Photo via Mike Simmons/Tulsa World
This week's #FridayNightRewind, brought to you by Tackle Tube USA, starts in Oklahoma, where Owasso avenged its lone loss of the regular season to USA Today No. 17 Tulsa Union, 21-14 in the Class 6A-1 championship, for the program's first title since 1974.
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Barry Lewis of the Tulsa World reports that in front of nearly 15,000 spectators, Owasso (12-1) clinched the victory with a goal line interception by Dawson Adams in the final minute. Quarterback Will Kuehne felt less than 100 percent, but went 24-of-35 for 297 yards and two rushing touchdowns.
“Last night I woke up and felt terrible,” Kuehne said. “I was throwing up a little bit. I got an IV early in the day, got some fluids in my system, and I wasn’t feeling too good until I got here and then I started feeling a lot better. I’m really thankful for that."
Union, which beat Owasso 44-41 in overtime in September, finished its season 12-1. Owasso became the first big-class school other than Union or Jenks to win the title since 1995. The Rams, who missed the playoffs last year at 3-7, won the fifth championship for first-year coach Bill Blakenship, who got three at Union from 2002-05.
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— Major Ed Pulido (@MajorEdPulido) December 2, 2017
St. Joseph's Prep gets past Coatesville in Pennsylvania
Tim Whelan Jr. of USA Today High School Sports reports No. 7 St. Joseph's Prep trailed by 18 points early in the third quarter against Coatesville, but rallied for a 53-49 victory to reach the Class 6A title game.
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The Hawks (13-0), who have won 27 straight games, reeled off 28 consecutive points to take a 53-35 lead, before Coatesville (13-2) put up 14 in a row to cut its deficit to four points late in the contest. Quarterback Marquez McCray had three rushing TDs during the all-important second-half rally.
State champions crowned on Friday
Here's a look around the country at who claimed state crowns:
Arkansas
6A: Greenwood 52, Pine Bluff 14
Kentucky
1A: Beachwood 41, Raceland 0
3A: Boyle County 40, Corbin 21
Maryland
4A: Wise 38, Quince Orchard 20
3A: Linganore 28, Millford Mill Academy 27
Massachusetts
Division 3: St. John's 35, North Attleborough 33
Mississippi
6A: Pearl 21, Starkville 17
2A: Taylorsville 21, Winona 26
1A: Simmons 22, Nanih Waiya 20
Ohio
Division I: Pickerington Central 56, Mentor 28
Division V: Wheelersburg 21, Eastwood 14
Division VII: Minster 32, Cuyahoga Heights 7
Oklahoma
Class C: Tipton 56, Pond Creek-Hunter 8
6A-1: Owasso 21, Union 14
6A-2: Washington 28, Bixby 21
5A: Carl Albert 35, Bishop McGuinness 23
4A: Heritage Hall 14, Ada 0
South Carolina
AA: Abbeville 14, Bamberg-Ehrhardt 7
Tennessee
Division I Class 2A: Union City 27, Tyner Academy 21
Division I Class 4A: Greeneville 54, Springfield 13
Division I Class 6A: Marryville 42, Cane Ridge 7
Washington
3A: O'Dea 38, Rainier Beach 11
1B: Almira-Coulee-Hartline 84, Sunnyside Christian 60
West Virginia
AA: Bluefield 29, Fairmont Senior 26
Rushing race part of intriguing New Jersey finals
Photo via Doug Hood/Asbury Park Press
Stephen Edelson of the Asbury Park Press details a unique statistical competition in Saturday's NJSIAA championships. In addition to state championships, Freehold’s Ashante Worthy and Manalapan’s Naim Mayfield are still competing for the Shore Conference rushing title.
Mayfield and Manalapan (11-0) face South Brunswick (10-1) for the Central Group V title at 1 p.m. The senior running back enters with 2,546 yards, just 44 yards from breaking the Shore’s single-season record of 2,589 set by Long Branch’s Dahmiere Willis in 2014. He’d need 270 yards to top the state single-season rushing mark of 2,815 yards set last year by Salem’s Johnathan Taylor.
Mayfield will set the mark for Worthy, as Freehold (9-3) takes on Long Branch (8-3) at 4 p.m. The senior quarterback is currently tied with Willis, which puts him 226 yards away from Taylor’s total. Worthy is the first player in state history to run and throw for more than 2,000 yards in a season.
The duel recalls 2004, when Red Bank Catholic senior Donald Brown and Middletown South junior Knowshon Moreno both topped the 2,000-yard mark, with Brown winning the title by two yards. Four years later, each was taken in the first round of the NFL Draft.