NORTH LITTLE ROCK – Braden Biggs’ field goal with six seconds left not only gave Heber Springs a 31-29 conference opening victory over Central Arkansas Christian but accomplished a first.
It was the first time in school history that a field goal won a game in the final seconds for the Panthers. His 28-yarder was the 64th made field goal in school history. His field goal ties for the 30th longest in school history. Nick James holds the record for longest field in school history when he connected on a 52-yard with the first-half clock winding down in loss to Highland in 1998.
OTHER NOTABLE FIELD GOALS:
SEPTEMBER 30, 1922: Bill Dashiell kicked a 10-yard field goal in the third quarter for the games only points in a 3-0 victory at Quitman (the goal posts were formerly on the goal-line). It was the first field goal in school history.
SEPTEMBER 21, 1962: Jim Patchell kicked a 25-yard field goal in the first half to give a Heber Springs a 10-7 lead over Augusta. The Red Devils would pull out a 14-10 win. That field goal was the first in Panther Stadium history, and second in school history.
SEPTEMBER 19, 1980: Kevin Attendorn connected on a 33-yard field goal with 2:38 left in the third quarter to give Heber Springs an 11-8 lead over Bald Knob. That would be the final score of the game.
OCTOBER 25, 1996: Mark Cresswell hit a 40-yarder with 31 seconds left give Heber Springs a 15-14 lead over Bald Knob only to see the Bulldogs score the game-winning touchdown with 6 seconds left.
OCTOBER 6, 2017: Julian Cameron kicked a 25-yard field goal with 3:25 left to give Heber Springs a 31-13 lead over Central Arkansas Christian. The Mustangs would score twice in the final minutes providing the field goal as the winning margin.