Hate to see Belfry come that close and lose a heartbreaker. Congratulations to Central.

 

According to the stats available on KHSAA, Wales accounted for roughly 63% of Central's total yards from scrimmage. He scored 45 of their 76 TD's. It is very impressive, and certainly speaks well of the talent and attitude of that team, for a team to lose a guy who is that essential to your team and still find a way to win in the championship game.

 

From looking at the stats, it looks like this one was an old-fashioned defensive struggle with both running games being stymied by the opponent. There were a combined 79 rushing attempts for 278 yards (3.5 ypc) in this game. I can't help but think of Rockmom. I can recall, on multiple occasions, her posting about how she felt Central's passing attack was better than people realized and that it would be an advantage for them in this game. As it played out, their ability to pass was essential to pulling out the win. I believe their QB was 8 of 12 for the game.

 

:lol: You know, I honestly thought no one had even read where I'd said that. :lol: Thanks for reading it...thanks more for remembering it.

I can't say enough how proud I am of that group of young men. They went to battle and gave it all they had. There is no shame in defeat when you play that hard and like others have said, they have nothing to hang their heads about.

 

Congratulations to Central on the win and another state championship. They are a talented team and are the class of 3A.

 

You have every right to be proud of Belfry. Actually fans of both programs have every right to be proud of their respective teams. One heck of a ball game. Before the game, I thought Belfry was going to win the game and the Pirates were making me look pretty darn smart. It took one heck of a pass and one heck of a catch (with excellent coverage by the way) for Central to pull it out. Glad to have had the opportunity to watch this game. Hope the Wales kid is fine.