Hereford’s Steve Turnbaugh is the first Ravens' High School Coach of the Week for this season after guiding the Bulls to a 17-14 overtime victory over No. 12 Eastern Tech on Friday night.

Turnbaugh faced a challenge when his starting quarterback was sidelined with mononucleosis, leaving him with two sophomores with no varsity experience between them. After falling behind by 14 points in the first half, he called on Jay Patti to step in for struggling Ryan Jones.

The veteran coach tried not to put any pressure on either of his young quarterbacks.

“I said if we were struggling in the first half, I’d make a quarterback change,” he said in a news release. “We needed a spark. Jay [Patti] had shoulder surgery in the spring, but he just has this air about him, just this confidence that translated into the other kids. That was the spark.”

The Bulls gradually started turning things around in the second half, and Patti tied the game with a screen pass to Isaiah Taylor for a 42-yard touchdown with 5:48 to go. Tyler Ruark clinched the victory with a field goal in overtime.

“It was as much a team effort as I’ve ever seen,” Turnbaugh said in the news release. “It was everyone on offense, defense and special teams. Everyone had to do their job.”

The Ravens honor one high school coach each week during the NFL season. One of them will be named the Ravens’ High School Coach of the Year at the Dec. 19 game between the Ravens and the New Orleans Saints. A $2,000 donation is made to each winner’s football program.