<p>Early Thursday evening, everyone at Lane Stadium would have agreed that Lake View vs. Von Steuben was a crucial White North game.</p><p>When it finally ended at nearly 11 p.m., after five overtimes, the game had become much more.</p><p>“You are going to remember this night for the rest of your lives,” Lake View coach Kipp Duplechine told his team after their 36-34 victory.</p><p>Outside the stadium, a large Von Steuben player sobbed as his much smaller father hugged and consoled him, saying, “Sometimes that is how life is going to go.”</p><p>Both teams left everything on the field, battling each other and the constant rain. There were 13 fumbles. Lake View was 0-for-7 passing, and Von Steuben was 3-for-14.</p><p>Several large puddles lined the sideline, and some of the Wildcats dived into them to celebrate the win.</p><p>“It was hard,” Lake View running back Kaleb Lovett said. “I lost my voice I was yelling so much. I just thought of my coach’s voice telling me to keep going. I didn’t want to disappoint him.”</p><p>Lovett scored the game-winning two-point conversion after his five-yard, game-tying TD in the fifth overtime.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center>
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</div><p>Von Steuben (5-1, 3-1) stopped Lovett at the goal line to end the fourth overtime. The brutal hit left both players reeling. For a moment it appeared Lovett might not stay in the game.</p><p>“It was very physical,” Wildcats linebacker/running back Aithan Guallpa said. “You had to put your body on the line if you want to win. That is what it takes, and that is what I was willing to do.”</p><p>Guallpa’s 18-yard touchdown run with 1:24 left in regulation tied the game at 22.</p><p>“It wasn’t the perfect conditions,” Guallpa said. “But as a team we stick together. The first half was rough, but we pulled it together at the end.”</p><p>Lovett had 25 carries for 296 yards and two touchdowns. His 56-yard TD early in the fourth quarter cut Von Steuben’s lead to 22-14.</p><p>"This is a beautiful game," Panthers coach Demetrius Hughes said. "There are highs and lows. My kids are fighters. They fight hard. I will rock with this team anytime."</p><p>Both teams fumbled the ball away in the first overtime. Lake View (6-1, 4-0) fumbled it away in the second overtime but then blocked Von Steuben’s field goal attempt to send the game to a third overtime. Both teams scored touchdowns with two-point conversions in the third overtime. Lovett was stopped at the goal line, and then Von Steuben missed a field goal to end the fourth overtime.</p><p>The Panthers scored on a six-yard pass from Christian Welk to Zidan Raya in the fifth overtime, but they came up short on the two-point conversion.</p><p>“For the first time I watched my kids fight and never stop,” Duplechine said. “I told them after the second overtime that even if we lose, I am proud of you guys. That last play of the game, we gave it to our best player. If we are going to lose the game, I want to give it to my best guy. The blockers were there, heart and soul into it. I am so proud of this team.”</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center><div class="Enhancement-item">
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