The Weatherford Roos came out the victors in a thrilling Homecoming victory Friday night.

After a rough start which saw Weatherford trailing L.D. Bell, 14-0, the Roos bounced back on Brayden Bork's 60-yard run. The point after kick made it 14-7 to close out the first.

L.D. Bell began a lengthy drive, but the Roo defense held strong on a 3-and-12, forcing the Raiders to attempt a field goal, which failed.

After crowning Homecoming King and Queen Adison Feriend and Emma Wolfenberger, Weatherford picked up where it left off.

The defense came up with a huge interception to give the Roos the ball on the Bell 24-yard line, and Ryan Clark's quarterback keeper put Weatherford up 21-14 at the 2:12 mark in the third.

The Raiders opened up the fourth to tie the game at 21-all with a little over five minutes to play.

Backed by his Homecoming crowd, Clark had a powerful run, breaking multiple tackles to score the go-ahead with 2:16 left. It would be his third score of the night.

L.D. Bell appeared ready to head into overtime, driving downfield in a hurry, but the Roo defense again came up key with less than a minute to go, tackling the ballcarrier short of the marker on fourth down.

Weatherford Head Coach Aubrey Sims gave his defense their due at the end of the night.

"They played great," he said. "The offense stepped up and scored when we needed it and we just kept fighting."

Friday was the third contest the Roos had played down to the wire, falling to Cleburne the week prior in the final minute.

"It was nearly the same scenario as last week," Sims said, "and we learned from those mistakes."