The Aces received the opening kickoff and started on their own 20 yard line.  The two teams exchanged possessions.  Beechwood forced a second Owensboro Catholic punt and then Beechwood drove down and scored on a Chase Flaherty two yard run with 14 seconds left in the 1st quarter to put the Tigers up 7-0.  It was a 9 play, 64 yard drive by Beechwood. 

Early in the 2nd quarter Owensboro Catholic was driving but an Atwell pass went through his receiver's hands and resulted in a Luke Erdman interception.  Erdman returned the INT to the 10 yard line and Chase Flaherty powered it in from the 2 yard line to put Beechwood up 14-0 with 940 left in the first half.  On Beechwood's next possession they missed a 33 yard field goal.  The Aces kicked it into high gear and threw their way right down the field capping the drive off with a touchdown pass from Brady Atwell to Waryn Ebelhar to make the score 14-7, Beechwood.  Beechwood took the kickoff and went right back down the field with a combination of Hayden passes and Flaherty runs to score another touchdown on a Chase Flaherty 3 yard run.  The Tiger touchdown made the score 21-7 Beechwood with 32 seconds left in the half. 

Beechwood received the second half kickoff and started on their own 35 and punted after three plays.   The Aces went right down the field on the arm of Atwell and the running of Dereon Crowe.  Crowe banged it in from one yard out to make the score 21-14 Beechwood with 7 minutes left in the 3rd quarter.  Beechwood answered immediately with a 33 yard Nathan Pabst touchdown run.  With 424 left in the third quarter Beechwood led 28 to 14.  On Owensboro's Catholic's next possession they went for it on 4th and 4 on their own 40 and did not get it.  Two plays later Tyler Fryman scored on a 35 yard run to make it Beechwood 35, Owensboro Catholic 14, with 216 left in the 3rd quarter.  Atwell passed the Aces back down to the one yard line and then ran it in himself to make it 35-14 Beechwood with 35 seconds left in the 3rd quarter.  A penalty on the OCath extra point and a good return by Pabst resulted in Beechwood starting their next drive at the Owensboro Catholic 49. 

Beechwood scored again on a 1 yard Chase Flaherty run with 520 left in the game to go up 42-21.  The Aces answered immediately with an Atwell to Crowe TD pass.  The drive was 9 plays, 60 yards to make it 42-28 Beechwood.  Owensboro Catholic's onside kick ending up with with Beechwood's Jack Meier taking it to the house to make it 50-28 Beechwood after a two point conversion with 233 left in the game.  Owensboro Catholic played hard to the end and scored on the last play of the game on a short Atwell run to make the final score, Beechwood 50 Owensboro Catholic 34. The Beechwood Tigers are your 2024 Class 2A State Football Champions!

Congrats Beechwood!  Congrats Coach Volker!

 

Looks like the shootout people expected!

1 minute ago, DanvilleFan said:

Looks like the shootout people expected!

I don’t think the game was in doubt. Beechwood was just too much. 

Beechwood is the most dominant High School program in Kentucky! 

Congratulations to the Beechwood Tigers on another State Championship! Nathan Pabst's mom and dad were black and gold Tiger athletes. Enjoy it Tony and Beth!! That's one for the NKY guys.

2 minutes ago, 9068 said:

Congratulations to the Beechwood Tigers on another State Championship! Nathan Pabst's mom and dad were black and gold Tiger athletes. Enjoy it Tony and Beth!! That's one for the NKY guys.

Mom and dad must be pretty good athletes. 

What a game!  Well worth sitting in the cold for!

An absolute beat down! #12 is the man. Domination from the start. 

Congratulations Beechwood - State Champs!  You earned that one!

Clearly the better team today.  This is the first I've seen the Tigers and they were really impressive to watch.  The one thing I took from the broadcast was a comment they said Coach Volker made this week in that if they hadn't played and lost to CovCath he didn't know if they would have beaten LCA last week or win this week.  Said they learned a ton from that game.  Goes to show you to get to the 15th game you need to play a good schedule.  Well done.

For OCath, man I feel for them.  Excellent team; just came up short against a better one tonight!  Atwell had a great career and Dereon Crowe was a man out there!  Congrats to them on a very memorable season!

Congratulations to Beechwood on another awesome season and state championship. Also, congratulations to Owensboro Catholic on a great season too. Earlier on in the season and before, I thought this was Owensboro Catholic’s year. With saying that, it’s also a testament to how good and talented this year’s Beechwood football team is. Congratulations again to Beechwood on a very impressive season.

1 minute ago, Purple88 said:

Congratulations Beechwood - State Champs!  You earned that one!

Clearly the better team today.  This is the first I've seen the Tigers and they were really impressive to watch.  The one thing I took from the broadcast was a comment they said Coach Volker made this week in that if they hadn't played and lost to CovCath he didn't know if they would have beaten LCA last week or win this week.  Said they learned a ton from that game.  Goes to show you to get to the 15th game you need to play a good schedule.  Well done.

For OCath, man I feel for them.  Excellent team; just came up short against a better one tonight!  Atwell had a great career and Dereon Crowe was a man out there!  Congrats to them on a very memorable season!

That may be the best argument for Beechwood continuing to play CovCath, they expose your weaknesses.  I also agree, that was some good commentary by Jody. 

Athlete!!!!

25 minutes ago, DanvilleFan said:

Looks like the shootout people expected!

Nahh. The score doesn’t reflect the game. BW dominated this game.  I’m a nervous fan and I never once felt like we weren’t in control. 

Sorry didn't know where to ask this question.

Is there a link to the radio feeds for these games somewhere?

I thought I saw that last year but have not run across it this year.

1 minute ago, Purple88 said:

Sorry didn't know where to ask this question.

Is there a link to the radio feeds for these games somewhere?

I thought I saw that last year but have not run across it this year.

https://khsaa.mixlr.com/events