Video: Unreal one-handed touchdown catch saves the season for Nebraska team in playoff win
By Lynden Ostrander
Nov 4, 2016, 10:13pm
O'Neill's Wyatt Liewer pulls off a fancy one-handed touchdown catch in the fourth quarter to move his team on in the playoffs.
Video: The catch that shocked the worldSee a Nebraska WR haul in this insane one-handed TD grab.Wyatt Liewer of
O'Neill (Neb.) could be nicknamed the "Iceman" after his heroic catch Friday night in the Nebraska state quarterfinals. He won the game - and he did it in style.
The Eagles were trailing Aquinas 12-7 with 3:20 left in their season. Quarterback
Alex Thramer lofted an off-balance 12-yard pass toward the end zone with the season hanging in the balance, and the 6-foot-2, 155-pound Liewer saved the day. He climbed the ladder with a fully extended one-handed touchdown catch and somehow kept one foot in the end zone to complete the clutch reception.
Was it a catch? An official stood right next to him to watch the entire sequence, so we're going to side with his judgement.
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The pivotal catch was the eventual game-winning score and lifted the Eagles to a thrilling 15-12 victory. O'Neill will battle Boys Town in the Class C1 state semifinals next Friday.
