caught a big break when the fourth-down snap sailed over the head of Raider punter Titus and was bouncing on the ground deep in Raider territory. Titus picked the ball up and with Indian defenders closing in, he pivoted around and kick the ball out of his own end zone for a safety.Instead of the Indians taking over inside the 10-yard line, they started at the 35-yard line following the illegal kicking penalty and the free kick."That turned out to be a pretty good play by Eddie," said Bonner. "I told him afterward that running into the end zone and taking a knee would have saved us the penalty, but I honestly don't know if he had the time to do that."It ended up making the difference of about 25 or 30 yards in field possession which was big."The Raider defense stepped up next as Weaver tackled Indian quarterback Cody Scherer for a loss on first down and the next three plays failed to produce a first down.Tamaqua then ran the final 3:14 off the clock, including a four-yard gain by Boyle on a fourth-and-three play with just over a minute to play."I haven't been this disappointed in a long, long time," said Lehighton coach Tom McCarroll. "I'm disappointed in myself and our team. We just aren't a very tough football team right now. Give Tamaqua credit. They have some tough kids and they beat us physically."But I'm confident we can get back on track. Tonight was disappointing, but there is a lot of football left."BALL CONTROL ... Tamaqua ran 75 plays from scrimmage to Lehighton's 35 and had an incredible 35:33 to 12:27 advantage in time of possession. The Indians had just seven offensive plays in the game's first 23 minutes.BIG PLAY INDIANS ... Lehighton had three scores of 70+ yards as Mayernik had an 85-yard kickoff return and a 72-yard run, and Scherer and Gavin Zehner hooked up on a 71-yard pass.A CLOUD OF DUST ... Tamaqua literally did run a three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust offense as its 69 rushing attempts produced 240 yards (3.48 yards per carry)CRAMPING HIS STYLE ... Although Briener had 36 carries on the night, he didn't get one in the final 16 minutes of the game as he battled cramps.