Bowling Green 37 Cooper 20 (5A State Championship)

[theguru]

Cooper received the opening kick.  The Jags were stopped on downs and punted.  Cooper's Ryker Campbell intercepted a Deuce Baily pass and returned it to the Bowling Green 12 yard line.  On the next play Cam OHara hit Isaiah Johnson for a 12 yard touchdown pass.  The extra point was no good and the Jags lead the Purples 6 to 0 with 828 left in the 1st quarter.  The Purples took the kickoff and marched down the field liked they own it and Deuce Bailey walked into the end zone from two yards out to make it 7-6 Purples with 414 left in the first quarter.  Jaxen Smith recovered a Jag fumble at the Cooper 48 which led to a 41 yard FG to put Bowling Green up 10-6 with 927 left in the half. 

Jaiden Combs made one-handed touchdown catch to put Cooper up 12-10 with 844 left in the half.  It was a 32 yard td pass for Cam OHara and the extra point was no good.  Bowling Green answered with a 31 yard Braden Widener FG to make it 13-12 Bowling Green with 342 left in the half. 

Bowling Green started the third quarter on their own 39 yard line.  A few players later Deuce Bailey hit Trevy Barber on a 41 yard pass to the Cooper 14.  On the next play, Bailey ran it in to make the score Bowling Green 20 Cooper 12, with 951 left in the 3rd. OHara ran around trying to avoid sack and lost the ball giving BG ball on the Cooper 27.  The Bowling Green offense turned that into a 3 yard Jaxen Smith touchdown run to put BG up 27-13 with 501 left in the 3rd. 

With 840 left in the game, Deuce Bailey ran it in from 6 yards out to make the score 34-12 Bowling Green.  Cooper answered with a 22 yard TD pass from Cam OHara to Austin Alexander.  The two also hooked up on the two point conversion to make it 34-20 Bowling Green with 729 left in the game.  Another Braden Widener FG made it 37-20 Purples with 334 left in the game. The Bowling Green Purples are your 2024 Class 5A State Champions!

Congrats Bowling Green!  Congrats Coach Spader!

[Tigerpride94]

Congrats to Bowling Green on state championship and Cooper for being state runner up! 🎉

[hrcarrier]

The third time wasn’t a charm unfortunately for Cooper. Congratulations to Bowling Green on a very impressive win for another championship. Cooper had a very nice season too but just couldn’t win tonight. The clear difference for me between both teams was the line of scrimmage. It was men against boys at the LOS favoring Bowling Green. Congratulations again to the Purples on an impressive and convincing win.

[Toothpick]

Congrats Purples, dominating performance!

[16thBBall Fan]

Congrats to Bowling Green on now back-to-back titles! This is their 3rd straight trip to the finals after falling to Douglass in the 2022 5A finals. They have won the last 2 both over Cooper by a combined 65-34. 

[Purple88]

How Bout Them Purples!

First I want to say I truly hope Cam O’Hara is ok and can recover quickly. Cooper is an extremely fine football team with great players and coaches and fans. Absolute great season!

I want to get to the celebration ao let me just say for now:

#9 Feels Just Fine!!!!!!

Its a Great Day to be a Purple!

[theguru]

Class 5A | Bowling Green 37, Cooper 20

• Final Stats (PDF)
• Most Valuable Player presented by Morgan & Morgan: Deuce Bailey, Bowling Green
• Class 5A Bracket (KHSAA/Riherds Scoreboard)

[Kururi67]

Thanks for the game updates Guru.

[BillNye]

Just goes to show you why all the games are played, and we don’t mail any trophies around here. The underdog noise was just that, noise. 
 

It was always Bowling Green baby. Size Up the rings again, fellas. This one is special.

[16thBBall Fan]

Congrats to @Purple88and @BillNyeon another title for the Purples!

[VF111]

Cue BG being ranked 7th in the Final polls… 🙄🙄🙄

[theguru]

1 hour ago, Kururi67 said:

Thanks for the game updates Guru.

You're welcome @Kururi67 and welcome to BGP!

[Kururi67]

Purples with 8 state championships in 13 years. Why they were considered such big underdogs in this game is baffling. 

[Brown]

Dominating win - the better team won and dominated.  South Warren probably #2 after tonight.  D1 players on Coopers side - but BG the dominating team.

[Volxtile]

Congrats BG!!!

 

I’m very proud of the whole team, but Chris Knuckles and Charlie Compton deserve so much credit.  I’m so proud of both of those guys!