The Bishop LeBlond football team nearly pull off an upset of Chillicothe on Thursday night at Missouri Western’s Spratt Stadium, but the Eagles gave up a touchdown with 32 seconds left and they lost to the Hornets, 28-24.

LeBlond got two two-yard touchdown runs from Austin Dawkins in the first half and led Chillicothe at halftime, 14-7.

The Hornets forced a Bishop LeBlond turnover early in the third quarter and turned it into seven points to tie the game and then took the lead after stopping a fake punt and getting a 42-yard TD run from Guy Vinson.

LeBlond trailed 21-14 entering the fourth quarter and then got a 26-yard field goal from Chuckie Kempf and forced the Hornets to punt on their next possession.

The Eagles then went on a 10-play 80-yard drive and found the endzone when Mathew McCullough threw a 35-yard touchdown pass to Joe Voltmer with just under two minutes to play in the fourth quarter.

LeBlond led 24-21, but Chillicothe used four big running plays to get into the Eagle’s 10-yard line and QB Jacob Lewis scored from 2-yards out with 32 second to go to give Chilli the lead.

Bishop LeBlond drops to 0-4 this season and 0-4 in the MEC, while the Hornets improve to 3-1 and 1-1 in league play.

McCullough finished the night 16-for-24 for 216 yards and 1 TD, while Dawkins ran for 99 yards and had 44 receiving yards.  Kempf ended the game with four catches for 57 yards.