>> IT'S DAY THREE IN THE SUPER 7 HERE IN TUSCALOOSA.

ALREADY SEVEN STATE CHAMPIONS HAVE BEEN CROWNED.

BUT STILL TWO BLAPS BLUE MAPS UR GRAB.

WE WELCOME YOU TO THE 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FROM INSIDE BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.

COACH BILL CLARK, HOPE YOU'RE DOING WELL.

YOU KNOW ALL ABOUT THIS STAGE WHAT THE TWO COACHES ARE FACING FIRST FOR PAUL BENEFIELD AND FYFFE.

WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS NOTHING SHORT OF REMARKABLE, THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS THEY HAVE ACCRUED BUT ALSO EIGHT OF THE LAST TEN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, THEY'VE APPEARED IN THIS GAME.

THE RED DEVILS EXPECT TO BE HERE.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT CONSISTENCY.

TO EXPECT TO BE HERE, NOT GET BORED DOING IT THE RIGHT WAY.

THE COACH IS UP WITH THE TOP GUYS IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA.

SO HATS OFF TO THEIR PROGRAM AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE TO GET HERE.

>> THEIR OPPONENT, THE REELTOWN REBELS, COACHED BY MATT JOHNSON.

THEY HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE IN 2019 AND FELL TO THIS VERY IF YOU FYFFE RED DEVIL TEAM.

DON'T TELL ME THAT HASN'T SERVED AS EXTRA MOTIVATION THIS WEEK.

>> I'M SURE COACH JOHNSON THOUGHT ABOUT THAT A FEW TIMES.

WE LOOKED AT THAT THE LAST GAME, WHEN YOU GET THERE AND LOSE BY A LOP-SIDED SCORE, THAT CAN STICK WITH YOU.

STATISTICALLY, BOTH TEAMS ARE RIGHT THERE ON OFFENSE AND DEFENSE.

WE'LL HAVE A GREAT GAME.

>> WE SHOULD HAVE A FANTASTIC GAME.

2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

UP NEXT, THE COIN TOSS, AND YOU WILL MEET THE COACHES AND WE'LL KICK IT OFF.

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>> WELCOME BACK TO BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.

OVERCAST SKIES, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THE TEMPERATURES ARE RISEN AROUND 67 DEGREES HERE AT KICKOFF.

RELATIVELY NO WIND TO SPEAK OF.

SOME WEATHER WILL COME IN BUT NOT EXPECTED TILL TOMORROW.

GOOD NEWS.

LAIN DRIN ROBERTS WITH COACH CLARKE.

WE'VE MENTIONED THE SUCCESS THAT THE RED DEVILS HAVE HAD.

EVEN IF THE PLAYERS HAVEN'T BEEN A PART AND BEEN ON THE STAGE, THE WINNING IS CON STAINLESS.

THE STEP THEY'VE HAD ON TOP OF SAND MOUNTAIN IS CON STAGES.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE KEYS.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT CONTINUING THE DOMINANCE, NOT GETTING TIRED OF BEING HERE.

THEY LOST FIRST GAME OF THE YEAR AND ROLLED UNBELIEVABLY SINCE THEN.

ANDERSON WITH OVER 2600 YARDS RUSHING, LOGINGEN ANDERSON -- LOGAN ANDERSON.

KEEP GIVING IT TO HIM, I WOULD ASSUME.

REELTOWN, THEY'VE HAD A GREAT YEAR.

DON'T BE SATISFIED.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT IT OFF THE AIR THAT IT'S NOT JUST GOOD ENOUGH TO BE HERE.

YOU'RE HERE, NOW LET'S WIN THE THING.

AND THEN FYFFE'S OFFENSE.

I GOT TO CALL THIS GAME LAST YEAR, WHAT THEY DO IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL.

>> SENDING IT TO CENTER ON THE FIELD FOR THE COIN TOSS.

>> ALL RIGHT, GENTLEMEN.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR MAKING IT TO THE 2A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR BEING SELECTED AS A CAPTAIN FOR THIS GAME.

BEING A CAPTAIN COMES WITH GREAT RESPONSIBILITY, THAT'S LEADERSHIP.

LET'S SHOW GOOD LEADERSHIP AND SPORTSMANSHIP OUT HERE TODAY.

WE HAVE A COIN PRESENTED.

THANK YOU, BIG MAN.

FYFFE, YOU'RE THE VISITING TEAM.

YOU'RE GOING TO CALL THE TOSS.

EAGLES IS HEADS, NATIONAL GUARD TAILS.

HEAD, TAILS.

CALL THE TOSS NOW.

>> HEADS.

>> HEADS IS THE CALL.

AND IT IS TAILS.

REELTOWN, YOU GUYS HAVE WON THE TOSS, WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

>> DEFER.

>> REELTOWN DEFERS.

YOU GUYS WANT THE BALL.

WHICH END OF THE FIELD DO YOU WANT TO DEFEND?

YOU PUT YOUR BACKS HERE, FYFFE PUT YOUR BACKS HERE.

REELTOWN WON THE TOSS, SELECTED TO DEFER, FYFFE WILL RECEIVE AT THIS END ZONE.

SHAKE HANDS, LET'S HAVE A GREAT GAME, GENTLEMEN.

>> ALL RIGHT, THERE YOU GO.

IT WILL BE THE FYFFE RED DEVILS GETTING THINGS ON OFFENSE GOING FIRST NOW, THE FYFFE SIDELINE, SUSAN CAROTHERS.

>> I AM ON THE FYFFE SIDE TO HAVE THE STADIUM WHERE I THINK EVERY CITIZEN OF THE TOWN OF FYFFE I ASKED PAUL BENEFIELD WHAT HIS TEAM NEEDED TO DO, HE SAID CONTROL THE CLOCK, GET FIRST DOWNS EARLY.

NOW SENDING IT TO CHRISTINA CHAMBERS.

>> REELTOWN HEAD COACH MATT JOHNSON, PLAYING THE TEAM LIKE HE'S FAMILIAR.

20189 IS THE LAST TIME THESE TWO TEAMS MET IN THIS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

HE TOLD HIS TEAM, LET'S GET REVENGE TODAY.

ANYTHING TO MOTIVE THE SPARK OF ENERGY EARLY ON.

HE SAID IN 2019 THEY CAME OUT AND THE MOMENT WAS TOO BIG.

BUT THIS TIME AROUND YOU WILL SEE A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TEAM THAT WILL HOPEFULLY SETTLE DOWN AND SHOW CALMNESS AND POISE.

>> THANK YOU SUSAN AND CHRISTINA.

GREAT STUFF.

WE'LL CHECK IN WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THE 2A CLASH BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS.

REELTOWN, LAST TIME THEY CLAIMED THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP COACH BACK IN 2009, BUT CERTAINLY THE SUCCESS IS NOT LOST, AND A LOT OF CLOSE CALLS JUST GETTING HERE.

PEOPLE DON'T APPRECIATE SOMETIMES JUST HOW HARD IT IS TO GET HERE.

>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ROAD IS.

SOMETIMES THE TEAMS PLAY A LESSER TEAM IN THE PLAYOFFS VERSUS A TEAM THAT'S REALLY GOT TOUGH FOLKS AROUND THEM.

SO SOMETIMES IT IS HARDER JUST TO GET TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> REELTOWN THE REBELS WEARING THE WHITE HELMETS WITH THE BLUE JERSEYS, THE BLUE BRITCHES, AS SOME MIGHT SAY.

THEN FYFFE WITH THE HEADHEAD GEAR, WHITE JERSEYS AND WHITE PANTS.

WE ARE SET TO GO INSIDE OF BRYANT-DENNY.

I KNOW, SUSAN MENTIONED IT, IT LOOKS LIKE THE ENTIRE TOWN IS HERE FOR BOTH TO HAVE THE SCHOOLS.

>> LAST GUY OUT, TURN THE LIGHTS OUT.

>> OUR 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN HEELT REELTOWN ANDE IS UNDERWAY.

>> INSIDE THE 15.

>> QUICKLY AHEAD AND ON THE RETURN.

THAT IS LOGAN ANDERSON AND WHAT HE HAS BEEN ABLE TO DO.

WE'LT INTO HIS NUMBERS, BUT RUNNING THE FOOTBALL, THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT.

>> YEAH.

I THINK WE HAD 32 TOTAL ATTEMPTS, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY'VE RUN IT SO WELL.

2,600 YARDS, MY GOSH.

>> BLAKE DOBBINS, QUATERBACK, AS COACH MENTIONED.

THEY'LL HAND IT OFF TO THE WORK COURSE.

LOOK AT THIS.

FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE.

LOGAN ANDERSON RUMBLING DOWN THE SIDELINE.

REELTOWN REBELS GOOD PURSUIT TO BRING HIM DOWN.

THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO GO THE DISTANCE.

WHAT A GREAT START FOR THE RED DEVILS AS YOU LOOK AT THE STARTING OFFENSE NOR FYFFE PRESENTED BY OUR FRIENDS IN ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.

>> LOGAN ANDERSON ADDING TO HIS 2,608 YARDS ON THE SEASON.

THAT WAS A FAKE REVERSE.

WE TALK PURSUIT ANGLES.

YOU WANT A FEW GUYS ON THE BACK SIDE BUT EVERYBODY'S GOT TO PURSUE THE BALL TILL THEY SEE IT HANDED OFF.

>> INITIALLY A 77-YARD RUN.

ANDERSON TRIES THE LEFT SIDE OF THAT REELTOWN DEFENSE THAT WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT HERE.

AND A COUPLE OF PLAYERS JUMP OUT.

FIRST OF ALL, YOU GUYS UP FRONT, DEVIN BRAGG, BARELY BAYLOR CLAYA LOT OF TACKLES ON THE SEASON.

TYRESE FALLIN, 107 TACKLES THIS SEASON.

>> YEAH.

YEAH, THEY'VE GOT GOOD PLAYERS.

YOU SAW ANDERSON MO THE PILE RIGHT -- MOVE THE PILE RIGHT THERE.

THE HEAVY SETS, TWO TIGHT ENDS WITH THE WING, GOT TO MAKE SURE YOU FIT.

S LIKE HE GOT IN, YEAH.

>> AND ALREADY A TOUCHDOWN FOR THE FYFFE RED DEVILS.

THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG.

JUST A HANDFUL OF PLAYS.

LOGAN ANDERSON, POWERING HIS WAY.

THE LEGS KEPT MOVING.

YOU CAN TELL HE RUNS WITH POWER.

>> LISTED AT 6-1, 200.

HE'S A GAD SIZE.

STRONG, MOVING FORWARD.

GOT THE GOOD OLD LINE, GREAT PUSH BY THEM.

>> SO JESSE MARTIN, THAT YOUNG MAN WENT TO ATTEMPT THE EXTRA POINT.

JUST ONE AND A HALF MINUTES GONE BY, AND FYFFE WASTING NO TIME.

NOW WE'LL HAVE THE OFFICIALS MAYBE GETTING TOGETHER.

>> ON THE FIELD WITH A TOUCHDOWN, PREVIOUS PLAY IS UNDER FURTHER REVIEW.

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS CLOSE.

COULDN'T TELL IF HE WENT OUT EARLY OR NOT.

THAT'S WHY THEY REVIEW IT.

I LIKE THAT.

>> I DO, TOO.

WE HAD A PLAY LAST NIGHT WHERE YOU THOUGHT IT WAS CLEAR.

TAKE A LOOK HERE, ANDERSON BOUNCING IT TO THE OUTSIDE.

>> HE MAY HAVE REACHED THE BALL OUT IS I GUESS WHAT THE OFFICIAL SAW.

THEY'LL CONFIRM THAT.

>> IN REELTOWN, IT LOOKED LIKE A TOUCHDOWN, AND THEN AFTER THE REPLAYS, WE GET ANOTHER ANGLE.

LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE RIGHT, COACH, THE BALL IS EXTENDED ACROSS THE GOAL LINE BEFORE THE KNEE HIT.

>> YEAH.

>> I THINK THIS IS GOING TO STAND.

>> RECKON HE KNOWS ABOUT THAT END ZONE?

YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, THERE'S ALWAYS A BALL SECURITY COMPONENT OF THAT, BUT HE KNEW WHERE THAT GOAL LINE WAS AT AND GOT THAT BALL OVER IT.

>> IT'S ONLY THE 42nd TIME HE'S BEEN THERE.

>> HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN THERE A FEW TIMES BEFORE.

GREAT WAY TO START THE GAME, OBVIOUSLY REELTOWN IS GOING TO HAVE TO RESPOND, BUT... >> WE SAW IT LAST NIGHT RAMSAY TAKING ON THE GULF SHORES TEAM THAT NEVER HAD BEEN ON THE STAGE AND GULF SHORES HIT RAMSAY IN THE MOUTH, 21 FIRST-QUARTER POINTS.

AND I SAY THAT BECAUSE HERE, WHILE IT WOULD BE EASY FOR REELTOWN -- AND WE AWAIT TO THE CALL TO SEE IF THE TOUCHDOWN STANDS -- >> AFTER FURTHER REVIEW THE RULING ON THE FIELD STANDS, TOUCHDOWN.

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BUT GOING BACK TO MY POINT, IT COULD HAVE BEEN REALLY EASY FOR RAMSAY TO FEEL SORRY FOR THEMSELVES.

THEY PITCHED A SHUTOUT THE REST OF THE GAME AND HAD A CHANCE TO TIE OR WIN THE GAME.

THEY'RE LATE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

>> GOT TO KEEP PLAYING.

AT THIS POINT IN THE SEASON, I'M SURE THEY'VE HAD ADVERSE AT THIS BEFORE.

YOU DON'T LIKE IT THAT EARLY BUT WE'LL SEE HOW THEY RESPOND.

HERE'S YOUR STRAIGHT-ON KICKER.

>> MARTIN PICKS IT UP AND GOOD.

7-0 FYFFE HERE WITH 10:32 REMAINING.

YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE PLAY THAT SET IT UP, FIRST PLAY FROM SCRIMMAGE.

>> GOT A TACKLE.

WE TALK ABOUT LOCKING UP AND TAKING -- ESPECIALLY A GREAT RUNNING BACK, WE'VE GOT TO LOCK UP AND GET SOME HELP THERE.

WE'LL GET A KICK OUT.

THAT'S WHAT WE CALL POWER.

WE'LL GET A KICK OUT, A GUARD PULLING AROUND.

THEY PULLED A GUY FROM THE BACK SIDE.

I THINK THAT WAS THE WING COMING AROUND.

THREE BLOCKERS AT THE POINT OF ATTACK.

>> TAKE A LOOK.

DIDN'T TAKE MUCH.

THREE PLAYS, 88 YARDS.

SCORING DRIVE.

>> I ALWAYS LIKE TO LOOK AT SPECIAL TEAMS WITH THE SMALLER SCHOOLS AND IT'S JUST DO THEY HAVE A KICKER DO, THEY HAVE A PUNTER.

WHEN YOU'RE IN A BIG SCHOOL AND YOU'VE GOT 100-SOMETHING PLAYERS AND THERE'S A SOCCER PROGRAM, HER SE, WHERE YOU CAN FIND KICKERS, JUST LOOK AT WHAT KIND OF KICKING GAME DO THEY HAVE.

SOMETIMES YOU WILL SEE A BUNCH OF DIFFERENT KICKS WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE A GUY WITH THE BIG LEG?

DID YOU EVER HAVE A GUY THAT KICKED STRAIGHT ON, TOED IT?

>> WHEN I WAS GROWING UP, I WAS AROUND IT BUT WE HAD PRETTY MUCH SOCCER PLAYERS MOSTLY FROM THE '90s ON.

>> ACROSS THE 40-YARD LINE.

ARTHUR WOODS III.

RUNNING BACK, ALSO RETURN MAN, AS YOU SAW THE SKILLS THERE.

2147 YARDS ON THE SEASON.

AVERAGE 13.2 A CARRY.

>> THAT'S PLAY STATION NUMBERS.

WE HAVE ONE FOR 2608 AND THERE'S ARTHUR AT 2105.

NOT SHABBY.

>> THAT'S SPENCER BROWN LIKE.

YEAH.

>> BROWN ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREAT RUNNINGBACKS PLAYED FOR COACH CLARKE AT UAB.

>> NICE.

THAT WAS A TREY WING LOOK TOSS SWEEP, UNDER CENTER.

WE SEE SO MUCH GUN NOW.

>> REELTOWN STARTING OFFENSE PRESENTED BY THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT.

JAKE HORNSBY, THE QUATERBACK, THEY THROW IT A LOT COMPARED TO FYFFE.

>> GREAT PERCENTAGES.

STILL DON'T THROW IT A LOT.

OF COURSE, WHEN YOU HAVE A GUY THAT CAN RISCH FOR 2150.

>> THAT'S ARTHUR WOODS.

THE FYFFE DEFENSE.

WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT RIGHT NOW.

SEE TUCKER WILKS, BIG DEFENSE END.

BUT ALSO RYDER GIPSON, LINE BACKER, 22.

73 TACKLES ON THE SEASON, FOUR FOR A LOSS AND HE DOES HAVE A SACK.

YOU SAW THE DIFFERENCE.

YOU SAW THE FIRST TIME THE BACK WAS UP, HE GOT A TOSS.

THE RUNNING BACK, LIKE A FULL BACK, THEY RAN A VEER PATH, A TRIPLE OPTION LOOK OR A DOUBLE OPTION.

THERE WASN'T A PITCH BACK BUT A DOUBLE OPTION.

SEE HIM UP NOW?

>> COMING IN MOTION.

COMING THIS WAY.

AND CATCHING THE EDGE.

>> YES.

>> GUS!

WOW!

>> SPEED SWEEP.

>> THAT IS A TOUCHDOWN.

ATTAY MARTIN.

THE 5-11, 165-POUND JUNIOR.

HOW ABOUT THAT ANSWER.

>> 110 TACKLES ON DEFENSE, ANOTHER GREAT ATHLETE.

>> JAYJAYCAYFIELD GOAL, THE FIRE SEASON.

>> EMPTY FORMATION.

>> TAPLEY, RICK SHEAD THROUGH.

INCOMPLETE.

THERE'S ONE TO HAVE THE FEW PASSES YOU WILL SEE, THE TWO-POINT CONVERSION DOES FAIL BUT NICE ANSWER BY THE REBELS ON THIS DRIVE AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AGAIN.

>> THAT'S A PLAY THAT CAME FROM HIGH SCHOOL.

YOU SEE THAT BEING RUN IN THE PROS, THE SPEED SWEEP HAND OFFWITH AN ARC BLOCK BY THE TIGHT END AND WING.

THEY LEAVE A DEFENSIVE END UNBLOCKED.

HE WAS UNTOUCHED.

>> RIGHT AT THREE MINUTES GONE BY IN THE FIRST QUARTER.

AND YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.

88 YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE COMING ON THE GROUND IE FIRST DRIVE BY FIVE.

ALL SET UP BY A GREAT RETURN ARTHUR WOODS.

TAY MARTIN, DEFENSE THIS DIRECTION AND MARTIN DID THE REST.

>> SPECIAL TEAMS, OBVIOUSLY THE THIRD PHASE, THIS FIELD POSITION, YOU KNOW, THE HIDDEN YARDAGE WE LIKE TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE HIDDEN YARDAGE YOU FIND ON KICK RETURNS OR PUNTS AND THEN THAT WAS A GREAT START FOR THEM OUT PAST THE 40.

>> QUICK GLANCE AT LOGAN ANDERSON.

I DON'T KNOW IF HE'S CAUGHT HIS BREATH FROM THE FIRST KICKOFF RETURN AND THEN GOING 77 YARDS AND CAPPING IT OFF WITH A TOUCHDOWN RUN.

>> THREE MINUTES, TWO TOUCHDOWNS.

PRETTY GOOD.

>> THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE GROUND ATTACK OF THE TEAMS.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

STRAIGHT-ON KICK.

>> THIS IS GOING TO BE ANDERSON FIELDING IT AT HIS 18.

JUST LOWERS HIS HEAD AND FALLS ACROSS THE 35 AND THAT'S FOR THE RED DEVILS SET UP ON OFFENSE FOR THE SECOND TIME THIS AFTERNOON.

>> THERE'S YOUR SPEED SWEEP MOTION.

THEY JUST REACHED EVERYBODY.

THEY JUST GOT OUTSIDE ON THE EDGE.

LUCKY WE DIDN'T GET A HOLD CALLED THERE.

INSIDE HANDS DON'T GET CALLED ANYMORE, IT'S WHEN YOU GET OUTSIDE.

THEN ON OUR TWO-POINT, WE HAD AN EMPTY FORMATION, MAYBE A LITTLE TOO MUCH ZIP ON IT.

PRETTY CLOSE.

HE WAS OPEN.

THERE WAS THE HANDOFF.

>> AND THEN THE STIFF ARM.

ANOTHER STIFF ARM!

SEE YOU LATER.

>> THAT WAS THE ONE WE FAKED ON THE FIRST ONE.

THEN WE HANDED IT.

>> RYDER GIPSON.

>> HE'S GOT ABOUT A THOUSAND YARDS RUSHING.

PEOPLE GRABBING AT HIM.

HE JUST STIFF-ARMED AND FOUGHT HIS WAY IN.

>> 65 YARDS FOR THE FRESHMAN.

YOU THINK GROUND ATTACK, CLOCK'S GOING TO BE MOVING, BUT AT THIS PACE, COACH, WE'LL BE HERE TILL MIDNIGHT.

>> DON'T LEAVE YOUR SET.

YOU MIGHT MISS SOMETHING BIG.

THIS IS EXCITING.

>> PAUL BENEFIELD SEEKING HIS SEVENTH STATE TITLE AS HEAD COACH WITH FYFFE, THERE SINCE 1997.

MARTIN.

>> DOUBLE HANDOFF.

A COUNTER WITH A KICK OUT AND A PULL UP.

STIFF ARM.

ANOTHER STIFF ARM.

GLFLTS FINDING HIS WAY TO TEND ZONE.

GREAT RUN.

>> FOUR PLAYS, 153 YARDS FOR FYFFE.

>> ONE PLAY, 65 YARDS FROM GIPSON.

>> THEY ARE AVERAGING 40 POINTS A GAME SO THERE'S A REASON.

>> SO ANOTHER KICKOFF FOR THE FYFFE RED DEVILS.

AND MATT JOHNSON AND REELTOWN.

GOING TO TRY TO ANSWER.

THEY WERE ABLE TO DO IT ON THEIR FIRST POSSESSION.

SET UP BY A GREAT RETURN FROM ARTHUR WOODS.

AND TAY MARTIN TOOK IT AROUND THE END AND WENT THE DISTANCE.

RIGHT NOW, YOU SEE THEY'RE NOT LINED UP VERY DEEP.

BOTH RETURN MEN STANDING AT THEIR OWN 18-YARD LINE.

REPORT KICK.

>> ALWAYS INTERESTING WHEN IT HITS THE GROUND.

SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T HELP IT.

FIRST THING, YOU DON'T WANT THE BALL TO HIT.

BUT THEY GOT IT, PASSED THE 30.

GOOD FIELD POSITION.

>> THAT WAS ARTHUR WOODS.

BUT MAYBE THE HESITATION, BALL TAKING A HIGH HOP, FIELDING IT.

GET GOING IN A HURRY, ALLOWED FIVE TO GET DOWN THERE.

PRETTY GOOD COVERAGE.

>> YEAH.

>> YOU SEE THE MISDIRECTION.

>> THAT'S SOMETHING THEY DO A LOT.

ANYTIME YOU HAND IT OFF TWICE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LITTLE WORRY ON THE TURNOVER, BUT THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME.

>> REELTOWN ON FIRST DOWN.

THAT'S WOODS.

>> STARTED OUT UNBALANCED, MOVED THE LINEMAN OVER RIGHT BEFORE THE SNAP.

WEAK SIDE POWER.

THERE'S YOUR KICKOUT.

BROUGHT THE GUY FROM THE OTHER SIDE, LED AROUND, GOT A COUPLE OF GUYS IN THERE ON THE BLOCK.

>> GOOD FOR THE FIRST DOWN.

TRAVSTRAILEN ROBERTS ON THE CAR.

ROBERTS GETS THE EDGE.

>> GOOD BLOCKING ON THE PERIMETER.

>> 12 YARDS ON THAT CARRY.

TRAYLEN ROBERTS.

>> OKAY.

ALL RIGHT, THE ZONE BLOCKING WHICH EVERYBODY IS REACHING.

WING, WE GET THE WING OUTSIDE.

THE FULL BACK.

GOOD TACKLE RIGHT THERE.

PHYSICAL TACKLE.

>> I TELL YOU WHAT, ANYTIME YOU'VE GOT TO WITH NOT ONLY TAY MARTIN, ARTHUR WOODS, NOW TRAYLEN ROBERTS.

JOHNSON HAS VERY CAPABLE SPEEDSTERS AT HIS DISPOSAL.

>> INSIDE COUNTER.

>> NICE STOP BY TUCKER WILKS.

BIG DEFENSE ENDS, THE '70s, TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

>> GOOD TACKLE.

>> HOLDEN SMITH THE LINE BACKER.

TAKE A LOOK AT TUCKER JUNIOR.

>> DOUBLE WING FORMATION.

THERE IT IS.

FAKE IT, GOT THE INSIDE HANDOFF.

>> ARTHUR WOODS, LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO SPRING FREE BUT SOMEBODY GOT HIM AROUND THE LEG AND WAS ABLE TO SLOW HIM DOWN REEL BEFORE HE GOT GOING, COACH.

>> THAT'S THE COMPANION PLAYOFF.

THE SPEED SWEEP IS THE ZONE.

I'D HAVE TO SEE THE BLOCKING AGAIN.

LACKED LIKE ZONE BLOCKING WAS INSIDE WHICH HOLDS THE LINE BACKERS WHEN THEY COME BACK IN AND RUN THE SPEED.

>> SIMON HICKS WITH THAT TACKLE.

>> COMING OUT OF THE HUDDLE.

YOU SEE SO MUCH TEMPO AND NO HUDDLE NOW.

TRADITIONAL HUDDLE IS INTERESTING.

PLAY ACTION.

>> COMPLETE.

>> NICE BALL.

>> KNOWING EXACTLY THE LINE TO GAIN AS WIDE RECEIVER, COMING OVER TO MAKE THAT CATCH.

THE FIRST TOWN FOR THE REELTOWN REBELS.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

>> THAT THE WHAT YOU WANT TO SEE WHEN YOU WENT PAST THE STICKS.

XAVIER THOMAS, THE EIGHT-YARD RECEPTION.

NOW UNDER SIX AND A HALF MINUTES, THIS ING QUARTER.

REELTOWN TRYING TO ANSWER AFTER TWO CONSECUTIVE TOUCHDOWNS.

ARTHUR WOODS, GOTTEN A COUPLE.

>> YOU'RE SEEING, BOTH SCHOOL, A LOT OF OLD SCHOOL.

REELTOWN IS BASED OUT OF A TWO TIGHT-END LOOK WITH TWO BACKS AND THEY'LL FLEX THEM OUT AND GIVE YOU DIFFERENT FORMATIONS.

ALWAYS INTERESTING WHEN YOU SEE A LOT OF GUYS GO BOTH WAYS.

YOU KNOW, WHEN IS THE FATIGUE FACTOR AS THE GAME GOES ON.

>> A LITTLE IRON MAN FOOTBALL, RIGHT.

>> BIG BLOCK ON THE PERIMETER THERE.

>> COACH, YOU HAD TO LOVE, WHEN IT GOT TO THE EDGE, HE DIDN'T HESITATE.

>> NO.

>> HE QUICKLY, I GUESS YOU COULD SAY, GOT NORTH AND SOUTH.

CORRECT.

>> IN THIS CASE, IT WOULD BE SOUTH, BUT THAT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE SENSE.

HE TURNED IT UP.

>> YEAH, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF DANCING.

>> DEVIN BRAGG.

>> WISHBONE, FULL HOUSE.

>> COACH LOVES SEEING A FULLBACK THESE DAYS.

>> Y HAVE ALL THE FULLBACKS GONE?

WHEN WE HAVE THE TWO GUYS, WE CALL THAT A NUB ON THE BACK, A GUARD AND A TACKLE.

WE HAD AN END, A TACKLE OVER, I BELIEVE.

>> THIRD AND SHORT, GIVE IT BACK TO TRAYLEN ROBERTS AND HE'S AHEAD FOR THE FIRST DOWN.

REELTOWN, THE STRIDE THEY HAVE PUT TOGETHER IN THE FIVE MINUTES.

TAKE A LOOK AT QUATERBACK JAKE HORNSBY, 6', 185-POUND SENIOR.

REBELS TRYING TO GET SET, THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN.

>> BALANCE.

GOING BACK TO THE NUB SIDE.

SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IS THE ADJUSTMENT.

DID THEY GO TOO FAR?

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE NUMBERS.

DID THEY OVERADJUST, NOT LEAVE ENOUGH ON THE BACK SIDE?

THAT WILL BE THE CAT AND MOUSE WHEN THEY GO WHEN THEY'RE ATTACKING UNBALANCED.

>> TRAYLEN ROBERTS PICKING UP A COUPLE OF YARDS AS HE SUMMERSAULTED THROUGH THE AIR.

>> THEY'RE GETTING HIM INVOLVED, GETTING THE EXTRA BLOCKER AT THE POINT OF ATTACK.

>> SECOND DOWN AND WE WILL CALL IT SEVEN AND A HALF, CLOSER TO EIGHT.

ATTACKS THE MIDDLE.

FYFFE DEFENDER TUCKER WILKS.

>> FULLBACK AND -- ISOLATING THE LINEBACKER AND LEADING UP INSIDE.

>> SO AFTER THE 4-YARD GAME, 3rd DOWN AND 4.

YOU WOULD EXPECT THIS IS -- COACH JOHNSON, RED ZONE.

CLOSE TO THE STICK.

THESE GUYS KNOW WHERE THE FIRST DOWN MARKER IS.

GOING FORWARD, NOT GETTING DRIVEN BACK, RUNNING BEHIND THEIR PADS.

YOU KNOW, WHAT'S SIMILAR, YOU HAVE TWO SIMILAR ATTACKS, WE TALK ABOUT WITH THE RUSHING AND THE HARD NOSE, BALL CONTROL.

WE'VE SEEN EXPLOSIVE PLAYS OUT OF WHAT WE WOULD THINK WOULD BE BALL CONTROL.

IT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING TO SEE, OBVIOUSLY, NOW, IF THEY SCORE, THEY WILL HAVE TO COME BACK WITH A TWO-POINT CONVERSION.

IS THAT SOMETHING THEY DO?

>> FIRSTN.

ARTHUR WOODS IN FOR THE REELTOWN TOUCHDOWN.

>> WE HAVE ANOTHER BIG BLOCK.

I THINK THE SAME GUY WE HAD THE BLOCK FROM BEFORE.

WE NEED TO GET HIS NUMBER.

WE'LL SEE IT ON THE REPLAY.

>> ARTHUR WOODS, HIS 33rd 33rd TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON, AND DRAWS HIS TEAM, THE REELTOWN REBELS TO WITHIN TWO.

FLMENTS.

>> WONDER IF THAT'S BOWEN BRUMBELOE.

HE'S GOT 86 PANCAKES THAT GOT THE KNOCKDOWN THERE.

WE'LL HAVE TO CHECK.

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>> JAKE HORNSBY, BATTED AWAY.

GOOD COVERAGE.

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KNOCKED THAT ONE DOWN.

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ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF RESOURCES TOUCHDOWN.

>> DEVIN BRAGG, THAT WAS THE FULLBACK THAT MADE THE BIG HIT, THEN CAME BACK ON THE COUNTER AND LED UP WITH ANOTHER KNOCKDOWN BLOCK.

TWO BIG BLOCKS BY THE FULLBACK LEADING UP.

OBVIOUSLY TO MISS THE TWO-POINT, AND WE'LL CALL THAT YOU'RE CHASING POINTS, BUT IT MAY BE WHAT THEY DO.

THEY MAY JUST GO FOR TWO.

JUST MAY BE WHO THEY ARE.

>> TUCKER WILKS IS NOT BIGGER THAN REELTOWN'S NUMBER 77 BOWEN BRUMBELOE.

ALL 6-3, 300 POUNDS OF HIM.

AND WE WILL AWAIT OUR REFEREE.

KEVIN ANDERS.

>> BEFORE THE KICK, ENCROACHMENT ON THE KICKING TEAM.

PENALTY IS 5 YARDS.

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WE WANTED TO PUT PRESSURE ON THIKE EVERYBODY ELSE.

>> I WANT TO REMAINED EVERYONE THAT PUNTERS AND KICKERS HAVE FEELS, LIKE WIN OR LOSE YOU A CAME.

KICKOFF RETURN, THIS CAN WIN YOU A GAME, TOO.

CHRISTINA CHAMBERS IS STANDING BY ON THE REBEL SIDELINE.

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>> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE BACK STORY.

COACH, THERE ARE GUYS YOU COMPETED AGAINST AND WE GET INTO IT AS FANS AND THINK ABOUT THE COMPETITIVE NATURE.

THAT'S GOOD AND YOU COMPETE AND WANT TO BEAT THAT GUY, BUT I THINK PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED AT HOW MANY LEADERS OF THESE PROGRAMS, HEAD COACHES ARE ACTUALLY REALLY REALLY GOOD FRIENDS OFF THE FIELD.

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>> ANDERSON LEADING THE CHARGE ONCE AGAIN WITH THAT FYFFE GROUND GAME.

HE'S GOING TO HAVE HIS FIRST DOWN AFTER A PICK-UP OF ALMOST SEVEN.

>> LAST TWO PLAYS, ALMOST LIKE HE'S STILL ONE PLAY AWAY.

SO HERE WE ARE WITH THE OFFSET FULLBACK, THE WING, THE H-BACK, WHATEVER YOU WANT TO CALL IT, WITH THE WING.

POWER FOOTBALL.

>> FYFFE ON THE REELTOWN 41, APPROACHING ONE AND A HALF MINUTES LEFT IN THE VERY ACTIVE FIRST QUARTER.

ONLY 26 POINTS SCORED.

NOT SURE WE EXPECTED THAT.

>> WE'LL SEE IF REELTOWN CAN SLOW THEM UP.

I REMEMBER TALKING ABOUT THIS LAST YEAR, JUST THAT LEAD.

THEY GET EXTRA GUYS LEADING UP JUST OVER AND OVER AND OVER.

>> ANDERSON, SIX YARDS.

NOT CARRYING SO FAR >> SO YOU HAVE A WING, H BACK AND THEY PULLED THE GUARD AND TACKLE AROUND.

>> LOGAN ANDERSON, AIDED BY THE FIRST PLAY, SCRIMMAGE 77 YARDS.

2nd DOWN AND A SHORT 4.

>> DOUBLE HANDOFF.

>> SAME PLAY.

WE'RE GETTING A COUNTER TRE WHICH MEANS WE'RE GETTING A KICKOUT AND A LEADUP.

GO BACK IN HUSBAND RI, THE ORIGINAL PLAY FROM THE WASHINGTON RED SKINS WAY BACK.

IF YOU DON'T RUN THAT PLAY DOWN, IT IS HARD TO DEFEND.

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>> IT'S REFRESHING FOR MATT JOHNSON TO SEE HIS DEFENSE KEEP CONTAINED AND BRING DOWN NUMBER 24 LOGAN ANDERSON.

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>> ARTHUR WOODS.

WE'VE SEEN IT ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL -- WELL, GROUND ATTACK RULING THE FIRST QUARTER.

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FIRST QUARTER STATS, STATE CHAMPIONS FOR FIVE YEARS.

TOTAL YARDAGE 178 TO 126.

LOGAN ANDERSON IS A BIG REASON WHY.

HE POWERS AHEAD ON SECOND DOWN.

>> THE BROKEN RECORD POWER.

POWER WITH A DOUBLE LEADUP, WITH A BACK SIDE LEADUP.

>> ALMOST 20 YARDS PER PLAY.

COACH, I'VE NEVER COACHED A GAME IN MY LIFE, BUT I SAY THAT'S PROBABLY A RECIPE FOR ESS.

>> THAT MIGHT WIN FOR YOU IF YOU COULD AVERAGE A LITTLE UNDER 20 YARDS A PLAY.

>> YOU DO THAT AND HAVE A BILL CLARK DEFENSE, YOU'RE SETTING RECORDS.

>> I'M SITTING UP HERE THINKING HOW WE WOULD DEFEND THAT.

>> THIRD DOWN AND 2.

LOGAN ANDERSON.

WHY NOT?

HE FALLS ACROSS THE 15 INTO THE 14.

>> THAT WAS A LITTLE WRINKLED THERE.

WENT TO SEE THAT ON THE REPLAY.

>> LOGAN ANDERSON.

WE'LL CALL FOUR YARDS.

2nd DOWN AND 6.

LISTLESRED DEVILS CAN STILL PICA FIRST DOWN WITHOUT SCORING.

>> PLAY CALL FROM THE HEAD COACH.

DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT SIGNALS.

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>> DON'T FORGET IT AS YOU RUN ON THE FIELD.

GOT A PASS.

>> PUTTING IT UP AND OVER THE HEAD OF HIS INTENDED RECEIVER, RYDER GIPSON.

YOU DON'T SEE THAT MUCH.

>> DO NOT SEE THAT MUCH.

>> DECIDE TO THROW HIS 33rd PASS OF THE SEASON.

>> GIVE REELTOWN CREDIT.

I MEAN, RUN, RUN, RUN, RUN, RUN.

THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO SAY, WE CANNOT GIVE UP A PLAY ACTION PASSES TO A HE HEAVY RUN TEAM BECAUSE THAT'S THE BIG PLAY.

GIVE THEM CREDIT, BIG DEFENSE.

>> WE HAVE ARMY-NAVY COMING UP AND THAT'S TYPICAL OF WHAT YOU SEE IN THAT GAME.

YOU GET LULLED TO SLEEP AND THEY'LL HIT YOU WITH THE BIG PLAY.

>> UNBALANCED.

WE SAW THE LINEMAN WALK OVER.

>> ANDERSON SNAPPING OUT OF THE BACKFALL.

I DON'T HAVE TO BE INSIDE THE HEADSET OF PAUL BENEFIELD TO KNOW WHAT THE RED DEVILS WILL DO.

>> WE HAVE BEEN AVERAGING 20.

WE JUST NEED ONE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S SEE IT.

ALL RIGHT, THERE'S YOUR SHIFT TO UNBALANCED.

SAME POWER, JUST GET THE BACK SIDE GUARDED.

DOESN'T EVEN GET THERE.

PULL IT AROUND.

>> WENT DOWN IN A YARD FOR THE FYFFE RED DEVILS.

>> UNBALANCED AGAIN.

>> GOODNESS.

>> TIME OUT BY REELTOWN.

>> TIME OUT, REELTOWN.

>> GOING TO BE A FALSE START, BUT THE REBELS CALL A TIME OUT WITH 9:29 LEFT.

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COACH, RIGHT HERE.

YOU'RE THE DEFENSIVE GURU.

IF YOU'RE MATT JOHNSON, THE REBEL DEFENSE.

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR HERE?

>> FOURTH AND SHORT, I MEAN, IT'S TOUGH TO DEFEND ESPECIALLY AGAINST A TEAM WHO MAKES THEIR LIVING RUNNING THE BALL.

THEY MAKE THEIR LIVING ON SHORT YARDAGE.

WE'VE GOT TO SET A NEW LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

WE'VE GOT TO GET TO THE OTHER LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

WE HOPE SOMEONE CAN KNIFE THROUGH AND MAKE A PLAY.

BUT THESE THINGS, WE WORK.

WE WORK THIRD AND SHORT, FOURTH AND MEDIUM.

IN TODAY'S WORLD OF ANALYTICS, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE GOING FORWARD ON FOURTH DOWN.

THE SEAMS USED TO GETTING THE SHORT YARDAGE RUN, THAT'S PART OF THEIR OFFENSE, THEY'RE MORE INCLINED TO GO FOR IT ANYWAY.

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO STOP THE TEAMS OR YOU WILL NEVER GET OFF THE FIELD.

I MIGHT GUESS 24.

THEY HAD THE DOUBLE HAND OFFTO 22.

IN WHAT THEY THEY'LL GIVE IT TO THEM, SOME FORM OF POWER, THAT BEFORE TIME OUT THEY WERE UNBALANCED.

>> RED DEVILS.

LET'S SEE WHAT PAUL BENEFIELD WANTS TO DO.

>> THEY HAVE THEM ON THE SNAP NOW.

>> FLAGS COMING IN.

REFEREE, INITIAL INDICATION POINTING AT REELTOWN.

REBELS LINING UP IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE.

>> THEY JUMPED WHEN THEY SNAPPED DOWN.

WE COULD TALK ABOUT THIS ALLOT, BUT WHAT FYFFE DOES, THEY DO IT EVERY TIME.

THAT'S NOT INCITING THEM TO ENCROACH.

IF YOU ONLY DID IT ONE TIME AND SNAPPED -- >> BEFORE THE SNAP, ENCROACHMENT ON THE DEFENSE.

RESULT IN A FIRST DOWN.

>> THAT'S TOUGH.

>> THE QUESTION IS DID HE CROSS THE NEUTRAL ZONE?

THE OFFICIALS SAY HE DID.

COACH SAYS I THINK THE SNAP DOWN CAUSED IT BUT THEY DO IT EVERY PLAY.

>> INSTEAD OF FOURTH AND ONE, FIVE SETUP FIRST AND GOAL FROM THE 2.

HE'S IN.

>> STILL KNOCKED DOWN.

LOGAN ANDERSON IN FROM JUST A COUPLE YARDS OUT.

IT'S ALMOST UNFAIR.

THAT IS YOUR ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES TOUCHDOWN AND FYFFE EXTENDING THEIR LEAD 20 TO 12 AS WE AWAIT THE EXTRA POINT.

LOGAN ANDERSON, 12 CARRIES, 134 YARDS, 2 TOUCHDOWNS.

>> THAT'S ABOUT RIGHT FOR HIM.

>> HE RAN FOR 230 YARDS AND 3 TOUCHDOWNS AND 35 CARRIES IN THE SEMIFINAL WIN.

>> THERE'S OUR POWER.

I MEAN, HE STOPPED SHORT.

JUST GETS HIS PADS LOW AND DRIVES IT IN.

LOW PAD WINS.

WHOEVER IS RUNNING THEIR FEET, LOW PAD.

>> SCORING DRIVE.

ELEVEN PLAYS, 54 YARDS, EATING UP ALMOST FIVE AND A HALF MINUTES.

THAT'S MORE OF WHAT WE EXPECTED AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF POSSESSIONS FOR BOTH TEAMS.

GOING QUICK.

NOW FYFFE -- AND THEY HAD TO EARN IT.

GIVE REALTIME A LITTLE BIT CREDIT THERE.

>> YEAH, THEY'RE BOTH MATCHING EACH OTHER.

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE NOW?

IT'S REALTIME'S TURN, BUT THE TWO-POINT PLAYS ARE THE DIFFERENCE RIGHT NOW, OTHER THAN OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE DOWN TO TOUCHDOWN.

BUT WE'LL SEE IF THEY CAN MATCH WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN DOING.

>> JESSE MARTIN 3 FOR 3 ON EXTRA POINTS.

NOW MARTIN WILL TEE IT UP, KICK IT AWAY.

LET'S SEE IT.

THEY GO WITH THE SHORTER KICK WE SAW LAST TIME.

PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA, ESPECIALLY WITH TAE MARTIN AND ARTHUR WOODS STANDING INSIDE THEIR 20.

DIRECTIONAL KICK FIELDED AT THE 30.

A NICE RETURN, MARK HIM DOWN AT THE 38-YARD LINE, AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE HISTORY AND A LOT OF FYFFE REPRESENTATION THERE, COACH.

>> YEAH, THEY HAVE HAD A LITTLE SUCCESS THROUGH THE YEARS.

HAD A LITTLE DROUGHT FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT GOT TO SEE THEM LAST YEAR WITH A BIG WIN, AND HERE THEY ARE AGAIN.

AND, YOU KNOW, WE TALK A LOT ABOUT -- COACH WALKER AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT IT IN THE PREGAME, THE KIDS ARE PLAYING FOOTBALL, THESE KIDS ARE THEIR HEROES.

THEY FETE TO GROW UP WATCHING THESE GUYS AND IT'O THEY WANT TO BE.

IT PERPETUATES THE SUCCESS.

>> ALIJAH WOODS ON RETURN FOR THE REBELS.

GOOD POSITION STARTING OUT.

NINE MINUTES LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF.

>> SWEEP.

>> TRAYLEN ROBERTS, PART OF THAT ONE-TWO PUNCH WE SEE FROM THE REBEL BACKFIELD.

GAIN ON THE FIRST DOWN.

>> YEAH, IF WE GET A STOP, IT'S GOING TO MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE WITH THESE OFFENSES, HAVING TO DEAL WITH THEM.

TBRLTSSAME FORMATION.

WING.

THERE'S YOUR TRIED.

>> ROBERTS, THEY CALL HIS NUMBER AGAIN AN IT'S NUMBER 11, IN THE BACKFIELD QUICKLY FOR THE RED DEVILS.

THAT'S ANTHONY MIL.

>> NICE PLAY.

TACKLE FOR LOSS.

GOT A THIRD DOWN.

>> IT IS THIRD DOWN!

>> ANTHONY MIL, THE LINE BAKR, 5-8, 158 POUNDS.

ON THE BACK FEEL.

DIAGNOSED THAT ONE WELL.

>> IF YOU DON'T LOVE DEVIN BRAGG, 2 IS WEARING THE BLUE -- HE'S THE ROAD GRADER.

>> WISHBONE, FULL HOUSE, TOSS TO THE WEAK SIDE, TO THE NUB SIDE.

>> THAT'S ARTHUR WOODS.

>> SPEIGHT THERE TO GET OUTSIDE.

BECAUSE THEY WERE OUT THERE.

>> CERTAINLY IS, AND IF HE HADN'T TURNED IT UP, THAT PLAY DOESN'T GO FOR THREE OR FOUR YARDS, MIGHT BE A LOSS OR RIGHT THERE BACK AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

>> I HAVE TO GIVE REELTOWN CREDIT, MULTIPLE FORMATIONS WITH THE TOO TIGHT OF A RECEIVER END.

WE'VE SEEN SEVERAL THINGS.

NEW PLAY.

COUNTER.

>> SOME SHIFTY FOOTWORK BY XAVIER THOMAS.

>> THERE IT IS.

>> NOT A WHOLE LOT TO SHOW.

TAKE A LOOK AGAIN.

>> TAKE THE POWER WITH THE COUNTER WITH A KICKOUT.

>> GOOD DEFENSE.

>> TURN IT BACK IN.

>> 3rd AND 7.

MAYBE WE'LL SEE A PASS HERE.

>> JAKE HORNSBY, CENTER.

TIME OUT IS CALLED BY MATT JOHNSON.

BIG 3rd DOWN DECISION COMING UP.

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>> 3rd DOWN AND 7, REELTOWN FROM THE 45 GETTING TRIPPED UP.

DAYLIGHT.

ARTHUR WOODS, TURF MONSTER OR JUST TRIPPED OVER HIS OWN FEET.

WILL BE SHORT.

BEEN 4th DOWN COMING UP.

FOR MORE ON FYFFE HEAD COACH PAUL BENEFIELD.

SUSAN CAROTHERS.

>> COACH PAUL BENEFIELD BECAME THE THIRD COACH IN AHSAA HISTORY TO REACH 350 WINS.

HE HAS 351 NOW.

IF THEY WIN TONIGHT, 352.

354 HELD BY COACH BUDDY ANDERSON.

>> CONCERNED WITH A FOURTH AND FIVE STOP.

PASS IS CAUGHT.

>> NICE.

LOOKED UP IN OPEN SPACE, HIT HIM IN THE HANDS.

>> TAKE A PICTURE.

FINN HENDERSON, 6-4 TIGHT END.

>> AND THE DRIVE CONTINUES.

>> ARTHUR WOODS STILL ON HIS FEET.

NICE.

COULD HAVE BEEN A 7-YARD LOSS TURNS OUT TO ONLY BE TWO.

>> WILDCAT LOOK.

QUATERBACK MOVES OVER.

UNBALANCED LOOK.

THEY WERE GOING TO RUN OVER THERE, TOO, IT LOOKS LIKE.

THIS HANDLE SNAP.

>> THAT HAND PLANTED, THAT'S A BRILL THEY RUN.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

WHEN A GUY COMES IN THAT HASN'T BEEN CATCHING THE SNAP, JUST TOOK HIS EYES OFF OF IT FOR A SECOND.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 12.

HANDED OFF.

NOT MUCH THERE.

>> COUNTER.

INSIDE HANDOFF.

I COULDN'T TELL FROM UP HERE, BUT IT LOOKED -- WITH A LITTLE PENETRATION, IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY.

>> TAE MARTIN, BUT TUCKER WILKS IS RIGHT THERE.

>> LOOK AT THE HANDOFF.

GUARD, FULLBACK COMING AROUND THERE, THERE WAS THE HANDOFF.

PENETRATION MIGHT HAVE WORKED.

ANOTHER THIRD LONG >> TWO BY TWO FIRST TIME.

BACK TO THE FIELD.

INSIDE PRESSURE.

OH, WHAT A PLAY.

>> TAE MARTIN.

TAE MARTIN WITH AN UNBELIEVABLE CATCH, BUT DUE TO THE TIME IT TOOK FOR THE BALL TO GET THERE, GOOD REACTION BY THE RED DEVIL DEFENSE.

>> HERE WE GO, 4th AND 10.

THEY ANSWERED A MINUTE AGO.

YOU NOTICE FYFFE FIRED.

WE HAVE AN INSIDE LINEBACK STUNT.

PRETTY GOOD PICK-UP.

GREAT CATCH.

GOOD TACKLE RIGHT THERE.

ANDERSON FIRST TO THE HIT.

>> FOR A TEAM THAT DOESN'T THROW MUCH, PRETTY GOOD CATCH.

HORNSBY LOADING UP.

HE DOES HAVE HIS TIGHT-END, INCOMPLETE.

GOING BACK TO THE YOUNG MAN WHO CAUGHT IT.

>> QUARTER OUT.

>> 4th DOWN.

THAT ONE, HE LED HIM TOO FAR, AS FIN HENDERSON COULDN'T CATCH UP.

GOOD COVERAGE BY THE RED DEVILS.

>> GOOD COVERAGE, TWO GUYS BACK THERE.

THIS WILL BE A QUESTION, WHAT HAPPENS, CAN THEY GET A STOP BEFORE HALF AND KEEP IT THE PASS ONE SCORE.

>> PLAY PSYCHOLOGIST HERE, THOUGH, BECAUSE YOU HAVE BEEN IN THESE SITUATIONS WHERE YOU HAVE AN OFFENSE AND WHAT FYFFE LIKES TO DO, IT'S ALMOST DEMORALIZING.

>> IT REALLY IS.

>> THEY KEEP COMING AT YOU AND NOT TO CONVERT THERE, PEOPLE SAY THERE'S PLENTY OF TIME AND THERE'S BUT THIS IS A PIVOTAL MOMENT.

>> IT REALLY IS.

>> QUATERBACK ON THE KEEPER.

>> FIRST TIME WE'VE SEEN THE QUATERBACK RUN.

>> BLAKE DOBBINS DOESN'T THROW IT VERY MUCH.

LIKE HIS TEAMMATES, VERY COMFORTABLE RUNNING THE FOOTBALL.

TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPLAY.

NO HESITATION.

>> WHEN YOU ADD THE QUATERBACK RUN, NO THROW, BUT THE QUATERBACK RUN IS JUST ANOTHER ELEMENT.

THEY'RE ALWAYS GETTING TWO MORE GUYS TO THE POINT OF ATTACK, BLOCK DOWN PULLUP.

>> BACK TO LOGAN ANDERSON.

>> LOGAN ANDERSON CARRIES.

>> LOGAN ANDERSON APPROACHING 150 YARDS.

1st TOWN THERE.

>> WITH THE CLOCK STOPPING ON 1st DOWNS.

WHAT'S THEIR TIME OUT SITUATION.

>> THREE FOR FYFFE AND ONE REMAINING FOR REELTOWN.

MATT JOHNSON JUST ASSUMED THE CLOCK RAN OUT.

YES.

OH, GOT THE ELLEN.

>> AND HE CAN GO.

AND THERE HE GOES.

A SHOESTRING TACKLE BY TAE MARTIN, AND THAT'S ALL THAT STOOD BETWEEN RYDER GIPSON AND HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN OF THE AFTERNOON.

>> SAME SPEED SWEEP WE SAW OUT OF REELTOWT OUT OF THE GUN.

>> WITH A NEW CLOCK RULE, AS YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE REPLAY HERE WITH RYDER GIPSON GETTING TO THE OUTSIDE, BUT, COACH, YOU LOOK AT THE NEW CLOCK AND WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.

YOU LIKE IT, YOU DON'T LIKE IT?

>> YOU KNOW, IT PROBABLY GREW ON IT AS THE SEASON WENT, BUT EARLY ON I DIDN'T.

>> THE THUD OF THE PADS AS LOGAN ANDERSON, THERE WAS JUST A COLLISION RIGHT THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LINE.

YOU HAD A BODY FLYING.

>> REELTOWN STOPS.

>> LOOK ADD ANDERSON, VERY MODEST ONE AND A HALF YARD GAME.

YOU ASKED ABOUT THIS EARLIER, THIS PHYSICAL WEARS ON THE DEFENSE.

A LOT OF THESE GUYS DON'T COME OFF THE FIELD AND THAT CAN MAKE IT EVEN TOUGHER, BUT JUST THAT PHYSICAL POUNDING.

>> BTO ANDERSON.

HE'S OUT OF THE 15.

HE WILL BE THIRD AND SHORT, JUST OVER A MINUTE LEFT.

THEY'VE STILL GOT ALL THEIR TIME OUT.

NOT REAL WORRIED ABOUT THE CLOCK.

>> SUBSTITUTION NOW ON THE REBEL DEFENSE COMING IN AS WELL, ONE OF THE DEFENSIVE LINEMEN.

BIG BOWMAN BRUMBELOE.

FIRST DOWN AND GOAL INSIDE THE CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA RED ZONE.

>> TIME OUT, FYFFE.

>> FYFFE RED DEVILS TIMING OUT SETTING UP WHAT THEY HOPE WILL BE ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN DRIVE AND TRYING TO TAKE A MORE THAN TWO TOUCHDOWN LEAD INTO HALFTIME.

>> REELTOWN'S COACHES NOW ARE SOME WAY, FIND SOME WAY TO MAKE A STOP HERE.

>> WHAT'S THE PSYCHE OF MATT JOHNSON'S TEAM.

>> THEY'RE TRYING TO STAY ENERGETIC AND MOTIVATED DURING THIS DRIVE.

THEY KNOW THAT THEY'RE DOWN WITH 54 SECONDS LEFT BUT THEY'RE TRYING TO DO ANYTHING TO MOTIVE THIS DEFENSE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND A LOT OF TIMES, COACH, YOU KNOW, YOU CAN HAVE ALL THE MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS, BUT I HEARD SOMEONE SAY INSPIRATION CAN COME FROM AN EXTERNAL SOURCE, MOTIVATION COMES FROM WITHIN.

>> THAT'S CORRECT.

WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING AN OFFENSE LIKE THIS, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF PLACES TO RUN THROUGH.

YOU GET BLOCK DOWNS AT THE POINT OF ATTACK, KICKOUTS AND LEADUP.

I MEAN, THAT'S -- WHEN YOU'VE GOT GOOD PLAYERS, WHATEVER THE OFFENSE IS, YOU KNOW, THIS FITS THEM, IT FITS THEIR MENTALITY, AND THEY'RE STRONG.

>> AND A PLACE THAT FYFFE IS FAMILIAR WITH, THE CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA RED ZONE.

ANDERSON IS AHEAD FOR 3.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD BE SCARED OF THE DOUBLE HANDOFF DOWN AT THE GOALLINE.

THAT'S JUST PART OF THEIR OFFENSE.

>> HOW ABOUT AT REPETITION.

>> I'M SURE THIS IS WHAT THEY GROW UP DOING, RUNNING THIS OFFENSE.

>> AND IT'S A TOUCHDOWN.

ANOTHER ONE.

>> FOR RUNNING BACK LOGAN ANDERSON.

HIS THIRD OF HIS FIRST HALF.

AND ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES TOUCHDOWN FOR THE FYFFE RED DEVILS.

EXTENDING THEIR LEAD 27 TO 12 AS THEY AWAIT THE EXTRA POINT TRY BY JESSE MARTIN.

>> AS WE SAID, HE'S BEEN THERE BEFORE.

>> LOOK AT ANDERSON GETTING THE OXYGEN IN A CAN THERE ON THE 5 SIDELINE.

IF ANYBODY NEEDS IT, IT'S LOGAN.

I WOULD SAY SO.

>> HE'S BEEN BUSY CONSUMING A LOT OF OXYGEN.

>> SAW HIM ON KICK RETURNS AND DEFENSE.

GO TO THE NEXT POINT AND CATCH YOUR BREATH.

>> EXTRA POINT IS GOOD.

BAWL BOUNCED OUT.

SO USED TO THE BALL GOING BETWEEN THE TACKLES, AND WHEN IT BOUNCES, CORNER GOT SUCKED UP A LITTLE BIT.

>> PROBLEM IS YOU HAVE A FRESHMAN IN ALIJAH WOODS OUT THERE TRYING TO DO BATTLE.

>> THAT'S A BIG RUNNING BACK.

>> AL DODD SCORING DRIVE.

FYFFE DIDN'T HAVE VERY MUCH TIME TO OPERATE.

GOT THE HUGE 4th DOWN STOP.

SO METHODICAL HAT THEY DO.

NO PANIC OR RUSH.

>> KEEP MOVING THE CHAINS.

CLOCK STOPS ON A CHAIN MOVE.

FYFFE HAD ITS THREE TIMES OUT.

I THINK ONE OF THE THINGS I LOVE IS THE TRAINING ASPECT OF IT.

I KNOW FYFFE, FOR YEARS AND YEARS, HAS BEEN, YOU KNOW, TRAINING THEIR ATHLETES STRONG, REALLY GOOD IN THE WEIGHT ROOM.

THERE'S THE SAFETY COMPONENT OF TRAINING AND THEN THERE'S THE ON THE FIELD COMPONENT.

YOU CAN'T DISPENSE WHO THEY ARE.

THEY ARE STRONG, TOUGH, WELL TRAINED.

NOT TAKING AWAY FROM REELTOWN, WHO I'M SURE THEY DO THE SAME, AND I KNOW FYFFE IS KNOWN FOR BEING IN THAT WEIGHT ROOM.

>> AND LOGAN ANDERSON JUST SCORED THE TOUCHDOWN FOR FYFFE, HE'S A PRIME EXAMPLE OF YOU GET THE EYE ROLL WHEN THE GUYS ARE TELLING THE GLORY-DAY STORIES, YEAH, I RAN THE FOOTBALL FOR THIS MANY DOWNS, PLAYED DEFENSE, SPECIAL TEAMS.

>> LIKE THE WALK UPHILL BOTH WAYS.

I NEVER CAME OFF THE FIELD, YOU'RE TELLING YOUR KIDS.

HE REALLY DIDN'T.

HE HAS VIDEO TO SHOW IT.

>> HEAR'S HOW BOTH TEAMS GOT HERE.

REELTOWN EXCITING WIN OVER B.B.

COMER, 24-YARD FIELD GOAL, FIRST OF THE SEASON, HIT THE RIGHT, RICOCHETED THROUGH.

THEN FYFFE THE REMATCHED WITH PISGAH.

THAT'S HOW BOTH TEAMS GOT TO TUSCALOOSA.

>> SOME KIND OF SHOT.

WE GET THE FOUR-WIDE LOOK.

>> THAT WAS A DANGEROUS PLAY.

>> HE HAS TO GET THE BALL IN WHEN HE STARTS TO RUN.

THE BALL IS HANGING OUT.

SOMEBODY STRIP IT.

>> AND THAT IS THE FINAL PLAY OF THIS FIRST HALF.

HALF TIME.

BACK AND FORTH AFFAIR FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, AND THEN IT WAS FYFFE, DEFENDING STATE CHAMPIONS, WINNERS OF THE FOUR OF THE LAST FIVE.

TRYING TO MAKE IT FIVE OF THE LAST SIX.

FLEXING THEIR MUSCLES.

THE REASON I WAS A RUNNING BACK, LOGAN ANDERSON.

>> BOTH SIDES PUBLIC RADIO FENCIVELY WELL.

WE HAD ONE STOP ON REELTOWN.

BUT LOGAN ANDERSON, UNBELIEVABLE.

THE SCHEMES, BOTH TEAMS DO A GOOD JOB.

>> SUSAN CAROTHERS STANDING BY WITH FYFFE FOOTBALL COACH PAUL BENEFIELD.

>> COACH A LOT GOING RIGHT IN THE FIRST HALF.

WHAT DO YOU SEE THAT YOU'VE LIKED SO FAR?

WELL, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL SURPRISINGLY GOOD.

OF COURSE, THEY HAVE, TOO.

WE HAVE TO TIGHTEN UP ON DEFENSE.

IT'S GOING TO BE A LONG TWO QUARTERS.

WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP IT UP.

>> ANY ADJUSTMENTS YOU NEED TO MAKE?

>> YEAH, MAYBE A COUPLE.

>> GOOD LUCK, COACH.

THANKS.

>> SPOKEN LIKE A TRUE HEAD COACH, COACH BILL CLARK.

>> LIKE A VETERAN.

>> KEVIN SCAR BIN SKI IS GOING TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF NOT ONLY EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS ONE BUT THE OTHER EVENTS TO HAVE THE DAY.

FYFFE LEADING BY 16, ENTERING HALFTIME.

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>> WE ARE AT HALF TIME OF THE 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

IT'S BEEN AN OFFENSIVE CLINIC, SO FAR.

SEVEN POSSESSIONS.

I'M NOT GOING TO COUNT THE LAST POSSESSION LESS THAN HALF A MINUTE.

SEVEN POSSESSIONS, SIX TOUCHDOWNS, FYFFE 28, REELTOWN 12.

FYFFE GOT THE OPENING KICKOFF, THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THE ADVANTAGE, 28-12 JACK CROWE WITH US NOW.

COACH, IT'S FASCINATING TO WATCH THE FYFFE OFFENSE, THAT RUNNING GAME OPERATE.

SCORED A TOUCHDOWN ON ALL FOUR OF THE FIRST-HALF POSSESSIONS.

HOW UNIQUE IS THAT.

>> 90% OF THAT IS GENERAL NAILEN, WORLD WAR II.

YOU CAN RUN THE POWER GAME WITH THAT MISDIRECTION GAME.

YOU REMEMBER THE COUNTER TRE THE REDSKINS USED TO RUN?

THAT'S ALL TUCKED IN THERE SOMEWHERE.

>> AND THE DISCIPLINE THEY RUN IT WITH.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> JUST WATCH THE WAY THEY LINE UP, THE WAY THE LINEMEN GET DOWN INTO THEIR SUBSTANCE ALL AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S SO CRISP.

>> THE FOOTWORK OF THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN, I MEAN, THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE SAME STEP, THE SAME LENGTH TO HAVE THE STEP EVERY SINGLE TIME, AND THEIR PAD AND THEIR AIMING POINTS, I MEAN, IT'S MECHAL, I MEAN, AND THEY ARE 100% EFFICIENT AT IT.

I MEAN, BOTH THESE TEAMS FOLLOW THE SAME KIND OF PATTERN.

IT'S NOT MUCH ZONE BLOCKING OUT HERE.

REELTOWN DID A LITTLE BIT OF IT ON THEIR TOSS GAME.

>> YES.

>> BUT THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR, REALLY, IN THE WAY THEY APPROACH THIS.

I'M NOT SURE REELTOWN DIDN'T GO TO SCHOOL ON FYFFE.

>> IT WOULD BE INTERESTING.

THEY GET THE OPENING KICKOFF FOR THE SECOND HALF, AND IF THEY CAN CUT THIS THING TO WITHIN ONE SCORE -- >> AGAIN.

>> AGAIN, THEY HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD.

SCORED ON BOTH POSSESSIONS, AND EVEN THE ONE THEY DIDN'T SCORE, THEY THREW A FOURTH-DOWN PASS INTO THE END ZONE, IT WAS INCOMPLETE.

>> ONE THING, AT SCHOOLS LIKE THIS, YOU DON'T HAVE A LOT OF CHOICES PERSONAL-WISE.

YOU HAVE TO DO WITH WHAT YOU'VE GOT.

WHAT WALKS IN THE DOOR.

BUT ONE THING THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU REALLY GET DOWN TO IN THIS STYLE OF PLAY HERE IS TOUGHNESS.

EVERY TIME A BACK FINISHES A RUN, YOU KNOW, HE'S BRINGING IT.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A HEAVY WEIGHT, YOU KNOW, I'M GOING TO KNOCK YOU DOWN.

YOU KNOW, AND A LOT OF THE GAME WHERE YOU'RE PLAYING IN GRASS, IT'S AVOIDANCE.

THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF AVOIDANCE GOING OUT THERE.

IT'S HOW LONG CAN YOU TAKE THIS PUNCH AND THIS PUNCH AND THIS PUNCH AND THE RESIDUAL EFFECT OF THIS KIND OF BALL COMES DOWN AT THE END.

BODY PUNCH OAF AND OVER, AFTER A WHILE YOUR BODY STARTS WIGGLING A LITTLE BIT.

>> WHO WAS THE BOXER WHO SAID KILL THE BODY AND THE HEAD WILL DIE?

>> THAT'S A GREAT ONE.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT LIKE THIS, NOW.

>> YES.

AND THE STARS HAVE BEEN STARS, TAE MARTIN HAD A LONG-TIME TOUCHDOWN FOR REELTOWN.

A LOT OF OFFENSIVE FIREWORKS.

WE'LL BE BACK.

RUNNING TO A BREAK.

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>> BACK AT BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM HALF TIME OF THE 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, FYFFE TRYING TO GO BACK-TO-BACK.

GOT LEAD ON REELTOWN 28-12.

BEEN AN OFFENSIVE SHOWCASE IN THE FIRST HALF.

SIX TOUCHDOWNS AND SEVEN FULL POSSESSIONS, FYFFE WITH THE EDGE.

REELTOWN WILL GET THE SECOND-HALF KICKOFF SEEING IF THEY CAN TIGHTEN THINGS UP.

NONE OF THIS HAPPENS, OF COURSE, WITHOUT THE GENEROSITY OF CORPORATE PARTNERS OF THE ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, LIKE TEAM I.P.

PLEASED TO BE JOINED BY JILL HARRISON, SENIOR EVENT MANAGER FOR TEAM I.P.

THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.

>> SURE, IT'S A PLEASURE.

>> I NOTH I CANNOT TALK TO YOU WITHOUT REFERENCING YOU'RE WEARING YOUR AUBURN COLORS.

HAVE YOU GOTTEN ANY FLACK IN BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM?

>> NONE WHATSOEVER, I'VE GOTTEN A COUPLE OF FIST BUMPS AND WAR EAGLES.

>> IF FOURTH AND 31 HAD GONE THE OTHER WAY.

>> PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE WORN THE QUARTERSHIP.

>> YOU MIGHT HAVE HEARD A LITTLE FLACK THEN.

>> RIGHT.

>> TELL OUR AUDIENCE WHAT TEAM I.P.

IS AND WHAT YOU DO.

>> WE'RE AN EVENT MERCHANDISER.

WE SUPPLY THE EVENT-SPECIFIC SHIRTS AS WELL AS AHSAA NOVELTIES AND APPAREL FOR ALL THE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR.

>> WHY IS IT IMPORTANT FOR TEAM I.P.

TO TEAM UP WITH THE ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION AND SUPPORT HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS IN THE STATE?

>> WE REALLY BELIEVE IN HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS AND LIKE TO SUPPORT AND LIKE TO SHARE THAT VERY IMPORTANT TIME IN THE ATHLETEAS LIFE WITH THE FAMILIES AND PROVIDE BEAUTIFUL AND MEANINGFUL SOUVENIRS.

WE PUT NAMES ON THE BACKS OF THE SHIRTS, SOETTES A GREAT MEMENTO TO CAPTURE THE TIME THEY MADE IT TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, WIN OR LOSE.

IT'S A VERY GREAT ACHIEVEMENT, AND WE LOVE BEING A PART OF THAT.

>> THAT IS REALLY SPECIAL BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THESE EVENTS, THE SUPER 7, AND B AS YOU SAID, TEAM I.P.

WORKS WITH ALL KINDS OF EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE SEASON THROUGHOUT THE ACADEMIC YEAR WITH THE ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, HAVING THAT KEEPSAKE, THAT CAP, T-SHIRT OR QUARTER ZIP TO HAVE AS A MEMORY OF THAT SPECIAL TIME, I KNOW WE'VE COLLECTED A TON IN OUR FAMILY WITH OUR TWO SONS AND THAT'S REALLY WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

YOU'RE GIVING PEOPLE MEMORIES FOR A LIFETIME, AREN'T YOU?

>> WE ARE.

IT'S SUCH A POSITIVE, MEANINGFUL JOB TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT WITH THE PASSPORTS, THE STUDENT ATHLETE AND COUSINS AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYONE.

E ONE THAT COMES -- EVERYONE THAT COMES.

YOU KNOW, WHETHER THEY HAVE AN ATHLETE OR NOT, THEY LOVE TO BRING SOMETHING HOME TO CHERISH THAT MOMENT.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

HOW MUCH THOUGHT GOES INTO WHAT GEAR ARE WE GOING TO HAVE?

DO YOU PARTICIPATE IN THE DESIGN OF THE GEAR?

THAT'S NOT AN EASY PROCESS.

>> I DO NOT.

I'M PART OF THE PROCESS.

WE HAVE A GRAPHIC DESIGN TEAM WORKING CLOSELY WITH AHSAA TO SEE WHAT THEY WANT ON THE SHIRT, AND THEY COLLECTIVELY DESIGN IT TOGETHER, AND THEY APPROVE IT AND THEN WE PRINT IT AND RUN WITH IT.

>> WELL, I'VE GOT TO SAY THE AHSAA APPAREL I'VE SEEN THIS WEEK LOOKS OUTSTANDING, LOOKS FIRST CLASS, LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT THIS EVENT.

JILL HARRISON, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO FOR TEAM I.P.

AND WHAT THEY DO FOR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS IN THIS STATE.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> WE HAVE TO RUN TO BREAK.

BE BACK BEFORE THE SECOND HALF OF THE 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

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(dramatic music continues) >> WELCOME BACK TO BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.

WE ARE AT HALF TIME OF THE 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

FYFFE THE DEFENDING CHAMPION HAS THE LEAD OVER REELTOWN 28-12, AND OFFENSIVE FIREWORKS DISPLAY SO FAR.

WE'LL SEE IF THAT CONTINUES IN THE SECOND HALF HERE ON ALABAMA PUBLIC TELEVISION.

NOW, THIS WOULDN'T BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE SUPPORT OF PARTNERS LIKE THE ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM.

WE HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH ABOUT THE SYSTEM THIS WEEK, AND WE'RE GOING TO LEARN A LITTLE MORE RIGHT NOW.

WE'RE JOINED BY HOUSTON BLACKWOOD.

HE IS THE WORKFORCE DIRECTOR WITH THE INNOVATION CENTER OF THE ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM.

FIRST OF ALL, HOUSTON, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

>> YOU'RE WELCOME.

HAPPY TO BE HERE.

>> TELL US ABOUT THE INNOVATION CENTER.

I'M LEARNING SOMETHING NEW ABOUT THE ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM.

TELL US ABOUT THE INNOVATION CENTER.

>> IT'S STILL NEW.

WE'RE A DIVISION OF THE SYSTEM THAT SERVES ALL 24 COLLEGES.

WE WERE CREATED TO FILL IN THE GAPS WHERE THE COLLEGES DON'T HAVE THE TIME OR RESOURCES TO DEVELOP CONTENT FOR TRAINING THAT'S NECESSARY RIGHT NOW.

THE COLLEGES EACH DO A GREAT JOB IN THEIR REGION DOING THEIR THING, BUT WE BUILD HYBRID COURSES THAT ARE REALLY RAPID SO STUDENTS CAN GET IN, REALLY, WITHIN A WEEK, GET IN AND GET OUT AND GET TRAINED AND CONNECTED WITH AN EMPLOYER IN A WEEK.

THAT'S SUPER NEEDED AROUND THE STATE IN EVERY SINGLE REGION.

>> GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT KIND OF TRAINING YOU'RE DOING.

>> THE MOST COMMON IS COMMERCIAL DRIVER TRAINING.

THAT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF THE TOTAL PRODUCTIVITY.

AND HEAVY EQUIPMENT TRAINING.

YOU CAN'T FIND A COMPANY IN ALABAMA THAT DOESN'T USE AN EXCAVATOR OR A BIG TRUCK IN SOME WAY.

>> IF MY WIFE IS WATCHING, SHE'S SAYING PLEASE TELL MY HUSBAND HOW HE CAN GET TRAINED ON HOW TO OPERATE A SKID STEER.

I'VE BORROWED A FEW AND I THINK I'VE DONE SOME DAMAGE.

I MAY NEED TO FIND OUT HOW TO DO IT PROPERLY.

>> YOU CAN TAKE OUR ONLI COURSE, OUR WEB SITE, CLICK ON THE STUDENT INTEREST FORM, REGISTER WITH THE COLLEGE, TAKE THE COURSE AND IN TWO DAYS OF A LAB YOU CAN BE TRAINED ON SAFE FUNCTION, OPERATION AND SOME REFINED TECHNIQUES ON EACH PIECE OF MACHINERY, BUT DEFINITELY THE SKID STEER FOR YOUR BACKYARD.

>> I DEFINITELY NEED HELP THERE.

SO HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INVOLVED IN THIS PROGRAM ACROSS THE STATE.

>> ACROSS THE STATE, WE'VE SERVED 23 COLLEGES.

SO 23 OUT OF 24.

THE ONLY ONE THAT HASN'T IS MARY MILITARY AND THEY HAVE A HIGHER PURPOSE, YOU KNOW.

>> YES, OBVIOUSLY.

>> SO 23 OF THE 24 COLLEGES HAVE RAN THIS, AND WE SEVEN 8475 ENROLLMENTS AS OF WEDNESDAY MORNING.

>> YOU SAY IT'S A RELATIVELY YOUNG PROGRAM.

>> TWO YEARS.

WE STARTED NOVEMBER OF '21 CRAFTING OUR FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND HEAVY CDL.

FIRST LAB WAS JANUARY 8 OF 2022.

SO, IN THAT TIME FRAME, WE ARE HERE, 8475 ENROLLMENT, PROBABLY 8500 TODAY.

>> THAT'S AMAZING.

>> SOME PEOPLE TAKE MULTIPLE COURSES IN SEQUENCE.

SO CAN THEY HAVE FOUR CREDENTIAN THEIR RESUME.

THEY'RE NOT EXPERTS BUT THEY KNOW HOW NOT TO BREAK THINGS THE FIRST DAY AND BE RELATIVELY PROHILLARY CLINTON.

EACH COURSES, THE MENTAL HEALTH WORKINGER COMES OUT EACH MONTH, IMAGINE THE SHORTAGE IN THE STATE.

WE'RE SERVICE JOBS, FOOD AND BEVERAGE, TRANSPORTATION, MANUFACTURED HOME INSTALLER.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT WAS A THING TILL WE STARTED.

>> YOU'RE SERVING AN INCREDIBLE ROLE IN THE STATE IN HELPING WITH WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, AND WE'VE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE FROM THE SYSTEM WHO HAVE EMPHASIZED HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS, THE NEED FOR THOSE SKILLED WORKERS.

>> AFTER COVID, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY SWITCHED JOBS OR DIDN'T GO BACK TO THEIR OLD JOB.

SO COMPANIES HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WITH NEW SKILL SETS.

WE ALLOW THE COLLEGES TO MEET THE INDUSTRIES WHERE THEY ARE, TO MEET THE PEOPLE WHERE THEY ARE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO BARRIERS, NO COST.

LITERALLY, NO COST TO TAKE THIS TRAINING.

YOU JUST DO IT AT YOUR COLLEGE.

>> THAT'S FANTASTIC.

HOUSTON BLACKWOOD, THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS STATE, WHAT THE ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM IS DOING AND APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE TODAY.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> WE'RE GOING TO BREAK.

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>> WELCOME BACK.

THE GAME JUST ABOUT CONCLUDED.

FOR MORE, CHRISTINA CHAMBERS STANDING BY.

>> COACH, WHAT DO YOU GUYS NEED TO DO ON OFFENSE TO START THE RUN GAME AND LOGAN ANDERSON WHO HAS THREE TOUCHDOWNS ON THE DAY SO FAR?

>> HE'S AN EXTREMELY GOOD PLAYER.

WE KNEW THAT COMING IN.

WE GOT DOWN A LITTLE BIT, QUIT READING OUR KEYS.

YOU KNOW, OFFENSIVELY, WE HAVE TO DO MUCH OF THE SAME.

WE HAD NOT A BAD SNAP, BUT A MISHANDLED SNAP THAT PUT US BEHIND THE STICKS.

ONCE WE PLAY BEHIND THE STICKS, WE HAVE TO CHANGE.

SO STAY IN FRONT OF THE STICKS AND KEEP MOVING THE BALL OFFENSIVELY.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU KRISTIN NA AND MATT JOHNSON.

CERTAINLY TIME LEFT BUT THE NEXT 24 MINUTES, A CHALLENGE FOR THE REELTOWN REBELS COACH.

>> WE GET THE KICK OFF.

WE NEED TO SCORE AND LET'S GET BACK.

OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL MAKING THE TWO POINT.

WE'LL SEE WHAT THEY DO ON THE FIRST TRY.

>> FORMIDABLE FORCE, 24, OWNING OWNING.

GREAT RESPONSE, REBILITYZ ABLE TO ANSWER WITH THE AT TAE MARTIN TOUCHDOWN.

THE DOUBLE HANDOFF.

RYDER GIPSON RACING TO THE END ZONE.

YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE BIT MORE.

ARTHUR, WHAT A JOB HE HAS DONE HERE IN THIS FIRST HALF.

A JOB HE'S DONE ALL SEASON.

AGAIN, A HEAVY DOSE.

24 AND ANOTHER NUMBER 24.

>> WE SAID WHOEVER STOPS THE OTHER ONE FIRST, IT WAS GOING TO BE AN ISSUE.

THAT'S WHEN YOU'VE GOT A CHANCE FOR IT TO SNOWBALL.

SO WE'LL SEE.

THIS IS, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY REELTOWN MAKES ADJUSTMENTS AND THE COACH KIND OF EXPLAINED IT TO US, WE'VE GOT TO DO A BETTER JOB DEFENSIVELY AND GET STOPS.

>> REALLY STAGGERING WHEN LOOKING AT THE TOTAL YARDAGE.

FOR A TIME THERE I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S EVEN, BUT CLOSER THAN NOW FIVE FOR THE 276 ON THE GROWNLT, NO NEED TO PASS IT, 133 ON THE GROUND AND 25 THROUGH THE AIR FOR REELTOWN.

I KNOW THEY WON'T TRY TO GET OUT OF THE GAME, THE REBELS, BUT MAYBE FINDING SUCCESS THROUGH THE AIR, DO YOU THINK THEY'LL GO BACK TO IT?

>> THEY DID NOT RUN THE SPEED SWEEP THEY SCORED.

THEY FAKED IT.

DIDN'T GO BACK TO IT.

I EXPECT YOU WILL SEE IT QUICKLY.

THEY HAD THE BIG TOUCHDOWN, KEPT FAKING IT.

I THINK IT WILL BE RUN.

NOW WHEN YOU HAVE A MISHANDLED SNAP THAT'S WHEN THEY HAVE A PROBLEM IN THIS TYPE OF OFFENSE.

>> THE TWO HEAD COACHES, PAUL BENEFIELD, FYFFE COACH ON THE LEFT, SEEKING SEVENTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP B HIS TEAM EIGHT OF THE LAST TEN THEY'VE APPEARED IN.

MATT JOHNSON THEY WERE HERE IN 2019, RAN UP AGAINST THE FYFFE TEAM.

WE MENTIONED THAT WAS A LOPSIDED WIN FOR THE RED DEVILS.

BUT PAUL BENEFIELD SEEMS COMFORTABLE IN HIS OWN SKIN.

>> THEY DO WHAT THEY DO AND HE BELIEVES IN IT AND HIS KIDS BELIEVE IN IT.

PROBABLY AS SOON AS THEY CAN PLAY BALL THEY GET IN THE WEIGHT ROOM.

WHEN YOU HAVE A SPECIAL PLAYER, THAT'S WHAT MAKES A LOT OF DIFFERENCE, OBVIOUSLY GOOD COACHING GETTING THERE.

GOOD COACHING IS GETTING YOUR PLAYER AND GETTING IT TO HIM.

SOMETIMES WE TRY TO OUTSMART OURSELVES AS COACHES.

>> JESSE MARTIN GETS IT STARTED, TEES IT UP TO KICK IT AWAY FOR FYFFE.

REELTOWN TOSS.

WHO'S GOT IT.

LOOKED LIKE FYFFE INITIALLY WAS GOING TO BE ABLE TO PICK IT UP.

TEN YARDS.

I'M GOING TO SAY RED DEVILS.

THAT IS TOUGH.

>> THAT'S AULD YOUR WORRY WITH A KICKER THAT SPRAYS IT, KICKS IT ON LINE DRIVES.

WE ALWAYS TALK TO THE FRONT LINE GUYS, DO NOT LEAVE TILL THE BALL CLEARS YOU.

WE TRY TO AIM BALLS AT GUYS BEFORE THAT DIDN'T GET OUT TO HAVE THE WAY TO HAVE THE KICKER AND THAT OBVIOUSLY I DON'T THINK WAS PURPOSEFUL, BUT TOUGH LUCK FOR REELTOWN.

>> SIMON HICKS, 33, FOR FYFFE WHO HAD IT INITIALLY, THEN HE COUGHED IT UP, THEN A BATTLE FOR THE FOOTBALL ON THE TURF, AND RED DEVILS ABLE TO COME UP WITH IT.

LOGAN ANDERSON, LOOK AT THE LEG DRIVE.

>> LOOK WHERE HIS PADS ARE.

HE'S ALWAYS BEHIND HIS PADS.

WE TALK TO TACKLERS ALL THE TIME.

IF THE RUNNING BACK IS RUNNING HIS FEET AND YOU'RE NOT, WHO WINS?

HE'S RUNNING HIS FEET AND HIS PADS ARE BELOW YOURS, YOU'RE HIGH, YOU DON'T RUN YOUR FEET, HE WINS.

THEY HAVE MORE PEOPLE TO THE PARTY, BUT STILL FIVE YARDS ON THE FIRST DOWN, SIX YARD, FIVE YARDS.

>> IF YOU GO LOW, WHAT IF HE GETS JUST AS LOW?

>> RIGHT.

SHIFT.

>> SO AFTER THE 5-YARD PICK-UP.

GO BACK TO HIM.

ONCE AGAIN, THAT BODY LEAN, THAT DRIVE, HE'S AHEAD FOR SIX YARDS, TWO PLAYS IN.

IT'S ELEVEN YARDS ON OFFENSE AND ANOTHER FIRST DOWN FOR FYFFE.

THEY CONTINUE THE SUCCESS THEY HAD IN THE FIRST HALF.

>> I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS -- WE DON'T TALK ENOUGH ABOUT THEIR GUYS BLOCKING.

THE WHOLE LINE, THE BACKS, EVERYBODY BLOCKS.

WE TALK A LOT ABOUT THE RUNNING BACK BUT WE'VE GOT TO LOOK AT THE GUYS UP FRONT, THEY'RE BLOCKING, STAYING ON BLOCKS.

>> WELL, AT LEAST WITH FYFFE, ONE OF THE OFFENSIVE LINEMEN, PASS PROTECTION IS NOT SOMETHING YOU CONCERN YOURSELF WITH.

>> YOU DON'T SPEND A LOT OF TIME IN PASS PRO.

>> LOGAN ANDERSON, 35 CARRIES, AS ICHED MANY, 230 YARDS LAST WEEK IN THE SEMIFINAL WIN OVER PISGAH, AND HE HAS A LOT OF TOES.

DON'T KNOW IF HE'LL GET TO 35 BUT HE'S GOT 19 FOR 170 AS IT STANDS NOW.

TWO MINUTES GONE BY ALMOST IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

>> THAT WAS SUCH A BIG PLAY, THE KICKOFF.

WE'LL SEE WHAT REELTOWN DID.

UNBALANCED LINE.

QUATERBACK COUNTER.

>> LED NICELY BY THE REBEL DEFENSE.

BLAKE DOBBINS CALLS HIS OWN NUMBER.

MET AT THE LINE.

THIRD DOWN FOR FYFFE.

FOUR YARDS TO GO AS THEY OPERATE THERE THE REELTOWN 30.

>> WELL, THAT KEEPS YOU HONEST.

YOU KNOW, EVEN IF THEY DON'T GET ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, COACH BENEFIELD IS PROBABLY THINKING, EVERY BLUE MOON LET ME MAKE YOU GUYS ON THE BACK SIDE WHOLE SO WE DON'T GET PURSUED.

THAT'S HOW THEY'RE ABLE TO PULL THE GUYS DOWN.

THEY'RE ALWAYS GETTING THE TWO GUYS AT THE POINT OF ATTACK.

GOT THE EDGE AGAIN.

>> RYDER GIPSON.

NUMBER 22 GOES FOR 30, EQUALS 6 POINTS FOR THE FYFFE RED DEVILS.

>> YOU HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY TO CUT THE BALL OFF OBSERVE THE -- ON THE EDGE.

GOOD LOCK BLOCKING AT THE POINT OF ATTACK.

>> ANOTHER DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES TOUCHDOWN FOR FYFFE.

THE ON-SIDEKICK A FEW PLAYS LAYER, PAY DIRT.

>> HOW MANY CARRIES IS THAT FOR GIPSON?

THREE OR FOUR AND HE'S GOT TWO TOUCHDOWNS?

>> FIVE CARRIES, 139 YARDS.

>> PRETTY GOOD STATS AS WELL.

>> 27.8, THE AVERAGE PER CARRY.

>> FYFFE'S GOING FOR TWO.

>> RYDER GIPSON FOR A 65-YARD TOUCHDOWN IN THE FIRST HALF.

>> DIRECT SNAP WITH THE QUARTERBACK LEAD.

>> LOGAN ANDERSON.

>> YOU SAID THE RUNNING BACK SLIDE IN TOWARD WHERE THE QUATERBACK WOULD NORMALLY BE?

THEY DIRECT SNAP TO HIM AND THEN THE QUATERBACK IS LEADING AS A BLOCKER.

>> ON THE TWO-POINT TRY, WHAT DO YOU SEE HERE?

>> YEAH, SO THAT WAS -- WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THAT.

THAT'S THE DIRECT SNAP TO THE RUNNING BACK.

HE SLID IN A LITTLE BIT TO GET THAT SNAP, AND THEN THEY'VE GOT ALL THOSE GUYS AT THE POINT OF ATTACK, PLUS THE QUARTERBACK LED UP.

SO JUST ONE MORE GUY AT THE POINT OF ATTACK.

YOU KNOW, THE THING YOU'VE GOT TO DO THERE IS GET PENETRATION LOW.

LOW PENETRATION.

>> YOU LOOK AT THE SCORE, THE 36 TO 12 ADVANTAGE, THAT MEANS FOUR SCORES.

THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

JUST IN THEORY, THEY COULD HIT THREE.

>> THEY COULD.

THERE'S A RUN OUT TO THE 35.

WE'LL CALL IT THE 36-YARD LINE.

AND THAT'S WHERE REELTOWN WILL TAKE OVER.

SO THE REBELS EXPECTING TO GET THE BALL TO START THE SECOND HALF, BUT FYFFE CATCHING THEMOFF GUARD WITH -- OFFGUARD WITH THE ON-SIDEKICK AND CAPITALIZING WITH THE TOUCHDOWN.

TAE MARTIN, FIVE CARRIES.

ARTHUR WOODS CAME IN WITH BIG, BIG NUMBERS.

HE'S THE GUY THAT THE REBELS REALLY NEED TO GET GOING EARLY IN THE THIRD QUARTER, COACH.

>> WOODS.

>> ARTHUR WOODS.

JUST WHAT THE DOCTOR ORDERED.

TO THE 21-YARD LINE.

HE WAS ABLE TO STAY IN BOUNDS.

NOW THEY'LL SAY HE STEPPED OUT AND MOVED THE BALL BACK TO THE 29.

ONE OF THE BETTER GAINS AND PLAYS WE'VE SEEN FROM REELTOWN IN A COUPLE OF QUARTERS.

>> THAT THE POWER.

AND THE WING FROM THE BACK SIDE CAME ALL THE WAY AROUND AND LED UP WHICH TAKES A LOT.

GREAT BOUNCE OUT, A LOT OF SPEED.

I BELIEVE THAT WAS GIPSON RUNNING HIM DOWN.

>> FIRST DOWN 29 FOR THE REBELS.

>> SWEEP.

>> THIS WAY.

NICE CUT.

ARTHUR WOODS INSTEAD OF BEING STOOD UP, MAYBE ONE-YARD LOSS, NO GAIN.

HE'S ABLE TO COLLECT THREE YARDS JUST ON THE SIMPLE CUT.

SAY SIMPLE, PRETTY ATHLETIC CUT.

COME OFF, TAKE A BREATHER.

>> IT'S A BIG DRIVE.

>> CERTAINLY IS.

JAKE HORNSBY.

SENIOR QUARTERBACK.

>> BUNCH FORMATION.

>> TRAYLEN ROBERTS.

>> VERY FYFFE-LIKE.

WE'VE GOT KICKOUT WITH GO OTHER GUYS LEADING UP.

LOOKED A LOT LIKE FYFFE.

>> GREAT LOOK AT THE REELTOWN FANS THAT HAVE MADE THE TRIP FROM NO VA SO AT NOVEMBER NOVAS.

CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA RED ZONE.

TRAYLEN ROBERTS.

ROBERTS AHEAD FOR FOUR, MAYBE FOUR AND A HALF YARDS.

SPOT IMJUST SHY OF THE 10-YARD LINE.

REELTOWN FINDING SUCCESS IN THE EARLY DOWNS.

>> GOOD DRIVE.

COACH TALKED ABOUT STAYING AHEAD OF THE STICKS, SO I THINK THAT PRETTY MUCH TOLD US THEY'RE GOING TO RUN IT.

>> EIGHT CARRIES, 51 YARDS.

>> TOSS TO THE WEAK SIDE.

>> TRAYLEN ROBERTS.

>> OH, NICE.

>> 11-YARD TOUCHDOWN!

AND REELTOWN ANSWERING THE BELL AND SCORING HERE WITH 7:10 LEFT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

CHANGE OF PACE WITH TRAYLEN ROBERTS, BUT NOW 10 CARRIES, 66 YARDS ON THE AFTERNOON, AND THAT THAT TOUCHDOWN SO BIG.

>> KEEPS THEM IN IT.

>> AWAIT THE 2-POINT CONVERSION.

JAKE HORNSBY GETS HIS PLAY.

HEAD COACH MATT JOHNSON.

YOU CAN CUT THIS TO 16.

>> SEE IF WE GET THE SPEED SWEEP.

>> TO CUT INTO THAT FYFFE ADVANTAGE BUT JUST PSYCHOLOGICALLY WHAT IT CAN DO FOR REELTOWN.

BUT FYFFE ABLE TO STOP THE REBELS SHORT.

GOOD DEFENSIVE PLAY.

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SHE PLAYS SAXOPHONE IN THE BAND.

SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER ABOUT FOUR MONTHS AGO.

COACH SAYS THAT THEY DEDICATED THE SEASON TO HER, AND SHE WAS ABLE TO BE HERE ON THE SIDELINES CHEERING THE REBELS ON.

THE TEAM SAID WE HAVE BEEN DOWN BEFORE IN GAMES ALL SEASON, BUT WE'RE GOING TO WIN THIS ONE FOR YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO COME OUT HERE AND DO EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PUT POINTS ON THE BOARD.

>> SO TOUCHING.

THANK YOU SO MUCH CHRISTINA.

GIVES YOU A BICK-PICTURE LOOK AND HOW MUCH THIS GAME NOT ONLY MEANS TO THE PLAYERS, THE COACHES, BUT THE SUPPORTERS.

>> YEAH, THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT GREAT, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE COMMUNITY, THE STUDENTS, BAND, CHEERLEADERS.

WHEN YOU PLAY FOR SOMETHING BIGGER THAN YOURSELF THAT'S WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT.

>> SURE IS.

WE'LL BE PRAYING FOR HER.

ABSOLUTELY.

AFTER THE ODD SIDE, FYFFE ABLE TO RECOVER.

THE BALL AT THE 46.

AND NUMBER 24, LOGAN ANDERSON, AHEAD FOR 7 YARDS.

>> ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD.

>> SECOND DOWN AND FOUR COMING UP.

>> GOT TO GET A STOP.

>> CERTAINLY DON'T FAULT REELTOWN FOR THE ON-SITE I CAN CAN.

THE DEFENSE SWARMING THE FOOTBALL.

>> THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT BEFORE WHEN YOU GET OFF SCHEDULE WITH A MISHANDLED SNAP, OBVIOUSLY DEFENSIVE, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE HOPING, YOU KNOW, TO GET THEM OFF.

>> RYDER GIPSON, HARD FOR HIM TO GET GOING, HE WAS JUST TRYING TO COLLECT IT AND THAT GAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR THE REBEL DEFENSE.

>> THAT WAS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FORMATION.

>> BAYLOR CLAYTON, 10 AND A HALF SACKS COMING IN, 240 POINT JUNIOR.

A LOT OF TACKLES FOR A LOSS.

THAT WAS THERE.

3rd DOWN AND 9.

BACK TO IT.

LOGAN ANDERSON >> A 5-YARD GAME.

LOGAN ANDERSON WITH A HAND MAYBE TWO PULLING WITH ALL THEIR MIGHT ON THAT JERSEY IN THAT BODY LANE AND JUST MOVING FORWARD.

SEEMED LIKE A MINIMAL GAME.

4th DOWN AND 4.

THEY GO BACK TO NUMBER 24.

>> TRY TO GET THEM TO JUMP.

WENT WITH IT.

QUICK KICK.

WELL DONE.

>> WELL DONE.

>> OH, MY GOSH.

I DON'T THINK YOU COULD DRAW IT UP ANY BETTER THAN THAT.

>> RYDER GIPSON OFF THE BLAKE DOBBINS.

>> WOW.

YOU SEE WHY WE WON 350 GAMES, THE LITTLE THINGS, THE SHIFT, THE SHIFT, TRYING TO GET THEM TO JUMP, THEN DIRECT SNAP, POOCH KICK, AND GO DOWN ON THE 1 YARD LINE.

THAT'S HOW YOU WIN 350 GAMES.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

IF REELTOWN DRIVES 99 YARDS AND SCORES, YOU TIP YOUR CAP TO THEM, SALUTE THEM.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> THE FIELD POSITION GAME IS SO BIG AND NOW REELTOWN, STANDING IN THE SHADOWS OF THEIR OWN END ZONE.

UNDER FIVE MINUTES LEFT IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

AN OPPORTUNITY TO DRAW WITHIN A TOUCHED.

>> POPPED THAT ONE.

>> IT WAS CLOSE.

>> IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES WHEN EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO KEEP THEM IN THERE, MAYBE GET A SAFETY.

>> RUNNING BACK ARTHUR WOODS, 2150 YARDS ON THE GROUND.

TODAY 11 CARRIES, 75 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN.

AT LEAST GIVES REBELS BREATHING ROOM.

1st DOWN, LOOKING AT SECOND AND SHORT.

>> HE'S GOT A MAN.

FLAG COMING OUT.

PASS INTERFERENCE, TAE MARTIN.

INTERFERED WITH AS THE BALL CAME DOWN.

INTERCEPTION WAS MADE BUT THAT'S NOT GOING TO STAND.

>> THAT WAS CLOSE.

>> MAX DOSS HAD THE INTERCEPTION AND A NICE RETURN.

>> HE MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN THERE A SECOND EARLY BUT IT WAS CLOSE.

VERY CLOSE.

I WILL BE INTERESTED TO SEE THE REPLAY.

>> YOU CAN SEE -- HEAR THE REELTOWN FANS BELOW US.

THEY THINK IT WAS PASS INTERFERENCE.

A LOT OF ASPIRING REFEREES HERE INSIDE OF BRYANT-DENNY.

THIS IS A PIVOTAL CALL.

>> IT IS.

>> I APPLAUD MATT JOHNSON REELTOWN FOR TAKING A SHOT.

>> PASS INTERFERENCE AGAINST THE DEFENSE.

BEING ENFORCED 15 YARDS FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.

>> SECOND AND SHORT, A SHOT DOWN, NOW BACKED UP LIKE THAT, AS MUCH AS THEY'RE RUNNING IT, YOU KNOW.

HELPED A LOT ON THE SLEEVE.

THERE YOU GO.

HERE'S A LOOK AT IT.

MAYBE A HAIR.

>> YOUR DEFENSIVE GUY.

>> GIVE ME A ONE!

>> HE'S EARLY, I GUESS.

>> ARTHUR WOODS, MAYBE A YARD.

>> SECOND DOWN GOOD REACH BLOCK.

>> DOING HIS BEST LOGAN ANDERSON IMPERSONATION.

>> YES.

ONCE AGAIN, GREAT BLOCKING AT THE POINT OF ATTACK.

REACH BLOCK.

ABOUT SIX, SEVEN YARDS AFTER CONTACT.

THAT'S THE THING WE GRADED OUR RUNNING BACKS ON.

ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD, NEVER A NEGATIVE PLAY.

>> BIG PICTURE, IF YOU'RE REELTOWN, STRIFE STARTED AT THE 1 YARD LINE.

IF YOU CAN TOUCHDOWN.

>> COUNTER.

>> ONCE ON THE BOARD, GET WITHIN TWO SCORES ENTERING THE FOURTH QUARTER, IT WOULD BE BIG.

FYFFE'S GOING TO HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT.

NICE STOP THERE, A 1 YARD GAME.

THAT'S TAE MARTIN.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IS THE GUYS THAT PLAY BOTH WAYS AS THE GAME GOES.

SWEEP.

GOT THE EDGE.

>> TRAYLEN ROBERTS.

>> GOOD JOB BLOCKING.

>> TRAYLEN WASN'T TRAILING THERE.

HE WAS LEADING IN A 9-YARD GAME.

FIRST DOWN FOR THE REBELS.

>> ANOTHER BLOCK.

WE'LL HAVE TO KEEP UP WITH HIS KNOCKDOWNS.

HE'S HAD A FEW OF THEM.

>> I THINK OF SOME OF THE FULLBACKS WE SAW GROWING UP.

SEEMED LIKE PENN STATE ALWAYS HAD A FULLBACK WITH A MUSTACHE.

>> YEP.

I THINK OF A GOOD FRIEND OF MINE DARRELL JOHNSON FRIENDS WITH MOOSE JOHNSON, ALWAYS TELLS ME HE WAS A RUNNING BACK TILL HE GOT TO DALLAS.

I THINK HE PLAYED FULLBACK IN COLLEGE BUT WAS BASICALLY A RUNNING BACK.

>> MIKE ALSTAD.

>> YES.

>> IF YOU'RE MORE CURRENT, MAYBE ONE OF THE LAST FULLBACKS WE SAW AT THE FIVE POWER COLLEGIATE LEVEL, HESTER.

>> ANOTHER GUY WHO COULD RUN THE BALL AS WELL.

>> HE WAS A GREAT ATHLETE.

STOPPAGE IN PLAYS, HEAD COACH PAUL BENEFIELD WONDERING WHAT'S GOING ON.

THEY HAVE IT SORTED OUT.

SET FOR PLAY WITH A MINUTE-17 IN THE THEIR.

>> WE'RE INTERESTED.

HE GOT BEHIND THE STICKS AS HE WAS SPOKEN TO.

SO 2nd AND 12.

YOU WOULD ASSUME THEY WERE IN 3rd DOWN TERRITORY MOVING FORWARD.

>> SUCCESSION OF SUCCESSFUL PLAYS.

THIS REELTOWN OFFENSE, FYFFE IS TIGHTENING THE SCREWS ON DEFENSE.

TWO BIG PLAYS.

TWO NEGATIVE PLAYS.

>> WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED IT NUMBER 24 LOGAN ANDERSON IN THE MIX.

>> AS WE SAID, DOESN'T COME OFF.

REST HIM ON THE P-A-T.

DIDN'T DO THAT EARLIER WHEN HE HAD THE TWO-POINT PLAY.

>> SOMEBODY CAN USE HIM.

>> NO DOUBT, HE'S A IF YOU BELIEVE PLAYER.

>> HORNSBY, DUMP IT OFF TO THE FULLBACK.

BEAUTIFUL.

COMING OVER TO MAKE THE STOP.

THAT WAS BLAKE DOBBINS, THE FYFFE QUARTERBACK, ALSO HELPING OUT TUCKER WILKS.

CALLED HIS NAME SELVES TIMES THIS AFTERNOON.

BIG DEFENSIVE END.

>> ALL RIGHT, LANDRUM, WHAT DO YOU DO?

>> PUT PRESSURE ON THE COACH.

ONE TO HAVE THE FEW COMPLETIONS WE'VE SEEN -- ONE OF THE FEW COMPLETIONS WE'VE SEEN, GO BACK TO THE TIGHT END.

>> WHAT A THIRD QUARTER WE HAD.

IT WAS FYFFE OPENING THINGS UP, BUT REELTOWN ANSWERING.

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LANDRUM ROBERTS.

LOGAN ANDERSON, FOR MORE, SUSAN CAROTHERS ON THE RED DEVILS SIDELINES.

>> WE KEEP CALLING LOGAN ANDERSON'S NAME TONIGHT, FOR GOOD REASON.

HE MISSED THE CAME LAST YEAR, OUT WITH KNEE SURGERY.

DIFFERENT SEASON THIS YEAR.

44 TOUCHDOWNS THIS YEAR INCLUDING A FEW OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT.

STATE RECORD 46 TOUCHDOWNS IN A SEASON, HELD BY FORMER FYFFE PLAYER AUSTIN STEEPLE FROM 2014.

WE'LL SEE IF LOGAN CAN MEET OR BEAT THAT RECORD TONIGHT.

>> WOW.

THANK YOU SO MUCH, SUSAN.

OWNING OWNING, 22 CARRIES, 186 YARDS, 3 TOUCHDOWNS.

77-YARD BURST TO GET THINGS STARTED HERE.

>> 4th DOWN.

HE'S OPEN.

OH, NICE.

GOOD THROW-IN CATCH.

>> CERTAINLY WAS.

>> WAS NICE.

>> THEY DON'T DO IT OFTEN, BUT, SO FAR, WHEN THEY'VE HAD TO HAVE IT, ESPECIALLY IN LATE DOWNS.

HORNSBY FINDING THAT OPENING.

>> RIGHT AS HE GOT RID OF IT, HE GOT HIT.

>> DEMETRIUS BROWN, 6-FOOT, 200-POUND TIGHT END.

>> NICE THROW AND CATCH.

>> I SAID FINN HENDERSON, THEY JUST WENT TO 6 INSTEAD OF 4.

SAME PLAY.

YOU GOING TO KEEP ME ON STAFF?

>> YES.

>> THANK YOU.

FIRST DOWN, ARTHUR WOODS.

FLAG COMING DOWN.

WE WILL AWAIT THE CALL FROM OUR REFEREE KEVIN ANDERS.

JOHNSON.

>> HOLDING ON THE OFFENSE.

10 YARDS FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT.

REPLAY FIRST DOWN.

>> WHAT MATT JOHNSON SAYS, THROW AHEAD OF THE STICKS.

WON'T HELP.

NIGHT CAP, CONCLUDING THINGS, SARALAND.

WHAT A BATTLE 6A TALKING ON CLAY CHALKVILLE.

A LOT OF TALK AND DESERVEDLY SO ABOUT THE SARALAND.

>> I GOT TO SEE THEM LAST YEAR WITH A DYNAMIC PLAYER.

THEY ARE SOMETHING ELSE.

TWO REALLY EXPLOSIVE TEAMS.

>> HORNSBY TO THE AIR.

TAE MARTIN, PASS CAUGHT INSIDE THE 25.

>> A BIG THROW AFTER THE HOLDING, WITH THEM BEING MORE OF A RUNNING TEAM.

THAT WAS HUGE.

>> CLAY CHALKVILLE.

CERTAINLY NO STRANGERS TO THIS SETTING.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THAT.

STICK AROUND.

WE'LL HAVE ALL THE COVERAGE, AND WE'LL HAVE IT RIGHT HERE ON APT.

BUT FIRST THINGS FIRST.

11:25 LEFT IN THIS ONE.

REELTOWN.

PASS CAUGHT.

>> TRYING TO SNEAK IN TIGHT END ON THE PLAY ACTION.

DOING A GOOD JOB OF COVERING IT.

GOT THE FULL BACK UP THE FLAT.

TIME BECOMES A FACTOR.

>> ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT THE RED DEVILS LIKE TO DO ON THE BALL.

TAE MARTIN IS HIT AND HIT HARD.

SIMON HICKS.

>> WE'VE CALLED HIS NAME A FEW TIMES, BIG HIT.

BIG RUN THROUGH.

>> TAE WILL FEEL THAT ONE AT SOME POINT.

MIGHT HAVE FELT IT THERE.

GRIMACES A LITTLE BIT BUT, WHOO!

>> I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WAS A STUNT.

I BELIEVE HE JUST TIMED IT UP AFTER HE SAW IT.

HE WAS UNBLOCKED.

GREAT PLAY.

>> FOURTH OF JULY DOWN AND TWO.

ARTHUR WOODS DIDN'T GET IT.

>> THOUGHT HE MIGHT HAVE HAD A CHANCE.

>> CHOSE TO TAKE IT WIDE AND THE PURSUIT, THE FYFFE DEFENSE COMING UP HUGE.

>> THE PENETRATION BY ANDERSON KNOCKED OFF ONE OF THE BLOCKERS.

MAYBE, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES INSIDE OUT, CAN'T ALWAYS SEE IT FROM WHERE WE ARE, THOUGHT HE MIFFED AN OPPORTUNITY TO CUT UP.

GIVE FYFFE CREDIT, A BIG STAND.

>> COULD PROVE TO BE THE DIFFERENCE HERE, A REELTOWN TOUCHDOWN, AND CERTAINLY WOULD HAVE CHANGED THINGS.

AND THERE'S TIME LEFT, BUT, AGAIN, AN 11-PLAY, FIVE AND A HALF MINUTE DRIVE AND LOGAN ANDERSON, IT'S GOING TO BE AN UPHILL CLIMB FOR THE REBELS.

>> YES.

THEY FINALLY GOT THEIR STOP BUT COULDN'T CAPITALIZE.

GOOD DRIVE.

HAD SOME PASSES IN THERE, BIG FOURTH DOWN.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 5 BUT FYFFE IS NOT GOING TO BE IN A HURRY.

>> THEY'RE GOING TO BLEED THE CLOCK.

ALREADY IN AN ALMOST 4-MINUTE OFFENSE.

>> JOGS TO THE HUDDLE.

PLAY FROM THE SIDELINE.

6 ON THE PLAY CLOCK.

>> SNAP.

>> LOGAN ANDERSON.

GOODNESS.

>> OOOH.

>> LOGAN ANDERSON, COULD HAVE BEEN 6, COULD HAVE BEEN 7.

INSTEAD, LOGAN ANDERSON GOES FOR ABOUT 12.

TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THE INDIVIDUAL STATE RECORDS.

BRODY HICKS LAST YEAR.

FIVE TOUCHDOWNS.

JUSTICE McDANIEL, MICHAEL LINDSEY.

BUT LOGAN ANDERSON, WHOO!

AND IT'S NOT JUST THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL, IT'S WHAT HE'S MEANT TO HIS TEAM ON SPECIAL TEAMS, DEFENSIVE SIDE, YOU GET THAT A LOT AT THE LOWER CLASSIFICATIONS, BUT LOGAN ANDERSON IS A GUY ANY COACH WOULD ALIJAH TO HAVE THERE ANYTIME.

GETS THE BALL BACK.

CLOCK IS ON THE SIDE TO HAVE PAUL BENEFIELD.

AND THE FYFFE RED DEVILS SEEKING THE SEVENTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

COACH BENEFIELD TOOK THE JOB IN 1997, 350 WINS, 45 LOSSES, PRETTY MUCH TELLS IT ALL.

>> THAT SAYS IT.

WINNING CONSISTENTLY AND FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME, THESE GUYS JUST BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY'RE COACHES ARE TELLING THEM THAT WORKS.

>> THESE GUYS WERE KIDS WHEN THEY WERE WATCHING OTHER FYFFE TEAMS WATCH STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> CORRECT.

IT'S WHAT THEY GREW UP WANTING TO DO.

THIS WAS THEIR DREAM.

THE GUYS IN FRONT OF THEM WERE THEIR HEROS.

PEOPLE WILL ASK HOW DO YOU KEEP IT GOING?

SOMETHING WE TALKN'T IS YOUR CLASS IS NOT WINNING.

WHAT DO YOU CHALLENGE THAT GROUP?

YOU WERE PART OF IT AS A JUNIOR, SOPHOMORE, BUT YOU'RE SENIOR CLASS.

AND THEY'RE MAKING HISTORY, YOU KNOW, CONTINUOUSLY MAKING HISTORY.

>> BECAUSE IT DOES BECOME A FRIENDLY COMPETITION.

>> CORRECT.

>> BETWEEN THE CLASSES.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT.

>> THEY PASS THE TORCH.

THEY SAY IT'S UP TO YOU GUYS.

CARRY ON THE LEGACY.

>> EXACTLY.

>> THEY'RE DOWN AND LONG.

LOGAN ANDERSON STRETCHES THE BALL.

FLAG COMES OWN, PAUL BENEFIELD, THE MOST ANIMATED WE'VE SEEN HIM ALL NIGHT.

I THINK IT'S THE FORMATION.

>> ONCE AGAIN, WE'LL HEAR FROM KEVIN ANDERS, OUR REFEREE.

>> ILLEGAL FORMATION ON THE OFFENSE.

5 YARDS FROM THE PREVIOUS SPOT, REPLAY THE THIRD DOWN.

>> GET ALIGNED CORRECTLY.

WILL MAKE COACH VERY HAPPY.

>> BOY, YOU NEVER KNOW HIS TEAM WAS UP BY 18 WITH SEVEN MINUTES LEFT.

>> JUST PLAYING THE PLAYS.

I MEAN, REALLY, YOU TRY NOT TO LOOK AT THE SCORE LIKE YOUR PLAYER IS JUST A PLAY.

>> AND AFTER WITNESSING YOU ON THE SIDELINE A COUPLE OF TIMES, MIGHT HAVE SEEN THAT FROM YOU, COACH.

>> CLOCK'S STILL RUNNING.

>> COACH CLARK IS SO UPSET THEY'RE UP BY 28, HE'S STILL COACHING.

>> YEAH, I THINK THAT'S THE MINDSET YOU WANT YOUR PLAYERS TO HAVE, TILL IT'S ZERO, THE GAME'S PLAYING.

WE'RE JUST WANTING YOU TO EXECUTE THAT PLAY, FORGET THE SITUATION.

WE HAVE ENOUGH SITUATIONS, OBVIOUSLY, BUT -- AND THAT'S HOW YOU WANT TO COACH.

>> AND NOT JUST A WIN BUT A BIG GAME LIKE THIS, WHEN WOULD YOU START RELAXING AS A HEAD COACH?

>> I GUESS I REMEMBER PLAYING HOOVER IN 2006, AFTER THEY BEAT US IN 2004, AND I REMEMBER THE NIGHT BEFORE WATCHING THE TEAM IN FLORIDA, I BELIEVE IT WAS, LIKE, 34-7 WITH THREE MINUTES LEFT.

IT WAS THE CRAZIEST THING YOU'VE EVER SEEN, ENDS UP LOSING IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME 35-34.

IF YOU'VE WATCHED ENOUGH BALL, YOU'VE SEEN CRAZY -- WE WOULD TRY TO GET OUR PLAYERS IN, BUT IT'S JUST -- THERE'S A TIME AND THERE'S A PLACE TO RELAX.

BUT, YOU KNOW, OF COURSE, IF YOU CAN GET GUYS IN THESE GAMES, THE YOUNGER GUYS, YOU WOULD LOVE TO.

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO FINISH IT.

>> AND TO BE FAIR, WE'VE SEEN WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS THE IMPROBABLE RIGHT HERE ON THIS FIELD.

>> CORRECT.

>> THE SUPER 7 JUST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

>> YES.

I THINK THAT'S THE POINT.

IT IS LITERALLY NOT OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER.

AND I FELT LIKE DURING THE YEAR WAS OUR CHANCE TO PLAY EVERYBODY.

WE HAD PLAYOFF GAMES WHEN WE WERE WAY UP AND YOU KNEW IT WAS AT HAND AND YOU WANT THE SECOND GROUP TO GET -- THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GUY THAT SUBS IN VERSUS EMPTIES YOUR BENCH.

IT'S 48-10, THERE ARE TIMES YOU WANT TO GET THOSE GUYS IN.

TWO OR THREE SCORES, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING SOMEBODY THAT'S VERY EXPLOSIVE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BALL, I THINK IT'S A MINDSET, IT'S A MENTALITY OF FINISHING THE GAME, PLAYING EVERY PLAY, RELAX WHEN IT'S OVER.

>> DO YOU TAKE EXCEPTION TO THE GATORADE BATH?

>> NO, I THINK IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE PLAYERS AND, YOU KNOW -- I MEAN, I THINK THAT WAS THEM CELEBRATING WITH YOU.

>> COACH, LET'S BE HONEST, THERE ARE SOME COACHES THAT ARE WEIRD ABOUT THAT.

>> I KNOW.

I JUST -- I MEAN, IT'S STILL KIDS AND FUN.

>> WE HAVE AN OFFICIAL TIME OUT.

>> WE'LL TAKE TIME OUT WITH THEM.

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He is widely considered the greatest college football coach of all time.

Hello, I'm John Crawl, defensive end on the 1973 national championship team that went 11 and all regular season.

In his 25 years at Alabama, Coach Bryant's team compiled 232 wins, 46 losses and participated in 24 consecutive ball games.

He was national coach of the year three times.

His players received 67 All American Honors and numerous type players went on to distinguished NFL careers.

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And to this day, Tide fans wear (mumbles) in his memory.

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>> 36-18 EARLIER IN THE DAY.

SUSAN CAROTHERS HAD A CHANCE TO CATCH UP WITH ONE SUPER FAN OF THE FYFFE RED DEVILS.

>> HEY, I'M DOWN HERE ON THE FYFFE SIDELINE.

THINGS ARE GETTING READY TO GO DOWN HERE.

BUT I'VE GOT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO THE FYFFE SUPERFAN JASON BETHUNE.

WELCOME JASON.

>> GLAD TO BE HERE AGAIN.

>> I MET JASON LAST YEAR WHEN FYFFE WAS PLAYING FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

NOT ONLY IS HE A SUPERFAN, HE GETS EVERY FYFFE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TATTOOED ON HIS ARM.

JASON, GIVE US A LITTLE SHOT OF THAT.

SO TELL US WHAT MAKES YOU WANT TO DO THIS, BE A SUPERFAN TO THIS LEVEL?

>> A GAME SEVERAL YEARS AGO WE GOT OUR HEARTS BROKE AT THE VERY END, AT THAT TIME WE HADN'T WON ONE.

SO COMING OUT EVERYBODY WAS LIKE, GOSH, CAN WE EVER DO IT?

I WAS, LIKE, YEAH, I DON'T KNOW WHEN, BUT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN, BUT WHEN WE DO IT I'M GOING TO GET THE LOGO AND THE YEAR UNDER IT.

WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO GET SIX.

I'LL GET AS MANY AS THEY WIN.

>> DO YOU THINK YOU WILL GET ANOTHER ONE.

>> I FEEL PRETTY GOOD.

JUST PLAY LIKE WE PLAY RED DEVIL FOOTBALL.

I THINK WE'VE GOT A GOOD CHANCE.

I'VE PUT MY TATTOO GUY ON STANDBY.

HOPING WE CAN PULL IT OUT.

>> SHOW IT TO US ONE MORE TIME.

LOOKING GOOD.

THANKS, JASON.

>> WOW.

THAT'S DEDICATION.

>> I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING WHERE YOU GET A TATTOO IN HONOR OF -- >> OUR TIME HERE TOGETHER?

>> YES.

YEAH.

I WAS THINKING OF SOMETHING OTHER THAN THAT, BUT -- >> YOUR LIKE NECESSARY ON MY ARM?

>> YOU COULD DO THAT.

>> BUT THE EXPLANATION I WOULD HAVE TO GIVE AT THE BEACH.

[LAUGHTER] SO WHEN IT WAS ALL SORTED OUT BY THE OFFICIALS, 22 SECONDS WERE PUT BACK ON THE CLOCK.

SO WE STAND AT SEVEN MINUTES, 40 SECONDS.

>> EVERY SECOND COUNTS.

YOU KNOW, REELTOWN DECLINED THE PENALTY TO GET THEM TO FOURTH DOWN AND THAT STOPPED THE CLOCK.

SO.

NOBODY KNOWS THAT BETTER THAN REELTOWN.

THEY HAD TO HAVE A SECOND PUTBACK ON THE CLOCK AGAINST B.B.

COMER IN THE SEMIFINALS AND THAT LED TO A 24-YARD FIELD GOAL THAT WON IT ON THEIR TRIP TO TUSCALOOSA.

HORNSBY BACK-THROWS IN TRAFFIC TO THE TIGHT END.

HE PUT IT IN THERE.

IT WAS A GOOD BALL.

COULD HAVE BEEN CALLED.

>> HE CAUGHT ONE EARLIER AND HAD PRETTY GOOD ZIP ON IT.

>> WHOO...

I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT BALL MADE IT THROUGH.

>> SIMON HICKS, YOU SAW HIM, NUMBER 33 WEARING THE FYFFE JERSEY.

STANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LINEBACK.

>> SCREEN.

GOOD BLOCKING ON THE PERIMETER.

>> TAE MARTIN GETS OUT OF BOUNDS.

MARTIN ABLE TO PICK UP EXTRA TWO YARDS.

EVERY SECOND AND YARD COUNTS.

>> I GUESS THEY ROAD HIM INBOUNDS.

CLOCK ROLLING.

RECEIVER IS BREAKING DOWN.

THERE'S ANDERSON.

TRIP IS OPEN TO THE FIELD.

NOW A SCREEN.

GOOD JOB.

>> XAVIER THOMAS.

XAVIER THOMAS HAD ONE CATCH FOR EIGHT YARDS.

UP FOR ANOTHER ONE THERE TO EXTEND THIS DRIVE.

FIRST DOWN IS REELTOWN WORKS FROM THE 45.

>> THEY'RE GOING TO NO HUDDLE.

PROBABLY THEIR TWO-MINUTE OFFENSE.

>> HORNSBY.

>> GETE BALL OUT ON TIME.

GOOD BALL.

>> FINDS HIS RECEIVER OUT IN THE FLAT.

DEMETRIUS BROWN READY WITH ONE CATCH FOR 25 YARDS.

>> HORNSBY HAS A GOOD RELEASE.

>> PLENTY OF TIME BACK TO XAVIER THOMAS.

EXAIF XAVIER WITH THREE CATCHES.

THAT ONE GOES FOR FOUR YARDS.

NOW REELTOWN HURRYING UP TO THE LINE.

>> THERE ARE SOME TIRED YOUNG MEN OUT THERE.

>> CERTAINLY ARE.

MARTIN, HERNDON HENDERSON AND TS LINED UP.

AND IT'S XAVIER THOMAS.

HIS FOURTH CATCH.

HIS SECOND IN AS MANY PLAYS.

>> UNDER SIX MINUTES.

TRIPS TO THE BOUNDARY.

THERE'S THAT FIB WE WERE TALKING ABOUT LAST NIGHT.

>> HORNSBY FINDS HENDERSON.

REELTOWN IS INSIDE THE CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA RED ZONE.

MORE IMPORTANTLY AFTER THE FIRST, GETS OUT OF BOUNDS, CLOCK STOPS.

NOW THE TIMEOUT SITUATION.

BOTH TEAMS WITH THEIR FULL COMPLEMENT IN THE REMAINING FIVE AND A HALF MINUTES.

>> THIS WEARS YOU OUT HAVING TO RUSH THE PASSER, BALL STOLEN HORIZONTALLY, VERTICALLY, MAKING THEM RUN.

A LOT OF THESE GUYS DON'T LEAVE THE FIELD.

BAD SNAP.

>> THAT'S TOUGH.

MATT JOHNSON WON'T LIKE IT.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THAT YOUNG MAN, JAKE HORNSBY, 13 OF 15 PASSING FOR 123 YARDS.

>> THERE YOU GO, THAT'S PRETTY EFFICIENT.

>> TIME OUT TAKEN BY MATT JOHNSON AND THE REELTOWN REBELS, 5:14 REMAINING IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

IT'S AN ALABAMA NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION TIME OUT.

AND, COACH, I DON'T THINK YOU HAVE TO BE AN OFFENSIVE GURU, JUST WHATEVER YOU THINK IS GOING TO GET YOU IN THE END ZONE QUICKEST.

>> HAD A SPREAD, OPIATE IF THE SNAP WAS LOW.

WE WANT DOWN ON A KNEE TRYING TO POP A RUN BACK INSIDE.

I ASSUME WE'LL GET ANOTHER 2 POINTS IF THEY SCORE.

THIS IS THEIR TWO-MINUTE OFFENSE.

>> THINKING BACK TO THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME YOU REFERENCED IN FLORIDA, THE TEAM WAS UP 34-7.

POOR COACH.

>> I REMEMBER THAT NIGHT GOING TO BED, MAY HAVE BEEN A SEMIFINAL GAME, I DON'T REMEMBER.

I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER THE TEAMS.

I JUST REMEMBER IT'S NOT OVER.

AND, OF COURSE, WE'VE SEEN GAME AFTER GAME AFTER GAME.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A STUDENT OF THE GAME, THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE GOT TO RELATE TO YOUR PLAYERS.

AND CONVERSELY, BEING BEHIND.

PEOPLE HAVE BEEN RIGHT HERE, DON'T KEEP PLAYING, KEEP PLAYING.

>> WIN EVERY PLAY.

THEY'RE STILL PLAYING, SORRY.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 13.

HORNSBY.

TAE MARTIN.

AND TAE MARTIN JUST GOT A FACE MASK FULL OF LOGAN ANDN.

>> PHYSICAL TACKLE.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING HE DOES THAT'S NOT PHYSICAL.

>> NOT CARRYING THE BALL SO HE DECIDED TO GO OUT, QUICK HIT, NICE COVERAGE.

TAE MARTIN BROUGHT RIGHT DOWN IN HIS TRACKS.

HORNSBY IN TRAFFIC GOING BACK TO FINN HENDERSON.

AND HE WAS SANDWICHED IN BETWEEN TWO FIVE DEFENDERS.

HENDERSON A LITTLE BIT SHAKEN UP AS HE COMES BACK TO THE HUDDLE.

NOW FOURTH DOWN AND 12.

FOURTH AND GOAL OFFICIALLY.

>> WE GET SOME KIND OF THROW IN THE END ZONE.

GOT TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN.

CAN'T GET A FIRST.

>> SPOT IT AT THE 12th.

HERE WE GO, FOUR WIDE RECEIVERS.

>> PRESSURE.

>> FYFFE.

GOT HIS MAN.

>> NICE.

>> TOUCHDOWN.

JAKE HORNSBY!

ICE WATER IN THE VEINS.

HE FINDS TAE MARTIN.

>> MARTIN, IS THAT TWO FOR HIM?

AT THE RUN?

>> SEE THE TOUCHDOWN.

ALSO A RUSHING TOUCHDOWN.

COMING IN TO TONIGHT.

THE SEASON STATS ON QUARTERBACK JAKE HORNSBY.

15 OF 18 FOR 136 YARDS ON THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> MOVING THE BALL ON THE RIGHT HASH ON THE 2-POINT.

THAT'S THAT SAME FORMATION WE HAD ON THE FIRST 2-POINT WHERE THEY MISSED IT WHEN HE WAS OPEN.

SEE IF WE CAN GET THE SAME PLAY HERE GOING THE OTHER WAY.

NO'VE GOT MOTION.

>> MOTION TO THE WIDE SIDE.

>> A LONG WAY TO GO.

>> CERTAINLY IS.

AND A FAILED 2-POINT CONVERSION.

REELTOWN REBELS NOT LOSING FAITH.

CHRISTINA CHAMBERS.

>> YOU SAY JAKE ON THE DRIVE.

COACH CALLS HIM "THE GENERAL."

HE'S BEEN THE CAPTAIN OF THE WHOLE TEAM THE WAY HE COMMANDS THE TEAM ON THE FIELD.

HE SAYS HE HAS QUALITIES YOU CAN'T DESCRIBE.

WHEN HE'S LEADING THE OFFENSE, HE DEMANDS RESPECT.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH, CHRISTINA AND JAKE HORNSBY.

PUTTING IT ON THE LINE, SENIOR, REELTOWN REBELS UNIFORM.

>> I'M SURE WE'LL GET AN ON-SIDEKICK HERE.

>> WE'VE SEEN A FEW TONIGHT.

TAKE A LOOK.

AND TOUCHDOWN, ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

>> GOOD THROW AND CATCH WITH PRESSURE.

SHOULD WE GET FYFFE'S HANDS -- >> TAE MARTIN, 57 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN ON THE GROUND, FIVE CATCHES, 38 YARDS AND A TOUCHDOWN THROUGH THE AIR.

11 PLAYS, 60 YARDS ON THE AL DODD SCORING DRIVE.

THAT'S WHERE WE STAND.

IT'S A 12-POINT GAME.

ON-SIDEKICK.

IT'S RECOVERED.

BUT IT'S FYFFE COMING UP WITH THE FOOTBALL.

THAT'S GUS FOWLER TO SECURE IT.

>> EARLY TOUCHING BY FYFFE, BUT I DON'T -- >> TAKE A LOOK AT INDIVIDUAL STATE RECORDS.

THE 2A RANKS IN THE SUPER 7.

LOGAN ANDERSON MOVES UP TO NUMBER 2 AHEAD OF RODNEY LOWERY.

WHO HAD 188.

LOU VERN AND SAM ROCKS BATTLE IN 1997.

LOGAN ANDERSON IS A SPECIAL STORY.

SO MANY STORIES LIKE THAT, BUT JUST TO SEE A SPECIAL PLAYER PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO PUT IT AWAY.

OBVIOUSLY, REELTOWN WITH THEIR TIME OUT.

THEY HAVE TWO.

THEY TOOK THE TIME OUT.

>> LOGAN ANDERSON TAKES IT DIRECTLY AND DIRECTLY MOVES AHEAD FOR SEVEN YARDS.

SHY OF THE 41.

DOWN TO THE 42 OFFICIALLY.

IF YOU'RE PAUL BENEFIELD, YOU WILL TAKE THAT EVERY TIME.

>> LIKE WE SAID, THEY'RE IN FOUR-MINUTE OFFENSE ALL THE TIME.

SO THEY GET THE DIRECT SMAP WITH THE OTHER LEAD.

MILKING THE CLOCK.

>> LOGAN ANDERSON TO THE EDGE, STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS.

SECOND AND SHORT.

LOGAN ANDERSON WITH 15-PLUS ON THAT CARRY.

>> COACH WOULD LIKE FOR HIM TO FALL DOWN INSIDE INBOUNDS.

BUT CAN'T REALLY FAULT HIM OR HIS PLAY.

LET THAT CLOCK KEEP RUNNING.

>> LOGAN ANDERSON, THREE YARDS AWAY FROM BREAKING THE ALL-TIME TWA SINGLE GAME RECORD SUPER 7.

>> I BELIEVE HE'LL HAVE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO GET IT.

>> 289 CARRIES, 233 YARDS.

HE'S GOT IT.

LOGAN ANDERSON, YOUR NEW RECORD HOLDER.

HE'S ABLE TO GET THREE AND A HALF ON THAT CARRY.

AN INJURED FYFFE RED DEVILS, WESTON EVANS.

TIME TENDING TO WESTON.

3:36 REMAINING IN REGULATION.

FOLLOWING US KEVIN SCARBINSKY WILL HAVE ALL OF THE LATEST, ALL OF TODAY'S EVENTS AND WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST THREE DAYS, HERE AT BRYANT-DENNY PRESENTED BY THE SUPER 7 AHSAA.

TONIGHT, 7:00, REALLY BIG ONE, 6A, SARALAND TAKING ON CLAY CHALKVILLE.

>> TWO GREAT COACHES.

SARALAND WAS TRYING TO GET OVER THE HUMP LAST YEAR AND GOT THEIR FIRST ONE.

THEY CONTINUED THIS YEAR.

OF COURSE, WE'VE GOT ATHLETES ALL OVER THE FIELD.

>> WESTON EVANS.

TAKING A LOOK.

LOGAN ANDERSON, OFFICIAL, 237 YARDS.

>> CONGRATULATIONS.

>> BUT, RIGHT NOW, I'M JUST GUESSING BY WATCHING HIM AND HOW HE PLAYS, ALL HE'S CONCERNED WITH IS THAT BLUE MAP.

>> I AGREE.

>> CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA RED ZONE.

LOGAN ANDERSON.

HE'S GOT FIVE, MAYBE SIX ON THAT CARRY.

THAT WILL BE GOOD.

TO MOVE THE CHAINS.

FIRST DOWN, 3:10 LEFT.

AND FYFFE IN GREAT POSITION TO ADD TO ALREADY 12-POINT LEAD HERE LATE.

>> YES.

YOU HATE FOR THAT OTHER -- YOU KNOW, FOR ALL THESE TEAMS THAT -- SOMEBODY'S GOT TO WIN AND YOU'RE SO HAPPY FOR THOSE GUYS.

YOU ALWAYS FEEL FOR THE TEAM ON THE OTHER SIDE.

>> AND YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OPPORTUNITIES YOU'RE GOING TO GET.

I WAS FORTUNATE IN HIGH SCHOOL AND AS A SOPHOMORE, THE TEAM I WAS A PART OF, WE LOST THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP, AND THEN WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO WIN ONE THE NEXT YEAR.

BUT IT'S SPECIAL JUST TO BE ON THE STAGE AND THESE KIDS, NO MATTER WHICH SIDE YOU'RE ON, WIN OR LOSE, YOU WILL REMEMBER THIS FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.

>> WELL, AS WE SAID, JUST COMMUNITY AND EVERYBODY INVOLVED, IT'S SUCH A BIG DEAL.

AHSAA DOES A GREAT JOB HOSTING THESE TEAMS AND PLAYERS, YOU KNOW, TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY'RE TREATED, THE WALK, OBVIOUSLY GETTING TO BE IN TUSCALOOSA AND BRYANT-DENNY, GREAT FACILITIES ALABAMA HAS IN AUBURN.

LAST YEAR.

WE GO BACK TO PROTECTED BIRMINGHAM.

TREAT ALL THE PLAYERS AND COACHES, FIRST CLASS, PROUD OF WHAT THEY DO.

>> AND I WOULD PUT THIS EVENT, THE SUPER 7, UP AGAINST ANYWHERE.

>> YES.

>> LOGAN ANDERSON WISELY SLIDING DOWN.

COULD HAVE GONE TO TEND ZONE, BUT VERY HEADY PLAY.

THE FYFFE RUNNING BACK AND RECORD HOLDER WITH A MINUTE-40.

COACH NOT GOING TO BURN ONE OF THE REMAINING TWO TIMEOUTS.

BENEFIELD CRACKING A BIT OF A SMILE.

HE'S GOT THE HEADSET OFF.

I THINK HE FEELS IT, COACH.

>> YEAH, I THINK HE IS.

MAYBE YOU RELAX JUST A HAIR RIGHT HERE.

THAT'S A GREAT FEELING, THOUGH.

>> LOGAN ANDERSON, ANOTHER TOUCHDOWN.

THREE YARDS OUT.

ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES TOUCHDOWN FOR THE FYFFE RED DEVILS.

IT WAS LOGAN ANDERSON THAT GOT EVERYTHING STARTED WITH A 77-YARD RUN WITH ABOUT 12 SECONDS GOING BY IN THAT FIRST QUARTER, AND HOW FITTING IS IT THAT, BARRING REELTOWN, GETTING A TOUCHDOWN HERE IN THE LAST MINUTE-TEN, HE CAPS IT OFF.

>> CORRECT.

>> JESSE MARTIN.

STRAIGHT AHEAD AND STRAIGHT THROUGH.

43-24.

A MINUTE-TEN LEFT.

FYFFE WILL CLAIM THEIR FIFTH IN THE LAST SIX YEARS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

OUR PLAY OF THE GAME.

COACH, WE LIKED THIS, THAT WAS THAT DOUBLE HANDOFF.

>> GREAT FINISH.

>> RYDER GIPSON, NOT JUST LOGAN ANDERSON, BUT RYDER GIPSON TODAY, SIX CARRIES, 134 YARDS, THE 65-YARD RUN, AND SHOWCASING HERE WITH THE DUAL STIFF ARMS.

PART OF THAT IMPRESSIVE RED DEVIL ATTACK.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE DOING IT AGAIN.

INTERESTING TO SEE THE SHOT EARLY IN THE GAME.

LOOK AT THAT JERSEY NOW.

>> THAT'S WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PLAY ON NATURAL GRASS.

THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS.

I LOVE OUR TURF.

GREAT TO HAVE WHEN IT'S PORING BUT IT IS FUN TO SEE GAMES ON GRASS.

>> JESSE MARTIN, KICK IT AWAY.

OKAY.

>> BACK TO TAE MARTIN.

MARTIN, COUPLE OF CUTS.

HELMET CAME OFF A REELTOWN REBELS FOOTBALL PLAYER.

TAE MARTIN IS UP TO THE 47-YARD LINE, AND REELTOWN WILL HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT.

IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

TAE MARTIN.

>> TAE MARTIN LOST THE HEAD GEA.

7 CARRIES, 57 YARDS AND THE SCORE.

BUT ALSO WITH REELTOWN HAVING TO GO TO THE AIR, IT'S BEEN BIG.

QUARTERBACK JAKE HORNSBY, FIVE CATCHES, 38 YARDS.

THE TOUCHDOWN HE HAD IN TRAFFIC FOR THE LAST REELTOWN SCORE.

HORNSBY BACK AT IT.

IT'S ABOVE THE CLOUDS WITH THAT THROW.

INCOMPLETE.

TRYING TO FIND DEMETRIUS BROWN.

>> SEE IF HE CAN MAKE A PLAY.

NO QUITTING REELTOWN.

STILL BATTLING.

>> ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES OF ALABAMA REPLAY.

WELL DEFENDED.

KIND OF LIKE TO SEE THAT FROM THE B.B., COACH.

>> LIKE TO SEE YOU GO UP HIGH.

CALL THAT HIGH-POINTING.

SO HE DID GET IT OUT, THROW.

>> BRICE TOTHEROW NUMBER 14 FOR THE RED DEVILS.

HORNSBY FINDS THE MAN.

>> THROWS IN THE WINDOW.

>> HE DID.

WAS ABLE TO LOCATE HIS RECEIVER DEMETRIUS BROWN, WHO NOW HAS THREE CATCHES.

>> LITTLE SHORT, CLOCK IS STILL RUNNING.

>> 47 YARDS.

DIP IT OUT IN THE FLAT.

XAVIER THOMAS.

THOMAS FIGHTING TO GET OUT OF BOUNDS AND HE DOES.

HEADS-UP PLAY BY THOMAS.

27 SECONDS, CLOCK STOPS, AS THEY MOVE THE CHAINS.

>> STILL WORKING.

>> MATT JOHNSON LOOKING ON.

IT'S LIKE IT'S INEVITABLE, IT WILL BE THE SAME RESULT AS WHEN THEY PLAY THIS FYFFE TEAM BACK IN 2019, BUT NO LOSS IS A LOSS, BUT REELTOWN, VERY COMPETITIVE.

>> NOTHING TO HANG THEIR HEAD OVER A GREAT FYFFE PROGRAM.

>> HORNSBY.

WAS IT INTERCEPTED OR HIT THE GROUND?

YOU HAVE EVERETT AT THE BOARD ARGUING THAT HE CAUGHT IT.

I DON'T THINK WE'LL GET A REPLAY.

JUST GIVE IT THE TIME AND SCORE.

22 SECONDS LEFT.

REELTOWN, THEY WILL HAVE ANOTHER CRACK AT IT, IF YOU TAKE ANOTHER LOOK.

>> YEP.

>> GIVE THE OFFICIALS THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.

YEAH.

I THINK THEY WERE CORRECT THERE.

WE'LL AGREE WITH THEM.

FALLS ON THE GROUND.

>> COUGHED IT UP.

>> THAT MAY BE IT.

>> IN TRAFFIC, RED DEVILS SAY THEY HAVE IT, AND THEY DO.

JAKE HORNSBY, NOT THE WAY THAT HE WANTED HIS LAST PLAY TO GO DOWN AS A REELTOWN REBEL, BUT WHAT A GUTSY EFFORT BY HORNSBY, LEADING THIS REELTOWN OFFENSE.

OF COURSE, HE'LL STAY OUT THERE, PLAY ONE FINAL SNAP AS A DEFENDER.

A LOT OF THESE GUYS PLAYING BOTH WAYS.

YOU SAW THE SHOT OF PAUL BENEFIELD ACROSS THE WAY.

A FUTURE HALL OF FAME COACH.

>> YOU BET.

>> CLAIM HIS SEVENTH STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH TEAMS.

CONGRATULATIONS TO FYFFE.

>> AND THE BLUE MAP RETURNING TO THE TOP OF SAND MOUNTAIN.

THAT WILL DO IT.

THE FYFFE RED DEVILS, YOUR 2023 2A STATE CHAMPIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN TO COACH MATT JOHNSON, THE REELTOWN REBELS, GEG BACK AN OUTSTANDING SEASON BUT TAD WAS JUST TOO MUCH FYFFE.

HEARD OF MATT JOHNSON TALKING ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT HE HAS AND THE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION HE HAS FOR COACH PAUL BENEFIELD, AND YOU SAW WITH THE EXCHANGE THOSE TWO, A LOT OF RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE IN THEIR PROGRAMS.

WE'LL SEND IT DOWN TO SUSAN CAROTHERS, WHO IS WITH THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WITH THE COACH.

>> COACH BENEFIELD, YOU HAVE BEEN HERE BEFORE BUT WHAT MAKES THIS WIN AND TEAM SO SPECIAL?

>> WE GIVE GOD ALL THE GLORY FOR OUR SEASON.

IT'S BEEN A SPECIAL YEAR, AND THESE KIDS IMPROVED SO MUCH.

WE LOST THE FIRST GAME AND WENT BACK TO WORK.

I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE PROUD OF ANYBODY THAN I AM THIS KEEP.

>> IT'S A YOUNG TEAM.

LOGAN ANDERSON JUST A JUNIOR, YOU WILL GET HIM BACK NEXT YEAR.

HOW BRIGHT IS THE FUTUF FYFFE FOOTBALL?

>> LOOKS GOOD IF WE CAN KEEP THEM HEALTHY AND GO TO WORK IN A MONTH AND TRY TO GO AGAIN.

>> CONGRATULATIONS, COACH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH PAUL BENEFIELD AND THE FYFFE RED DEVILS, 2A STATE CHAMPIONS.

ONCE AGAIN MATT JOHNSON, HIS REBEL TEAM NOTHING TO HANG YOUR HEAD ABOUT.

YOU HAVE BEEN ON BOTH SIDES OF THIS.

>> I'VE SPOKEN ABOUT REELTOWN.

LET'S TALK ABOUT FYFFE.

CONGRATULATIONS.

WE TALK ABOUT COACH BENEFIELD, BUT THERE'S A GROUP OF ASSISTANTS ON BOTH SIDE BUT ESPECIALLY FYFFE THAT ARE BEHIND THE SCENES AND AS A FORMER ASSISTANT AND A HEAD COACH, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT -- FOR ME, IT WAS ALWAYS ABOUT WE THE TEAM, EVERYBODY BEHIND THE SCENES.

WE DON'T FORGET ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT GUY AND >> 2023 M.V.P.

IS LOGAN ANDERSON FROM FYFFE HIGH SCHOOL!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WELCOME QUINTON LEE CENTRALBOARD MEMBER TO THE FIELD ALONG WITH VICKERS, ASSOCIATE DIRECT OF THE AHSAA, FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2023 CLASS 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNER UP TROPHY.

YOUR 2023 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNER UP IS THE REELTOWN REBELS LED BY HEAD COACH MATT JOHNSON!

AND NOW, FOR THE MOMENT YOU'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR, PLEASE GIVE A WARM WELCOME TO EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AHSAA ALVIN BRIGGS AND CENTRAL BOARDMEMBER BRIAN JET FROM DISTRICT 8 FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2023 2A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR 2023 2A STATE CHAMPIONS ARE THE FYFFE RED DEVILS LED BY HEAD COACH PAUL BENEFIELD!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] CONGLATIONS TO THE 2023 2A STATE CHAMPIONS!

>> THE BLUE MAP HEADED BACK ATOP SAND MOUNTAIN, SOMETHING THEY HAVE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO.

PAUL BENEFIELD, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE RED DEVILS.

TONIGHT, COACH BILL CLARK, TOTAL YARDAGE, PRETTY EEIVE, BUT INVESTIGATE RIONE PENALTY FOR FYFFE, THEY DIDN'T TURN THE BALL OVER AND THE WAY THEY PLAYED THEY AVERAGED 9 YARDS A PLAY.

LOGAN ANDERSON IS A BIG REASON WHY BUT THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER PARTS THAT MADE THE FYFFE MACHINE GO.

>> THEY DON'T TURN THE BALL OVER, OR GET PENALTIES.

YOU SAW WHEN COACH GOT VERY UPSET, THAT'S NOT WHO THEY ARE.

ALWAYS MOVING FORWARD, POSITIVE.

DID GET STOPPED ONE TIME.

THIS IS A GOOD REELTOWN TEAM NO DOUBT.

GIVE THEM CREDIT.

THIS IS WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY DO THINGS.

THEY MADE THE STOPS.

ALMOST 46 POINTS A GAME.

FYFFE GOT THE STOPS WHEN THEY NEEDED THEM.

>> AND A CLEAN GAME ON BOTH SIDE.

SAW THE LATE FUMBLE BY JAKE HORNSBY, BUT THAT COMING LATE AND WHAT YOU SAY JUST ON BOTH SIDES THIS IS WHAT MAKES THIS EVENT SO SPECIAL.

I CAN'T REITERATE THAT ENOUGH.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> BECAUSE OF WHAT WE SEE AND THESE STORIES OF WHAT YOU'RE SEEING RIGHT THERE IN YOUR PICTURE, THE FYFFE RED DEVILS, AND ALSO THE REELTOWN REBELS, STORIES THAT NEED TO BE TOLD AND IT'S SO OFTEN WE SEE IT ON THE SHOWCASE.

>> WE HAVE TO MANY NEGATIVE STORIES IN THE WORLD, THIS IS WHAT IT'S ABOUT.

THESE ARE COMMUNITIES AND PLAYERS AND LIKE WE SAID BANDS AND CHEERLEADERS AND COACHES AND FAMILIES AND ALL THAT COMING TOGETHER, DOING GOOD THINGS.

>> LOTS OF STORIES THAT HAVE BEEN TOLD THIS WEEK FROM THE 1A CHAMPIONSHIP LEROY WITH THE WIN.

GULF SHORES WITH THEIR FIRST BLUE MAP IN THEIR FOOTBALL PROGRAM.

MONTGOMERY CATHOLIC, WHAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO IN BLANKING CHEROKEE COUNTY 35-0.

THIS GAME THE 2A CHAMPIONS, THE FYFFE RED DEVILS.

TONIGHT ISLAND AND -- SARALAND AND CLAY CHALKVILLE.

THANKS TO SUSAN CAROTHERS, CHRISTINA CHAMBERS, COACH BILL CLARK, ALL OUR ENTIRE CREW, ALL THE HARD WORK BEHIND THE SCENES MAKING IT POSSIBLE.

MORE TO COME, KEVIN SCARBINSKY WILL GIVE YOU THE LATEST AND GET YOU READY FOR THE 6-8 TILT BETWEEN SARALAND AND CLAY CHALKVILLE.

FROM ALL OF US TO ALL OF YOU, THANKS FOR JOINING US.

WE CONTINUE WITH THE SUPER 7 IN TUSCALOOSA.