Micah Mosley hoisted his Nederland teammates on his broad shoulders and painful ankle Friday night for 42 carries, 275 yards and three touchdowns.

That’s all Micah did. Nothing fancy. Never a gain of more than 20 yards. Yet Mosley accomplished what he had to under extremely adverse circumstances. He bolted through a hungry Port Neches-Groves defense with enough success to send the Bulldogs to a come-from-behind 31-24 victory the Indians before a full house of 12,500 at The Reservation.

By midway into the third quarter, this night looked as if PN-G seemed on the verge of knocking out Nederland ’s wobbly effort. Yet Mosley’s linemen buckled down and executed its bread-and-butter plays. And Micah took care of the rest, even though he modestly gave the credit to his blockers afterwards.

Given the fact that he overcame such a painful left ankle ailment, the Bulldogs senior tailback really gave a more phenomenal performance at Indian Stadium in many ways than his career-best 32-carry, 318-yard, 4-TD game four weeks ago in a 41-38 loss at Waller.

Needless to suggest, the Nederlanders (2-4 and 1-2) needed this ‘W’ slightly more than they did at Waller, too. Nothing has tended to bring more heroics and brighter moments out of 14th-year head coach Larry Neumann’s monarchy than this crazy, well-contested stuff known as Mid-County Madness.

“It’s just different from any other week,” Neumann said. “I know our coaches and players embrace it. I don’t know about me uniquely but the credit goes to our kids.

“What an unbelievable performance that Micah gave to us. This was another classic Mid-County game. We were going to throw the kitchen sink and everything we had at them tonight. In a contest like this, you have to have everything in your arsenal and be prepared to use it.”

PN-G seriously jeopardized its post-season intentions by falling to 3-3 and 1-2. The Indians competed valiantly, dishing out their season’s finest games from senior tailback Brandon Begnaud and sophomore quarterback Harrison Tatum. But when they needed to pile up more possession time and seize more momentum, Mosley and his not-so-overly-large escorts jabbed away at the mid-section of PN-G’s defense.

This was the same Indians’ defensive front that kept Brenham’s ground game limited to only 80 yards. Yet on this night, the Indians’ tacklers permitted their season’s most generous rushing total — 326 yards. Mosley claimed his line deserved the credit for that. The great majority of opinions, however, directed the praise toward Micah.

“Micah’s a load,” disappointed Indians’ chief Matt Burnett said. “He really was able to control the ball there in the fourth quarter. He was the big difference.”