The Blue Tornado took the opening kickoff and went right down the field and scored on a TD pass from Jack James to Cam Marshall to take a 7 to 0 lead.  Belfry got the ball and drove down the field but fumbled at the 10 going in.  Belfry forced Tilghman to punt and Isaac Dixon ran it in from 12 yards out to even the score at 7.  With 149 left in the half Dixon scored his second TD of the game but the extra point was no good.  Belfry 13, Tilghman 7.  Tilghman closed out the half with two TD passes from Jack James to Cam Marshall to take a 21 to 13 lead at the half.  

Belfry got the ball to start the 2nd half and drove down the field on the back of Isaac Dixon to tie the game at 21 all with 520 left in the 3rd quarter.  Belfry stopped Tilghman on downs with 40 seconds left in the 3rd quarter and raced right down the field and scored on another Isaac Dixon TD run.  The extra point was no good making it 27 to 21 Pirates.  The Blue Tornado answered with a 9 yard Malachi Rider TD run to put PT up 28 to 27 with 725 left in the game.  Belfry was facing a 4th and 7 and Dixon broke a 62 yard run for a Pirate TD to put Belfry up 33 to 27.  2pt conversion no good leaving Belfry up 33 to 27 with 458 left in the game.  Tilghman fumbled the kickoff and the Belfry Pirates ran out the clock to win the game.

Congrats Belfry! Congrats Coach Haywood!

 

Congratulations to Belfry. Also Congratulations to Paducah Tilghman a great season as well.

Dixon unofficially with 376 yards and 5 touchdowns on 41 carries. A state championship game record in there anywhere? 

Him carrying Belfry has been a season long narrative. This was a fitting end. He can exhale now. This was a performance for the ages.

Isaac Dixon with a State Finals for the History Books

41 carries, 376 yards, 5 TD's

He scored the game winning TD on a 4th and 7 at their own 38.

He iced the game with a 4th and 2 carry to get the First Down.

Oh.... he also had 7 solo tackles and a Pass Breakup just for good measure.

 

Freshman Isaiah Stanley with a monster hit on a long Tilghman kickoff return to lead to a forced fumble.

 

A tremendous game. Tilghman is extremely young and will most likely be back.  Blue Tornado played their hearts out.

 

The only difference today was one team had Isaac Dixon and the other team did not.

Tilghman's Camdon Marshall played his heart out.

8 Solo Tackles, 15 total tackles.

4 catches, 67 yards, 3 TD

 

Remember the name Malachi Rider as well. The Sophomore RB for Tilghman led them on a drive to take the lead and finished with 110 hard fought yards on 20 carries. He reminds me of Jeremy Britt from back in the day.

Retire his jersey now.  Issac Dixon is the best to ever put on the red and white. 

Just now, ATLCat said:

Tilghman's Camdon Marshall played his heart out.

8 Solo Tackles, 15 total tackles.

4 catches, 67 yards, 3 TD

 

Remember the name Malachi Rider as well. The Sophomore RB for Tilghman led them on a drive to take the lead and finished with 110 hard fought yards on 20 carries. He reminds me of Jeremy Britt from back in the day.

Good call on the Rider/Britt comparison!

In Belfry's last six State Championship victories:

2 completed passes for 9 total yards.

What a game. Congratulations to Belfry! What a stud running back.

Congrats to Paducah on a great season. 

What a clean football game. Good sportsmanship all during the game. 

2 minutes ago, piratered said:

Retire his jersey now.  Issac Dixon is the best to ever put on the red and white. 

It is officially settled. Debate over. 

Just now, ATLCat said:

In Belfry's last six State Championship victories:

2 completed passes for 9 total yards.

Just now, Mayfieldsportsfan said:

What a game. Congratulations to Belfry! What a stud running back.

Congrats to Paducah on a great season. 

What a clean football game. Good sportsmanship all during the game. 

This may have a chance to turn into a nice rivalry like Belfry vs. Central.

Both teams should have some deep playoff runs in their future the next four years and it wouldn't surprise me to see them square off in the Finals a time or two.

Just wondering…what is Dixon’s size?  

If this was supposed to be a down year and they still win the championship imagine what the future holds.

6 minutes ago, Figs said:

Just wondering…what is Dixon’s size?  

The program says 5'11' 197.  I thought he maybe looked a little more stout than that but it is hard to tell.