MONTGOMERY — McGill-Toolen’s Ollie Poiroux needed more than a sound mind and an unfaltering right leg when he got ready to attempt a game-winning field goal with one second left against Montgomery Catholic Friday night.
He needed a slide rule.
With a robust wind blowing across his face and from an acute angle on the left hash mark, Poiroux geometrically and serenely kicked a 22-yard field as time expired to give the No. 2-ranked Yellow Jackets a 16-14 win over the No. 5-ranked Knights.
It was Poiroux’s second game-winning field goal this season, as he delivered a 32-yarder as the clock ran out to beat St. Michael 20-17 in September, just two weeks after joining the team.
Kevin Daughtry ran for 183 yards on 24 carries and scored on runs of 40 and 51 yards for McGill-Toolen (7-1, 6-0 Class AA Region 1), which hosts No. 3-ranked UMS-Wright (7-1, 6-0) for the region championship next Friday at Lipscomb Field…