>> IT IS A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY AT BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM THURSDAY MORNING, APPROACHING THE KICK OFFOF THE 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN MADISON ACADEMY REPRESENTING THE NORTH AND MOBILE CHRISTIAN REPRESENTING THE SOUTH.

AS YOU SEE MADISON ACADEMY TAKING THE FIELD, AND MOBILE CHRISTIAN DOING THE SAME.

AGAIN, TWO 14 AND 0 TEAMS.

ONE OF THE TEAMS WILL PUT A BOW ON A PERFECT SEASON HERE TODAY.

TIME TO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR HOMEBUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA KEYS TO THE GAME WITH COACH RICK RHODES.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO TALK ABOUT, BUT JUST A COUPLE OF THINGS.

MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAS THE TOP DEFENSE IN 3A.

THE ABILITY TO CREATE TURNOVERS HAS BEEN A VERY BIG FACTOR IN THAT.

THAT'S GOING TO BE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS GAME.

BALL CONTROLENSE.

THEY'VE GOT A STRONG OFFENSIVE LINE, AVERAGE ALMOST 300 POUNDS ACROSS THE FRONT.

IS GOING TO BE IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO CONTROL THE FOOTBALL BY RUNNING IT.

MADISON ACADEMY, THEY HAVE BEEN CLUTCH.

LAST SECOND WINS IN THE SEMIS AND QUARTERLY FINALS, THEY WILL NEED TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT.

THE DEFENSE HAS GIVEN UP ALMOST 27 POINTS A GAME IN THE PLAYOFFS.

THEY WILL HAVE TO PLAY A LOT BETTER THAN THAT TODAY IN THEY'RE GOING TO WIN THIS FOOTBALL GAME.

>> AND WE'RE GETTING SET FOR THE COIN TOSS COMING UP MOMENTARILY FROM DOWN AT MID FIELD.

WE WILL BRING THAT TO YOU LIVE HOME MOMENTARILY.

FIRST OF THREE BIG STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES TODAY.

A GREAT START TO THE SUPER 7 YESTERDAY WITH THE GIRLS.

THE 7A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LAST NIGHT AT PHENIX CITY WON OVER THOMPSON 28-19.

FROM YESTERDAY, THE FLAG FOOTBALL GAMES THAT TOOK PLACE DURING THE DAY YESTERDAY, AND THEN OF COURSE THE 7A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LAST NIGHT.

CONGRATULATIONS TO CENTRAL PHENIX CITY KNOCKING OFF FOUR-TIME DEFENDING CHAMPS FROM THOMPSON.

COIN TOSS PRESENTED BY CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA.

>> LACY PHILLIPS FROM MADISON CAY BROOKE JOHNSON, SHE'LLIAL KNOX, SHELLEY BERGREEN AND BRUCE GIL.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE GIVE -- STAND AND GIVE A BIG ROUND OF ALAPPLAUSE FOR THE HONORARY CAPTAINS AND TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS WHO SUPPORT OUR STUDENTS EACH AND EVERY DAY ACROSS THE STATE OF ALABAMA.

ALSO ASSISTING IN TODAY'S COIN TOSS AND REPRESENTING THE QUARTERBACKING CHILDREN'S HEALTH FOUNDATION IS SPECIAL GUEST SMITH EDWARDS FROM CAY HA BA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY IN BETH SAIDIAN HILLS, REPRESENTING THE FAMILIES WHO BENEFIT FROM THE WORK OF THE QUARTERBACKING IS CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION.

A SUPER WARM WELCOME FOR SMITH AND HIS FAMILY.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] >> GOOD AFTERNOON, GENTLEMEN.

CONGRATULATIONS FOR MAKING IT TO THE 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

LET'S HAVE A GREAT GAME TODAY, WE HAVE SMITH WITH CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL.

HE'S GOING TO HAVE THE COIN FOR THE TOSS, AND HE'S GOING TO GIVE ME THE COIN.

OKAY.

WE'VE GOT HEADS, WE'VE GOT TAILS.

OKAY.

YOU'RE THE VISITOR, MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

HE'S GOING TO CALL TAILS.

Y'ALL GOOD WITH TAILS?

IF I DROP IT, I'LL FLIP IT AGAIN.

IT IS HEADS.

YOU HAVE WON THE TOSS.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] MADISON ACADEMY HAS WON THE TOSS.

THEY WILL RECEIVE.

WHICH END DO YOU WANT TO DEFEND?

OKAY, PUT YOUR BACKS HERE, PUT YOUR BACKS HERE, PLEASE.

[CHEERING] ONE WILL TOSS, ONE RECEIVE.

GOOD LUCK, GENTLEMEN, HAVE A GOOD BALL GAME.

>> THE TOP SCORING TEAM IN 3A WINS THE TOSS.

THEY WANT THE FOOTBALL, SO THAT'S HOW THINGS WILL GET STARTED WHEN WE CONNECT IT OFF HERE MOMENTARILY.

WE'VE GOT THE GAME COVERED FOR YOU FROM DOWN ON THE FIELD THIS MORNING AS WELL.

FROM BOTH SIDELINES WE START WITH A VISITOR'S BENCH AND SEND IT TO SUSAN CARUTHERS.

GOOD MORNING, SUSAN.

[ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ] >> WE APOLOGIZE FOR TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH SUSAN'S MIKE.

WE'LL CORRECT THAT AND GET TO THAT MOMENTARILY.

COACH BOB GODSEY, A COACH YOU KNOW WELL.

>> A GREAT QUARTERBACK AT TROY STATE UNIVERSITY.

HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF TOACHING HIM AT MADISON ACADEMY, WON THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP AT HARTSVILLE IN 2011.

>> FROM THE HOME SIDE LINE, CHRISTINA CHAMBERS.

GOOD MORNING, CHRISTINA.

>> HE THIS SEASON IS ALL ABOUT UNFINISHED BUSINESS.

THEY WERE UNHAPPY HOW THEY ENDED LAST SEASON, BUT THIS YEAR GOT OFF TO A QUICK START, WON KEY GAMES IN KEY MOMENTS DOWN THE STRETCH.

HE SAYS HIS MESSAGE TO HIS TEAM, GO OUT THERE AND DO THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TO GET HERE.

AND IF IT COMES DOWN TO A LAST-SECOND PLAY, HE BELIEVES HIS TEAM HAS THE CONFIDENCE TO HANDLE THAT MOMENT.

>> AND WE ARE UNDERWAY, THE 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, AS WE BEGIN WITH A KICK INTO THE END ZONE, SO OUR TOUCHBACK, AND MADISON ACADEMY WILL BRING OUT THEIR POTENT OSE TO BEGIN THIS ONE.

AND THEY SEE THEIR QUARTERBACK JAKUM JACOB POLDIAK, 6-1, 170-POUND SENIOR, WILL LEAD THE MADISON ACADEMY OFFENSE.

>> HAS THROWN FOR 2397 YARDS AND 22 TOUCHDOWNS ON THE YEAR, SO HE CAN SPIN IT PRETTY GOOD.

>> AND THE FIRST PLAY OF THE GAME.

THIS IS CHERRY, THEIR OUTSTANDING RUNNING BACK, AND HE IS TAKEN DOWN QUICKLY.

ANTAN THEN OWE KELLY.

SCORED OVER 63 TIMES.

JACKSON REESE, 89 CATCHES ON THE YEAR.

KEN CHERRY AVERAGES 15 YARDS A CARRY.

I DIDN'T MISREAD THAT.

WHY WOULD YOU GIVE IT TO ANYBODY ELSE?

>> AND THEY GIVE IT TO HIM AGAIN HERE, BUT I TELL YOU WHAT, MOBILE CHRISTIAN'S READY FOR THAT AS THEY STOP CHERRY FOR MAYBE A HALF-YARD GAME.

GOING TO SET UP THIRD AND LONG QUICKLY.

THE LOOK AT THE MOBILE CHRISTIAN DEFENSE.

TOP DEFENSE IN 3A.

FIVE SHUTOUTS IN THE REGULAR SEASON THIS YEAR.

>> STRONG DEFENSIVE FRONT.

KEEP AN EYE ON KELLY.

SO FAR, THEY'VE KEPT CHERRY IN CHECK.

>> AND THE PRE-SNAP PENALTY.

THE REFEREE TODAY IS RON HENRY.

>> SNAP, ENCROACHMENT, DEFENSE, FIVE YARDS, THIRD DOWN.

>> SO A DEFENSIVE LINEMAN LINING UP IN THE NEUTRAL ZONE WHICH WILL MAKE THIS A SHORTER THIRD DOWN SITUATION, THIRD AND FOUR NOW FOR MUSTANGS.

>> PRETTY BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THIRD AND NINE AND THIRD AND FOURTH.

>> POLDIAK, THREE-STEP DROP, GETS RID OF IT QUICKLY.

>> AND THAT WILL SEND IN THE PUNT TEAM FOR MADISON ACADEMY.

SO A GOOD START TO THE GAME FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN DEFENSIVELY.

MICHAEL MOORE WAITING TO PUNT, AND IT WILL SAIL OUT OF BOUNDS.

GOOD STARTING POSITION FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN AS THEY TAKE THE FIELD FOR THE FIRST TIME ON OFFENSE.

IDN'T GET MUCH ON THAT ONE.

THAT ONE BARELY GRAZED THE SIDE OF THE FOOT RIGHT THERE.

AND, REALLY, FROM A MOBILE CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN START MUCH BETTER, AS WE GET A GOOD LOOK AT DAMIEN GADSDEN, SOUTHPAW QUARTERBACK.

OVER 2,000 YARDS, 22 T.D.s, AND HE CAN USE THOSE WHEELS AS WELL, BUT A GOOD HAND IN HIS OWN RIGHT.

>> A 69-YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN IN THEIR WIN AGAINST THE DEFENDING 3A CHAMPS OF ST. JAMES YESTERDAY.

AND THIS FIRST PLAY OF SCRIMMAGE, NOT MUCH FOR P.J.

BROWN WHO HAD A GOOD GAME LAST WEEK.

>> WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OFFENSE OF THREE YARDS AND FOUR PLAYS.

REAL BIG STRONG, OFFENSIVE LINE.

P.J.

BROWN IS AN EXCEPTIONAL RUNNING BACK.

>> AND SECOND DOWN.

AND THE BACK HERE GETS RIGHT ACROSS THE MID FIELD STRIPE ON .

ON THE CARRY, P.J.

BROWN, COMING IN AT TEN YARDS A CARRY.

HE HAD A BIG WIN LAST WEEK IN THE WIN OVER ST. JAMES.

HERE'S A LOOK AT MADISON ACADEMY STARTING DEFENSE, THIS UNIT SURRENDERING ABOUT 13.7 POINTS A GAME.

AS I SAID IN THE OPENER, IT'S BEEN HIGHER IN THE PLAYOFFS, AND THEY WANT TO PLAY A LOT BETTER TODAY, AND THEY KNOW THEY HAVE TO IF THEY'RE GOING TO WIN.

>> THIRD AND FIVE.

HERE'S BROWN.

GREAT PENETRATION THERE BY MADISON ACADEMY AS SHOOTING THROUGH THERE WAS TYLER LONG, MAKING THE STOP.

SO BOTH OFFENSES HERE, AS PROLIFIC AS THEY HAVE BEEN, TWO THREE AND OUTS.

>> YOU HAVE TO BLOCK BACK TO SEAL THE GAPS AND AT THAT TIME MADISON ACADEMY WOULD HAVE NONE OF IT.

YEAH, FOR TWO OFFENSES, TOGETHER AVERAGE ALMOST 90 POINTS A GAME, WE'VE HAD A TOTAL OFFENSE OF I THINK FOUR YARDS.

>> AND THIS IS CARTER LEWIS ON TO DO THE PUNTING FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

HIGH END-OVER-END KICK, JACKSON REESE, ABLE TO JUMP ON IT AT THE 12-YARD LINE.

REESE SAVING WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A HUGE TURNOVER AS THE MADISON ACADEMY OFFENSE WOULD TAKE THE FIELD.

LOOK AT THE PUNT HERE.

>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THE SUPER 7 THIS YEAR, YOU KNOW THAT, TO THIS POINT, THE ABILITY TO FIELD PUNTS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVE NOT QUITE MASTERED YET THIS YEAR.

OF COURSE, LOOKING RIGHT INTO THAT SUN AS YOU CAN SEE THE SHADOWS DOWN THERE, THAT BALL CAME DIRECTLY DOWN FROM THE SUN, MAKES IT A TOUGH CATCH.

>> A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY THIS MORNING AT BRYANT DENNY.

FIRST CARRY OF THE GAME FOR JOSH WILLIAMS, A GOOD YEAR FOR THIS RUNNING BACK, A JUNIOR, OVER 1500 YARDS RUSHING THIS SEASON.

NOT MUCH ON FIRST DOWN.

>> NO, TRY TO RUN THE OUTSIDE ZONE RIGHT THERE.

BUT YOU CAN SEE FLOYD BOUCARD COMES OFF THE BLOCK.

>> TEN SACKS ON THE SEASON FOR BOUCARD, QUITE A YEAR.

SECOND DOWN AND 9.

WHISTLE BEFORE THE SNAP.

SECOND PRE-SNAP PENALTY OF THE GAME ALREADY.

>> SNAP, BALL START, OFFENSE, FIVE YARDS, SECOND DOWN.

>> SO THIS WILL BACK THEM UP FIVE INSIDE THE TEN.

AND SECOND AND LONG FOR THE MUSTANGS.

>> AND, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW YOU'RE DOWN DEEP IN YOUR OWN TERRITORY.

IF THEY DOLL PUT IT IN THE AIR, INK THEY'RE GOING TO LOOK FOR JACKSON REESE, NUMBER 10.

ETIENNE UNABLE TO ESCAPE THE TACKLE.

SO THIRD AND LONG.

>> TO THIS POINT, I FEEL LIKE I'M WATCHING TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA TECH IN 1956.

YOU BE REMEMBER THAT ONE DON'T YOU.

>> YEAH.

>> TOTAL OFFENSIVE GAME WAS ABOUT 60 YARDS.

FOR THE DEFENSE, THEY HAVE COME TO PLAY TODAY.

NICE JOB GETTING THE BLOCK OFF THE OUTSIDE.

GREAT OPEN FIELD TACKLE.

>> GREAT PLAY ON THE PERIMETER.

THIRD DOWN AND 12, POLDIAK STEPS UP, THROWS OVER THE MIDDLE.

RECEIVER IS THERE AT THE 33-YARD LINE!

THAT IS JAIDEN ETIENNE WITH A BIG CATCH AS MADISON ACADEMY CONVERTS ON A THIRD AND TWELVE.

>> SHOULD HAVE.

>> ETIENNE EXTENDS THE ROUTE AND GOOD AWARENESS TO GET THE BALL JUST OVER THE OUTSTRETCHED HAND, AND A VERY NICE JOB ON A SCRAMBLE PLAY, TO PICK UP A BIG, BIG FIRST DOWN.

>> POLDIAK TOOK A HIT AFTERRELE.

GREAT JOB BUYING TIME AND PULLING THE TRIGGER RIGHT AT THE LAST MOMENT.

HERE'S A PASS OUT HERE TO REECE, AND REECE ABLE TO GET TO THE 45.

A SHORT GAIN OF ONLY A YARD.

NICE JOB THERE.

ONCE AGAIN, KENTONIO KELLY, THE LEADING TACKLER ON THIS MOBILE CHRISTIAN DEFENSE COMING UP ON THE PLAY.

>> KEY TO THE SCREENS IS YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO, AT THE POINT OF ATTACK, SUSTAIN THE BLOCKS AND SO FAR MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAS BEEN DOING A GOOD JOB OF WHIPPING THE BLOCKS AT THE SCRIMMAGE AND NOT GIVING THEM MUCH AT ALL.

>> SECOND2nd AND 9 FROM THE 45.

BACK TO THE RUNNING GAME HERE.

AND JOSH WILLIAMS IS WRAPPED UP.

I TELL YOU, THIS KEN KENTONIO KY KID HAS COME TO PLAY FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

>> AVERAGES ALMOST 14 TACKLES A GAME.

HE HAS A GREAT NOSE FOR THE BALL.

NOBODY GETS UP TO THE SECOND LEVEL TO BLOCK HIM.

HE'S UNTOUCHED.

GOING TO BE HARD GOING FOR MADISON ACADEMY IF THEY CAN'T GET A HAT ON THAT YOUNG MAN.

>> 3rd DOWN, MADISON ACADEMY CONVERTING ON 3rd AND 12.

POLDIAK THROWS, PASS IS PICKED, INTERCEPTED.

IS A LAULAW COMES UP WITH AN INTERCEPTION.

FIRST QUARTER.

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SECOND QUARTER ACTION.

POLDIAK PASS INTERCEPTED INTERAY SEMA'J LAW.

>> NICE INSIDE BREAK, NICE INTERCEPTION.

>> STILL IN THE FIRST QUARTER HERE.

>> NICE PLAY CONCEPT RIGHT THERE.

RAN A POST ROUTE WITH KIND OF A WHEEL RIGHT IN BEHIND IT, FLAT DEFENDER WENT WITH THE POST AND WIDE OPEN FOR A NICE GAME FOR THE LEOPARDS THIS MOBILE CHRISTIAN DEFENSE, VERY OPPORTUNISTIC IN THE WIN OVER ST. JAMES LAST WEEK.

FIVE TURNOVERS IN THAT GAME AND HERE THEY COME UP WITH THE INTERPRETATION AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS ONE.

THEY DON'T GET ANYTHING HERE ON THIS RUNNING PLAY AS P.J.

AS P.N LOST A COUPLE OF YARDS.

>> YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SEAL THE BACKSIDE GAPS AND BOTH TIMES MADISON ACADEMY HAS GOTTEN PRESSURE UPFIELD AND VERY NICE THAT TIME BY CHAMBERS TO GET HIS ELEVENTH TACKLE FOR A LOSS ON THE SEASON.

>> GATSON TO THROW.

PERFECT PASS INTO THE ARMS OF AARON ROGERS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!

>> THIS IS A BEAUTIFULLY THROWN BALL.

THEY WERE PRETTY EVEN UNTIL THE BALL WAS IN THE AIR AND LOOKED LIKE BROWN PUT ON THE AFTER-JETS AND JUST GLIDED INTO THAT FABLE.

THERE'S THAT BIG PLAY OFFENSE WE HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR.

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SCORE -- BEAUTIFUL FIRST SCORE OF THE DAY.

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[ BAND PLAYING ] ] >> BROWN HAD A BIG GAME LAST WEEK, 212 RECEIVING YARDS AND THREE T.D.s.

NOT UNEXPECTED.

>> CARTER LEWIS ADDS ON THE EXTRA POINT.

DAMIEN GATSON.

>> IF YOU WATCH TO THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU'RE GOING TO SEE THIS SLIPS INSIDE, THE BREAKS ON THE BALL, REALLY A NICE DEFENSIVELY BY LAW TO GET UNDERNEATH THAT.

A BEAUTIFULLY THROWN PASS HERE.

DROPS IT RIGHT OVER THE OUTSIDE SHOULDER, CATCHES IT IN STRIDE.

WHAT A PRETTY BALL.

>> AARON ROGERS WITH THE TOUCHDOWN RECEPTION FROM THAT YOUNG MAN DAMIEN GATSON THE 6-1, 190-POUND JUNIOR QUARTERBACK MAKING THE BIG PLAY TO GIVE MOBILE CHRISTIAN THE FIRST POINTS OF THE 3A STATE CHAMPIIP GAME.

HERE'S A LOOK AT THE SCORING DRIVE, THREE PLAYS COVERING 49 YARDS.

JUST LIKE IN THE WIN OVER ST. JAMES LAST WEEK, COACH,O MOBILE CHRISTIAN DEFENSE GET THE TURNOVER AND TURN IT INTO POINTS.

>> THE FIVE TURNOVERS LAST WEEK WHERE THEIR DEFENSE GOT KICKED AROUND, THEY GOT A BUNCH OF YARDS, GOT TOARNZ WHEN THEY HAD TO, WON THE GAME LAST WEEK AND IT CERTAINLY GOT THEM GOING THIS MORNING.

>> HERE'S LEWIS' KICK OFF.

A KNUCKLEBALL THAT SELLS PAST THE RETURN MAN CHERRY INTO THE END ZONE.

SO MADISON ACADEMY WILL COME OUT FIRST AND TEN.

ANOTHER LOOK AT THE BIG THROWING CATCH FOR THE FIRST POINTS ON THE GAME.

>> THIS IS JUST A STREAKER.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL BALL.

NICE SPIRAL, STICKS IT RIGHT ON THE MONEY.

THEY LOOK LIKE THEY WERE OUT TO PRACTICE EARLY.

>> SO THE MUSTANGS, BACK ON OFFENSE, FIRST AND TEN.

POLDIAK, SWINGS IT OUT OF THE BACK FIELD TO CHERRY.

NICE MOVE THERE AS HE TAKES IT UP NEAR THE FIRST DOWN MARKER AT THE 30-YARD LINE.

>> THIS IS THE GUY THAT'S GOT TO GET HIM GOING.

KEN CHERRY HAS BEEN A HUGE STORY IN THE MAUVES.

HE SCORED THE LAST WINNER LAST WEEK WITH 56 SECONDS SOUTHEAST, FIVE T.D.s IN THE GAME.

IN THIS GAME, AVERAGED 15 YARDS A CARRY COMING IN.

THEY HAVE GOT TO GET LIMB GOING.

>> SCORED THE WINNING TOUCHDOWN LAST WEEKEND.

FIRST AND TEN, CHERRY GETS THE CALL AND CUT DOWN AT THE 34-YARD LINE, MOBILE CHRISTIAN THERE WITH A GOOD STOP ON THE EDGE TO LIMIT THE GAME TO FOUR.

>> LET'S HEAD DOWN TO THE FIELD AND CHECK IN WITH SUSAN.

>> -- USED TO BE AN ASSISTANT COACH FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, SO HE'S RIGHT AT HOME IN THE STADIUM COACHING FOR A CHAMPIONSHIP.

I ASKED HIM WHAT THAT FELT LIKE.

HE SAID FEELS LIKE COMING HOME.

HE HAS OLD FRIENDS FROM TUSCALOOSA IN THE STANDS HERE TODAY SUPPORTING HIM.

>> SECOND DOWN, PASS DOWN D INCOMPLETE, JUST OVER THE OUTSTRETCHED ARM OF THE AGAINED RECEIVER MARK DRAKE -- INTENDED RECEIVER MARK DRAKE.

>> IF I CAN MAKE IT BACK TO KEN CHERRY AND HOW IMPORTANT HE'S BEEN TO THIS MADISON ACADEMY OFFENSE AND THE WAY HE'S BEEN LIMITED TODAY.

HE'S AVERAGING 1.7 YARDS A CARRY ALMOST AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER AND THAT IS VERY SIGNIFICANT.

AGAIN, YOU KNOW, THIS IS A GUY THAT AVERAGES ALMOST 15 YARDS A CARRY GOING INTO THE SEASON.

SO THAT'S DEFINITELY GOT TO CHANGE IF MADISON ACADEMY HAS A SHOT TO WIN THIS FOOTBALL GAME.

>> THIRD DOWN AND SIX.

POLDIAK.

THROWS A STRIKE OUT TO THE 43-YARD LINE, AS THEY DO CONVERT ON THIRD DOWN AND SIX.

NICE PLAY THIS TIME.

THE RECEPTION TO MARK DRAKE AS HE MAKES HIS FIRST CATCH OF THE GAME.

>> IMPRESSIVE THROW BY POLDIAK.

THE BALL IS RIGHT ON THE MONEY.

THE TIMING IS GREAT ON IT.

FROM THE FAR HASH TO, YOU KNOW, THE NEAR NUMBERS, THAT'S A PRETTY LONG THROW RIGHT ON THE MONEY WITH A LITTLE PRESSURE ON HIM, TOO.

>> MADISON ACADEMY NOW TWO FOR FOUR ON THIRD TOWN.

POLDIAK ON FIRST DOWN STEPS UP, PASSES BEHIND CHERRY, PICKED, SECOND INTERCEPTION OF THE GAME.

KENTONIO KELLY.

PLAYING OUT LIKE THE SEMIFINAL LAST WEEK BETWEEN MOBILE CHRISTIAN AND ST. JAMES.

>> I THOUGHT POLDIAK BUZZ GOING TO THROW A WHEEL WRAP TO THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.

LOOKED LIKE IT WAS OPEN EARLY, BUT WE GOT OFF AND DECIDED TO WORK THE CROSSING ROUTE OVER THE MIDDLE.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE BALL IS THROWN A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THE TIP BALL.

NICE JOB BY GUESS WHO, KENTONIO KELLY SEEMS TO BE EVERYWHERE SO FAR IN THE GAME.

ANOTHER BIG TURNOVER FOR THE LEOPARDS.

>> FIRST AND TEN, MOBILE CHRISTIAN TAKES OVER AFTER THEIR SECOND I INTERCEPTION.

>> THIS IS FEELS LIKE A BIG GAME FOR ME ESPECIALLY FOR MADISON ACADEMY.

THEY DON'T WANT TO GO DOWN ESPECIALLY ON THE HEELS OF ANOTHER TURNOVER.

THIS IS A BIG SERIES FOR THIS MADISON ACADEMY DEFENSE.

>> SECOND DOWN AND SIX.

GATSON THROWS, OTHER SIDE OF THE FIELD.

THIS IS GOING TO BE P.J.

BROWN AS HE GOES INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN AND FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THIS FIRST QUARTER MOBILE CHRISTIAN GET THE PICK ON DEFENSE, THE OFFENSE TURNS IT INTO A TOUCHDOWN.

>> REALLY A NICE OFFENSIVE CONCEPT RIGHT HERE.

IT'S A SPRINT-OUT PASS TO THE FIELD AND SPRINT PULLUP IS WHAT IT IS.

AND THROWBACK ACTION TO THE BACK SIDE FLAT WHICH WAS VACATED BY THE MADISON ACADEMY DEFENSE.

NOBODY AT HOME.

BROWN TOOK CARE OF THE REST AND BIG, BIG TOUCHDOWN FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN PUTS HIM UP TWO SCORES.

LOTS OF MOMEMTUM GOING THEIR WAY RIGHT NOW.

>> AND CARTER LIEU WIRES ON FOR THE -- CARTER LEWIS ON FOR THE SECOND POINT.

HIGH SNAP IS DOWN, AND GOOD, 14-0 MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

ANOTHER PICK HERE.

>> AND THIS IS A NICE BREAK ON THE BALL.

REALLY GOOD JOB BY KELLY TO SET THEM UP, AND A REALLY NICE PLAY CALL AND A WELL-DESIGNED PLAY.

SEE THE SPREAD PULLUP AND THROWBACK, NOBODY AT HOME.

NICE BLOCK DOWN FIELD TO SPRING YOUR BUDDY IN FOR THE SCORE.

THERE YOU SEE THE SPRINT PULLUP AGAIN AND THE THROWBACK ACTION, BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED.

[ CHEERING ] >> WHAT A START.

>> MOMEMTUM IS WEARING A WHITE JERSEY RIGHT NOW.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

[CHEERING] IT'S ALL THE MOBILE CHRISTIAN LEOPARDS SO FAR, THE TWO-PLAY, 37-YARD AL DODD SCORING DRIVE.

PRJ PRJ, GIVE HIS TEAM A 14-0 LEAD.

IN A BIG HOLE EARLY IN THE 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

THE KICK SAILS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHBACK.

COACH, MADISON ACADEMY HAS SHOWN SOME ABILITY TO MOVE THE FOOTBALL HERE, BUT THE TURNOVERS, JUST SHOOTING THEMSELVES IN THE FOOT HERE.

>> I GO BACK TO KEN CHERRY AGAIN.

HE IS THE STRAW THAT STIRS THE DRINK.

HE'S GOT TO BE A DOMINANT FACTOR AND, SO FAR, THEY'VE HAD A HARD TIME GETTING HIM GOING.

>> HERE TO GIVE UP THE MIDDLE, THIS IS JOSH WILLIAMS.

WILLIAMS WITH A NICE CARRY ON FIRST DOWN, SIX-YARD GAIN OUT TO THE 26.

>> HE'S A PRETTY GOOD HAND HIMSELF NOW.

HE HAS 1500 YARDS ON THE YEAR.

AVERAGES 11 YARDS A CARRY.

SO THEY DON'T LOSE MUCH WHEN HE COMES IN.

>> SECOND DOWN AND SIX AS WE GO UNDER TWO MINUTES TO PLAY IN THE OPENING QUARTER OF THE 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

SAME PLAY.

WILLIAMS WRAPPED UP DOWN LOW AFTER A SHORT GAME.

TACKLE MADE THERE BY JUNIOR LINEBACKER AIDEN RANSOM.

THIRD AND SHORT.

>> THIS IS A BIG THIRD DOWN.

YOU DON'T WANT TO GO THREE AND OUT AFTER THE WAY THIS FIRST QUARTER HAS YOU UNFOLDED.

>> SAME PLAY AGAIN UP THE MIDDLE TO WILLIAMS.

HE IS STUFFED FOR NO GAIN.

MOBILE CHRISTIAN WINNING THAT PLAY AT THE POINT OF ATTACK.

AND IT'S GOING TO BE FOURTH AND A YARD.

>> I TELL YOU, IF YOU'RE A FAN OF DEFENSE NOW, YOU'RE GOING TO LIKE THIS PLAY RIGHT HERE.

BOTH INTERIOR LINEMEN TO THAT SIDE, YOU KNOW, THE A GAP AND THE C GAP, BOTH OF THEM, THEY'RE IN THE GAP JUST LIKE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO AND THE LINEBACKER STEPS UP AND HITS THE THING RIGHT IN THE HOLE LIKE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO AND BRINGS UP THE FOURTH DOWN.

MAYBE A FOOT AND A HALF.

>> WE'LL SEE WHAT MADISON ACADEMY DOES.

IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE GOING TO GO FOR IT.

RECEIVER IS WIDE OPEN.

CAUGHT IT, THE 45-YARD LINE.

THAT WAS AN INTERESTING DECISION THERE, BUT IT PAYS OFF FOR MADISON ACADEMY.

ON THE RECEIVING END OF THAT WAS KEATON WATSON, THE JUNIOR RECEIVER.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF CREATIVITY ON THE FORMATION.

IT WASN'T A PUNT FORMATION, BUT IT ALSO WASN'T YOUR CONVENTIONAL OFFENSIVE FORMATION RIGHT HERE, AND THEY RUN A LITTLE CORNER ROUTE BY THE TIGHT END TO THE FIELD, AND NOBODY'S HOME.

IF NOT FOR GREAT SPEED AND GREAT EFFORT BY AARON ROGERS, THAT ONE WOULD HAVE GONE TO THE HOUSE.

>> HUGE DECISION BY COACH GODSEY, AND MADISON ACADEMY, JUST LIKE THAT, GETS IT INTO THE END ZONE FOR THEIR FIRST POINTS OF THE GAME, AND THAT IS KEN CHERRY WHO COACH HAS TALKED ABOUT NEEDING TO GET INVOLVED.

HE GETS IN THE END ZONE THERE.

THAT'S GETTING INVOLVED.

>> BADLY-NEEDED DRIVE.

THEY GET THE BIG PLAY WHEN THEY HAVE TO OFF OF THE FOURTH-DOWN PLAY AND THEN CHERRY UP THE MIDDLE LIKE HE'S DONE SO MUCH THIS YEAR TO GET THEM IN THE END ZONE.

WE'VE GOT US A NEW BALL GAME NOW.

>> KEN CHERRY WITH HIS 43rd 43rd TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON.

AND THE EXTRA POINT IS GOOD.

>> I'M SORRY, MICKEY.

SOUNDED LIKE YOU SAID 43 -- THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD NUMBER.

>> AND WE'LL HEAD TO BREAK HERE.

THERE YOU SEE A LOOK AT THE INTERCEPTION, TURNED INTO A TOUCHDFOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

BUT WHAT AN ANSWER FROM MADISON ACADEMY.

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>> AND KEN CHERRY'S TOUCHDOWN AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER HAS GIVEN MADISON ACADEMY SOME LIFE HERE IN THIS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

FOR MORE ON CHERRY, LET'S SEND IT DOWN TO FIELD AND CHRISTINA.

>> THAT'S RIGHT, KEN CHERRY IS JUST ONE OF TEN PLAYERS THAT WE ARE A TECHNOLOGY VEST ON THE TEAM THAT MEASURES SPEEDS AND ACCELERATION.

COACH SAYS HE JUST HAS THAT NATURAL SPEED, AND HIS TOP SPEED MEASURED THIS SEASON IS 20.89 MILES PER HOUR.

IT'S ONE OF THE FASTEST IN THE STATE.

CHERRY RUNS TRACK AND COACH, AGAIN, SAYS HE HAS THE NATURAL SPEED.

WHEN YOU SEE HIS QUICKNESS AND AGILITY, HE'S A FOUR BY ONE MEET STATE CHAMPION ON THE TRACK TEAM THAT HE WON LAST YEAR.

>> THANKS, CHRISTINA, GREAT BACKGROUND INFORMATION THERE ON CHERRY.

SHORT KICK FIELDED AT THE 30, BROUGHT BACK TO THE 35-YARD LINE BY BRADLEY TANNER.

AS WE START THE SECOND QUARTER, ONE COACH IN THIS BOOTH IS NOT ENOUGH, SO WE BROUGHT IN ANOTHER ONE.

JACK CROW, FORMER -- OBVIOUSLY, EVERYONE KNOWS ABOUT COACH CROW, LEGENDARY COLLEGE COACH AND NOW BROUGHT IN FOR OTHER THINGS RELATED TO THE SPORT.

COACH, GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> I'M HONORED TO BE HERE WITH PEOPLE I HAVE A LONG HISTORY WITH AND ADMIRE.

YOU AND I HAVE BEEN ON THE SAME FIELDS.

WE H >> YOU KNOW, GO SOUTH CONFERENCE, S.E.C.

SO WE SHARE A LOT.

>> COACH, WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOUR COMMENTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER AS GATSON RUNS IT ON THE FOURTH DOWN FOR THE FIRST GAME.

>> YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE FIRST QUARTER.

WHAT AN INTERESTING END OF THE FIRST QUARTER BY MADISON ACADEMY.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

THEY CAUGHT THEM OUT OF THEIR TWO-DEEP SHELL BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T LINE UP TO THE FORMATION.

MISALIGNMENT BROUGHT THEM BACK INTO THE BALL GAME.

BUT THESE TWO TEAMS HAVE TWO COMPLETELY DIFFERENT APPROACHES DEFENSIVELY, AS I SEE IT, AND THE ONE THAT'S MORE CONSISTENT IS MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

THEY'RE PLAYING REALLY CONSERVATIVIVELY DEFENSIVELY.

MADISON IS TAKING A LOT OF CHANCES ON DEFENSE.

>> AND HEAR'S THE PITCH AROUND RIGHT END AS MICHAEL MOORE.

BIG PLAY BY AJAY RICE.

>> THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE'VE CALLED HIS NAME TODAY.

HE'S COMMITTED TO MISSISSIPPI STATE, THEIR LEAD TACKLER.

HE'S A GUY WHO WILL HAVE TO STEP UP MORE AS THE DAY GOES ON IF THEY'RE GOING TO STYMIE THIS OFFENSE.

>> I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE MADISON ACADEMY CROWD HAS GOTTEN INTO IT THE WAY THE FIRST QUARTER ENDED.

GATSON, INCOMPLETE, 30-YARD LINE.

PASS WAS INTENDED BY MICHAEL MOORE.

FOURTH DOWN.

>> LOOKS LIKE HE THOUGHT MOORE WAS GOING TO BE A LITTLE MORE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD BUT VERY WELL COVERED RIGHT THERE.

NO CHANCE AT ALL FOR THE COMPLETION, AND BIG STOP FOR MADISON ACADEMY.

>> COACH, WE WANT TO BRING UP, TOO, YOU'RE STILL INVOLVED, OBVIOUSLY, WITH COACH SAFELY.

>> YEP.

>> WE WANT TO SPEND MORE TIME ON THAT WHILE WE HAVE YOU IN THE BOOTH OF THE SECOND QUARTER.

YOU ARE THE FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN OF COACH SAFELY.

>> IT'S A GREAT FOUNDATION, A 501(C)(3).

>> IT'S COACHSAFELY.org.

WE'LL GET INTO THAT AS WELL AS MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

HUGE PUNT HERE, BACK TO THE 20-YARD LINE.

FIRST QUARTER STATS, AGAIN, BIG STORY THAT FIRST QUARTER WAS THE TWO INTERCEPTIONS BY MOBILE CHRISTIAN TURNING THEM INTO POINTS AND THEN THE BIG PLAY BY MADISON ACADEMY THERE AT THE END TO HAVE THE QUARTER.

>> WHAT CAUSES THOSE OPPORTUNITIES, THEY'RE LAYING BACK, PLAYING TOO DEEP.

THEY'RE NOT GIVING THEM VERY MUCH SPACE.

IT'S HARD TO THROW IN TO PEOPLE THAT ARE SPACED AND THEIR EYES ARE ON THE BALL.

THEY'RE BREAKING ON THE BALL.

NOT A WHOLE LOT OF -- WELL, THEY'RE COMING OUT OF IT NOW.

>> FIRST HALF TO HAVE THE MUSTANGS -- FIRST HALF OF THE MUSTANGS TO THE 20.

COACH SAFELY, HOW ARE THINGS GOING WITH YOUR FOUNDATION?

>> IF THERE ARE OTHERS THAT WONDER WHERE THEIR COACHES ARE CHANGED, 20,000 NAMES TO THE WEB SITE.

YOU GO TO THE ROSTERS, 450 COMMUNITIES, TOWNSHIPS OR MUNICIPALITIES, THERE ARE 365 COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE TRAINED THEIR COACHES AND IF SOME MOTHER SOMEWHERE WANTS TO KNOW IF THEIR COACH IS TRAINED, YOU CAN GOOGLE OR SEARCH THEIR NAME OR SEARCH THE COMMUNITY NAME AND WE'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THE COACHES IS REALLY DEDICATED THEMSELVES TO SAFETY.

BECAUSE IF THEY HAVE, THEY SHOULD BE ON THERE.

>> TREY MATTHEWS WITH THE STOP.

THIRD DOWN COMING UP.

>> RICK -- I'M GOING TO CALL YOU COACH.

>> WE ALL ANSWER TO THAT.

>> COACH, THIS IS JIMMY JOHNSON STARTED THIS STUFF AT MIAMI.

AND EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY AND THROUGH THIS.

EVEN AS IMTALKING ABOUT IT, THEY'RE STARTING TO QUIT DOING IT.

THEY'RE LEAVING THEM WITH ISOLATION.

VERY INTERESTING.

>> ANOTHER BIG CONVERSION.

THIRD TIME, MADISON ACADEMY, CONVERTED THREE TIMES THIRD DOWN, ONE ON ONE-FOURTH DOWNS.

>> THEY HAVE BEEN RUNNING BACK TO THE THREE-MAN BUNCH SET, THREE PLAYS IN A ROW AND FINALLY GOT MOBILE CHRISTIAN A LOOK THEY LIKE AND SWORN CHERRY OUT TO HAVE THE BACK FIELD.

GOT HIM OUT NOBODY IN THE FLAT PICKED UP THE FIRST DOWN.

>> THAT ONE RUN CHANGED HOW MOBILE CHRISTIAN IS RUNNING DEFENSE BECAUSE NOW THEY THINK THEY HAVE TO GET A SAFETY IN THE BOX.

>> CHERRY.

NOT MUCH THERE.

>> THAT'S JUST TOUGH GOING INSIDE.

THAT MOBILE CHRISTIAN FRONT IS BIG AND STRONG AND NOT MUCH IN BETWEEN THE TACKLES.

>> FUNNELING EVERYTHING TO MIDDLE LINEBACKER.

HE'S ATHLETIC TO GET WHERE THE BALL IS.

>> THE BIG GUYS OFF FRONT ARE GETTING IT OFF THE BLOCKS AND MAKE IT TOUGH.

>> TREY MATTHEWS, 6-1, 302, QUICK ON HIS FEAT FOR THAT SIZE.

>> FRONT FOUR IS THE START OF THE GAME EVEN THOUGH THEY GAVE UP THAT ONE LINE.

>> THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS WE LOOKED AT.

I THINK THEY'VE GOT EIGHT GUYS THAT ARE BETWEEN 290 AND 300 POUNDS.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S GREAT SIZE FOR ANY HIGH SCHOOL BUT ESPECIALLY IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 3A FOOTBALL.

>> YEAH.

YOU AND I BOTH KNOW THE FURTHER YOU GO SOUTH, THE MORE ATHLETES YOU FIND.

YOU CAN'T GO MUCH FURTHER SOUTH THAN THOSE FOLKS.

>> THAT IS FOR SURE.

>> COACH, WOULD YOU AGREE WITH THAT?

>> I AM A BROADCASTER.

I HAVE NO OPINION ON THAT.

>> OH, COME ON.

COME ON.

>> LOT OF GOOD FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN ALABAMA AND THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE HAS THEIR SHARE.

>> A MORE GENERAL SENSE, THE BIG TEN COMES SOUTH, I DON'T SEE MANY OF THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE GOING NORTH.

I'LL PUT IT THAT WAY.

>> SINCE I SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN COLORADO NOW, I JUST THINK, YOU KNOW, COACH PRIME NEEDS A LITTLE MORE TIME.

THAT'S ALL.

I COACHED IN WYOMING.

I RECRUITED.

THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT THERE.

>> ONCE AGAIN, COACH RHODES AND I JOINED BY JACK CROW HERE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

COLOR ANALYST GETS COLORFUL WHEN COACH CROW JOINS US.

>> I HOPE THAT'S NOT A BAD THING.

>> THAT'S A GOOD THING.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE INVENTOR OF THE EARNS VERSION OF THE TRIPLE OPTION.

YOU CAN TALK ABOUT OTHERS, BUT THIS GUY HANGS RIGHT IN THERE WITH THEM.

>> I'D RATHER BE KNOWN FOR RECRUITING GREAT ATHLETES.

>> POLDIAK COMPLETING THE PASS OUT OF THE BACK FIELD.

SELANO THOMAS IN A NICE PLAY DESIGN AND EXECUTION THERE.

>> THIS THING HAS CHANGED SINCE THAT ONE RUN.

>> YEAH.

THEY HAD A LOT OF CONFIDENCE THEY COULD HANDLE IT WITH THE FRONT.

NOW THEY'RE STARTING TO GET THE SAFETY IN THERE AND STARTING TO OPEN UP FLATS.

>> I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY, JUST A MODERN VERSION OF THE AGE-OLD BOOTLEG.

FAKE ACTION ONE WAY AND SLIDE SOMEBODY IN THE FLAT AND WIDE OPEN LIKE IT'S BEEN FOR 50 YEARS.

>> YEAH.

THAT'S A 14-YARD GAIN AND A FIRST DOWN.

YOU WANTED CHERRY INVOLVED, COACH.

YOU'VE GOT IT NOW.

>> MADISON ACADEMY HAS DONE A REALLY GOOD JOB OF OPENING UP THE PLAY BOOK.

IT'S LIKE A BOXER THROWING COMBINATIONS.

THERE'S THE BOOTLEG AND HAND OFF, NICE CUT BY CHERRY.

THEY HAVE BEEN ABLED SPREAD THE DEFENSE AND FETE THE DEFENDERS TO DO WHAT OFFENSE WANTED THEM TO DO, THEY'VE GOTTEN THEM TO SQUAT AND LOOK FOR HALF A SECOND.

>> CHERRY UP THE MIDDLE, NICE GAIN ON FIRST DOWN.

INSIDE 25 FOR A GAIN OF SIX AS KEN CHERRY GETTING INVOLVEDHEREN THE FIRST HALF.

>> A LITTLE SPLIT ZONE ACTION.

LINEBACKERS RUNNING LATERALLY JUST A LITTLE BIT AND CHERRY SAW THAT HOLE AND HIT IT AGAIN FOR A NICE GAME.

>> IS HE SIGNED WITH SOMEWHERE?

>> YOU KNOW, E LOOKED AT MY CYST OF 24-7, AND HE'S STILL OPEN.

>> POLDIAK LOOKING FOR HIM OUT OF THE BACK FIELD.

GOOD COVERAGE AS BRADLEY TANNER STEPPED WITH HIM.

>> HE'S JUST A JUNIOR.

I FEEL HE'LL HAVE PLENTY OF SUITORS BEFORE IT'S OVER.

>> YEAH, THAT GUY'S A PLAYER.

>> 6-FOOT, 187.

>> AND HE RUNS IN TRACK, WHICH ALWAYS TELLS YOU THE REAL SPEED.

>> THIS SCHOOL HAD A GOOD RUNNING BACK NOT LONG AGO BY THE NAME OF CARRY-ON JOHNSON.

>> I'VE HEARD THAT NAME.

>> THIRD DOWN AND FOUR.

POLDIAK THROWS, PASS IS INTERCEPTED, MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAS BEEN PROFICIENT AT THIS.

THAT IS THEIR THIRD PICK.

THAT'S JASON TODD, THE SOPHOMORE, COMING UP WITH THE INTERCEPTION.

TIME OUT ON THE FIELD, 636 HERE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

MADISON ACADEMY HAD SOMETHING WORKING BUT ANOTHER INTERCEPTION.

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>> LIVE COVERAGE OF THE SUPER 7 STATESHIP.

AN OPPORTUNISTIC MOBILE CHRISTIAN DEFENSE.

THREE INTERCEPTIONS HERE IN THE FIRST HALF.

THEY HAD FIVE TURNOVERS IN THEIR SEMIFINAL WIN AGAINST ST. JAMES LAST WEEK KNOCKING OFF DEFENDING 3A CHAMPS.

THEY HAVE COME UP WITH THE THIRD INTERCEPTION OF THE FIRST HALF, ALREADY.

>> AND THE COMMON THREAD IN ALL THREE OF THE GREAT BREAKS ON THE FOOTBALL BY THE DEFENDERS.

>> ALL OF THEM, THE QUARTERBACK WAS TRYING TO STICK THE BALL IN A VERY SMALL WINDOW IN A ZONE COVERAGE.

>> YEAH.

YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES QUARTERBACKs DO THE WORST THING A QUARTERBACK CAN DO WHICH IS TRY TO DO TOO MUCH.

>> YEAH.

>> SECOND AND NINE.

THROW OVER THE MIDDLE PASS.

CAUGHT!

WHAT AN AMAZING GRAB, AARON ROGERS JUST TOOK THE BALL AWAY FROM THE DEFENDER!

WE'VE GOT A FLAG, THOUGH, ON THE OTHER SIDETHE FIELD.

WE'LL EKE CH THE PENALTY.

-- WE'LL CHECK THE PENALTY.

THAT MAN JUST WENT UP THERE AND GOT IT.

BIG PLAY.

LET'S SEE IF IT'S GOING TO STAND.

>> SIDELINE WARNING, MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

>> I THINK, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, THEY CAN LIVE WITH THAT.

>> LOOKED LIKE A BASKETBALL PLAYER GOING UP AND GETTING A REBOUND AND BRINGING IT DOWN.

ONE HAND OUT FRONT, DEFENDER TO THE BALL, NICE PLAY.

>> BIG GAIN OUT TO THE 36 AND A NICE RUN HERE ON FIRST DOWN BY P.J.

BROWN.

>> THAT'S COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYER, TOO.

THAT ONE IS.

>> YOU KNOW, BROWN, AGAIN, AVERAGES ALMOST 10 YARDS A CARRY.

HE HIT THAT HOLE LIKE SMOKE THROUGH A KEYHOLE.

>> A YOUNG MAN PLAYING AT UAB, HE PLAYED AT MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

HE'S THE MOST DYNAMIC PLAYER IN THE AMERICAN CONFERENCE AND HE LOOKS A LOT LIKE HIM.

>> BROWN EIGHT RUSHES FOR 45 YARDS IN THE GAME.

TRIES TO GET AROUND THE ELLEN.

NICE CUTBACK.

BROWN FIRST DOWN UP TO THE 49-YARD LINE.

>> SOMETHING SPECIAL THERE BECAUSE THE DEFENSIVE END OF THAT SIDE, KNOW GOT A HAT ON HIM AT ALL.

HE HAD THAT PLAY DEAD TO RIGHTS.

WATCH HIM, HE'LL GIVE A LITTLE SLIP THERE AND OUTRUN HIM TO THE SIDELINE, PICK UP A NICE GAME.

>> ADDING TO THE OTHER ONE, HIS NAME IS BROWN.

THIS MAY BE HIS LITTLE BROTHER.

>> COULD BE.

>> BROWN HAD FOUR TOUCHDOWNS IN THE WIN LAST WEEK.

THEY FAKED TO HIM HERE.

GATSON ROLLING OUT AND JUST USING LEGS STEPPING OUT OF BOUNDS IN THE 45-YARD LINE.

NICE PICK-UP OF 7 YARDS.

>> WANTED TO THROW THE BALL ON A FLAT RUN THERE BUT UNDERNEATH COVERAGE, LOOKED LIKE MAN COVERAGE AND WHEN THE FLAT ROUTE TURNED UP THE SIDELINE, THERE WAS NOBODY IN THE FLAT.

>> EMPTIED IT.

>> HE JUST KEEPS IT AND PICKS UP A NICE GAME.

HE RUNS WITH THE WHEEL AND THERE'S NOBODY IN THE FLAT.

>> THAT YOUNG MAN CAN RUN.

>> I BET TRACK'S PRETTY GOOD AT MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

>> IT LOOKS LIKE IT.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 3, P.J.

BROWN GETS THE CALL, AROUND THE EDGE, A FLAG IS GOING TO COME IN.

A HOLD ON THE BLOCK THERE BY CARSON COOPER.

>> YOU TALK ABOUT BO JACKSON A WHILE AGO, BUT REALLY THE BEST FOOTBALL PLAYER THAT WAS THERE WHEN I WAS THERE WAS LIONEL JAMES, LITTLE TRAIN.

>> HE WAS PRETTY GOOD.

THAT'S WHO HE LOOKS LIKE.

HE SET THE N.F.L.

RECORD FOR TOTAL YARDS.

THAT'S WHAT THAT GUY LOOKS LIKE.

MAN, I LOVE THOSE KIND OF GUYS.

OFFENSE, 10 YARDS, SECOND DOWN.

>> I LOOKED AT THAT AND SAW A SOLID WHITE WALL.

YOU LOOK AT THE LEFT SIDE TO HAVE THE SCREEN, YOU CAN SEE THE HANDS ARE EXTENDED.

THE DEAL WITH THE RECEIVER, WHEN THE HANDS GET EXTENDED AND OUTSIDE THE FRAMEWORK OF THE RECEIVER'S BODY, THAT THING IS GOING TO GET CALLED.

>> YEAH.

LET GO.

>> RONNIE COTTRELL ON THE SIDELINE DOING LOBBYING WITH THE GUYS IN THE STRIPED SHIRT.

WASTED EFFORT, RONNIE, BUT NICE TRY.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 11 AFTER THE PENALTY.

THEY SPOTTED BACK AT THE MOBILE CHRISTIAN 48.

THROW DOWNFIELD.

IT'S JUST OVER THE HEAD OF THE AGAINED RECEIVER, WHO WAS OPEN -- INTENDED RECEIVER, WHO WAS OPEN.

>> YOU WANT TO GET THE BALL OVER THE OUTSIDE SHOULDER, DROP IT IN.

THE BALL WAS LONG BUT INSIDE AS WELL.

>> GATSON JUST MISSING A BIG THEY THERE, THIRD AND 11.

>> THERE'S A LOT OF OPPORTUNITIES TO THROW THE BALL FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

>> MADISON ACADEMY RUSHES, DOWN THE FIELD.

INCOMPLETE.

INTENDED RECEIVER KELLY.

LOCKED UP THAT TIME.

NO FLAG.

>> THE THREE RECEIVERS TO THE FIELD, DOWN THE FIELD, ONE ON THE NEAR HASH, ONE ON THE FAR HASH, AND THE BALL IS THROWN MORE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.

PRETTY GOOD DEFENSE RIGHT THERE.

>> THEY RAN WITH THE VERTICALS, AND THEY HAD THEM COVERED UP.

>> WELL, WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM THE HOLDING PENALTY, MADISON ACADEMY GETS A BIG STOP HERE LATE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

>> GOOD JOB BY RICE RUNNING THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD WITH THAT DEFENDER.

>> SURE WAS.

>> 6-2, 232, WIDE RECEIVER, I CAN SEE WHY MISSISSIPPI STATE WANTS HIM.

>> PUNT, UNFORTUNATELY MOBILE CHRISTIAN CANNOT DOWN IT INSIDE THE 10, SO IT WILL BE A TOUCHBACK.

>> TO THE END ZONE TORE POA TOUCHBACK.

>> AS POLDIAK AND COMPANY RETAKE THE FIELD.

AND CONSIDERING THE THREE INTERCEPTIONS HERE, GUY, MADISON ACADEMY HAS TO FEEL PRETTY GOOD ONLY TO BE DOWN SEVEN POINTS HERE.

>> REALLY.

I AGREE.

WHAT'S GOING TO BE INTERESTING IS TO SEE IF THEY GO BACK TO A TWO SHELL.

IF THEY REALLY SORT OF GIVE THEM THE BOX TO RUN IN AND LEAD IT TO THEM, WELL THEY'RE NOT.

THEY'RE COMING IN, BRINGING THE SAFETY DOWN.

THEY'RE GOING TO TRY -- WELL, NO, A LIT DEL COY FOR -- A LITTY FOR YOU.

>> PASS COMPLETE TO REESE.

QUICKLY TO MAKE THE STOP IS AARON ROGERS.

THE ROAD TO THE SUPER 7 FOR THE TWO TEAMS, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE SEMIFINAL ROUNDS BECAUSE WE MENTIONED AT THE TOP OF THE TELECAST THAT BOTH TEAMS THAT TOUGH SEMIFINAL VICTORIES.

MOBILE CHRISTIAN BEATING THE DEFENDING CHAMPS FROM ST. JAMES, AND THEN MADISON ACADEMY GETTING THE TOUCHDOWN WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE TO GO FROM KEN CHERRY TO KNOCK OFF GERALDINE 48-43.

DHERY, CONNECTED DOWN, COUPLE YARDS ON THAT PLAY.

>> BOTH GAMES WERE NAIL BITERS.

I HAD THE NFHS GOING.

TO GET TO THIS STAGE, YOU HAVE TO WIN GAMES LIKE THAT.

BOTH THESE TEAMS HAVE GREAT METTLE.

>> JUST ENOUGH AS HE CROSSES THE 30-YARD LINE.

>> HE'S THE ENGINE FOR THIS WHOLE THING, FOR SURE.

>> HE'S BEEN THE MONEY GUY.

HE'S HAD THE GAME WINNER IN BOTH THE QUART TIMES AND SEMI-- QUARTER FINALS AND THE SEMIFINALS.

>> THERE'S THE SAFETY AGAIN.

ARE THEY GOING TO TRY TO KEEP FROM GETTING BEAT WITH THE LONG BALL?

>> POLDIAK IN TROUBLE, SACKED FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.

THERE YOU SEE NUMBER 57 BRYSON FILLINGIM WITH THE TACKLE.

>> HE'S LOSING CONFIDENCE TO THROW IN THE SEAMS WHEN THEY'RE DEPLOYED TOO DEEP.

>> CAN'T SEE IT ON THE SCREEN BUT THEY TRIED TO THROW A POST-ROUTE.

NOWHERE TO GO WITH IT.

BY THAT TIME, IT WAS TOO LATE.

>> IT'S PRESSURE.

ABSOLUTELY.

IF THEY GET OFF SCHEDULE, THEY'RE SHOWING -- I MEAN, THERE'S A BIG GAP BETWEEN WHAT THEY CAN DO ON SCHEDULE WITH A RUNNING GAME MAKING THE STICKS MOVE.

IF THEY GET BEHIND THE STICKS, THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY'VE GOT AN ANSWER FOR FOUR-MAN RUSH AND SEVEN-DROP WITH A TWO-DEEP SHELL.

>> WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT STAYING ON SCHEDULE AND NOT GETTING BEHIND IN THE STICKS.

ANYTIME YOU'RE HAVING TO PLAY THAT, YOU END UP HAVING TO DO THE WORST THING IN OFFENSE WHICH IS TO THROW THE BALL WHEN YOU HAVE TO.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

HERE'S WHERE YOU BREAK OUT THE SCREEN AND DRAW PACKAGE.

I HAVEN'T SEEN IT BUT -- >> WELL LET'S SEE WHAT KIND OF PROGNOSTICATOR YOU ARE.

>> LET'S SEE IF THEY HAVE A SCREEN AND DRAW PACKAGE BECAUSE THEY ARE VULNERABLE TO IT.

>> COACH COTTRELL GETTING THE TIME OUT.

HE SEES AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE STOP AND THE BALL BACK BEFORE THE FIRST HALF ENDS.

BIG SACK BY MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

>> SURE WAS.

>> POLDIAK, DROPS IT OFF TO CHERRY, RIGHT ON CUE.

CHERRY FIRST DOWN AND MORE!

HE'S GOT A CHANCE TO TAKE IT THE DISTANCE!

KEN CHERRY!

WHAT A HUGE PLAY FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!

>> SCREEN AND DRAW PACKAGE.

>> NO, IT WAS A DELAY.

[LAUGHTER] NICE CALL, COACH.

SET UP BEAUTIFULLY.

POLDIAK DID A NICE JOB OF PULLING THAT DEFENSE UP TO HIM.

AND, YOU KNOW, THROWING A GOOD SCREEN PASS IS AN THAT SOMETIMES YOU OVERLOOK BUT HE DROPPED THE BALL RIGHT IN WHERE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO, HAD A NICE WALL IN FRONT, YOU KNOW, HOMER SMITH RUSHED HIM.

USED TO CALL THOSE LEAD BLOCKERS HUGHIE, DEWEY AND LOUIE.

THEY DEAD A GREAT JOB.

>> YOU WORKED WITH ON OF THE BEST OF ALL TIMES.

HE WAS FANTASTIC.

>> UNBELIEVABLE FOOTBALL COACH.

>> HEAR'S A LOOK AT THE PREVIOUS PLAY.

>> HERE'S HOW YOU THROW THE SCREEN.

HERE'S HUGHEY.

THERE'S DEWEY.

AND THERE'S KEN CHERRY.

[LAUGHTER] AND HE IS GOING TO THE HOUSE!

>> DO IT, COACH!

>> KEN CHERRY WITH HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN HERE.

HE'S GOT TEN CARRIES FOR 52 YARDS, BUT HOW ABOUT THE RECEIVING?

THREE RECEPTIONS, 106 YARDS.

>> NOW, DO YOU NOTICE HOW POLDIAK PUT THE BALL IN HIS OUTSIDE ARM PIT, WHICH IS REALLY IMPORTANCAUSE HE COULD CATCH AND MAKE THE SMOOTH TURN TO THE INSIDE, SET UP THE TIMING JUST BEAUTIFULLY.

>> HEY, THAT GUY RIGHT THERE, HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS WITH A GUY LIKE HIM RIGHT NOW, PROBABLY DOESN'T HAVE A FIVE STAR BY HIS NAME SO ALABAMA AND AUBURN DON'T LOOK AT HIM.

HE GOES TO MISSISSIPPI STATE AND LEADS THE S.E.C.

IN RUSHING.

THAT'S WHAT I SEE THERE.

>> HE'S GOING TO FIND A GOOD HOME.

>> HE'S GOING TO BE REAL GOOD.

>> LET ME GET COACH PRIME ON THE PHONE.

>> IF HE'S GOT A FIVE STAR BY HIS NAME, MEANS HE CAN'T PLAY.

>> THE ALABAMA FANS ARE WATCHING THE GAME AND SEES HIS NAME AND SAYS HOW DID HE GET AWAY?

>> HE'S JUST A JUNIOR NOW.

>> THEY MAY SIGN HIM TOMORROW.

>> HE HAS 158 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE IN THIS FIRST HALF.

>> A LOT OF FOOTBALL PLAYERS IN THIS STATE COULD PLAY FOR ANYBODY WHO DON'T GET RECRUITED THE WAY THEY SHOULD BE.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> MICHAEL MOORE ON THE RETURN!

MOORE IN THE OPEN FIELD!

AND HE WILL BE TAKEN DOWN INSIDE THE TEN-YARD LINE.

WHAT A BIG-TIME SPECIAL TEAMS PLAY!

>> I WAS WATCHING Y'ALL LAST NIGHT.

HAS THIS BEEN JUST SPECIAL TEAMS?

>> IT'S BEEN FEAST OR FAMINE.

IT REALLY HAS.

>> THIS IS A GREAT RETURN BY MOORE AND WELL BLOCKED.

HECK, HE'S GOING TO OUTRUN LOTS OF MAROON JERSEYS.

>> YEAH.

>> GOT THAT WALL SET UP ON THE SIDE.

>> I DONNOW IF THEY WILL BE KICKING TO HIM AGAIN.

>> IS HE ONE OF THE GUYS DEFENSIVELY THAT HAS THE INTERCEPTIONS, TOO?

>> WELL, HE'S THEIR TOP WIDE RECEIVER.

HE'S GOT 52 CATCHES ON THE YEAR, 986 YARDS.

HE'S NO STRANGER CARRYING THE FOOTBALL.

ON DEFENSE HE'S GOT SIX INTERCEPTIONS.

>> THIS GUY, NO TELLING WHAT HE IS.

>> IN THE RED ZONE, THE CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA RED ZONE IS MOBILE CHRISTIAN LOOKING TO ANSWER THE MADISON ACADEMY TOUCHDOWN HERE, SECOND AND GOAL INSIDE THE FIVE.

>> BOY, YOU KNOW, THAT'S MAYBE THE BIGGEST OF BIG PLAYS RIGHT THERE.

YOU JUST GIVE UP A BIG ONE.

THINGS ARE TIED.

TAKE THE KICK OFFRIGHT NOW.

FROM A MOBILE CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE, YOU'VE GOT TO TURN IT INTO SEVEN.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> OH, THE TUSH PUSH!

I'M SO GLAD THEY BROUGHT THE QUARTERBACK SPEAK BACK INTO FOOTBALL.

>> COACH, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, THIS IS NOT EXACTLY A QUARTERBACK SNEAK.

THIS IS MORE LIKE TOWN A AGAINST TOWN B AND EVERYBODY IN THE CITY COMES OUT AND PUSHES EACH OTHER LIKE BACK IN 1888.

ENJOY IT BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IT'S GOING TO BE AROUND MUCH LONGER.

>> JORDAN THERE.

SAME THING AGAIN.

>> THAT IS IMITATION OF PHILADELPHIA EAGLES.

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS.

THAT'S THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.

COACHES, WE LEARN FROM EACH OTHER.

>> THAT IS AS GOOD AN EXAMPLE AS ROLE IN THE PILE AS YOU WILL SEE.

THAT TUSH PUSH WAS ABOUT FROM THE 3-YARD LINE.

>> IT WAS.

I'VE SEEN TEAMS OVER THE YEARS, THE ATLANTA FALCONS COULDN'T PICK UP IN GAMES, AND I SAID YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO HIGH SCHOOL.

IT'S NOT THAT HARD.

>> CARTER LEWIS TAX ON THE EXTRA POINTS OF MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

ANSWERING MADISON ACADEMY'S IN MOST PART BECAUSE OF MICHAEL MOORE, HUGE RETURN, ET ISING UP THE LERDZ DE THE 10-YARD LINE AND ALL ABOUT THE TUSH PUSH FROM THERE.

>> HE DOES A NICE JOB OF ATTACKING THE MIDDLE AND THEN TO THAT SIDE, THEN YOU SEE THE MASS OF HUMANITY -- MAN, THAT'S A LOT OF BEEF.

WATCH THE FEET TURNING RIGHT THERE.

>> OH, YEAH.

>> HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT?

>> I LOVE IT.

WE'RE GOING BACK TO 1905 FOOTBALL RIGHT THERE, NOW.

>> THIS GAME STARTED BY TWO-THREE AND OUTS.

>> THE OFFENSES HAVE SHOWN UP.

FOOTBALL STARTED IN THIS COUNTRY AS, YOU KNOW, YOUR TOWN AND MY TOWN DECIDED TO PLAY EACH OTHER AND YOU GOT EVERY MAN IN THE TOWN AND JUST PUSHED AGAINST EACH OTHER.

WE'RE RIGHT BACK TO IT.

>> GETTING THERE.

HEY, THERE'S A BOOK CALLED "THE BIG SCRUM."

IF EVERYBODY WANTS TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU AND I KNOW ABOUT HISTORY.

TALKS ABOUT TEDDY ROOSEVELT NG THE GAME OF FOOTBALL.

>> GET IT SAFER OR I'M GOING TO BAN IT.

>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

>> CARTER LEWIS' KICK OFF, INTO THE END ZONE FOR A TOUCHBACK.

MADISON ACADEMY WILL COME OUT WITH TWO TIME ALTS -- TIME-OUTS REMAINING, A MINUTE-FOUR REMAINING IN THE HALF.

>> I'LL BET A CUP OF COFFEE IN WHETHER THEY'RE TWO DEEP OR TAKE THE SAFETY DOWN THE HILL.

WHAT DO YOU GUESS?

>> LET ME THINK ABOUT IT.

>> HEY, COACH, YOU'VE GOT TO GET THE CALL IN.

OACH, I'M A BROADCASTER.

I SAY TWO DEEP SINCE THEY'RE BOTH LINED UP IN NORTH FORK.

>> HERE'S CHERRY UP THE MIDDLE.

>> STRAIGHT AHEAD, NO DODGING.

>> RIGHT.

>> NOW LET'S SEE, THEY'RE GOING TO BRING HIM DOWN.

YOU'RE ABOUT TO GO DOWN THERE AND TALK TO YOUR DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR RIGHT NOW, COACH, I CAN SEE YOU, ON YOUR WAY DOWN THE SIDE LINE.

>> POLDIAK ROLLING OUT, THROWS AND GETS RID OF IT.

>> WHEN HE SEES TWO DEEP, THAT BALL PASS IS CALLED, HE'S -- >> WELL, YOU KNOW -- >> THEY'VE GOT TO PUT CHECKDOWNS IN, SCREENS, DRAWS.

THEY REALLY HAVE GOT TO HAVE SOME CHECKDOWNS.

THEY HAD A RECEIVER THAT TRIED TO BREAK ACROSS THE FIELD THAT ENDED UP ON THE GROUND.

MADISON ACADEMY.

PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN A DEFENSIVE HOLDER CALL.

OFFICIALS WOULD HAVE NONE OF THAT.

THE THIRD DOWN AND TWO IS PRETTY CRUCIAL.

>> THEY STAYED IN TOO DEEP.

>> STILL IN -- THAT'S WHY.

LORD, WHAT A PLAY.

>> CHERRY.

>> -- THE CLOCK MORE THAN THE DISTANCE.

>> I THINK YOU CAN PLAY THAT YOU MAY BE TOO DEEP BUT YOU HAVE A FRONT END LOADER THERE ON THAT DEFENSIVE LINE.

THAT'S RIGHT.

>> CHERRY DEJECTED.

COULDN'T GET THE FIRST DOWN BY GREAT PLAY BY BOUCARD.

>> BOUCARD, I'VE WATCHED HIM.

HE PLAYS RUN WHEN IT'S RUN AND A PASS WHEN IT'S PASS EQUALLY AS WELL.

THERE ARE NOT MANY KIDS IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT CAN DO BOTH THOSE THINGS.

HE CAN.

I'VE SEEN A BUNCH OF COLLEGE PROSPECTS IS WHAT I'M SEEING.

>> JUST WATCH THE LEFT OF YOUR SCREEN.

YOU'RE GOING TO SEE RIGHT THERE, THAT BIG, BIG HIT BY -- >> OH, MAN.

>> -- THAT YOUNG MAN, AND, THEN, OF COURSE, A LITTLE HELP FROM KENTONIO KELLY WHO MADE HIS PRESENCE KNOWN IN THE FIRST HALF AS WELL.

>> BETWEEN BOUCARD AND TREY MATTHEWS, NUMBER 54 -- >> SO FOURTH DOWN AND EIGHT INCHES FROM YOUR OWN 30.

>> 29 SECONDS.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK?

AS A BROADCASTER, I SAY GO FOR IT.

>> IF YOU'RE NOT LEAVING THEM ENOUGH TIME TO HURT YOU VERY MUCH IF YOU DON'T, BUT, STILL, I WOULD -- HERE'S THAT FORMATION THAT THEY BROKE OUT OF THAT GOT THE PASS OPEN, THOUGH.

SAME THING.

THEY DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY'RE LINED UP AGAINST THE PUNT OR THEY WERE IN THE FLAGOUT.

>> THEY'RE IN THAT CORNER.

>> POLDIAK WILL PUNT THIS TIME.

>> VERY INTERESTING TAB TICKS.

WHAT YOU CALL A SHORT PUNT FORMATION BASICALLY WITH MAYBE THE OPTION OF DOING BOTH.

>> IF YOU HAVE A QUARTERBACK THAT CAN PUNT, I THINK T MAKES A LET OF SENSE.

>> SURE DOES.

>> I REALLY DO.

I THINK YOU CAN TAKE THE PUNT RETURN OUT OF THE GAME BECAUSE, IF THEY STAY BACK, YOU'VE GOT TO PLAY.

IF THEY COME UP, YOU KICK IT JUST LIKE THEY DID RIGHT THERE AND THERE'S NOT GOING TO BE A RETURN.

>> SO 17 SECONDS LEFT.

COACH COTTREENDS HIS OFFENSE OUT THERE.

ONE TIME OUT REMAINING.

>> DO YOU TAKE A SHOT HERE?

I SAY YES.

THEY'VE HAD GOOD LUCK THROWING THE BALL DEEP.

>> YEAH.

YOU KNOW, I DON'T THINK MADISON ACADEMY PLAYS TOO DEEP BECAUSE THEY ARE FOUR ACROSS AND THREE DEEP.

>> GATSON COMPLETES THE PASS TO WOULLARD.

>> LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF MAN TO ME.

>> SOME QUARTERS IT ENDS UP BEING MEAN.

>> THEIR INSIDE RECEIVER HAD THE SAFETY -- >> HE THE WHOLE FIELD.

>> YEAH.

IF YOU'RE NOT IN TWO DEEP IN THAT SITUATION, YOU MIGHT AS WELL JUST NOT HAVE IT.

I GREW UP WHERE IF YOU RAN THE BALL IT WAS A 15-YARD PENALTY.

[LAUGHTER] >> LANCE ALWORTH, YEP.

>> SECOND AND 1, MADISON ACADEMY BRINGS PRESSURE.

GATSON GETS RID OF IT.

PASS OUT OF BOUNDS AROUND THE 5N ROGERS.

EIGHT SECOND REMAINING.

COACH, ABOUT TO HEAD TO HALF TIME IN THE SECOND QUARTER.

ALWAYS FUN TO SEE YOU.

APPRECIATE YOUR INSIGHT.

>> I ENJOYED IT VERY MUCH.

>> ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU, COACH, REALLY IS.

>> GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> WE WILL SEE YOU AGAIN TOMORROW.

ACTUALLY, YOU WILL JOIN ME AND COACH TOMORROW MORNING FOR THE 4A GAME.

>> CHEROKEE COUNTY.

>> GATSON WILL KEEP AND WILL BE TAKEN OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 39-YARD LINE WITH ONE SECOND.

ONE SECOND LEFT.

>> YEAH, COACH, WE'LL SEE YOU IN THE MORNING.

THE 4A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN CATHOLIC MONTGOMERY AND CHEROKEE COUNTY WILL BE A GOOD ONE.

>> THAT BE GOOD.

>> ANOTHER GREAT DEFENSE AGAINST A VERY, VERY STRONG RUNNING TEAM.

GOOD MATCHUPS IN THAT ONE AS WELL.

>> CATHOLIC WITH A GREAT DEFENSE.

THEN CHEROKEE COUNTY WITH THE QUARTERBACK WITH A TORN ACL AND IS PLAYING TOMORROW.

>> HE'S DEFINITELY BEEN THE GUY.

>> OF COURSE, CORNAHO A GREAT PLAYER FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY.

THAT WILL BE A FUN GAME TOMORROW MORNING.

TIME OUT BY MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

ALABAMA NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION, TIME OUT.

AND COMING UP AT HALF TIME WE WILL SEND IT BACK TOO OUR SET DOWN ON THE FIELD AND JOIN KEVIN SCARBINSKY, WHO WILL TAKE US THROUGH HALF TIME.

>> DO YOU OPEN UP YOUR BAG OF TRICKS HERE AND TAKE A SHOT?

>> WELL, CLEARLY THERE'S SOMETHING COACH COTTRELL WANTED TO INTEREST FOR THIS FINAL SECOND.

>> WHO WAS IT, THE JETS THREW THE HAIL MARY AT THE END TO HAVE THE FIRST HALF -- AT THE END OF THE FIRST HALF AND RAN BACK 99 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN?

>> COACH WILL STAY WITH US FOR THE LAST SECOND.

>> NICE TRY, COACH.

YOU'RE NOT LEAVING YET.

[LAUGHTER] >> I KEEP TRYING TO TELL YOU, COACH, I'M A BROADCASTER.

>> HE WAS A DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR, THEN AN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR, AN OFFENSIVE LINE COACH.

>> I'VE ALWAYS BEEN KIND OF A WISHY-WASHY GUY.

>> WHAT YOU ARE IS HIGHLY PROFICIENT.

>> I APPRECIATE THAT.

WELL, THE OLD HAND OFFAND TRY TO THROW DEEP BUT MADISON COUNTY WOULD HAVE NONE OF IT.

'T GO FOR THE FAKE.

NICE FIRST HALF.

>> SEE YOU GUYS.

>> COACH, SEE YOU TOMORROW MORNING.

THANK YOU.

>> GOOD JOB AND A FIRST GOOD HALF.

MOBILE CHRISTIAN HEADS TO THE LOCKER ROOM WITH 21-14 LEAD OVER MADISON ACADEMY IN THE 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

AND LET'S SEND IT TO THE FIELD AND SUSAN.

>> LFORT, COACH COTTRELL.

YOU TOLD ME THIS WAS ONE TO HAVE THE LARGEST TEAMS SIZE WISE YOU'VE COACHED.

HOW DID THAT CONTRIBUTE?

>> BOTH THE GAMES ARE GOOD.

BOTH HAVE GOOD SIZE.

I THINK THEY'RRY WELL COACHED.

WE GAVE UP THE SCREEN, THAT REALLY HURT US IN THE LAST SCORE.

BUT OUR LINE HAS TO PLAY BETTER THAN THEY WILL.

>> TALK TO ME ABOUT TURNOVERS AND HOW THAT'S PLAYED INTO THIS GAME.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD BE IN IT IF IT WASN'T FOR THE PICKS.

THEY'VE DONE OFFENSIVELY BUT THE PICKS CREATED A SITUATION THAT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SCORE.WE HE SECOND HALF.

>> SURE DO.

GOOD LUCK.

THANKS, COACH.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANKS, SUSAN.

WHEN WE COME BACK FROM BREAK, WE WILL SEND IT TO KEVIN SCARBINSKY DOWN ON THE FIELD HERE AT BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.

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WE NEED TO CATCH OUR BREATH AFTER THE FIRST HALF OF THE 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, MOBILE CHRISTIAN 21, MADISON ACADEMY 14.

WE'VE SEEN LIGHTNING STRIKE KEN CHERRY WITH A 75-YARD SCREEN PASS TO THE HOUSE FOR MADISON ACADEMY.

LONG KICK OFFRETURN BY MICHAEL MOORE FROM MOBILE CHRISTIAN TO SET UP THE TOUCHDOWN.

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AND OWNER OF FUTURE ONES GUS SMITH.

THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.

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SOMETHING WE LOOK FORWARD TO EVERY YEAR.

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>> TELL US WHAT FUTURE ONES IS AND DOES.

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>> THIS KIND OF EVENT DOESN'T HAPPEN WITHOUT THE GENEROSITY OF PEOPLE LIKE YOU, COMPANIES LIKE FUTURE ONCE.

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>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GUS SMITH FROM FUTURE ONES.

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>> WELCOME BACK TO BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.

HALF TIME OF THE 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME MADISON ACADEMY TRAILING MOBILE CHRISTIAN 21-14 AT THE BREAK.

LOTS OF ACTION.

SHOULD BE A GREAT SECOND HALF.

PLEADS TO BE JOINED BY NEW GUESTS FROM THE ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM.

WE'VE GOT LATRICE WARE, COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS COORDINATOR FOR ADULT EDUCATION FOR ACCS.

DID I GET THE ACRONYM RIGHT?

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> AND WE'VE GOT CHRISTIAN BOBO, DIRECTOR OF ADULT EDUCATION --I.

MAYBE I NEED ADULT EDUCATION IN HOW TO SPEAK TO CORRECTLY -- AT SHELTON STATE.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING US.

>> YOU WERE SAYING YOU FELT LIKE ANUPS N AN EPPS N ANALYST.

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>> TELL US ABOUT ADULT EDUCATION.

>> IT'S MORE THAN A GED.

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WE HAVE ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU NEED AS A LEARNER, ANYTHING TO TAKE YOU FROM WHERE YOU ARE TO WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.

>> WHAT KIND OF STUDENTS DO YOU SEE AT SHELTON STATE IN YOUR ADIFFICULT EDUCATION PROGRAM?

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>> THAT'S FANTASTIC.

WE SHOULD ALL CELEBRATE AN 86-YEAR-OLD STILL INTERESTED IN EDUCATION.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

>> HOW MUCH HAS THE PROGRAM GROWN.

>> TREMENDOUSLY.

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SHE'S BEEN WITH THE ORGANIZATION SO LONG.

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>> IT'S A GREAT DAY HERE AT BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM IN TUSCALOOSA.

HALFTIME OF THE 3A CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, MOBILE CHRISTIAN 21, MADISON ACADEMY 14.

WE'VE GOT ANOTHER GREAT GUEST JOINING US NOW.

ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO MAKES US ALL GO AND CONTRIBUTES TO THIS STATE IN SO MANY WAYS.

COREY BOLING, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ALABAMA HOMEBUILDERS FOUNDATION.

CORY, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

>> WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE FIRST HALF?

>> WHAT A GREAT GAME.

I WAS WATCHING THE FREE GAME BEFOREHAND AND SEEING, YOU KNOW, WHICH TEAM HAD THE HIGH-SCORING OFFENSE, ONE OF THE BEST DEFENSES IN THE LEAGUE, SO IT WAS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW IT PLAYED OUT.

BUT, YEAH, WHAT A GREAT GAME THIS HAS BEEN AND IT'S JUST HALF TIME.

>> GREAT CROWD, BEAUTIFUL WEATHER.

>> YEAH.

>> LITTLE WARMER THAN YESTERDAY, THANK GOODNESS.

>> LITTLE BIT.

>> AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE WHAT YOU DO, WHAT THE ALABAMA HOMEBUILDERS FOUNDATION DOES THROUGH THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT, WORKING WITH THE ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM.

GIVE US A SYNOPSIS OF HOW THAT WORKS.

>> THE ALABAMA HOMEBUILDERS FOUNDATION IS THE CHARITABLE ARM OF THE HOMEBUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF ALABAMA.

THE PRIMARY ROLE OF THE FOUNDATION IS TO PROMOTE TRADES.

ONE WAY WE DO THAT IS BY OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS.

SO WE HAVE BEEN OFFERING SCHOLARSHIPS SINCE 1997.

SINCE THE INCEPTION, WE'VE GIVEN AWAY ALMOST $900,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS FOR INDIVIDUALS GOING TO THE TRADES.

MOST TO HAVE THE TRADE SCHOOLS ARE WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM.

SO THAT'S KIND OF OUR ROLE AND HOW WE PLAY TOGETHER WITH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM.

>> NOW, GIVE US AN IDEA OF THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRADES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> OH, IT VARIES.

I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, YOU'VE GOT YOUR CARPENTRY, MASONRY, HVAC, PLUMBING, ELECTRICAL.

BUT SOMETIMES IT CAN BE, YOU KNOW, MAYBE A WELDING.

IT ALL DEPENDS ON HOW THEY'RE GOING TO USE THAT TRADE IN THE FUTURE.

IF THEY'RE GOING TO USE IT IN A RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION ASPECT, WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE THAT AND HELP THEM ALONG THAT JOURNEY.

>> I HAVE TWO SONS IN COLLEGE AND, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED ABOUT WHAT THEY WERE GOING TO MAJOR IN.

THEY'RE STILL NOT SURE.

THEY'RE YOUNG IN THEIR COLLEGE JOURNEYS, BUT THESE ARE DEGREES THAT ARE PRACTICAL, THEY ARE USEFUL, AND THEY WILL LEAD TO EMPLOYMENT, WILL THEY NOT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

I MEAN, THERE'S A HUGE NEED FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN THE WORKFORCE TODAY.

THE AVERAGE AGE OF CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IS ABOUT 50 YEARS OLD, WHICH IS NOT VERY OLD, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE LEAVING, FOR EVERY FOUR WORKERS THAT LEAVE, ONLY ONE COMES IN.

SO THERE IS A HUGE NEED.

THE PAY IS VERY WELL.

SO, YEAH, THERE'S OPPORTUNITIES ALL OVER THE STATE FOR INDIVIDUALS LOOKING TO GO INTO RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION.

>> SO THERE IS HIGH DEMAND FOR THESE POSIS.

>> VERY HIGH DEMAND.

>> AND HOW DO YOU RAISE THE SCHOLARSHIP MONEY?

OBVIOUSLY, THAT'S SO HELPFUL TO SO MANY INDIVIDUALS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE THOSE COURSES AND EARN THOSE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEGREES.

HOW DO YOU RAISE THAT SCHOLARSHIP MONEY?

>> WELL, WE HAVE DONORS THAT WILL HELP.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIPS, WE HAVE MALONE McQUEEN AND OTHER SCHOLARSHIPS.

SOME HAVE THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL SCHOLARSHIPS BUT WE HAVE A GENERAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND THAT THE FUNDS ARE RAISED THROUGH OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT.

THAT'S HOW WE PRIMARILY RAISE THE FUNDS.

THIS PAST YEAR IN SCHOLARSHIPS, WE GAVE AWAY ALMOST $40,000.

SO THE GOLF TOURNAMENT IS A HUGE FUNDRAISER FOR US.

>> HOW CAN PEOPLE GET INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROGRAMS.

>> THEY CAN GO TO THE FOUNDATION WEB SITE, WERE WUB WUB.AHBFOUNDATION.org.

YOU WILL SEE THE SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE THERE, THE DIFFERENT TRADES, HOW MUCH THEY CAN MAKE IN THOSE DIFFERENT TRADES.

SO WE'VE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THAT WEB SITE AND IF IT'S NOT ON THAT WEB SITE, THERE MAY BE A LINK TO WHERE THEY CAN GET IT FROM ANOTHER WEB SITE.

SO IT'S A GREAT TOOL FOR INDIVIDUALS LOOKING TO GO INTO THE TRADES.

>> THOSE OPPORTUNITIES EXIST AT ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE SCHOOLS ACROSS THE STATE, DO THEY NOT?

>> ABSOLUTELY, ALL ACROSS THE STATE.

LAST NIGHT, WE HAD LBW HERE.

>> FROM ANDALUSIA.

>> FROM ANDALUSIA.

>> SHOUT OUT ANDALUSIA.

>> THEY HAVE A CARPENTRY PROGRAM.

WE TALKED LAST NIGHT, THEY HAVE AN ELECTRICAL PROGRAM THEY'RE WORKING ON.

SELMA, THEY HAVE A MASONRY PROGRAM.

SO THERE ARE PROGRAMS ALL OVER THE STATE FOR INDIVIDUALS LOOKING TO GO INTO THE TRADE.

>> THE BEST THING IS TO CHECK YOUR WEB SITE BUT ALSO CHECK YOUR LOCAL ALABAMA COMMUNITY COLLEGE, GO TO THEIR WEB SITE, FIND OUT THE PROGRAMS THEY'RE OFFERING AND YOU COULD PROBABLY FIND SOMETHING THAT WOULD FIT YOU IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THOSE AREAS, RIGHT?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

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(upbeat music) >> HALF TIME OF THE 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, MOBILE CHRISTIAN LEADS MADISON ACADEMY 21-14.

LET'S GO TO THE FIELD.

CHRISTINA CHAMBERS HAS COACH GODSEY.

>> COACH YOU GIVE UP 14 POINTS, COSTLY TURNOVERS IN THE FIRST PAST.

HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS HOW YOUR TEAM RESPOHNED AND THE RESILIENCE TO COME BEEN SEVEN.

>> WE FOUGHT HARD TO GET IT TIED UP AND FUFFED IT AGAIN.

WE DIDN'T PLAY WELL.

THEY HAD THINGS TO DO WITH THAT.

WE HAVE TO KEEP PLAYING.

WE HAVE TWO MORE QUARTERS TO GET THINGS RIGHT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS DOWN THE STRETCH.

>> KEN CHERRY GAVE YOU A SPARK ON OFFENSE.

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO DO TO GET THE BALL IN HIS HANDS MORE.

>> GOT TO KEEP FEEDING HIM, WORKING UP FRONT SOME.

GOT TO THROW THE BALL.

HAVING TROUBLE GETTING OPEN AT WIDE OUT.

WE'VE MAD PLAYS, AND GOOFED SOME THINGS.

SO WE HAVE TO PLAY A VERY CLEAN HALF.

>> THANK YOU, COACH, SO MUCH.

>> THANKS, CHRISTINA.

COACH GODSEY TALKING ABOUT THOSE GOOFUPS AND TWO BIG INTERCEPTIONS BY MOBILE CHRISTIAN IN THE FIRST QUARTER GOT THE LEOPARDS OFF TO A START.

HIGHLIGHTS.

>> THE FIRST SCORE OF THE DAY, BEAUTIFULLY THROWN BALL TO AARON ROGERS TO PUT MOBILE CHRISTIAN UP.

THE THROWBACK OFF THE SPRINT PULLUP TO P.J.

BROWN.

BUT MADISON ACADEMY WILL ANSWER.

KEN CHERRY GETS UNTRACKED.

FIRST WITH THAT RUNNING OUT THIS BEAUTIFULLY EXECUTED SCREEN PASS DOWN THE SIDELINE.

WE HAVE A TIED GAME BUT A BIG KICK OFFRETURN WILL LEAD TO THE TUSH PUSH AND GETS US TO 21 AND 14 AT HALF TIME.

>> VERY INTERESTING FIRST HALF AND THE NUMBERS BEAR THAT OUT.

THERE WAS A TIME IN THE FIRST HALF YOU WOULDN'T THINK MADISON ACADEMY WOULD HAVE MORE YARDS THAN MOBILE CHRISTIAN BUT, AT HALF TIME, THEY'VE GOT ALMOST 300 YARDS TO TOTAL OFFENSE TO 164 MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

>> IF YOU LOOK AT TIME OF POSSESSION, MADISON ACADEMY HAD THE BALL FOR 15 MINUTES AND # 1 SECONDS, MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAD IT 8 MINUTES 46 SECONDS.

THE OTHER THING IS 43 WARDS IN THE RUNNING GAME, P.J.

BROWN AVERAGING ALMOST 10 YARDS HELD TO 19 YARDS, 2.1 YARDS PER CARRY THE FIRST HALF.

ALL OF THAT BEING SAID, AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT THE HALF TIME SCORE, MOBILE CHRISTIAN IS STILL UP 21-14, THANKS TO A VERY OPPORTUNISTIC DEFEAND A BIG KICK RETURN AND TIMELY OFFENSIVE PLAYS AS WELL.

SO I'D SAY THIS IS STILL ANYBODY'S BALL GAME AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK MADISON ACADEMY HAD TO GET KEN CHERRY ON TRACK.

THEY DID.

MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAS TO GET THAT RUNNING GAME GOING, WHICH THEY HAVE TO DO, BUT THEY HAVE USED TURNOVERS AND THE SPECIAL TEAMS TO PUT THEM UP BY 7 AS WE START THE SECOND HALF.

>> CHERRY 167 YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE AT HALF TIME.

THE HISTORY OF CLASS 3A, MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAD A BIG SEMIFINAL WIN OVER DEFENDING 3A CHAMPS FROM ST. JAMES LAST WEEK.

ST. JAMES WAS YOUR 3A CHAMP ONE BEFORE THAT -- CHAMPION BEFORE THAT.

THEY BEAT PIEDMONT LAST YEAR AND PETEMONT IS THE STANDOUT WITH ALL THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS THEY CAPTURED IN 3A.

>> THAT'S THE PROGRAM THAT STANDS OUT OVER THIS EIGHT, TEN-YEAR PERIOD.

FOR A WHILE THERE, THEY DOMINATED 3A.

ST. JAMES BEAT THEM LAST YEAR, AND WE'LL SEE WHAT THIS YEAR BRINGS.

>> MADISON ACADEMY WON THE TOSS AND TOOK THE FOOTBALL.

SO IT WILL BE MOBILE CHRISTIAN WHO WILL GET FIRST CRACK AT IT HERE TO BEGIN THE SECOND HALF.

I THINK COACH GODSEY'S INTERVIEW WITH CHRISTINA, HE SUMMED IT UP WELL FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE.

>> I'VE KNOWN BOB FOR A LONG TIME.

HE HAS A GOOD WAY OF SUMMING THINGS UP VERY CONCISELY.

YOU KNOW, I TOLD HIM WHEN HE WAS A RED-SHIRT FRESHMAN HE WAS GOING TO START THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AGAINST JACKSONVILLE STATE BECAUSE OUR REGULAR QUARTERBACK WAS HURT.

HE SAID, OKAY.

>> PLAYED WELL.

>> LED US A TWO-WHEEL DRIVE TO SET UP A WINNING FIELD GOAL.

THAT'S ALL HE EVER WANTED TO DO.

HE'S GOT HIS TEAM IN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FOR THE SECOND TIME, FIRST TIME AT HARTZELL, AND NOW HERE THIS MORNING.

>> WE MENTIONED THE FIRST HALF FOR THIS YOUNG MAN DAMIEN GATSON 140 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE.

HE HAD A REALLY GOOD HALF IN THE TWO TOUCHDOWN PASSES FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

GOOD FIELD POSITION FOR THE LEOPARDS AS THEY START FIRST DOWN INSIDE THEIR OWN 40 AND A NICE FIRST DOWN PLAY HERE AS RUNNING BACK P.J.

BROWN DARTS OUT NEAR MID FIELD.

A 12-YARD GAIN AND FIRST ROUND.

>> MAY BE HIS BEST RUN OF THE NIGHT BUT ALGOOD PUSH UP FRONT.

MOST THINGS HAVE BEEN EAST AND WEST.

THIS IS UP THE CHUTE.

A NICE BACKSIDE CUT, GOOD VISION, AND I THINK THAT'S EXACTLY THE WAY COACH RONNIE COTTRELL WANTED TO START THIS SECOND HALF.

>> FIRST DOWN FROM MID FIELD.

BROWN GETS TO CALL AGAIN.

AND HE'S GOING TO BE WRAPPED UP AND SLUNG DOWN AFTER A GAME OF TWO.

NAYS PLAY THERE BY JOSH WILLIAMS MAKING THE STOP ON DEFENSE.

>> NICE INITIAL CUT AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE BUT WHEN HE LOOKS AT THE PILL FILM HE'S GOING TO WISH HE KEPT IT TIGHTER AND GOTTEN NORTH AND SOUTH SOONER.

MIGHT HAVE GOTTEN TWO OR THREE MORE YARDS OUT OF THAT.

>> SECOND DOWN, EIGHT.

THEY FAKE IT TO BROWN, THE FOOTBALL HIT THE TURF.

FORTUNATELY FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN, GATSON FELL ON IT AT THE 48.

>> I THINK THAT WAS GOING TO BE A REID A READ ZONE.

ANYTIME YOU DO A REPLAY WHERE YOU HAVE TO RIDE THE BALL -- BUT WATCH THE FOOTBALL, WHEN IT GETS PAST THE QUARTERBACK'S FRONT FOOT IF YOU TRAY TRY TO PULL IT, IT'S GOING TO COME OUT.

DON'T TRY TO PULL IT, YOUNG MAN, IT'S GOING TO COME OUT EVERY TIME.

>> MOBILE CHRISTIAN, ALMOST THE FIRST TURNOVER OF THE GAME.

GATSON THROWS THROUGH THE MIDDLE.

RECEIVER IS WIDE OPEN.

THAT IS ROGERS.

RORNTION IS GOING TO TAKE THIS IN FOR HIS SECOND TOUCHDOWN!

>> RAN A LITTLE SHALLOW.

THE LINEBACKER MOMENTARILY FREEZES ON THE SHALLOW ROUTE AND ROGERS RAN THE DIG ROUTE RIGHT IN BEHIND HIM IN A PERFECTLY THROWN BALL AND A BIG, BIG OPENING DRIVE FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

>> AND GETS A HUG FROM HIS COACH.

I THINK THE THING THERE, COACHES IS GATSON HAD A CLEAN POCKET.

>> REALLY DID.

HAD PLENTY OF TIME.

HE'S THROWN IMPRESSIVE BALLS TODAY.

>> AND CARTER LEWIS, PERFECT SO FAR ON THE DAY WITH HIS FOURTH EXTRA POINT AS WE GET ANOTHER LOOK AT THE TOUCHDOWN.

>> I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN SEE THE UNDERNEATH COVERAGE BUT YOU CAN SEE THE DIG GOES RIGHT BEHIND THAT LINEBACKER RIGHT THERE THAT FROZE MOMENTARILY ON THE UNDER'NEATH ROUTE AND CREATED THAT WINDOW.

YOU SAW THE SHALLOW GOING RIGHT IN FRONT.

>> VERY WELL DEVISED PLAY, NICE THROW, GREAT CATCH.

THAT YOUNG MAN KNOWS WHAT TO DO ONCE HE GETS IT.

>> GATSON 7 OF 11 FOR 173 YARDS, THREE TOUCHDOWN PASSES, TWO TO THIS YOUNG MAN.

THE FOUR-PLAY 260-YARD AL DODD SCORING DRIVE GIVES MOBILE CHRISTIAN A TWO TOUCHDOWN RIGHT OUT OF THE GATE IN THE SECOND HALF.

>> AND NO I.N.T.s.

>> MADISON ACADEMY HAS BEEN TOWN BY TWO SCORES BEFORE.

WE MENTIONED THAT FELL DOWN BY 14-0 IN THRST QUARTER, CLAWED THEIR WAY BACK IN, THANKS IN LARGE PART TO NUMBER 5 KEN CHERRY, WHO IS BACK WAITING A CHANCE TO POSSIBLY RETURN THIS KICKOFF.

>> MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAS ANSWERED EVERY TIME.

>> GOING TO BE A TOUCHBACK.

SO HERE COMES THE MADISON ACADEMY OFFENSE.

NOW YOU SEE QUARTERBACK POLDIAK WAS 10 OF 17 FOR 221 YARDS WITH A TOUCHDOWN, BUT, OF COURSE, THE THREE INTERCEPTIONS REALLY HURT MADISON ACADEMY IN THE FIRST HALF.

THEY WERE MOVING THE BALL ON ALL THREE OF THE INTERCEPTIONS AS WELL.

>> IMPRESSIVE NUMBERS EXCEPT FOR THE TURNOVERS.

>> FIRST DOWN, HERE'S CHERRY.

>> CUTS IT UP AND HARD RUNNING OUT ACROSS THE 25, KEN CHERRY.

PULLS HIS WAY FORWARD FOR A GAIN OF 7 BEFORE THE TACKLE WAS MADE BE BY DE MARCUS PEOPLES.

>> REALLY KIND OF SHIFTED TO AN UNBALANCED LOOK BUT YOU SEE A VERY, VERY NICE JOB RIGHT THERE BY NUMBER 22, BRADLEY TANNER, AND BY CHRISTOPHER FILLINGIM, GOT OFF THOSE BLOCKS AND REALLY STYMIED THAT PLAY.

>> SECOND DOWN AND THREE.

HERE'S CHERRY, WRAPPED UP BY BIG 54 TREY MATTHEWS WHO MADE A BIG GAME TODAY, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE ENOUGH FOR A FIRST DOWN.

>> NICE JOB GETTING OFF THE BLOCK.

I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO BE SHORT, BUT CHERRY WITH PADS LOW, RUNNING HARD, WAS ABLE ABLE TO K UP A VERY USUALLY FIRST DOWN.

>> FIRST AND 10 AT THE 30.

>> POLDIAK IS A FIRST-YEAR STARTER AND COACH HAS BEEN SUPER IMPRESSED WITH THE WAY HE'S LED THE TEAM AND MEASURED THE OFFENSE TOGETHER.

YOU'RE SEEING THAT ON THIS DRIVE.

>> HANDS TO CHERRY, AND CHERRY REALLY GOT IT GOING NOW AS HE CROSSES THE 50.

A FIRST DOWN GAIN OF SIX YARDS.

>> THE PLAY BEFORE, THE LAST TIME THEY GOT A RANDOM BALL, WERE NOT ABLE TO GET TO THE EDGE.

BUT THAT NICE ABLED SEAL IT AFTER, A NICE SIX-YARD GAME FOR CHERRY.

>> 100 YARDS RUSHING.

CHERRY.

FAKE IT TO HIM.

POLDIAK ROLLING OUT.

GET RID OF IT.

THE PASS INTENDED FOR JACKSON REECE BUT WELL COVERED BY MOBILE CHRISTIAN'S ZION WILLIAMS.

>> TRYING TO GET INTO THE BUNCH SET AGAIN AND RUN A BOOTLEG BACK AWAY FROM IT AND TRY TO SLIP JASON -- EXCUSE ME -- ANTHONIO RICE OUT TO THE END.

PLAY NEVER DEVELOPED.

>> MICHAEL MOORE ON THE COVERAGE.

BIG FIRST DOWN DOWN FROM MIDDLE FIELD FOR MADISON ACADEMY AS THEY TRY TO KEEP THE DRIVE ALIVE.

PRE-SNAP PENALTY AGAINST THE OFFENSE.

>> FALSE START.

OFFENSE.

>> BIG PENALTY RIGHT THERE.

>> YES.

AS YOU'VE SAID IN THE T HALF, THIRD AND NINE IS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THIRD AND FOUR.

>> IT IS ESPECIALLY IN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME AND DOWN BY TWO SCORES.

GOING TO HAVE TO OPEN UP THAT PLAY BOOK AGAIN.

YOU SEE THE BUNCH SET A LITTLE DIFFERENT THIS TIME.

NOW THEY GO BACK TO THE UNBALANCED LOOK.

>> THIRD AND NINE, POLLED YK GETS THE PASS A-- POLDIAK GETS THE PASS AWAY.

THE PASS DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH ON IT.

IT WAS CAUGHT BY ATN BUT FOUR YARDS SHORT FOR THE FIRST DOWN.

>> NOT A WIDE SHIRT WITHIN TEN YARDS OF HIM AND HE WOULD RUN FOR AT LEAST THE FIRST DOWN.

>> WE HAVE THE CHALLENGE FLAG.

COACH COTTRELL THROWS IT OUT.

YOU SAW ON THE REPLAY THE FOOTBALL MAY HAVE HIT THE GROUND.

>> WELL, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT BECAUSE THE RED FLAG IS ON THE FIELD.

>> AND THIS WILL BE OUR FIRST CHALLENGED PLAY OF THE GAME, AND THAT WILL SEND OUR REFEREE RON HENRY OVER TO GO UNDER THE HOOD HERE.

>> MICKEY, I'M SORRY, BUT I HAVE TO SAY, MAN, I WISH THEY HAD THOSE WHEN I COACHED.

I WOULD HAVE ORDERED A DOZEN OF THEM.

>> YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED FOR RED FLAGS FOR CHRISTMAS, WOULDN'T YOU, COACH?

>> I WOULD HAVE HAD ONE IN E POCKET.

I PROBABLY WOULD HAVE THROWN ONE IN THE PRE-GAME WARMUP.

[LAUGHTER] I'M ANXIOUS TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

I WANT TO SEE IF THERE IS SOMETHING THERE TO -- >> WELL, I THINK ATN HAD HIS HANDS ON THE FOOTBALL, OBVIOUSLY, BUT IT WAS THROWN SO SHORT AND BEHIND HIM THAT IT DID CREATE THE LOOK ON THE REPLAY THERE.

LET'S GET ANOTHER LOOK AT IT HERE.

>> IT'S RULED A CATCH ON THE FIELD.

I THINK THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE HERE.

>> OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I WAS WRONG LAST NIGHT, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE, CLEARLY, HIS HANDS ARE UNDERNEATH THE BALL TO BEGIN WITH.

BUT DO YOU SEE THE BALL TURN AT THE END AND THE POINT TO HAVE THE BALL IN THE -- AND THE POINT OF THE BALL IN THE GROUND?

I DON'T KNOW, I THINK THAT COULD GO EITHER WAY.

THOSE TWO GUYS ARE PRETTY INTERESTED IN THE CALL, THOUGH, I CAN TELL YOU THAT.

THIS IS A PRETTY BIG CALL.

>> YEAH, IF IT'S OVERTURNED, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A PUNT.

IF IT'S NOT, THEN THERE'S -- THEN IT'S GOING TO BE AN INTERESTING FOURTH AND THREE DECISION.

>> A LITTLE BIT OF FUNNY ROUTE.

THEY ALL KIND OF RELEASED FROM THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE IN IN TANDEM.

TWO OF THE RECEIVERS OFF THE WALL OF DEFENSE.

HE WAS WIDE OPEN.

THERE WASN'T ANYBODY WITHIN TEN YARDS.

COULDN'T GET MUCH TO BE THE BALL TO GET IT OUT THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT HOW OPEN THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.

>> YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE CROSSING ROUTE RIGHT THERE.

YOU CAN SEE HE'S GOING TO RUN FOR A WHILE.

>> FROM THAT ANGLE THAT RIGHT HAND SEEMS TO BE SOLID UNDER THE FOOTBALL.

>> MOBILE CHRISTIAN IN TIME OUT.

ONE CHALLENGE REMAINING.

>> SO RULED NOT A CA WELL, THEY'RE KEEPING THE FOOTBALL AT THE SPOT OF THE CATCH, SO I THINK IT IS -- I THINK THE CALL WAS UPHELD.

SO FOURTH AND THREE.

>> AND IT LOOKS LIKE MADISON ACADEMY IS GOING TO GO.

>> FOURTH AND THREE FROM THE MOBILE CHRISTIAN 48.

THEY HAND IT TO CHERRY.

CHERRY AROUND THE EDGE AND HE'S GOT THE FIRST DOWN THROUGH YOU'RE GOING TO GET THE FLAG AND I'M SURE A HOLDING CALL OUT ON THE EDGE AS MOBILE CHRISTIAN LINEBACKER KENTONIO KELLY WAS PLEADING WITH THE OFFICIAL.

>> WHEN IT'S A RUN AND THE LINE JUDGE THROWS THAT BALL WITH AN UNDERHAND MOTION ON A RUN COMING TO HIM, IT'S ALMOST ALWAYS A HOLD.

I THINK YOU ARE SO R, PARTNER.

>> HOLDING.

OFFENSE.

10-YARD PENALTY.

REPLAY THE DOWN.

>> THEY HAD THE EDGE.

YOU CAN SEE THEY GET IT WALLED OFF PRETTY GOOD BUT ALMOST TOO GOOD.

THERE'S A COUPLE THERE THAT CERTAINLY HAD THE POSSIBILITY TO BE HOLD TO A 21-7.

>> SO NOW ON FOURTH AND 13, COACH GODSEY HAS -- WELL, HE'S GOT THE FORMATION OUT THERE, COACH.

>> YOU'VE GOT IT DEEP.

YOU HAVE TWO OVER THREE OUT HERE, JUST A MATTER OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO ROLL THE DICE.

>> POLDIAK THROWS AND IT'S KNOCKED DOWN SO THEY GO FOR IT AN FOURTH AND 13 OUT OF THAT FORMATION AND MOBILE CHRISTIAN COMES UP WITH A HUGE STOP AND WE'LL HAVE GREAT FIELD POSITION, WHEN WE COME BACK TO BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.7:09 LEFT .

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>> BACK LIVE, SUPER 7 STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS.

COUPS COOSA -- COOSA CHRISTIAN LATER TODAY AT BRYANT-DENNY.

A HUGE FOURTH DOWN STOP FROM MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

START THE DRIVE AT THE MADISON ACADEMY 42.

MORE ON THE SCREEN PASS.

MORE DARTS AHEAD FOR A HUGE GAIN DOWN TO AROUND THE 26-YARD LINE.

COACH, BACK TO THE FOURTH AND 13, YOU'RE OKAY WITH THE CALL BUT MAYBE THE ROUTE IS SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT SURE ABOUT.

PASS ACTION, TWO DEFENDERS OVER THREE RECEIVERS.

I CAN SEE WHY HE WENT OUT THERE, BUT THE PLAY NEVER DEVELOPED.

TRIES TO THROW A HITCH ROUTE UNDERNEATH AND JUST NOTHING THERE.

>> AND HERE THE BROWN ON FIRST DOWN AND NOT MUCH THERE ON THAT PLAY, A GAIN OF TWO -- WELL, THEY SPOT IT INSIDE THE 25 SO WE'LL CALL IT A GAME OF TWO.

>> SOMETIMES IT GETS DOWN TO NUMBERS, MICKEY.

LIKE THE SCREEN PASS MOBILE CHRISTIAN THREW ON THE PLAY PREVIOUS TO THIS, YOU KNOW, THREE RECEIVERS, TWO DEFENDERS OUTSIDE, POPPED IT OUT THERE, GOOD BLOCKS ON THE EDGE AND GOT A NICE GAIN OUT OF IT.

>> BIG DRIVE HERE.

THIS WOULD BE HUGE FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN, IF THEY COULD GET THIS INTO THE END ZONE AND GET A ZE TOUCHDOWN LEAD HERE IN THE -- THREE TOUCHDOWN LEAD IN THE THIRD QUARTER.

PASS CAUGHT INSIDE THE 5 AND ATTACHED FOR JORDAN WOULLARD, WORKING ONE ON ONE AGAINST SELANO THOMAS, JUST TOO BIG AND STRONG, WOULLARD AT 6', 187 WON THAT BATTLE.

>> HE CAME INTO THE GAME WITH 2.

THE MATCHUP, THE PHYSICAL WENT ALL TO MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

>> SO CARTER LEWIS LOOKS TO STAY PERFECT ON THE DAY ON EXTRA POINT ATTEMPTS.

ANOTHER HIGH SNAP.

SECOND TIME THAT HAPPENED.

GOOD JOB BY THE HOLDER.

LEWIS KNOCKS IT THROUGH.

SO THEY GET THE BIG FOURTH DOWN STOP AND HERE, COACH, THEY GET A HUGE TOUCHDOWN.

>> YEAH, THE DEFENSIVE BACK IS NOT IN BAD SHAPE, BUT WHAT IT DOES NOT DO IS HE DOES NOT LOOK WHEN THE RECEIVER LOOKS.

YOU KNOW, TRIES TO WAIT AND REACT TO THE RECEIVER INSTEAD OF GOING UP AND TRYING TO PLAY TO THE BALL.

THE RESULT IS ANOTHER LEOPARD TOUCHDOWN.

>> HEADING DOWN TO THE FIELD, CHECKING IN WITH SUSAN.

>> HEY, GUYS, WANT TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT QUARTERBACK DAMIEN GATSON.

YOU TALKED ABOUT THE STATS IN THE FIRST HALF AND HE CONTINUES IN THE SECOND HALF, BUT IT'S NOT ALL ABOUT FOOTBALL FOR DAMIEN.

HE COMMITTED TO PLAY BASEBALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA.

WHAT A GREAT FOOTBALL HE IS, HE BROKE HIS COLLAR BONE AND DIDN'T PLAY FOOTBALL AT ALL LAST YEAR.

ALL OF THIS A TESTAMENT OF THE ATHLETICISM AND THE FOOBILITY ABILITY OF THIS -- FOOTBALL ABILITY OF THIS YOUNG MAN.

>> GREAT INFORMATION SUSAN.

LOVE HEARING BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THESE KIDS.

THERE'S SO MUCH TO THEM, OBVIOUSLY, THAN JUST THE SPORT OF FOOTBALL.

THIS YOUNG MAN, OBVIOUSLY A VERY GOOD ATHLETE IN MORE THAN JUST ONE SPORT, BUT HE IS HAVING A FINE DAY IN THIS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

>> BELT YOU HE'S NOT A DESIGNATED HITTER, I'LL TELL YOU THAT.

>> HE'S NOW NINE OF 13, COACH, OVER 200 YARDS PASSING AND 4 TOUCHDOWNS, AS MADISON ACADEMY.

MADISON ACADEMY HAS TO GET CLICKING AGAIN OFFENSIVELY.

>> NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT.

THE THING THEY WANT TO DO NOW IS STICK TO THEIR KNITTING.

THEY REALLY MOVED THE BALL VERY WELL WHEN THEY MIX THE RUN-PASS EFFECTIVELY THROUGH THE SCREEN, THROUGH THE QUICK GAME OUT HERE.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO GET THAT MOMEMTUM BACK FOR SURE.

>> SO, FIRST AND SO FOR THE MUSTANGS.

THE GIVE UP THE MIDDLE, AND A GAME FOR FIVE YARDS ON FIRST DOWN.

AND LET'S HEAD DOWN TO CHRISTINA ON THE FIELD WITH A REPORT ON THAT MADISON ACADEMY SIDELINE.

>> YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT.

YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PLAYERS AND THE COACHES JUST CLAPPING, RIGHT DO ANYTHING TO ENCOURAGE THIS OFFENSE.

THEY SAID, HEY, KEEP YOUR HEAD UP, GO OUT, A LOT OF FOOTBALL LEFT TO BE PLAYED.

KEEP FIGHTING EVERY PLAY AND EVERY DOWN.

>> THANKS, CHRISTINA.

THIRD AND SHORT AS JOSH WILLIAMS ON THE CARRY AGAIN.

SO THIRD DOWN AND A YARD HERE FOR MADISON ACADEMY.

>> AND, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A HUGE THIRD DOWN RIGHT HERE.

THEY DO NOT WANT TO GO THREE AND OUT.

>> GO TO WILLIAMS AGAIN.

NICE BLOCKING UP FRONT AGAINST THE STOUT MOBILE CHRISTIAN DEFENSIVE FRONT.

6-YARD PICK-UP HERE.

THREE RUNNING PLAYS IN A ROW, MADISON ACADEMY FIRST DOWN AT THE 35.

SLOW TO GET UP FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN IS KENTONIO KELLY.

>> YOU KNOW, THE GOAL RIGHT NOW IS TO GET SOME MOMENTUM BACK, TUN IT INTO 7 POINTS, GET IT BACK DOWN TO A TWO-SCORE GAME.

>> KELLY DOES STAY IN THE GAME.

FIRST AND 10, MADISON ACADEMY.

POLLIAC THROW -- POLDIAK THROWS, DOWN FELD.

ALMOST INTERCEPTED AND CAUGHT BY JACKSON REECE.

>> KIND OF A DOUBLE SLANT, DOUBLE POST INSIDE.

YOU WILL SEE TWO RECEIVERS INSIDE THE SAME AREA AND A COUPLE OF DEFENDERS.

THAT'S TWO MAROON SHIRTS.

THREE LEOPARD DEFENDERS THROWN INTO A CROWD.

THAT ONE COULD HAVE GONE EITHER WAY.

>> SO SECOND AND 10 AFTER THE FIRST DOWN INCOMPLETION.

GIVE IT BACK TO WILLIAMS.

NOTHING HERE.

FINE JOB DEFENSIVELY.

NUMBER 7 KENTONIO KELLY, THERE HE IS ALSO LIMPING OFF THE FIELD.

HE MENTIONED HE WAS HURT A COUPLE OF PLACING A AND AGATED WHAT WAS GOING TO ON IN THE LEFT LEG.

>> THAT LOOKS LIKE A CRAMP THE WAY THAT IS BEING DONE.

YOU CAN SEE SOMEBODY TRIED TO HELP, HE TOLD THEM TO GET AWAY.

THAT'S DEFINITELY A CRAMP WHICH IS A LITTLE UNUSUAL THIS TIME TO HAVE THE YEAR.

NEVERTHELESS, STILL A CRAMP.

>> AND IT'S THIRD AND 7 AND A TIME OUT TAKEN BY COACH COTTRELL.

WE'LL KEEP IT RIGHT HERE FOR THIS ALABAMA NATURAL GAS ASSOCIATION TIME OUT.

>> MADISON ACADEMY, YOU KNOW, HAS GONE ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY TO THIS BUNCH SET IN THE SECOND HALF.

SOMETIMES TIGHT, SOMETIMES BALANCED, SOMETIMES WIDE, BUT A BIG PART OF THAT IS STRICTLY COUNTING NUMBERS.

THAT TIME, THEY HAD WHAT THEY WANTED IN THE BOX, BUT, AGAIN, THAT MOBILE CHRISTIAN FRONT WAS TOO STRONG AND, EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS FAVORED MADISON ACADEMY, STILL COULDN'T GET MUCH OUT OF IT.

>> WELL, THIS IS THE FIRST GAME OF DAY TWO AT THE SUPER 7, A FULL SLATE OF GAMES TODAY.

WE SAW COOSA CHRISTIANIVING AT BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM NOT LONG AGO.

3:00 THIS AFTERNOON, 1A CHAMPIONSHIP BETWEEN COOSA AND LEROY.

THEN GULF SHORES AND RAMSAY.

FRIDAY WE'LL BE BACK AT 11:00 FOR THE GAME BETWEEN CHEROKEE COUNTY AND MONTGOMERY CATHOLIC.

THROWN 2A AND THE 6A.

POLDIAK ON THIRD AND NINE, PASSES CAUGHT AT THE 49-YARD LINE, RIDING GRAB BY JACKSON REECE.

>> AND REECE HAS BEEN PRETTY QUIET TODAY.

I'M NOT SURE THAT BALL WAS INTENDED FOR THEM.

AS HE RAN HIS DEEP ROUTE, HE BROKE IT OFF AND WORKED BACK INSIDE.

RUN A LITTLE PIVOT ROUTE AND A BENCUTE UNDERNEATH IT.

NICE AWARENESS.

GOOD CATCH.

>> CHERRY INVOLVED.

NICE RUN I FIRST DOWN ON THE 40.

GOING TO SET UP SECOND.

HUGE CONVERSION FOR MADISON ACADEMY.

>> THEY HAD TO HAVE IT.

>> REECE THREE CATCHES OF THE DAY.

THAT CATCH THERE THE BIGGEST FOR THAT YOUNG MAN.

SECOND AND ONE.

POLDIAK THROWS AND NOBODY THERE.

OBVIOUSLY A MIXUP THERE WITH THE INTENDED RECEIVER MARK DRAKE, WHO CUT OFF THE ROUTE.

>> YEAH, I REALLY THINK THAT POLDIAK THOUGHT DRAKE WAS GOING TO RUN A WHEEL AT THE SIDELINE BUT HE SET IT SEVEN YARDS DOWN FIELD AND MISSED COMMUNICATION.

IT'S A SHORT YARDAGE SITUATION.

TAKE A SHOT.

NOW YOU'VE GOT TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN?

ANOTHER BIG THIRD DOWN HERE.

WILLIAMS.

HE'S NOT GOING TO GELT THERE.

>> I MEAN, NOTHING.

I MEAN, THAT'S A WHITE STONEWALL HE RUNS RIGHT INTO.

THE THING YOU WANT LINEMEN TO DO IS STALEMATE BLOCKERS.

GET YOUR BODY IN A GAP, THAT'S CALLED GAP CONTROL.

THAT'S ABOUT AS WELL DONE BY THAT YOUNG MAN AND HIS BUDDIES AS YOU CAN DO RIGHT THERE.

>> NO GAIN.

FOURTH AND ONE AT THE 40, MADISON ACADEMY TO GO FOR IT.

WILLIAMS STAYS IN THE GAME AT RUNNING BACK.

THEY GIVE IT TO HIM AGAIN.

THIS TIME HE'S GOT IT.

WILLIAMS DOWN TO THE 36-YARD LINE.

A HUGE FOURTH DOWN CONVERSION BY THE MUSTANGS.

>> NICE PUSH BY THE RIGHT SIDE TO HAVE THE MUSTANG OF FENCIVE LINE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO MOVE ANYBODY BUT YOU HAVE TO MAINTAIN CONTACT.

THEY WERE ABLE TO DO IT THAT TIME.

>> THREE MINUTES INTO THE DRIVE HERE.

A FIRST DOWN AT THE MOBILE CHRISTIAN 36.

POLDIAK THROWS.

RECEIVER IS THERE, CHERRY.

CHERRY MET AT THE 30-YARD LINE AND WILL BE TAKEN DOWN THERE.

BUT A GAIN OF A LITTLE OVER SIX YARDS ON FIRST DOWN.

>> YEAH, THEY GOT A THREE OVER TWO SITUATION TO THAT SIDE.

THAT SIDE RAN OFF THE CORNER, PUT THE FLAT DEFENDER IN A BIND.

ONE GUY ON THE SIDELINE AND ONE ON THE HASH.

E FLAT DEFENDER GOES WIDE AND THE BALL IS THROWN UNDERNEATH FOR A NICE GAME.

>> SECOND DOWN, WILLIAMS.

AND AGAIN, NOTHING DOING AS HE IS SLUNG TO THE TURF THERE BY FLOYD BOUCARD, AND HERE'S ANOTHER THIRD DOWN.

>> OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, THIS HAS GOT TO BE FOUR-DOWN TERRITORY FOR THE MUSTANGS RIGHT HERE, SO IT'S NOT QUITE AS URGENT.

THEY HAVE TWO DOWNS TO GET FOUR YARDS, BUT THEY'D SURE LIKE TO PICK UP THE VAST MAJORITY OF IT OR GET A FIRST DOWN ON THIS DOWN, OBVIOUSLY.

>> HERE'S CHERRY.

CUTS IT UP AND DARTS FOR IT AND GETS THE FIRST DOWN TO THE 22-YARD LINE.

GREAT PATIENCE THERE BY KEN CHERRY.

>> DID A NICE JOB, TRIED TO STRETCH THAT THING AND PLANTS THAT BACK FOOT AND GETS UP NORTH AND SOUTH.

IT SURE WASN'T A CLEAN HOLE THERE BUT RAN THROUGH A COUPLE OF HARD TACKLES TO PICK UP THAT FIRST DOWN.

>> AND THEVE IT BACK TO CHERRY ON FIRST DOWN RIGHT AT THE MIDDLE AND DUCKS HIS HEAD AND BULLS HIS WAY INSIDE THE 20.

GAIN OF 5 AS MADISON ACADEMY BACK INTO THE CHILDREN'S OF ALABAMA RED ZONE.

YOU KNOW WHO THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO WHEN IT COMES MONEY TIME.

>> CHERRY.

CUT DOWN BEHIND THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE.

ONCE AGAIN, NUMBER 10, FLOYD BOUCARD WITH THE TACKLE.

>> HE HAD 25 TACKLES FOR A LOSS COMING INTO THIS GAME.

I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY HE HAD THIS DAY.

WATCH HIM GET OFF THE BLOCK ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN.

UP AND MAKES A NICE OPEN-FIELD TACKLE.

GOOD QUICKNESS, GOOD STRENGTH, BIG, BIG PLAY.

>> POLDIAK THIRD AND FIVE, LOBS IT UP.

WHAT A CATCH.

IN BOUND?

OFFICIAL SAYS YES.

TOUCHDOWN JACKSON REECE!

EN INCREDIBLE JOB OF CATCHING THE POSSIBLE AND GETTING A FOOT DOWN!

>> YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE MANY CATCHES BETTER THAN THIS ONE RIGHT HERE.

THE TIMING OF THIS IS JUST REALLY, REALLY IMMACULATE.

GETS THOSE HANDS UP, HIGH-POINTS THAT BALL AND BRINGS IT IN.

LOOKS LIKE HE GOT A FOOT DOWN.

>> AND HERE IS DONNY BUCHANAN ON FOR THE EXTRA POINT.

CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE REPLAYS WE HAVE ON THAT PLAY.

AND BUCHANAN -- >> SNEAKS IT IN THERE.

>> -- GETS JUST ENOUGH OF IT.

AND LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONE.

>> GREAT TIMING.

HIGH-POINT THAT BALL AND, YES, SIR, HE GETS THAT FOOT DOWN WITH LOTS OF ROOM TO SPARE.

PRETTY ATHLETIC MOVE NOW.

HE'S GOT TO STRETCH OVER HIS RIGHT SIDE AND GET HIS LENGTH AS FAR TO THE RIGHT AS HE CAN, AND HE'S GOT TO TAKE THAT FOOT BACK TO THE LEFT TO GET IT IN BOUNDS.

TRY DOING THAT SOMETIME IN YOUR BACKYARD.

YOU WILL END UP IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

>> WHAT A DRIVE.

THE AL DODD SCORING DRIVE, 16 PLAYS, 80 YARDS, TACK OVER FIVE MINUTES.

HAD TO HAVE THIS IF YOU'RE MADISON ACADEMY.

GETS THEM BACK IN THE GAME HEADING MOMENTARILY INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER.

BUT, CLEARLY, THE PLAY OF THE GAME FOR THE MUSTANGS THERE IS JACKSON REECE.

AND YOU KNOW, COACH, NOT ONLY WHAT YOU JUST DESCRIBED THERE, BUT THEN TO HOLD ON TO THE FOOTBALL -- >> ABSOLUTELY.

YOU KNOW, I MEAN, STRETCH ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT WITH YOUR UPPER BODY, REACH ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT TO GET A FOOT DOWN THEN HANG ON TO THE FOOTBALL, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEE MANY CATCHES BETTER THAN THAT.

>> SO IT MAKES THE SCORE THAT 35 TO 21, MOBILE CHRISTIAN STILL WITH A TWO-TOUCHDOWN LEAD AND SET TO GET THE FOOTBALL BACK HERE ON THE KICKOFF FROM BUCHANAN.

IT'S A SHORTLY KICK.

DRIFTING BACK IS ROGERS.

AND HE WILL HEARN THIS ONE.

THE -- AND HE WILL RETURN THIS ONE.

GREAT COVERAGE HUSTLING DOWN THE FIELD FOR MADISON ACADEMY WAS WILSON AND COMPANY, MAKE THE STOP INSIDE THE 15-YARD LINE.

HEY, COACH, THIS TOUCHDOWN IS CLEARLY WORTH EVEN MORE REPLAYS.

>> YOU BETCHA.

E.R.

WITH GOING TO SEE IT FROM ANOTHER ANGLE HERE.

REALLY A MAGNIFICENT JOB.

COMING RIGHT AT YOU NOW.

LOOK AT HIM GET THAT RIGHT FOOT?

>> THAT HAPPENED IN FRONT OF THE OWN KEVIN KEVIN.

KEVIN SCARBINSKY.

>> STRETCH RIGHT, REACH LEFT.

THIS IS BROWN.

SHOOTING THROUGH THERE.

WHAT A JOB BY MADISON ACADEMY'S AJAY RICE.

>> GOING TO WATCH HIM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF YOUR SCREEN.

COMES FLYING FROM HIS MIDDLE LINEBACKER POSITION UNTOUCHED.

AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT MADISON ACADEMY WANTED ON FIRST DOWN TO GET THEM IN A LONG-YARDED SITUATION.

FROM THEIR PERSPECTIVE JUST CANNOT GIVE UP THE BIG PLAY.

>> SECOND AND 12, GATSON THROWS.

INCOMPLETE.

INTENDED FOR JORDAN WOULLARD.

SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT THE FOOTBALL.

INCOMPLETE, THIRD AND 12 COMING.

>> A LOT OF MAROON JERSEYS.

I THINK IT WAS STRAIGHT MAN COVERAGE AS THIS QUARTER WILL COME TO AN END.

>> THAT TAKES US TO THE END OF THE THIRD QUARTER.

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>> AND BACK AT BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM IN TUSCALOOSA, GETTING SET FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER.

IT IS A 14-POINT LEAD FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN, A HUGE THIRD AND 12th COMING UP.

THEY SEE NUMBER 10 JACKSON REECE, WHAT A CATCH HE MADE A MOMENT AGO.

FOUR RECEPTIONS ON THE DAY, 38 YARDS FOR THE TOUCHDOWN.

THE PLAY OF THE GAME FOR MADISON ACADEMY SO FAR.

MADISON ACADEMY, OVER 400 YARDS OF TOTAL OFFENSE THROUGH THREE QUARTERS BUT YET TRAILED BY TWO TOUCHDOWNS.

HOW MANY TIMES DO YOU SEE THAT?

>> WELL, I THINK THE STORY ON THAT IS THEY'VE HAD THE BALL TWICE AS LONG AS MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAS, ABOUT 24 MINUTES TO ABOUT 12 MINUTES, AND THAT'S RIGHT, THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN VERY OFTEN IN THIS BIG, BIG CRUCIAL THIRD DOWN.

>> GATSON HIT FROM BEHIND, INSIDE 5-YARD LINE, BIG PLAY BY TYLER LONG THE SENIOR DEFENSIVE LINEMA THAT IS THE PLAY MADISON ACADEMY NEEDED FROM THEIR DEFENSE.

>> HE WANTED TO TRY TO GET A DEEP DIG TURNING ROUTE OVER THE MIDDLE.

HE WAITED AND WAITED FOR IT TO COME OPEN AND WAITED TOO LONG.

BIG, BIG HIT RIGHT THERE BY LONG.

NOW IT'S GOING TO GET A LITTLE MORE INTERESTING.

YOU WONDER IF MADISON ACADEMY WILL COME AFTER THIS ONE.

THEY HAVEN'T PUT MUCH PRESSURE ON THE PUNTER TODAY.

TO THIS POINT, IT DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A PUNT BLOCK FORMATION.

>> JACKSON REECE, AWAITING THE KICK, BACKFIELD.

REECE IS GOING TO HAVE A CHANCE TO RETURN THIS FROM THE 45.

REECE AROUND THE RIGHT END.

STEPS OUT OF BOUNDS AND AROUND THE 31-YARD LINE.

MADISON ACADEMY, OUTSTANDING FIELD POSITION HERE AS THEIR OFFENSE WILL COME BACK OUT ON THE FIELD AND THEY SEE JACKSON REECE IGNITED THIS MADISON ACADEMY TEAM HERE.

LET'S GO TO CHRISTINA.

>> GUYS, HEAD COACH BOB GODSEY SAID THAT REECE IS KIND OF A LATE BLOOMER, A GUY WHO HAS SHOWN HIS ABILITY TO MAKE PLAYS WHEN THEY NEED THEM.

HE SAID WE'RE MORE OF A RUNNING TEAM, OBVIOUSLY, BUT JACKSON THAT BE THERE TO MAKE PLAYS AND YOU SAW THAT ONE WHICH HAS IGNITED THIS SIDELINE, THIS MADISON ACADEMY TEAM, AND IT SHOWED ON DEFENSE AND OFFENSE SO FAR.

>> CHRISTINA TALKED TO US IN THE THIRD QUARTER ABOUT THE SOMBER MOVE ON THE MADISON ACADEMY SIDELINE.

IT'S CHANGED NOW.

WE DO HAVE A FLAG HERE ON THIS FIRST DOWN PLAY.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WITH HIS FOUR CATCHES TODAY, HE'S OVER 90 CATCHES FOR THE YEAR.

SO HE'S PRETTY SPECIAL.

>> FACE MASK DEFENSE.

>> BIG PENALTY.

>> THIS WILL HELP THE CAUSE FOR MADISON ACADEMY.

>> WELL, AND IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING BUT WE'RE GOING TO SAY IT ANYWAY, AS YOU LOOK THERE, YOU SEE THE GRAB OF THE MASK.

SEVERAL POSSIBILITIES RIGHT THERE.

I HAVEN'T SEEN ANYBODY FLIP IT AROUND, BUT A LOT OF HANDS CLOSE TO THE MASK RIGHT HERE.

>> AS YOU SEE THE UMPIRE, HOW HE THROUGH THE FLAG, THAT WAS KIND OF A LINE DRIVE, RIGHT?

>> NO, THAT'S ALWAYS 15.

LINE DRIVES, HOLDING FACE MASKS, THROWING STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR, ALWAYS PERSONAL FOUL.

JUST DROPPED ON THE GROUND, USUALLY A PROCEDURE PENALTY.

GOT TO LEARN THIS STUFF.

>> TAUGHT ME WELL.

FIRST DOWN, CHERRY IS IN THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!

>> WELL, FOLKS, WE GOT A BALL GAME.

>> WOW!

>> NICE JOB OF SEALING THAT EDGE RIGHT THERE.

CHERRY IS ABOUT AS GOOD A MONEY BACK AS YOU'RE EVE GOING TO SEE.

>> CHERRY NOW OVER 100 YARDS RUSHING TWO TOUCHDOWNS, OVER 20R NUMBER 5.

WHAT A GAME.

WHAT A SEASON!

WHAT A LAST THREE WEEKS!

I MEAN, HE WON THE PREVIOUS TWO PLAYOFF GAMES FOR MADISON ACADEMY WITH TOUCHDOWNS WITHIN THE LAST MINUTE, AND HE HAS BROUGHT MADISON ACADEMY BACK TO WITHIN A TOUCHDOWN HERE AFTER -- >> SEALED REALLY WELL.

MAROON SHIRTS ALL UP AND DOWN THE FIELD.

CHERRY DOES A GREAT JOB OF STRETCHING, STRETCHING, STRETCHING, USES HIS SPEED AND GETS THAT BALL IN THE END ZONE.

NOW, MOBILE CHRISTIAN TO THIS POINT, EVERY TIME THEY HAVE BEEN THREATENED, THEY'VE ANSWERED WITH BIG PLAYS.

KICK OFFRETURNS, LONG -- KICKO RETURNS, LONG PASSES, SCREENS, LET'S SEE IF THEY CAN PULL ONE MORE OUT OF THE HAT HERE BECAUSE THE DIFFERENCE OF THE GAME HAS BEEN THE TURNOVERS EARLY AND MOBILE CHRISTIAN'S ABILITY TO HIT BIG PLAYS WHEN THEY HAD TO HAVE THEM.

COME OFF THE ROPES HERE SEVERAL TIMES IN THIS GAME.

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, WITH TEN MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS LEFT IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, THEY'RE UP TO 4:24 TOTAL OFFENSE.

THROWN FOR 291, ONE FOR 33, STILL DOWN 7.

>> POLDIAK HAS NOW THROWN FOR 291 YARDS IN THIS GAME.

BUCHANAN TO KICK.

IT'S A SHORT KICK, FIELDED AT THE 20-YARD LINE.

BETTER LOOK OUT.

THIS IS MICHAEL MOORE.

AND MOORE FIGHTING FOR ALL THE YARDAGE HE CAN GET, AND WILL BE HIS FOURTH, PROGRESS HALTED AT THE 36-YARD LINE.

HERE COMES THE MOBILE CHRISTIAN OFFENSE AND A HUGE POSSESSION FOR THE LEOPARDS AS WE GET ANOTHER LOOK AT THE CHERRY TOUCHDOWN.

>> THIS IS A STRETCH PLAY.

EVERYWHERE A MAROON SHIRT ON A WHITE JERSEY JUST ENOUGH TO WHERE THEY CAN'T GET OFF THE KS.

AS WE SAID, WE'VE GOT US A BALL GAME.

LOOK AT IT RIGHT THERE.

NICE JOB BY CHERRY USING THE BLOCKERS GETTING TO THE OUTSIDE, USING THAT GOOD SPEED.

DOES MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAVE ANOTHER BIG PLAY IN THEIR HAT?

>> FIRST DOWN AT THE 36 FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

GATSON MAKES THE CATCH AND GETS A COUPLE OF GOOD BLOCKS AND TURNS THE CORNER FOR A GAIN OF NINE YARDS OUT TO THE 45.

>> YEAH, LOOKED INITIALLY LIKE MADISON ACADEMY HAD THAT THING PRETTY WELL DEFENDED BUT REALLY, REALLY GOOD BLOCKING BY THE TWO RECEIVERS OUT IN FRONT.

YOU CAN SEE RIGHT THERE, AGAIN, WHITE JERSEYS ON MAROON JERSEYS, CAN'T GET OFF THE BLOCK UNTIL A NICE GAIN AND BIG FIRST DOWN FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

>> RULE IT A FIRST DOWN.

10-YARD PICK-UP THERE FOR MORE.

>> GATSON FAKES, THROWS, GOT HIS MAN OUT OF THE BACK FIELD.

KELLY -- >> IS GONNA GO.

>> IN A FOOT RACE.

AND HE'S GOING TO WIN IT!

TOUCHDOWN!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] AND WE'VE GOT AN INJURED MADISON ACADEMY PLAYER BACK AT THE 38, TOO.

>> HEY, KELLY'S HAD A PRETTY GOOD GAME ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LINE.

>> HE SURE H IT'S AMAZING THAT EVERY SINGLE TIME MADISON ACADEMY HAS GOTTEN CLOSE, MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAS BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER.

I CAN'T SEE THE NUMBER THAT'S DOWN THERE.

I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE A -- I'M HOPING IT'S A CRACH.

LOOKS LIKE IT -- CRAMP.

LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE A KNEE.

>> KELLY WHO WE THINK MIGHT HAVE HAD A CRAMP ISSUE BEFORE IS DOWN AGAIN AS WELL.

T A LOOK AT THIS.

>> BOOTLEG ACTION.

RUN IT OUT ABOUT 12 YARDS TO WIDEN THE FLAT DEFENDER AND THEN JUST SLIP KELLY OUT INTO THE FLAT AND DUMP THE BALL OFF TO HIM ON THE BOOT ACTION, AND THERE'S NOBODY AT HOME INSIDE.

HE GETS NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE FOOTBALL, YOU CAN SEE SAFETY IS NOT A FACTOR.

THE BACK SIDE SAFETY TAKES A POOR ANGLE AND KELLY'S GOING TO TAKE IT TO THE HOUSE.

>> BY THE WAY, WE UNDERSTAND FROM SUSAN THAT KELLY HAS BEEN SUFFERING WITH CRAMPS AND ALSO IS PLAYING WITH A JAMMED THUMB, BUT THAT'S NOT SLOWING NUMBER SEVEN DOWN.

THAT'S A BIG TOUCHDOWN THERE.

AND HERE'S THE INJURED PLAYER WE WERE SPEAKING OF.

THAT'S MADISON ACADEMY'S BRANDON TANNER, A SENIOR LINEBACKER, BEING ASSISTED OFF THE FIELD.

[CHEERING] >> I SAW THEM WORKING ON HIS LOWER RIGHT LEG.

I DON'T KNOW, HOPE IT'S NOT TOO SERIOUS.

>> WE'VE GOT TWO TEAMS, COACH, WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THESE ARE TWO BATTLE-TESTED, UNDEFEATED TEAMS COMING INTO THE GAME AND THEY ARE LAYING IT ON THE LINE.

>> THEY REALLY ARE.

BOTH TEAMS, IT'S ALL OUT THERE.

I'VE JUST BEEN AMAZED THAT EVERY TIME MADISON ACADEMY FIGHTS AND CLAWS BACK, MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAS AN ANSWER, YOU KNOW, WHETHER IT'S A KICKOFF RETURN, A BOOTLEG PASS FOR 70.

THEY HAVE BIG PLAYED THEMSELVES VERY CLOSE TO A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> AND LET'S GET THE MOOD OF THE MOBILE CHRISTIAN SIDELINES.

SUSAN IS DOWN ON THE FIELD.

HEY, GUYS.

YEAH, MOMEMTUM SHIFTS BACK AND FORTH ON THE SIDELINES AND YOU CAN FEEL IT.

I WANTED TO MENTION THAT SEVERAL PEOPLE ON THE SIDELINES HAVE TALKED ABOUT HOW SIMILAR THESE TWO SCHOOLS ARE IN VALUES AND SIZE AND STRUCTURE.

THEY ALSO JUST HAPPEN TO BE BOTH CHURCH OF CHRIST SCHOOLS.

THE TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, COACHES, ALL RUN INTO OTHER AT DIFFERENT CONFERENCES AND EVENTS.

THERE'S A LOT OF FRIENDS ON BOTH SIDES TO HAVE THE STADIUM TODAY AND A LOT OF SIMILARITIES IN THE GAME AS WELL.

>> THANKS A LOT THERE, SUSAN.

YAWN, AGAIN, BOTH OF THESE TEAMS REPRESENTING THEIR SCHOOLS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES SO WELL HERE AT THIS GAME TODAY.

NO QUESTION.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S BEEN A FUN GAME TO WATCH AND TO CALL.

YOU KNOW, YOU'VE GOT TO ADMIRE THE GRIT OF BOTH THESE TEAMS.

I GUESS WE'LL SEE IF MADISON ACADEMY CAN ANSWER YET ONE MORE TIME AND GET IT BACK DTO 7.

>> HOW MANY TIMES CAN THE MUSTANGS CONTINUE TO PUNCH BACK AGAINST THIS MOBILE CHRISTIAN FOOTBALL TEAM?

THIS GOES INTO THE END ZONE SO THE MUSTANGS' OFFENSE WILL COME BACK OUT AGAIN.

HERE WE ARE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

GOT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE POSSESSIONS.

>> STILL 10-10 LEFT.

A LONG WAY TO GO.

THIS IS A VERY CRUCIAL DRIVE.

THEY WANT TO GET IT BACK TOWN TO A 7-POINT GAME.

>> FIRST DOWN AT THE 20.

>> GET CLOSE TO 800 YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE LAST GAME.

>> YEAH.

HEAR'S CHERRY.

AND NOT MUCH DAYLIGHT ON THAT RUNNING PLAY, MAYBE A COUPLE OF YARDS.

ONCE AGAIN, FAMILIAR NAMES ON THAT MOBILE CHRISTIAN DEFENSE -- TREY MATTHEWS AND KENTONIO KELLY.

>> I TELL YOU, WELL, YOU HEARD COACH GODSEY SAY AT HALF TIME THEY WERE GOING TO FEED CHERRY AND THEY MOST DEFINITELY ARE.

HE'S ON ABOUT HIS EIGHTH HELPING RIGHT NOW.

>> THE INJURED PLAYER BEING ATTENDED TO STILL ON THE SIDELINE, BRANDON TANNER.

SECOND AND EIGHT, CHERRY AGAIN.

LITTLE BIT OF A SCENE THERE.

NICE RUNNING, CHERRY FIGHTS OUT FOR FIRST DOWN YARDAGE ACROSS THE 30-YARDLINE.

CHRISTINA, THE INJURED MUSTANG?

>> HE IS SLOWLY WALKING TOWARDS THE INJURY BUT STILL FAVORING THE RIGHT KNEE AS HE WALKS TOWARDS THE TENT.

WE'LL SEE IF HE GOES BACK IN.

>> THANKS, CHRISTINA.

FIRST AND 10 MADISON ACADEMY ACROSS THE 30.

POLDIAK THROWS.

BATTED AWAY.

GREAT PLAY THERE BY THE DEFENDER BRADLEY TANNER.

LOOKED LIKE IT WAS ABOUT TO BE A COMPLETION.

>> THEY HAD A RECEIVER IN THE SHORT FLAT, AND THE RECEIVER AT ABOUT EIGHT YARDS AND REALLY A GOOD JOB BY MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

YOU CAN SEE THE FLAT DEFENDER IS GOING TO GET DEPTH JUST ENOUGH TO BAT THAT BALL AWAY AND STILL COULD HAVE BROKEN UP ON THE SHORT ROUTE.

PROBABLY WANTED A LITTLE MORE DISTANCE VERTICALLY BETWEEN THE MEDIUM-RANGE AND UNDERNEATH ROUTE.

>> SECOND AND 10.

POLDIAK UNDER PRESSURE THROWS IT DOWNFIELD.

ALSO PICKED AT THE 45-YARD LINE, A DIVING ATTEMPT THERE BY JORDAN WOULLARD.

>> AND REALLY NOT A RECEIVER REALLY IN THE VICINITY.

A LITTLE EN ROUTE ABOUT SEVEN YARDS DEEP AND A MIDDLE ROUTE BUT NOTHING IN THE OUTSIDE QUARTER WHERE HE TRIED TO DUTCH THE BALL -- DUMP THE BALL OFF.

HUGE THIRD DOWN AND 10.

>> POLDIAK STEPS UP, THROWS, AND IT'S INCOMPLETE.

REECE WAS THE INTENDED RECEIVER.

COVERAGE AGAIN BY TANNER.

FOURTH AND 10.

>> RAN A CLEAR ROUTE, BENCH ROUTE AND ANOTHER RECEIVER TO THE FLAT.

MOBILE CHRISTIAN DID A GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO FORCE THE ROUTES, NOWHERE TO GO.

BIG HUGE STOP BY THE LEOPARDS.

>> SO FOURTH AND 10, THE PUNTING UNIT IS OUT THERE FOR MADISON ACADEMY.

THIRD AND 7, MADISON ACADEMY ROLE INSIDE 25.

MOBILE CHRISTIAN, THEIR DEFENSE GETS THE STOP AND GET THE BALL BACK TO THEIR OFFENSE WITH A 14-POINT LEAD HERE IN THE FOURTH TER.

>> I DON'T THINK THAT MOBILE CHRISTIAN WILL START PLAYING THE CLOCK.

IT'S TOO EARLY FOR THAT.

BUT THEY'D LIKE TO METHODICALLY TAKE THIS THING DOWN, GET ANOTHER SCORE, AND THEY WOULDN'T BE UPSET IF THEY MILKED THE CLOCK IN DOING IT.

>> MOBILE CHRISTIAN LOOKING FOR THEIR FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> WELL, THIS IS COACH COTTRELL'S THIRD TRIP TO THE FINALS, AND HE WOULD LIKE TO BRING ONE HOME TODAY.

>> I SEE KELLY GOING OFF.

I THINK WE HAVE A TIME OFF.

TAKEN BY MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

THAT WILL BE THEIR FINAL TIME OUT OF THE GAME.

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>> WELCOME BACK TO BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.

FOURTH QUARTER IN THE 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

WHAT A GAME FOR THIS YOUNG MAN, BILE CHRISTIAN QUARTERBACK DAMIEN GATSON.

YOU SEE HIS UPDATED NUMBERS.

THROWN FOR 277 YARDS AND FIVE TOUCHDOWNS.

TAKES OVER A CHANCE TO RUN CLOCK AS THEY HAND IT TO P.J.

BROWN, SHORN GAIN THERE ON -- SHORT GAIN THERE ON FIRST DOWN.

>> GATSON IN THE STATE FINALS, 277, FIVE T.D.s AND SORRY INTERCEPTIONS.

AN -- AND ZERO INTERCEPTIONS.

AN OUTSTANDING JOB BY THAT YOUNG MAN.

>> MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAS PLAYED A VERY CLEAN GAME IN THE TURNOVER DEPARTMENT AND GOTTEN OFF TO A GOOD START IN THE FIRST QUARTER WITH TWO INTERPTIONZS THAT GOT THEM TO A 14-0 LEAD AND MADISON ACADEMY HAS BEEN CHASING THEM EVER SINCE.

PASS COMPLETED OUT TO ROGERS, WHO'S HAD A GOOD GAME AS WELL.

ROGERS WILL HAVE A FIRST DOWN BEFORE STEPPING OUT OF BOUNDS AT THE 37-YARD LINE.

HAT'S THE BUBBLE SCREEN TO THE OUTSIDE.

AGAIN, NICE BLOCKING AND A GOOD JOB BY THAT YOUNG MAN OF USING HIS BLOCKERS.

BROKE OUTSIDE THE FIRST BLOCK AND THEN SNAPPED BACK INSIDE OF THE BLOCK ON THE EDGE AND PICKED UP A NICE GAIN AND A BIG FIRST DOWN.

>> SO THIRD AT -- SO FIRST DOWN AT THE 37.

NEW SET OF DOWNS AND A CHANCE TO WORK ON THAT CLOCK A LITTLE BIT AS WELL.

UP THE MIDDLE, BEEN IS FREE.

GOODBYE.

>> GOT A CHANCE TO GO!

BROWN IS IN THE END ZONE FOR ANOTHER LEOPARD TOUCHDOWN!

>> WELL, WE KNEW HE WAS EXPLOSIVE AND SURE SHOWED IT RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S GOING TO MAKE THE MOUNTAIN TALL FOR THE MADISON ACADEMY MUSTANGS.

WHAT AN IMPRESSIVE, IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE BUT THAT GEMEN'S TEAM, MOBILE CHRISTIAN LEOPARDS, ON THE VERGE OF A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

>> 23rd TOUCHDOWN OF THE SEASON FOR SOPHOMORE P.J.

BROWN.

HERE'S CARTER LEWIS.

CARSON COOPER THE HOLDER'S DONE A GOOD JOB TODAY SNATCHING A COUPLE OF HIGH SNAPS.

THIS TIME IS SNAP IS PERFECT, THE HOLD IS GOOD, THE KICK IS TRUE AND IT IS LARGEST LEAD OF THE GAME NOW FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN AFTER THIS P.J.

BROWN.

>> THIS IS INSIDE ZONE, VERY WELL BLOCKED.

ONCE HE GETS IN THE SECONDARY, THERE'S NO CATCHING HIM.

>> 49 TO 28.

>> YOU KNOW, IT HAS BEEN A RELATIVELY QUIET DAY FOR BROWN UNTIL THAT RUN.

HAS 97 YARDS ON THE DAY AND 15 CARRIES, 63 OF THEM THAT RUN RIGHT THERE, AND, BOY, WHAT A BIG TOUCHDOWN FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

>> THREE-PLAY SCORING DRIVE THERE THAT YOU SAW ON YOUR SCREEN, P.J.

BROWN CAPPING IT OFF WITH A LONG TOUCHDOWN RUN, HIS FIRST TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME.

SO MOBILE CHRISTIAN SET TO KICK IT OFF TO MADISON ACADEMY.

>> YOU KNOW, I SHOULD QUALIFY THAT A LITTLE BIT -- A RELATIVELY QUIET DAY FOR P.J.

BROWN RUSHING.

DID HAVE THE 33-YARD CATCH ON THE THROWBACK THAT KIND OF GOT THIS PARTY STARTED FOR MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

>> ONE OF FIVE TOUCHDOWN PASSES ON THE DAY FOR DAMIEN GATSON AND THE KICK FROM LEWIS INTO THE END ZONE, A TOUCHBACK AS THE MUSTANGS COME BACK OUT.

WE GET ANOTHER LOOK AT THE TOUCHDOWN AND A GOOD BLOCKING UP FRONT CLEARING THE CLEARING THE.

BROWN.

>> MAN ONMAN-ON-MAN BLOCKING.

THEY WANT TO GET BODIES ON BODIES AND KEEP THEM THERE.

THAT'S WHAT THE OFFENSIVE LINE WAS ABLE TO DO.

THINGS WILL CHANGE FOR MADISON ACADEMY NOW.

THEY DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO GRIND IT OUT.

THEY WILL HAVE TO OPEN THE OFFENSE, GET BIG CHUNK PLAYS AND SCORE.

>> FALLS FORWARD AFTER A GAIN OF 4.

SECOND AND 6.

>> STILL IN THAT BUNCH FORMATION WITH THREE RECEIVERS IN A CLUSTER, AS YOU SEE IN THE TOP OF YOUR SCREEN.

>> POLDIAK GETS RID OF IT QUICKLY.

CAUGHT AT THE 30.

CHERRY OUT ACROSS THE 40.

AND THAT WILL BE A FIRST DOWN MADISON ACADEMY.

>> JUST RAN A SLANT RIGHT TO THE INSIDE -- >> CORRECT, MARK ON THE INTERCEPTION.

>> WELL THROWN BALL AND NICE CATCH BY THAT YOUNG MAN TO PICK UP THAT FIRST DOWN.

>> WE MENTIONED GASTON'S PASSING NUMBERS, POLDIAK HAS HAD A GOOD GAME AS WELL, OVER 300 YARDS PASSING AFTER THAT PLACEMENT THROW IS DOWN FIELD AND INCOMPLETE.

INTENDED FOR EDUCATEN ETIENNE -- JADEN ETIENNE.

>> PRETTY NARROW WINDOW AND THE BALL JUST OVERTHROWN.

MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAS THOSE SAFETY AT ABOUT 20 YARDS RIGHT HERE.

THEY'RE NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING GET BEHIND THEM IF THEY CAN HELP IT.

>> SECOND DOWN.

POLDIAK LEAVES THE POCKET AND GETS RID OF IT.

CHERRY THE NEAREST RECEIVER THERE, BUT IT SAILS OUT OF BOUNDS INCOMPLETED.

THIRD DOWNED AND 10.

>> MOBILE CHRISTIAN SUNK HARD.

DID A DOUBLE TWIST UP FRONT.

PRETTY WELL PICKED UP BY THE MUSTANG OFFENSIVE LINE TO BEGIN WITH.

POLDIAK HAD TO JUST DUMP IT.

>> THIRD AND 10.

HERE COMES THE FRESH FROM THE LEOPARDS AND THE PASS IS CAUGHT AND DROPPED, AS THERE WAS MORE COMING UP TO LAY A HIT ON KEN CHERRY TO JAR THE FOOTBALL LOOSE.

>> BROUGHT EDGE PRESSURE FROM THE SHORT SIDE TO HAVE THE FIELD, FORCED THAT BALL TO BE THROWN UNDERNEATH RIGHT INTO THE COVERAGE EXACTLY THE WAY THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT TO DRAW IT UP AS A DEFENSIVE COACH AND NOW MADISON ACADEMY NOW FOURTH DOWN AND 10, WE'VE GOT NO CHOICE, THEY HAVE TO GO FOR IT RIGHT HERE.

>> PRESSURE AGAIN, POLDIAK THROWS.

REECE IS THERE, MAKES THE GRAB.

IT'S GOING TO BE A FIRST DOWN DOWN AT THE 41-YARD LINE.

>> THAT'S THE ROUTE THEY TRIED TO THROW EARLIER WHERE THEY TRIED TO THROW BETWEEN THE UNDERNEATH COVERAGE AND THE SAFETY COMING OVER THE TOP.

LONG, LONG THROW BUT VERY WELL PLACED, NICE CATCH ON THE BACK END OF IT.

YOU CAN SEE THAT LITTLE VOID BETWEEN THE CORNER AND THE SAFETY JUST ENOUGH TO PICK UP THE FIRST DOWN.

>> POLDIAK, SAME PLAY ON THE OTHER SIDE.

REECE HAS GOT IT.

TAKEN DOWN INSIDE THE 30.

>> WELL, THIS IS WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO.

THEY HAVE TO PICK UP YARDAGE AND BIG CHUNKS IN THE LAST TWO PLAYS THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND, AS YOU SAID, SAME PLAY TO THE TOP OF THE SCREEN.

THERE'S JUST THAT VOID BETWEEN THE FLAT DEFENDER AND THE SAFETY.

>> FIRST DOWN INSIDE THE 30.

POLDIAK THROWS BACK THIS WAY.

CHERRY HAD IT.

HIT HIS HANDS AND FALL INCOMPLETE INSIDE THE 20.

OR DRAKE, I SHOULD SAY AGAIN, ON THE INTENDED RECEIVER.

>> YEAH, MOBILE CHRISTIAN SWITCHED TO MAN FREE RIGHT THERE AND RAN A MAN BEATER, BUT JUST A BIT MUCH AND DRAKE COULDN'T PULL IT IN.

>> SECOND AND 10.

POLDIAK, RELEASES IT QUICKLY.

INCOMPLETE.

DOWN INSIDE THE 10-YARD LINE.

AGAIN, YOU HAD A COUPLE OF RECEIVERS THERE, AND THREE DEFENDERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

>> YEAH, THAT MAN-FREE COVERAGE HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE ON THE LAST TWO PLAYS.THE MADISON ACADEMY SE COULD NOT SHAKE THE COVERAGE WITH THE SAFETY COMING OVER THE TOP.

THIS MANHATTAN MAN-TO-MAN COVERT THERE.

PRETTY HARD TO THROW OVER THE TOP OF THAT.

>> THIRD DOWN AND 10.

POLDIAK TURNS IT LOOSE AND DRAKE MAKES A DIVING CATCH, COMING BACK FOR IT AT THE 25-YARD LINE.

A SHORT GAME, THOUGH.

GOING TO SET UP A FOURTH DOWN AND AND 7.

>> TOOK AWAY EVERYTHING THAT WAS DEEP AND FORCED THE BALL TO BE THROWN UNDERNEATH.

A WELL-DEVISED SCHEME BY MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

>> SO MADISON ACADEMY, GO FOR IT AGAIN ON FOURTH DOWN.

GOT TO HAVE IT HERE, POLDIAK.

STEPS UP, AND HE'S GOING TO BE SACKED.

IT'S BOUCARD.

HE CAME INTO THIS GAME WITH TEN SACKS ON THE SEASON AND HE PLAYED WELL TODAY IN THIS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

HE'S HAD A DAY.

HE'S GOING TO COME OFF THE TOP PART OF YOUR SCREEN.

INITIALLY THE BLOCK IS PRETTY GOOD.

WATCH HIM REACH OUT BACK INSIDE AND AUTHORITATIVELY GET HIMSELF A SACK.

>> GREAT PLAY BY BOUCARD.

6-3, 270-POUND DEFENDER HAS HAD AN OUTSTANDING GAME TODAY.

NOW, TIME FOR OUR PLAY OF THE GAME.

AND IT INVOLVES DAMIEN GASTON AND P.M.P.J.

BROWN, THE THROWBAK PASS AND TOUCHDOWN, ONE OF FIVE TOUCHDOWN PASSES OF THE DAY FOR DAMON GASTON.

>> THAT KIND OF THE TONE.

THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME MADISON ACADEMY HAD MADE A RUN AT MOBILE CHRISTIAN, AND THAT WAS THE ANSWER, AND WE'VE SEEN THAT REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES TODAY.

>> SO THE CLOCK CONTINUES TO MOVE NOW.

WE'RE UNDER 6 MINUTES TO MAY HERE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.

NOW IT REALLY IS ALL ABOUT WORKING THE CLOCK HERE IF YOU ARE MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

>> THEY'LL START TAKING THEIR TIME.

NOT SURE THEY'LL RUN IT DOWN TO FOUR SECONDS BEFORE EVERY SNAP, BUT WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO TELL SINCE THERE'S ABOUT 35 40-SECOND CLOCKS IN THIS STADIUM.

IF I GOT TO MEET WITH NICK SABAN, THAT'S THE QUESTION I WOULD ASK.

>> THE COMPLETION TO ROGERS, AND ROGERS IS GOING TO HAVE ENOUGH YARDAGE FOR A FIRST DOWN AT THE 42.

>> STAYS IN BOUNDS.

I MEAN, REALLY, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN THAT MANY 40-SECOND CLOCKS?

>> I'M WITH YOU, COACH.

MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

>> THEY'RE GOING TO MILK IT DOWN.

THEY ARE IN THEIR FOUR-MINUTE OFFENSE.

THEY'LL PROBABLY SNAP IT WITH ABOUT FOUR SECONDS LEFT.

>> THEY CAN SNIFF THAT STATE CHAMPIONSHIP NOW CAN'T THEY?

>> I THINK MAYBE THEY CAN SMELL IT REAL HARD.

THEY'VE HAD AN ANSWER EVERY TIME AND THEY'VE PLAYED A MAG I WAS T GAME.

>> AS A LONG-TERM COACH AS YOU HAVE BEEN AND ALL THE BIG WINS YOU HAVE BEEN A PART OF, NOTHING LIKE THAT BUS RIDE HOME AFTER A BIG WIN.

I DON'T THINK IT CAN GET ANY BETTER THAN TAKING HOME A BLUE TROPHY.

>> IT MAY BE AS GOOD A FEELING AS YOU CAN HAVE, YOU KNOW, ON THAT RIDE GOING HOME.

YOU KNOW YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING YOU'VE SET OUT TO DO.

AS A COACH, I THINK THE BEST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU IS THE FEELING OF TREMENDOUS PRIDE THAT YOU HAVE FOR YOUR YOUNG MEN WHEN THAT YOU HAVE TONE EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE -- DONE EVERYTHING YOU'VE ASKED THEM TO DO.

THEY'VE PAID EVERY PRICE, DONE EVERY SACRIFICE.

IT'S JUST REALLY EXTRAORDINARY.

>> WELL, HERE HAS HAD A GREAT GAME.

THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF THE FIRST MISTAKES HE'S MADE RUNNING OUT OF BOUNDS.

>> PROBABLY CAN BE FORGIVEN.

>> YES, HE'S HAD THAT GOOD A GAME.

THIRD DOWN AND 7.

THAT DOES STOP THE CLOCK WITH 3:36 TO PLAY.

>> AS YOU CAN SEE, COACH COTTRELL VERY EMOTIONAL ON THE SIDELINE LIKE HE HAS BEEN ALL DAY.

HE IS A COOL CUSTOMER.

>> SO THIRD DOWN AND 7, GASTON HANDS IT OFF UP THE MIDDLE, AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A FIRST DOWN RUN HERE BY JASON TODD, DOWN TO THE MADISON ACADEMY 40-YARD LINE.

>> THAT'S A REALLY NICE RUN BY TODD.

MADISON ACADEMY SLANTED THEIR FRONT AND, OF COURSE, THEY RAN RIGHT UP THE CHUTE.

RAN THE SLANT OF THE NOSE GUARD AN CUT IT BACK TO HIS RIGHT TO PICK UP A FIRST DOWN THAT'S GOING TO COME PRETTY CLOSE TO NAILING THIS THING SHUT.

>> IT GIVES MOBILE CHRISTIAN THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONTINUE TO MILK THIS CLOCK.

AND, AGAIN, LEOPARDS MILKING THE PLAY CLOCK.

SNAPPED IT WITH TWO SECONDS ON THE CLOCK.

THIS PASS COMPLETE OUT THERE TO WEINSHENKER.

HIS FIRST OF THE DAY.

>> SHOWS YOU THE DEPTH THAT MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAS.

I WAS LOOKING AT TODD'S STATISTICS.

HE'S A DEFENSIVE BACK, PRIMARILY, HAS 551 YARDS AND AVERAGES 12 YARDS A KARI.

IF YOU CAN'T AVERAGE 10 YARDS A CARRY, YOU CAN'T GET ON THE FIELD HERE.

HOW ABOUT IT, MICKEY, WOULD YOU MAKE IT?

COME ON, COACH, SMILE JUST A LITTLE BIT.

>> SECOND DOWN AND 6, RUNNING PLAY UP THE MIDDLE.

THIS IS TODD.

BREAKS IT OUTSIDE AND ABLE TO TURN THE CORNER!

>> HE'S GOING TO BREAK IT OUTSIDE MORE.

>> AND TODD IS INTO THE END ZONE FOR THE TOUCHDOWN!

>> BOY, WHAT A RUN BY THAT YOUNG MAN.

LACKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO GET ABOUT -- LOOKED LIKE HE WAS GOING TO GET ABOUT FIVE OR SIX AND KEPT RUNNING AND OUTRAN THE WIDTH OF THE MADISON ACADEMY DEFENSE.

AND THAT WILL DO IT.

>> WE SEE THE GATORADE BATH BEING PLANNED OUT ON THE MOBILE CHRISTIAN SIDELINE.

AND ANOTHER EXTRA POINT OPPORTUNITY FOR CARTER LEWIS.

AND LEWIS HOOKS THIS ONE WIDE LEFT.

SO THE SCORE WILL REMAIN 55 TO 28.

>> WATCH HIM BOUNCE OUTSIDE RIGHT HERE.

YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT A 6, 7-YARD GAME, BUT HE KEEPS RUNNING AND OUTRUNS THE PERIMETER OF THE MADISON ACADEMY DEFENSE.

WHAT A FITTING END TO A GREAT PERFORMANCE BY THIS MOBILE CHRISTIAN TEAM.

TOTAL OFFENSE HERE, IT WAS PRETTY ONE-SIDED FOR A WHILE.

MADISON ACADEMY 485 YARDS, VERY IMPRESSIVE OFFENSE.

MOBILE CHRISTIAN UP TO 468 YARDS.

REMEMBER, THAT HAD BEEN ALMOST TWO-TO-ONE ADVANTAGE FOR MADISON ACADEMY EARLIER, BUT, BOY, THEY HAVE REALLY -- MOBILE CHRISTIAN, THEY HAVE REALLY TAKEN THIS GAME BY THE THROAT, AS THIS GAME HAS GONE ON, AN THEY'RE GOING TO BE THE STATE CHAMPION.

>> COACH COTTRELL EVEN TAKING OFF THE HEAD SETS AT THIS POINT.

>> THAT'S ABOUT AS EMOTIONAL AS HE'S PROBABLY GOING TO GET.

>> AND HERE IS THE GATORADE BATH.

>> THAT'S THE GATORADE.

I'M NOT SURE WHO THEY GOT.

DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY GOT ANYBODY.

>> SOMEBODY GOT WET.

>> YEAH.

>> STILL 2:04 TO MAY.

MADISON ACADEMY WILL GET THE FOOTBALL BACK.

>> THE 14 FIRST QUARTER POINTS, THEY CAME CLOSE, BUT THAT'S AS CLOSE AS THEY COULD GET.

>> THAT KIND OF SET THE TONE.

>> AND THIS WILL BE KEN CHERRY ON THE RETURN.

KEN CHERRY STAYS ON HIS FEET.

CAN'T GET HIM DOWN.

WILL TACKLE HIM AT THE 44-YARD LINE.

AND THAT SAYS IT ALL.

>> THAT'S QUITE A SIGN.

CONGRATULATIONS, STATE CHAMPS, THE JOB IS FINISHED.

THAT'S KIND WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.

YOU KNOW, YOUR GUYS HAVE DONE -- YOU DON'T GET HERE UNLESS EVERYBODY BUYS IN.

YOU KNOW, IT CAN'T BE -- YOU DON'T GET TO THIS POINT IF YOU'VE GOT GUYS PULLING IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, IF YOU'VE GOT SELFISH PEOPLE, IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN.

>> HERE'S CHERRY ON THE CARRY.

HE'S GOT HIMSELF ANOTHER 11-YARD GAIN.

>> WELL, AND YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, THIS IS A MADISON ACADEMY TEAM THAT HAS WON NAIL BITERS UNDEFEATED COMING INTO THIS.

THIS HAS GOT TO BE A BITTER PILL BUT NOTHING TO HANG YOUR HEAD ON THIS SIDELINE.

STILL A MAGNIFICENT SEASON.

GREAT COACH, A GREAT PROGRAM, AND I'M SURE THEY WILL BE BACK.

>> THIS IS WILLIAMS UP THE MIDDLE AND HE'S GOT HIMSELF A 12-YARD GAIN INSIDE THE 35.

THAT WILL MOVE THE CHAPES CHAIN.

CHERRY WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR FOR MADISON ACADEMY.

THEY HAVE GOT KEY PLAYERS THAT RETURNS.

WILLIAMS THE OTHER RUNNING BACK, HE RETURNS.

ETIENNE IS BACK.

>> WILL HAVE TO REPLACE POLDIAK AND THEIR LEADING RECEIVER.

BUT A BIG GOOD NUCLEUS THERE.

>> SO FIRST DOWN AT THE 35.

HERE'S WILLIAMS.

GHMENTSHE'S TAKEN DOWN AT THE 2D LINE.

OF COURSE, AFTER THE GAME, WE'LL TAKE IT LIVE DOWN AT THE FIELD FOR THE 3A CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS CEREMONY.

>> WE'LL HAVE LIVE COVERAGE OF ALL OF THAT COMING YOUR WAY AND, OF COURSE, OUR NEXT GAME SCHEDULED FOR AROUND 3:00 WILL BE THE 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, COOSA CHRISTIAN AND LEROY AS WE CONTINUE FROM BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM, WALL-TO-WALL COVERAGE OF THE 28th ANNUAL AHSAA SUPER 7 CHAMPIONSHIPS.

>> I'M KIND OF WATCHING THE SIDELINE OVER THERE.

LOTS OF HUGS.

LOOKS LIKE WE'RE TAKING SOME PICTURES.

A LOT OF THE PLAYERS ARE AT THE FENCE HUGGING FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

AND THERE YOU'VE GOT IT.

>> MOBILE CHRISTIAN, LET THE CELEBRATING BEGIN.

FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP IN SCHOOL HISTORY.

>> EVEN THE LEOPARDS ARE EXCITED.

THEY CAPTURED THE 3A TITLE TODAY DEFEATING MADISON ACADEMY 55 TO 28.

>> TWO GOOD MEN AND REALLY, REALLY GOOD COACHES MEETING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD.

CONGRATULATIONS COACH RONNIE COTTRELL, AND GREAT JOB BY COACH BOB GODSEY AND HIS STAFF AS WELL.

>> THIS GAME KIND OF GOT AWAY FROM MADISON ACADEMY IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, BUT THIS IS A MUCH BETTER GAME THAN THE SCORE REALLY INDICATES.

LET'S GO TO THE FIELD.

SUSAN WITH THE WINNING COACH.

>> COACH, CONGRATULATIONS.

HOW DOES IT FEEL?

>> I FEEL BLESSED AND HONORED TO COACH THE GUYS.

I'VE WANTED THIS FOR THEM.

WE HAVE BEEN HERE TWICE AND I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FINISH ONE.

SO PROUD OF OUR SCHOOL.

I THANK GOD I'M THE COACH HERE AT ME CHRISTIAN.

>> TEAM EFFORT TODAY.

BUT TELL ME ABOUT SOME PLAY-MAKERS.

>> I THINK THE DIFFERENCE HAS BEEN OUR QUARTERBACK.

HE'S SO STABLE, SPREADS THE BALL AROUND.

BUT OUR DEFENSE IN THE SECOND HALF CAME TO LIFE.

NUMBER 5 FOR THEM IS A GREAT PLAYER.

WE FINALLY GOT HIM UNDER CONTROL A LITTLE BIT.

BUT I KNEW WE WERE GOING TO HAVE TO HAVE A SCORE.

MAN, THEY'VE GOT A PHENOMENAL FOOTBALL TEAM.

OBVIOUSLY, BOB GODSEY IS ONE OF THE BEST COACHES IN ALABAMA.

I CAN'T WAIT TO CELEBRATE WITH MY TEAM.

>> CONGRATS, COACH.

>> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

>> THANKS, SUSAN, AND CONGRATULATIONS TO COACH COTTRELL AND MOBILE CHRISTIAN.

HE MENTIONED HIS QUARTERBACK, 15 OF 20 PASSING, 298 YARDS AND 5 TOUCHDOWNS.

EVEN MORE, ZERO INTERCEPTIONS.

>> YOU CAN'T HAVE A BETTER DAY.

HE HAD AN ANSWER EVERY TIME THEY NEEDED ONE.

JUST A GREAT EFFORT BY THIS TEAM.

YOU KNOW, SEE RIGHT THERE, A GOOD LOOK AT FLOYD BOUCARD, WHO HAD A REALLY, REALLY BIG DAY FOR THEM AS WELL.

THIS IS A REALLY, REALLY GOOD 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAM.

LOT OF SPEED, LOT OF SIZE, ALL THE THINGS THAT YOU LOOK FOR BECAUSE THE MADISON ACADEMY TEAM THEY BEAT HAD BEEN A JUGGERNAUT.

ANOTHER LOOK AT DAMIEN GASTON.

>> AND AS THEY'RE GETTING SET UP FOR THE AWARDS CEREMONY ON THE FIELD, LET'S LOOK INSIDE THE FINAL NUMBERS HERE.

>> ALMOST 1,000 YARDS OF A TITLE OFFENSE.

THE STORY, A BIG PART OF THE GAME, THEY WERE LOPSIDED IN FAVOR OF MADISON ACADEMY ALMOST 2 TO 1.

THE LATE SECOND HALF SURGE STARTED AT THE MIDDLE OF THE THIRD QUARTER.

ALMOST 1,000 YARDS TOTAL OFFENSE.

EVERY TIME THAT MADISON ACADEMY THREATENED TO CLOSE THE GAP, MOBILE CHRISTIAN HAD AN ANSWER.

CAME UP WITH A BIG PLAY.

PASSING GAME, RUNNING GAME, SPECIAL TEAMS.

JUST REALLY A HE CAN OF A FOOTBALL TEAM, VERY DESERVING STATE CHAMPION AND VERY WORTHY RUNNER UP AS WELL.

>> KEVIN SCARBINSKY WILL REJOIN US AS WE SHIFT OUR FOCUS TO THE 1A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN COOSA CHRISTIAN AND LEROY SCHEDULED AT 3:00.

THE PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT.

>> AWARDS PLETIONAWARDS PRESENT.

TODAY'S CHAMPIONSHIP AWARDS PRESENTED BY THE AHSAA STAFF AND MEMBERS OF THE CENTRAL BOARD OF CONTROL.

REPRESENTING MADISON ACADEMY IS BRIAN JET FROM DISTRICT 8 AND REPRESENTING MOBILE CHRISTIAN IS DON HAWTHORN FROM DISTRICT TWO.

ASSISTING WITH TODAY'S AWARDS PRESENTATION ARE TRENT MASSEY AND GUS SMITH FROM FUTURE ONES.

THE AHSAA WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE COACHES AND STAFF ON AN AMAZING 2023 SEASON AND FOR MAKING IT TO THIS YEAR'S SUPER 7 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

TO CMORATE RATE THIS INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT EACH COACH WILL RECEIVE A WILSON CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL.

PRESENTING THE FOOTBALLS IS BRANDON DEAN DIRECTOR OF THE ALABAMA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC DIRECTORS AND COACH'S ASSOCIATION.

FIRST, FROM MADISON ACADEMY, HEAD COACH BOB GODSEY.

NOW FROM MOBILE CHRISTIAN, HEAD COACH RONNIE COTTRELL.

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] JOINING US IN CONGRATULATING BOTH COACHES FOR AN INCREDIBLE SEASON!

AND NOW PLEASE JOIN US IN WELCOMING TREPT MASSEY AND GUS SMITH FROM FUTURE ONES TO THE FIELD ALONG WITH J.T.

LAWRENCE, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE AHSAA FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AWARD.

THE 2023 MOST VALUABLE PLAYER FOR THE CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IS DAMIEN GATSON FROM MOBILE CHRISTIAN!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] HEAR IT ONE MORE TIME FOR NUMBER ONE DAMIEN GATSON!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] THIS TIME WE ASK YOU TO WELCOME CENTRAL BOARD MEMBER BRIAN JET FROM DISTRICT 8 TO THE FIELD WITH KIM VICKERS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE AHSAA FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2023 CLASS 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNER UP TROPHY.

YOUR 2023 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RUNNER UP IS THE MADISON ACADEMY MUSTANGS LED BY HEAD COACH BOB GODSEY!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] WELCOME EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE AHSAA ALVIN BRIGGS AND CENTRAL BOARDMEMBER DON HAWTHORN FROM DISTRICT 2 FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE 2023 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOUR3 3A STATE CHAMPIONS ARE THE MOBILE CHRISTIAN LEOPARDS LED BY HEAD COACH RONNIE COTTRELL!

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2023 3A STATE CHAMPIONS!

>> AND MOBILE CHRISTIAN RECEIVING THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY DOWN ON THE FIELD HERE AT BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM.

AS THEY CAME INTO THIS GAME, COACH, AGAINST TOP SCORING OFFENSE IN CLASS 3A AND MADISON ACADEMY BUT IT WAS MOBILE CHRISTIAN THAT LIT UP THE SCOREBOARD AT BRYANT-DENNY STADIUM WINNING 55 TO 28.

>> VERY YES, YES, IMPRESSIVE PE.

AND A FUN GAME TO BE A PART OF.

THEY CAME BACK EVERY TIME WITH AN EXPLOSION TO KEEP THAT MARGIN AND AT THE END THEY RAN AWAY WITH IT, WASN'T GOING AWAY.

>> IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE TODAY AND THERE YOU SEE THE MOBILE CHRISTIAN LEOPARDS.

3A STATE CHAMPIONS.

THAT WRAPS UP THE COVERAGE TO HAVE THE 3A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

THE 1A GAME IS COMING AT 3:00.

WE'LL GO TO THE FIELD WITH KEVIN SCARBINSKY.

WATCHING THE SUPER 7 STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS ON APTV.

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