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Central won its fourth state title in five years in dramatic fashion. Tajh Milliken threw a 35-yard TD pass to Cornelius Bolden in the back right corner of the end zone with two minutes left to give the Yellowjackets a 15-14 victory over Belfry.

“It felt great to pull it out for our team,” Bolden said.

Central also beat Belfry in the 2007 finals (27-17) and 2010 finals (46-7). The Jackets won this one without star running back Anthony Wales, who hurt his shoulder on his second play of the game and did not return. He spent the rest of the afternoon the sidelines.

“This is four (titles), and each one gets better and better,” Central Coach Ty Scroggins said. “But this has got to be one of the tops because we had to fight back, 15-14. It was mad, it was unbelievable.”

Central jumped ahead 9-0 on Musa Kamara’s 29-yard field goal, and TaeShawn Gibbs’ 10-yard TD catch.

Belfry pulled to within 9-7 on Tyler Williams’ 74-yard TD pass to Howie Dotson late in the first half.

The Pirates took a 14-9 lead on Josh Dixon’s 4-yard TD run midway through the third quarter.

Central’s game-winning drive started at its own 19 with 3:42 left. It didn’t take the Jackets long to march down the field, though, and they cashed in on Milliken’s perfect TD pass to Bolden.

Belfry had one last chance in the closing seconds when it drove to the Central 23. But the Jackets’ defense stuffed the Pirates after that, sacking Williams on fourth down.

Milliken finished 8 of 12 for 151 yards and 2 TDs. Jaquez Howard ran 14 times for 59 yards.

Belfry was led by Trey Willis, who ran for 69 yards. Williams was 2-for-5 passing for 91 yards and had one interception.

Belfry, a two-time state champ (2003 and 2004), has been runner-up six times.

Pirates Coach Philip Haywood said he thought his team gave a much better effort this year than they did last December.

“Last year Central got out on us and we didn’t play well,” he said. “I feel our kids laid it on the line today, and I’m really proud of how hard we played. We lost and we hurt, but I can honestly say they laid it all on the field against a very good football team.”

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