ST. GEORGE — Often times, it’s the hard-fought, narrow victories that are most rewarding.

Bishop England collected its past two wins by a combined margin of 49 points, finishing both games with its reserves.

Friday, on the road against Woodland, the undefeated Bishops found themselves trailing with five minutes to play in the fourth quarter.

“The tough games — the ones you have to fight to win at the end — those are the most important games,” Bishop England coach John Cantey said. “It takes a lot of perseverance to come back and win on the road. Now, we when get in those adverse situations, we know we have what it takes.”

Bishop England kept its perfect record intact with a 13-12 win at Woodland Friday in St. George. The Bishops, ranked No. 8 in Class AAA, move to 5-0 for the first time since 1982, when Cantey’s father, Jack, was head coach.

Bishop England’s offense didn’t find the end zone until the final minutes of the fourth quarter. The Bishops piled up 780 yards over the past two weeks but struggled to move the ball, managing just 237 total, against a Woodland defense that loaded the box and sold out on the run.

“They were sending everyone and bringing a lot of pressure,” Cantey said. “They’re pretty big up front and used their size to control a lot of the ball game. We definitely needed our defense to step up and they did.”

Jacob Shiver put Bishop England on top midway through the second quarter, intercepting an overthrown pass from Wolverines quarterback Jamique Johnson and navigating 40 yards through traffic for a touchdown.

Johnson answered for Woodland (1-4) with a 22-yard touchdown run as time expired in the first half. The senior tacked on another, this time from 1 yard out, to put Woodland ahead, 12-6, in the third. Johnson rushed for a game-high 149 yards on just 20 carries while Troy Elmore added 133 on the ground.

Bishop England quarterback Leo Albano called his own number with four minutes to play in the fourth quarter, plowing behind center for a 4-yard, go-ahead touchdown. Albano finished with 96 yards on the rushing along with 28 through the air on 4-of-11 passing.

The Bishops rushed for 209 yards as a team, averaging 4.6 per carry, but fumbled twice in Woodland territory, once on the Wolverines’ 5-yard line.

“We came out pretty flat. And we made a couple mistakes,” Cantey said. “We might’ve been a little emotionally spent after the past two games. We got humbled a little bit but it was good to see that resiliency.”

Bishop England returns home this week to host former region rival Academic Magnet (2-2), who enters on a two-game slide. The Bishops are 11-0 all-time against the Raptors, including a 41-13 win last season.