> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Plymouth football completes comeback to beat Bow in D2 title game - URL: https://www.nh-highschoolsports.com/plymouth-football-completes-comeback-beat-bow-d2-title-game/ - Published: 2016-11-20T14:51:21.000Z - Updated: 2016-11-20T14:51:21.000Z - Description: Garrett Macomber averaged over 25 carries per game for the Plymouth High School football team this season. - Author: Joe Marchilena - Tags: Division II, Bow, championship, football, playoffs, Plymouth, slider, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-18 04:44 DURHAM - Garrett Macomber averaged over 25 carries per game for the Plymouth High School football team this season. But the play that the junior, and many Bobcats fans, will remember for years to come came on a pass. With Plymouth trailing Bow in the final seconds of Saturday's Division II championship game, quarterback Brandon Roy found Macomber open in the end zone for the game-winning touchdown, as the Bobcats beat the Falcons 27-24 at the University of New Hampshire's Wildcat Stadium. ![Bow's Nate Alford makes a catch over Plymouth's Wesley Lambert.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bc/58/bc5866d0-9fd9-4113-b959-670d6f16471d/content/images/www-nh-highschoolsports-com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/jmd2fballfinal111916-b14p23-1.jpg) Bow's Nate Alford makes a catch over Plymouth's Wesley Lambert. The touchdown was Macomber's third of the day, as he finished with 177 yards rushing to go with the 15-yard scoring reception, despite missing a big chunk of the first half with a hip injury. "We're not a passing team," Macomber said. "We've had that and it's worked. I go right from the secondary and I go right out. I caught it. (The defender) was with me, but he was looking at the quarterback the other way." The score capped a frenzied finish, as the teams combined to score three touchdowns in the final 9:36 of the game, with the lead trading hands on each score. After Macomber had given Plymouth a 20-17 lead on a 6-yard touchdown run, Bow answered with a 10-play, 65-yard drive that included a 34-yard completion from Matt Harkins to Mac Kimball on third-and-14 near midfield. Four plays later, Jack Corriveau rumbled into the end zone from 3-yards out to give the Falcons a 24-20 lead with 4:02 to play. Despite the short amount of time, the Bobcats stuck to the ground to begin a drive that started at their own 25. "I thought we could because they were worried about us passing," Plymouth coach Chris Sanborn said. "I thought they'd back the safeties off a little bit and we could do what we do. I don't like throwing the ball, but sometimes you have to do it." Roy was just 2 of 2 passing for 26 yards, while Magowan rushed for 99 yards on 12 carries before leaving with an ankle injury late in the game. ![Plymouth's Connor Magowan gets away from Bow's Jack Wixson.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/bc/58/bc5866d0-9fd9-4113-b959-670d6f16471d/content/images/www-nh-highschoolsports-com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/jmd2fballfinal111916-p26-1.jpg) Plymouth's Connor Magowan gets away from Bow's Jack Wixson. Harkins finished 17 of 27 for 245 yards, two touchdowns and an interceptions, with both touchdowns going to Corriveau, who had five catches for 102 yards and carried eight times for another 33 yards. "We threw everything we could at them (Saturday), I could have not asked the kids to any more, but that's football," Bow coach Paul Cohen said. "That's a life lesson they take away. We knew what they could do and I said they're a talented, solid football team, and we'd have to take our level beyond them to secure a championship. Unfortunately, when we did it right, it worked out, but there were too many times that we were inconsistent in both sides of the ball." Bow had taken a 17-7 lead in the first half, and with Macomber on the sideline and the Plymouth offense going no where, the Falcons appeared to be in control. With under a minute to play, and the Bobcats facing a fourth-and-1 at their own 44, Connor Magowan broke away for a 56-yard touchdown run and made it a three-point game at the break. "Connor Magowan is an incredible athlete," Macomber said. "We needed that badly. It was such a big play and we needed it dearly." The third quarter was a battle for field position when Plymouth took over at its own 13-yard line with 3:22 to go in the frame. With Macomber in the game, the Bobcats went to their workhorse, as he carried 10 times for 62 yards on a 14-play drive that ended up his 6-yard touchdown run. After Bow had retaken the lead, it was Macomber leading the way again, as he carried the ball eight times on the final drive. Plymouth had a first down at the Falcons' 30 with 48 seconds to play and Bow stopped Macomber for no gain, but as he was being brought down, a defender grabbed his facemask. That gave Plymouth a first down at the Bow 15, and two plays later, Roy found Macomber for the winning score.