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CONGRATS BELFRY!!!! #4 and how sweet it is to beat Central finally to bring home the hardware.

Can't say enough about the offensive line and Mr. Hatfield. On the flip side, Central made the adjustments to start to slow the fullback down in the second half and when Belfry had a penalty that put them just a bit behind the sticks, Central made good on that and bent but didn't break. Great work by both teams. I thought Haywood got a bit tight and was scared to dial up a counter or jet handoff to his wing backs. He kept it very predictable and the Central kids were thus a bit better able to make stops. BUT --- in the end, the conservative route lead to a 4th State Championship and that is what it is all about!

Defensively Horton (and to a lesser extent Bentley) got most of the love from the KHSAA announcers, and it was deserved as they played awesome. Both of them made those roll outs less effective than they would have otherwise been. 13/32 speaks volumes. Sanger also competed hard in there.

You can't say enough about the entire front 7 though. Early on Central thought they could run and they repeatedly red brick walls. Belfry was so stout against the run, they made Central one dimensional and that was impressive.

The secondary covered well. But jeez at least 4 interceptions were dropped. Oh well, we won. Kudos to Edwards for making the BIG hit on the next to last play of the game to jar lose the tying catch.

How close was Woolums FG from being good? Impossible to tell from the angle on the broadcast.

CHAMPS!