Source: The Montana Standard, ButteOct.self storage 19--Anyone who says any game solely comes down to just one play is usually dead wrong.It takes a lot of good plays to trump a lot of bad ones and then figure out everything else in between.On Friday night at Naranche Stadium the Butte Bulldogs (5-3) made plenty of solid plays to keep their fans on the edge of their seats.Unfortunately, the Billings Skyview Falcons had just a few more bigger ones to put those fans back in their seats.Jace Holman's 15-yard touchdown pass reception from Gus Schaff with under five seconds left was the difference, as the Falcons ( 5-3) defeated Butte 56-53 in a key Class AA game with major playoff implications."The key was that we didn't play very well and hurt ourselves way too much tonight," Butte head coach Arie Grey said. "You can't do that against a good team like Skyview and we had too many little opportunities where we hurt ourselves on offense and defense and that's on me. We have to get much better and continue to work."Skyview took the ball first and as expected went to the run-and-run-some-more route.They easily marched 65 yards in four minutes and a Riley Barta six-yard scoring run put the Falcons up 7-0.Butte then did what they do best: Answer.They marched down the field and wrapped up a quick drive, with Dallas Cook hitting Keiffer Hepola on a two-yard pass and then scoring a two-point conversion run to put the hosts up 8-7 at the 6:24 mark.Then Skyview pulled a shocker.Facing third-and-long from their own six, Schaff found Kendal Manuel open, and the Falcon slipped the only defender near him and raced 94 yards for the score and a 14-8 Skyview lead.Of course it would take Butte no time to respond and thanks to a big, juggling catch by Peter Granger the Bulldogs were back in business.Two plays later and Cook found Dalton Daum for an eight-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at 14-all with 3:22 left in the first quarter.Skyview wrapped another ground chuck drive that started at the end of the first quarter, when Alex Picicci rumbled for a 12-yard touchdown run with 9:04 left before intermission and a 20-14 Skyview lead.Once again Butte responded as they drove downfield and faced a fourth-and-9 at the Skyview 17.Cook would loft in a beauty of a pass to Daum and a Sean Staples conversion made it 21-20 with 6:02 left in the second quarter in Butte's favor.Butte's defense stopped the Skyview boys and got the ball back on their own 20 with just under three minutes left in the half.Too much time for these Bulldogs.With a little bit of Granger, a dash of Paul Campbell, a scoop of Daum and topped off by a Cory Farstveet five-yard touchdown catch, Butte led 27-20 with 1:10 before intermission.But, wow, do these boys make things interesting.Skyview found a way to move the ball through the air and Schaff found Jace Holman open for a 24-yard touchdown pass as time expired and the teams were tied at 27-all at halftime.In other words, they did all that to have to do it all over again.Butte started the second half with one of the more measured drives Butte fans will see, but it paid off at the 8:25 mark of the third quarter when Cook plowed over the goal line on a one-yard run and a 34-27 Butte lead.The teams would trade defensive stands before Skyview took over and marched 80-plus yards down the field and saw Picicci score on a four-yard run with :45 left to tie the game at 34-all.Then came the insane play.Cook saw a snap sail over his head. He ran back a good 20 yards to retrieve the ball, avoided the Skyview defense, eventually found a wide-open Granger behind a few too many over-eager Falcons and the Bulldog receiver was headed to the house 49 yards later to put his boys back up 40-34 after a missed PAT just 15 seconds into the fourth quarter.Yet, despite the epic play, themini storageButte defense failed to capitalize on the momentum and three plays, 77-yards and 80 seconds later Justin Keeling was racing into the end zone and Skyview led 41-40 after the successful PAT.Yeah, so what?Butte rolled right back down the field via the air attack and Daum caught his third scoring catch from nine yards out and a 46-41 lead with 8:51 left after a failed two-point pass.Those missed conversions played a role late as Skyview marched down the field -- again -- and the brutally tough Picicci would score on a 17-yard run and two-point conversion to put the Falcons up 49-46 with 5:34 left to go.This is Butte though and behind some big receptions by the savy sophomore Campbell and tough running by Cook, the Bulldogs threatened again and this drive was the right one to finally take some time.In doing so they forced Skyview to use all their timeouts and when it finally came down to get groovy Cook provided the boogie, The senior would attack the end zone with his feet and would do a half-Kobe leap into the end zone as Butte went up 53-49 with 1:37 left.Still too much time and thanks to a pass interference call deep in Butte territory on a fourth-down play that saw the throw sail completely out of reach, Skyview was able to march down the field to set up Holman's heroics."No one play can make the difference," Grey said of some people's opinion the pass interference shouldn't be called. "It's a combination of quite a few plays that hurt us all night long and I'll take the blame for that. I didn't have us ready to go."Cook ended up completing 34-for-44 passes for 455 yards with Campbell making a team-high 10 nabs for 104 yards, Granger grabbing nine catches for 140 yards and Daum finishing with seven catches for 144 yards.With the loss, Butte is now most likely out of the running for a home playoff game unless they get some help and where they end up is anyone's guess at this point."Hey, the sky's the limit and there's a lot of football left," Grey said. "We have to battle and get better. The disappointing thing is we lost at home and that's two losses at home this year and that's not acceptable. I am proud of the kids, they battled until the last play of the game and did what we needed to do."Skyview 14 13 7 22 -- 56BUTTE 14 13 7 19 -- 53First QuarterS -- Riley Barta 6-yard run (Reece Quade kick), 8:00B -- Keifer Hepola 2-yard pass from Dallas Cook (Cook run), 6:24S- Kendal Manuel 94-yard pass from Gus Schaff (Quade kick), 4:51B -- Dalton Daum 8-yard pass from Cook (kick failed), 3:22Second QuarterS -- Alex Picicci 12-yard run (kick failed), 9:04B -- Daum 17-yard pass from Cook (Sean Staples kick), 6:02B -- Cory Farstveet 5-yard pass from Cook (kick blocked), 1:10S -- Jace Holman 24-yard pass from Schaff (Quade kick), 0:00Third QuarterB -- Cook 1-yard run (Staples kick), 8:25S -- Picicci 4-yard run (Quade kick), :45Fourth QuarterB -- Peter Granger 49-yard pass from Cook (kick failed), 11:45S -- Justin Keeling 77-yard run (Quade kick), 10:25B -- Daum 9-yard pass from Cook (pass failed), 8:51S -- Picicci 17-yard run (Picicci run), 5:34B -- Cook 10-yard run (Staples kick), 1:37S -- Holman 15-yard pass from Schaff (Quade kick), :04.7Individual statsRushingSKYVIEW -- Alex Picicci 39-139, Riley Barta 16-89, Justin Keeling 7-94BUTTE -- Cook 13-54, Jake Eisenbarth 5-8, Dalton Daum 1-5PassingSKYVIEW -- Gus Schaff 6-15-0-220BUTTE -- Cook 34-44-0-455ReceivingSKYVIEW -- Jace Holman 4-89, Kendal Manuel 1-94, Keeling 1-27,BUTTE -- Campbell 10-104, Granger 9-140, Daum 7-144; Earles 3-35, Farstveet 2-8, Eisenbarth 1-11, Doyle 1-11, Keiffer Hepola 1-2Team statsNot made available at press timeCopyright: ___ (c)2013 The Montana Standard (Butte, Mont.) 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