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Tevin Muse's 37-yard touchdown pass in final minute lifts Mansfield Timberview to 21-17 win over Hebron

MANSFIELD — For Mansfield Timberview quarterback Tevin Muse, it was a matter of faith. In the final minute of play, needing a big play, Muse lofted a pass down the sideline to senior Edward Paris.

Beating Hebron’s man-to-man coverage down the sideline, Paris — an LSU pledge at defensive back — scored a 37-yard touchdown with 38 seconds remaining, giving Timberview a 21-17 win over No. 9 Hebron at Vernon Newsom Stadium.

“I just put it out there for my boy Ed,” Muse said. “It worked against [Mansfield] Summit last week, so I had trust that he would make that play.”

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Muse threw for all three scores, despite Timberview (2-0) relying on its option running game the majority of the game. Both of Timberview’s first-half touchdowns came on play-action passes: two 24-yard skinny posts from Muse to Jaylon Loftis.

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“We felt that we could get behind them on the skinny as their safeties were coming down,” Timberview coach James Brown said.

Hebron (1-1) tied the game two plays into the fourth quarter, scoring on a 22-yard pass to Treyvon Hughes from Carson Proffitt. Hebron’s Omar Hicks-Onu converted a two-point conversion on a trick pass from the swinging gate to tie the score at 15-15.

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Following Paris’ score in the final minute, Hicks-Onu returned a shanked extra point 105 yards for another two points.

Follow Corbett Smith on Twitter at @corbettsmithDMN.