Shiloh Christian 55, Mountain Home 41

SPRINGDALE — Shiloh Christian leaned on explosive plays and a late defensive surge to outlast Mountain Home, 55–41, in a back‑and‑forth 6A‑West showdown Friday at Champion Stadium.

The Saints traded scores with the Bombers through a frenetic first half and led 33–28 at the break. Mountain Home snatched momentum in the third quarter when LB Blake Vacco blocked a short field goal, setting up Barrett Miller’s two‑yard go‑ahead run for a 34–33 lead. Shiloh answered immediately with a pick‑six and two‑point conversion to carry a 41–34 edge to the fourth.

Miller tied it at 41 on a nine‑yard burst with 9:42 remaining, capping a workhorse night for the senior back (36 carries, 247 yards, three TDs). But Saints sophomore QB Cole Creighton found junior WR Chandler Kemp on a 26‑yard strike for the lead, and freshman RB Max Eldridge added a late three‑yard clincher to seal it.

Creighton distributed the ball to a deep receiver room; sophomore Cohen Beach hauled in two long first‑quarter touchdowns and Kemp added scores in the first and fourth quarters. Defensively, the Saints generated two interceptions—including the third‑quarter pick‑six—to blunt a 193‑yard, three‑TD night (two passing, one rushing) from Bombers QB Brantlee Phillips. Senior Gus Wilber caught both of Phillips’ TD passes, and Mountain Home’s defense produced timely red‑zone stops, highlighted by Drew Vigna’s breakup on fourth down and Vacco’s block.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter
Shiloh Christian – Max Eldridge 2‑yd run (Aiden Eastwood kick), SC 7–0.
Mountain Home – Barrett Miller 54‑yd run (Isaac Ballard kick), 7–7.
Shiloh Christian – Chandler Kemp 5‑yd pass from Cole Creighton (2‑pt pass no good), SC 13–7.
Mountain Home – Gus Wilber 33‑yd pass from Brantlee Phillips (Ballard kick), MH 14–13.
Shiloh Christian – Cohen Beach deep TD pass from Creighton (2‑pt pass no good), SC 19–14.
Shiloh Christian – Beach long TD pass from Creighton (Eastwood kick), SC 26–14.

2nd Quarter
Mountain Home – Phillips 3‑yd run (Ballard kick), SC 26–21.
Shiloh Christian – Eldridge 2‑yd run (Eastwood kick), SC 33–21.
Mountain Home – Wilber 4‑yd pass from Phillips (Ballard kick), SC 33–28.

3rd Quarter
Mountain Home – Miller 2‑yd run (2‑pt run failed), MH 34–33.
Shiloh Christian – Defensive TD (pick‑six) (Creighton to Zane Sluyter 2‑pt pass), SC 41–34.

4th Quarter
Mountain Home – Miller 9‑yd run (Ballard kick), 41–41.
Shiloh Christian – Kemp 26‑yd pass from Creighton (Eastwood kick), SC 48–41.
Shiloh Christian – Eldridge 3‑yd run (Eastwood kick), SC 55–41.

Standouts

• Barrett Miller, RB, MH — 36–247, 3 TD.

• Brantlee Phillips, QB, MH — 193 pass yds, 2 TD; 1 rush TD.

• Chandler Kemp, WR, SC — 2 TD receptions (5, 26).

• Cohen Beach, WR, SC — 2 long TD receptions.

• Blake Vacco, LB, MH — blocked FG, interception.

Week 5 Scores