Being called on to kick a game-winning extra point can certainly be considered a pressure situation, but for Northwestern's Brandon Miller, it was just another kick.

The extra point in overtime gave the Tigers a 28-27 overtime win against previously undefeated Catasauqua and temporarily kept Northwestern's hopes for a spot in the District 11 playoffs a reality.

Miller had a busy night, being pressed into punting duties as well as the kicking duties for the Tigers thanks to an injury suffered by Justin Betz last week against Bangor. For his part, it was just business as usual for Miller.

"It was just another kick and I hit it right down the middle," said Miller. " I'm used to that and I've been practicing punting a lot, so I was ready for it."

Catasauqua got the ball first in overtime and quickly drove into the end zone, but a bad snap on the extra point attempt led to a failed two-point conversion. Northwestern used all four of its allotted plays, but pushed the ball into the end zone on fourth down setting up Miller to nail the point-after, giving the Tigers the win.

The win also erased a bad memory for coach Josh Snyder and assistant coach Dave Kerschner, who were seniors on Northwestern's team when they lost at Catasauqua 3-0 in four overtimes in 1997. The loss prevented the Tigers from sharing the Colonial League title and Snyder has often thought about that loss.

"The rivalry between our two teams isn't that long, but we've played some big games," said Snyder.

"In '97, we were here to play for a piece of the Colonial League title in my senior year and coach Kerschner's senior year and we lost in quadruple overtime 3-0.

"I was sort of having flashbacks when we went into overtime, but as I told the team, my memories of overtime in Catasauqua now are of this game."

Both teams came in with a lot on the line. Catasauqua (9-1) was looking to remain undefeated. Northwestern needed a win to have any chance at making the District 11 playoffs. The win put the Tigers at 7-3 on the season, but ultimately left them on the outside looking in at the district playoffs.

The win did put the Tigers into the Eastern Conference playoffs as the top seed, setting them up for a meeting at home against fourth seeded Nanticoke Area, who finished the season 5-5.

The key to the win for Northwestern was ball control and they put that on display when they took the second half kickoff and didn't let the Catasauqua offense on the field until 49 seconds into the fourth quarter.

The 20-play, 76-yard drive ate up 12:49 and put the Tigers up 21-7. The drive could have stalled on a fourth-and-one play from Catasauqua's 42-yard line, but the Tigers went for the first down and Hall gained two yards to keep the drive going.

Hall capped the drive with a six-yard run into the end zone.

"To spend an entire quarter marching down the field, you just have to give it to our kids, because they battled on every play," said Snyder.

Catasauqua put up two fourth quarter touchdowns to send the game into overtime.