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Welcome to War Memorial Stadium.

It is the five A state championship game, Whitehall Bulldogs and the Pulaski Academy Bruins.

Hello everybody, I'm less more joined by Bobby Swofford in the booth and it is PA again for the eighth straight year in the state championship game.

Bobby, but this year a new opponent in Whitehall and they haven't been here since 1987, got the tale of two tapes, the eighth straight season at Pulaski Academy has been here.

But you said it there the first time.

And what almost 30 years for for Whitehall, if they got a chance with Bobby Bolden, who takes over the third different team as a head coach?

He's brought to the state finals.

Only two coaches have ever done that.

And he's one of them.

Gus Malzahn's the other and the state of Arkansas.

So they two teams fight each other in the regular season.

It was tight at halftime.

I'm expecting a good one.

Very good game the first time around.

It was 21 to 21 at the half.

Second half opened up with PA kicking off.

They get an onside kick, scored a touchdown and it kind of went downhill from there for Whitehall and PA outscored him by 35 in the second.

Happened.

Any coach, any player that was in that game, they know it was a much closer game than the 35 points indicated, so I expect a really good one tonight and you hit on coach Bolding.

This guy has done it and stuck guard.

He did it at Pine Bluff and now he's doing it at Whitehall and just his third year.

And this is an incredible class from Whitehall.

When he got there, they were all sophomores and they played, and now they're seniors.

22 seniors playing their last game, and these kids have grown up in his system, and he's very proud of what these guys have done.

You mentioned that it got away from them at halftime the first time they played Pulaski Academy this year.

That's that's the key.

When you're playing PA, you got to be able to stay in the game, whether the storm but #6.

Joe ***** for Pulaski Academy is a big reason why teams can't weather the storm because he can do it running the football.

He can do it catching the football out of the backfield, all lining up at receiver.

You're talking about an athlete who's committed to northwestern.

1500 yards rushing, 27 touchdowns, 840 yards receiving eleven more scores 38 touchdowns for a non quarterback or a non traditional running backs.

Rare to see West and he's a dynamic football players.

You're going to see in Arkansas last week at the semi-finals against Greenbrier.

Joe ***** had over 350 yards from from offense from playing either catching it or from running at 2 / 250 rushing in over 100 yards receiving and they needed every bit of it against Greenbrier at 10 point victory.

Pulaski Academy on the other side for Whitehall you gotta keep an eye on their quarterback, Matthew Martinez.

This kid.

I'll tell you more about him, but I'm a fan.

I like this Martinez kid.

He can do it with his arms is a run.

First offense.

Bobby Bowden's always been about running the football but the touchdown to interception ratio is something that any coach would dream to have.

14 touchdowns, 2 interceptions this season.

Anytime he goes 7 to one of those kind of stats you're going to put yourself in position to win a lot of football games.

And he's a big reason why they're here in Little Rock.

Martinez, as if when he was a freshman in high school.

His mother passed away and then as a sophomore, his dad passed away.

Junior year he hurt his shoulder, had to have surgery and now as a senior he is leading this offense and just talk about the character of this young man being raised by his aunt right now.

But he's been through a lot and a football game is just a fun game for him.

Resiliency is the only only word that you can describe.

The quarterback Matt Martinez for for Whitehall and those are the stories that you love to see come to this point because he's been through so much had been easy for him to quit, give up Football Focus on other things in life, but he stuck with it.

His team stuck with him.

And they got it here and now they got a chance to enter the state championship when a team comes in hand right there.

They needed him.

He needed them all, right?

We'll take a break when we come back we'll meet the third member of our crews stick around.

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Back at the five A state championship game, Pulaski Academy in Whitehall, getting ready to kick this thing off there you see the coin toss looked like PA is going to receive and will see the Bruins on offense first.

That's a good look at the quarterback Charlie Fiser for Pulaski Academy.

Let's meet the third member of our crew.

Call Sutherland is down the sideline, Kyle Bruins, get the ball first.

You ready for some offense.

Absolutely guys.

We saw that in the first matchup between these two teams in Week 6.

As you mentioned, it didn't go so well for Whitehall.

They're going to have to definitely play keep away to keep this ball, keep the ball out of Pfizer and hymens hands, but also they're going to have to score as well, and so Bobby Bolding talked about in that game that once they went into halftime, they knew that they were in trouble.

'cause he had worked him a little bit too hard after the Little Rock Christian game, but you know, he's gonna learn from that, and it's going to be a ground and LB type game for them.

Talked with Coach Bolding this week, and I have a ton of respect for coach Bolding.

As you mentioned, you know he and Gus Malzahn the only ones here come to the Bulldogs onto the field.

Only wants to bring three different teams to the state championships and that tells you all you need to know that you're that successful that you can go to three different places and take three different teams for the state championship game.

But he he, he told he had a meeting with the parents as soon as the semifinal game with Little Rock Christian was over, he addressed the team.

He pulled all the parents into the field house.

He said you treat this week just like any other week.

We're not celebrating.

This week.

Will celebrate every day next week.

This week is all about regular business.

You make him go to school everyday.

You let him hang out with their girlfriend.

Whatever they do every week you keep doing it.

We're not treating this week any different.

Yeah, that's exactly how you have to treat this game and playing an opponent that you're familiar with in a team and Pulaski Academy that you played in the regular season is gonna help that because you don't have to prepare for a team.

But you haven't played in decades, someone you haven't seen on film all season long.

So trying to make it as normal as possible is one thing.

Being able to do it and playing here at War Memorial Stadium is another because PA is used to playing here Whitehall.

This is their first trip here to the capital city, at least to play in this stadium.

But how do they handle that first initial wave?

We see it every time anytime you're playing the state championship game nerves are going to be there.

How do these teams handle the nerves?

How do they handle the spotlight?

How do they handle the stage?

Especially once you get punched in the mouth and give it up an early score?

Good look at the coaches.

You saw Bobby Bolding for Whitehall few minutes ago.

Let's look at some of the staffers Anthony Lucas walking into picture his first state championship game as a head coach.

Here plenty of times, obviously, is an assistant coach for Pulaski Academy, but had coach Lucas on the sports cast earlier today and he told me he's like look, I'm a little nervous.

There's your kickoff 5/8 game is underway.

Pulaski Academy is going to let that go into the end zone and they'll take over first down and 10.

Tucker was coach Lucas earlier this week.

He said this group is special.

This group of seniors for PA is special to him because his first head coaching job was of the 7th grade team at PA. What his seniors this year or in the 7th grade.

So they've seen it all the way up to this point.

They're used to winning and now he's got a chance to put his stamp on the program.

After obviously we all know what Kevin Kelly has got the huge stamp on his program as well.

He said that he wants to win this game not for himself, but for them.

Those 7th graders that are now seniors.

PA starts with Joe ***** back there next to Charlie Fiser.

It's one of the PA plays you don't know where they're going to snap the ball, but it goes to Jamie and you see right away the explosiveness from Joe ***** hits the corner across the 50 down to the 42 yard line, everybody knows that number six is going to get his hands on the football more times than not, you got to find unique ways to get him the football, just a direct snap.

He fakes the handoff to the quarterback and you see how electric he is once he gets an open space and Whitehall.

Does a nice job tracking down get him out of bounds percent the score in the first play, first down and 10 at the 42 yard line.

Fake it to hymen.

Pfizer nowhere to go Bulldogs defense swarms brings him down right at the line of scrimmage.

A great job.

I took a little walk her to to kind of spy the quarterback there kept his eyes on Pfizer and tracked him down and dropped him right at the line of scrimmage.

Hymens first Kerry went for 38 yards, nothing on that one.

Got home and back there looking like he's going to take the direct snap he does.

He fakes the handoff.

Climbing up the middle high into the 20 trying to split the safeties they bring him down inside the ten.

They pulled the right guard.

Kind of an inside track playing a great job there by the front.

5 for Pulaski Academy to set the tone you can see the pool there.

The kick out and this is a wide open lane running up the middle and 1st and goal for the Bruins.

Hymen runs into a defender.

He's inside the five and the Bulldogs bringing down at the.

For not much there that time I'm in with the historic area, the game, the second carry went for 36 yards, so he's got a 38 yard run in a 36 yard run.

You gotta settle in if you're if you're Whitehall, they're they're hitting with haymakers early on as PA. You gotta find a way to to cut down here and try to hold to a fourth down attempt.

We know PA didn't kick it very often.

Pfizer takes it takes say hands it off that's the other running back Kenny Jordan in for Joe *****.

Jordan gets it down to about the one and a half.

We know that Whitehall is one of the top scoring defenses in all of football in Arkansas, giving up just 13 points per game.

They're being tested early.

P amps of backfield.

Pfizer with it.

He's going to take it and Pfizer gets him for the first touchdown of the game.

Bruins on the board with 10 minutes and 15 seconds to go in the first quarter.

It's just a great start for Pulaski Academy.

You lean on your workhorse Joe ***** and then you let the quarterback when maybe teams aren't expecting him to run the football.

Just the quarterback keeper right up the gut.

Now they're going for two to try to take an 8 point lead.

Pfizer spreads it out and he's by himself in the shotgun.

Looks over.

At the coaches on the sideline.

Offensive coordinators Adam Thrash for the Bruins he signals in the play.

Pfizer rolls to his right.

Back across the middle line, open two point conversions.

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Pfizer runs it in for the touchdown Pfizer 2 point conversion to Charlie Barker and the Bruins first drive right down the field.

And it's eight to nothing.

The big player on that drive, of course was Joe ***** ***** with three carries and he's already over.

So what?

75 yards?

Bruins pooch it.

And this was they had a successful try against White home.

The first game with that little pooch kick that time.

Couldn't find that open area.

Maybe the Bulldogs were looking for it after experiencing at one time and he didn't know.

CPA try several different things on the odd side.

It's not always the traditional onside kick.

They'll try several different things there.

They got one where they all lined up like they're in the huddle and they break the huddle and they just all run and kick it right then.

And then.

Sometimes they'll fake it and stop and then re lined up.

And try different on site, they've gotta.

They've got to have 10 or 15 different variations when you do it.

Every time you've got to have a little variety in.

Otherwise teams will figure it out.

Now, if you're Whitehall, you're going to be completely different than what PA did.

PA spread it out and got the ball to the playmaker.

The Whitehall you want to grind this up and lean on your your your running backs and your quarterback to move the chains and keep the clock moving.

Martinez hands it off to his running back that Zaire Green Whitehall has Thunder and lightning.

That's what coach Bolding calls his two back sire Green number 7.

We just saw him.

He's a he's the fast.

The quick little back, and then we're going to see.

During Kane, he's number 8 coach so bold and called him Thunder and then you can see canes got the 14 touchdowns.

He's more of that goal line back where Green Scott six so if Green score is probably going to be more of a longer run, can be you're talking almost 1600 yards between the two of them.

They're their dynamics.

They they find ways to get the holes.

You gotta give a lot of credit to the offensive line for making those scenes when you throw in Mel Martinez.

He runs it too.

He's got over 700 yards rushing so those three guys took the the Rock a lot.

I've got a flag down on the play through it towards Whitehall side of the field.

Looks like it's going to be a illegal procedure.

Going to have to push them back after a successful second down play for Whitehall illegal formation offense by men in the backfield by guard penalty still third down as quickly as that flag came out came out as soon as the ball was snapped.

She knew that it was going to be an infraction as far as a light up in both you beside judges who saw it.

They both threw flags as soon as it came out.

Coach Bolding wanted to talk.

John, 'cause he doesn't know why he doesn't understand what was wrong.

He walked out onto the field, had his arms up in the air like what, what?

What's going on here.

I think they're one of the receivers wasn't lined up properly.

That's the one thing you can't afford to do.

If you're Whitehall, you can't get behind the sticks.

You're grounded pound team.

You've got to be moving forward second in 14.

Bulldogs with it on the 23.

This is their opening Dr Martinez the pass.

That's a completion.

Good move breaks two tackles across the 40 picks up the first down Stephen Weston for the Bulldogs with the first down for his 26th catch of the year averages about 13 yards per reception this year.

That time he gets plenty more than that, gets the first down in a big first down, keeps the offense on the field.

Maybe get a little momentum going if you're Whitehall 21 yards.

The pitch and catch their breaking two tackles that so that's one thing that coach Lucas and defensive coordinators don't like to see.

Let him complete.

The past makes a tackle right there and it's not that big of a game.

First and 10 now from the 44 yard line.

Martinez gets everyone set.

You'll run it with green.

Green gets it across the 45, just two yards on the play and we talked about Green and Kane, the Thunder and Lightning with Martinez is no slouch.

Carrying the football this year, either 739 yards, nine touchdowns.

So that's got all those option replays like the one we just saw is going to hold those defensive ends and eventually that three yards going to turn into five and six and they're gonna have to start crashing.

And that's when the quarterback pulls it.

And it's a big play on the outside.

Martinez brings them to the line 2nd and 8th.

Using that play clock, Whitehall, not in any hurry, they're just bleeding down every snap.

Green has it.

Green has room to run.

Green splits the defenders and finally brought down inside the 30 yard line PA's Defense Hut Harrison on the tackle.

But that's another first down for Whitehall.

It's a great job up front and it will take a look at the replays.

Little counterplay you pull you swabbed the whole and a great move in the hole by green, a little stutter step in jukes to the outside and turns a good game into a big one.

Another missed tackle there on the Bruins there, right at the close the line of scrimmage.

27 yards on that tote for green.

Martinez back to throw.

He's got a receiver wide open right across the middle.

Another broken tackle, or a missed tackle.

Bruins fan pick up A9.

Not quite the first down, but the second very short for the Bulldogs.

Carson Terrell.

There just found a hole in the zone sat down and Martinez hit him.

Some Bolding right there.

Coach holdings their offensive coordinator.

He's calling plays for the first time ever.

Coach Bolding is a defensive guy.

I mean, he takes a lot of pride in his defense.

He shared his offensive coordinator left right before the season, and he was left with the duty.

So 'cause voltage calling the place he's had a successful career.

But he may be thinking back.

I didn't call police my entire career.

Martinez back to throw.

He's gonna throw it back to the wide receiver.

It's caught, breaks another tackle, gets into the end zone.

Bulldogs respond.

Excellent play design.

There you you get the flow going to the right side.

Kind of a throwback screen and initially I believe it was Walker who broke the first tackle.

The Defenderfer PA couldn't make that first initial contact and he gets down the sideline and a great job right here by the receiver to kind of throw his hands up.

Didn't get the block in the back to shield it off the defender and Whitehall's in the end zone.

TK Walker gets the first touchdown on the board for the Bulldogs.

They'll try the extra point.

Get him within a point.

It's nap that whole good kick.

There you go.

Bulldogs respond just what they needed to do really.

What they had to do.

We got an 8 seven game and we're not even halfway through the first quarter.

Now you you mentioned it right there at West.

That's what they had to do because what PA does to a lot of teams as they overwhelm you early on, you've got to be able to respond whether that early storm and be able to get back and go blow for blow with them.

And that's exactly what Whitehall did.

Well last week against Little Rock Christian, the semifinals, Whitehall, fell down 14.

Nothing early, I believe it was in the first quarter had to slug their way back for a 2014 victory so falling behind not gonna rattle these Bulldogs but you gotta make sure that you stay within striking distance.

You can't fall down two or three scores to a team as good as Pulaski Academy.

Tyler Barnes will kick off for the Bulldogs.

His extra point was good and that makes it 8 to 7 TK Walker with the touchdown for the Bulldogs.

Green 3 carries 32 yards.

Martinez was a perfect three for three for 46 yards and that touchdown.

It's the kickoff.

Good boot is going to send PA Deep.

They're going to just let it go into the end zone.

So good leg from Kyler Barnes.

That's two touchbacks for him.

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Well, for the second straight drive, the Bruins will start their drive at the 20 yard line after touchbacks.

March Downs 80 yards.

Last time they had the ball on the ground.

Did not realize that without I think Pfizer scrambled one time but.

They're going to stay on the ground.

He was staying with him, and this time he takes a lick, picks up about 3 yards on the play, a nice job there by Whitehall to play downhill.

You know, Hymen still picks up three yards, but he'll certainly take that on first down starting to settle in, you see the the counter there, pull the garden tackle from the backside, and Whitehall does a nice job.

Phil on the hold and prevent a big gain.

Raelynn Johnson is one who put it nice.

Lick on Hymen Hymen comes in motion.

They faked the pitch to him.

We see the Bulldog defense just rushed to hymen.

That leaves a receiver open, but Pfizer could not get it to Jerrod McKinney.

I think he had.

He had him open, but the pressure got to him and he just didn't have enough time to throw it to jail.

And he was.

He was backpedaling, maybe even falling back a step or two and couldn't get enough on that Gray schaner was right in his face to senior linebacker for Whitehall in Pfizer's face forces.

The first incomplete passes to tonight's game empty backfield 3 receivers to Pfizer's left, two to his right.

3rd about 8 fires going to keep it go right up the middle.

He's short of the first down picks up about four more yards so it'll be 4th and two.

He only picks up for their West, but I think that was a good play call because Whitehall is really spread it out.

They've got four, although on the last one they only had four players in the box.

A lightbox be equals run about 90% of the time.

Heavy box here.

Hymen gets it.

He's not going to get the first down.

Hymen is short.

Knocked down.

Whitehall takes over inside the 30.

What a big stand there by Whitehall.

They say that time they stacked the box.

They were going to bring pressure, whether he handed it to him and he kept the football.

And you know plenty of white shirts surrounding it.

They're coming from the outside, coming from the middle and you gotta give credit first to those defensive lineman because the line of scrimmage moved backwards as soon as that ball is snapped.

3 Whitehall defenders met Joe ***** in right at the line of scrimmage or in the backfield.

He had no shot, so Whitehall will take over.

You nailed it.

They they had the box stacked.

That time I was looking at the receive rabbit in the box one on one with four different receivers out there and I'm sure that's something that.

Are the Bruins will look at and I don't thrash me throw it on 4th and short.

It's just good scouting by the Whitehall defensive unit.

You know they're probably run more times than not.

In that situation.

I think the balls out Martinez fumbles and the Bruins recover.

The Bruins are pointing like they have it there trying to get to the bottom of the pile.

And that Bruins do have it very.

You see, the Bruins come out with the ball.

Huge turnover for Pulaski Academy.

Rytary came out of the pile with it.

Six, three 205 pounds.

Senior defensive lineman #13 came out of the pile for it.

And that big stuff for Whitehall can absolutely negate it to the very next play your offense gives it right back to PA. Talk about it.

Momentum Changer right there at Bulldogs side was going crazy.

And if you look at will get a good camera shot there.

A lot of people from Whitehall here out waited a long time to get back to War Memorial Stadium and they are here.

Are Pfizer on 1st down?

Pfizer all the time to throw now he finds somebody's going deep trying to get it to.

I thought he was trying to go to Barker but he may have been going to his other receiver McKinley I was just skinny.

Great coverage.

I mean Pfizer had all day he's standing in a clean pocket and there's not a single receiver open.

I'm looking top of the field it's closer to us deep shallow.

Did not matter.

A great job by Whitehall was bracketed.

The receivers for PA and forced incompletion.

Second and 10 balls on the 29th.

See Pfizer all alone in the backfield there Lightbox 5 defenders in the box for Whitehall Seaver comes in motion, but he's going down the seam.

He had Joe *****.

But through it right behind, Joe is at 5 or 6 S 5 is as Jalen McKinney.

The look that he wanted it Pfizer knew exactly right West if he hits him in stride, that's a 79 or 71 yard touchdown, but just behind his intended receiver in Whitehall survives a narrow window there.

Kenny was running right down the seam and he was wide open.

Pfizer makes that throw nine out of 10 times.

Third down third and 10.

Bowling to his left looking nothing there and he just throws it away.

Those are the way incomplete pass.

It'll bring up 4th and ten.

What a great job by Whitehall.

They soon as Pfizer rolled to his left.

A flag came down late there but as soon as he left the pocket he saw two or three Whitehall defenders.

This shadow with him in and go guns blazing for Pfizer and want to see what the call is.

He threw the football late.

I don't think it was a late hit unless it happened behind the play that looked pretty clean to me, but we'll have to wait for the call.

Could it be intentional grounding?

Did it maybe not get he picking it up OK?

So he indicated the ball was tipped.

So what if they were going to call pass interference, but?

But the ball is tipped there to line of scrimmage.

That would automatically negate the the call, but the drive is not over as we know PA doesn't Punnett.

So one more play for Whitehall gotta stand strong.

4th and 10.

Pfizer's got one back in the backfield with him.

Looks like that's *****.

Roles has received with the sideline.

He picks up the first down Charlie Barker with it.

Just a nice little out route.

He runs the route about 1413 yards and had a little bit of cushion on him and just easy pitching.

Catch yeah as a defensive back you've got to know where the sticks are.

No the moment you know they're gonna run it at least an 11 yard route on 4th and 10 and he got beyond the sticks and made the play.

I'm in breaks one, tackle breaks and other pickups 8 yards on the play.

Finding a little success there with the direct snap to Joe *****.

Getting the ball to hymen as quickly as possible.

He's averaging well over 10 yards of carry here in this first quarter time and already now with 79 yards rushing.

Fake it to *****.

Eyes are under pressure.

He breaks a tackle rolling to his right.

Now under pressure again just gets rid of it.

Final Fantasy you might be able to find out from coach Bolding after the game, but right now it looks like the game plan defensively of Pfizer rolls out there immediately sending a linebacker right at the quarterback.

I was told by before the game, but some of the Whitehall faithful that they were going to come after Pfizer, they weren't going to let him sit in the pocket.

I'm in with it up the middle.

Still fighting.

Pile moves a little bit, but he's gonna be close.

He may have the first down and needed about a yard and 3/4 of a yard, and it looks like he might have got there and they're gonna give it to him.

Move the chains Bruins.

Keep the drive going under 4 minutes ago.

Now here in the first quarter, PA first drive ended up in the touchdown 2 point conversion.

Whitehall responded with a touchdown and then the PA was stopped and downs got the ball back on a turnover.

And that's where we are now.

PS Third drive of the game.

Pfizer is going to keep it.

He runs up the middle, has room to run across the 30, tripped up right around the 26 yard line.

And what you're gonna see West.

And then I keep mentioning the number of players in the box for Whitehall.

They're spreading their defense to get as many bodies out in space against those receivers as possible.

And that's leaving just three down lineman and maybe one linebacker to account for the quarterback.

And that time flies are able to take advantage and breaks off the big run right up the middle.

Handoff Kenny Jordan Jordan to the left side.

He breaks a tackle, spins across the 25.

To the 23 yard line.

It's a great job to make a play in space for Whitehall limit.

That's just a gain of two, maybe 3.

Any Jordan gives Joe ***** spell a little bit of a break.

Sometimes they'll play them both at the same time.

Fizer, alone in the backfield.

It's got five receivers out, three to his left, two to his right.

See it right there, it's a good shot at West.

Just one linebacker in the box.

So 5 Lyman four defensive players for Whitehall.

Eyes are looking deep, goes towards the corner of the end zone.

Some contact Bob.

It was incidental.

NBA fans are wanting a flag, but I I had a pretty good look at that and that's a receiver went up and was looking for the ball that was Tyson Mccarroll.

He just kind of bumped into the cornerback.

Incidental contact there.

I think it's a good no call.

The ball was thrown almost all the way out of the back of the end zone.

Not sure he could track that one down without the contact there.

Either way I send the big receiver, but I don't think he had been big enough to catch that Pfizer across the middle has receiver for a first down.

That was this big tide in they call him a wide receiver.

That's John Mark Sheraton.

He might be the next big time Pulaski Academy Tide in following in the Henry's footsteps Hut Hudson Hunter 6 two 200 pounds sophomore doesn't nice job using his body to shield off that defensive back, he know he's going to take the hit.

Makes the play.

Bruins first and 10 ball in the 14th.

Pfizer hands it off to Hymen Hymen breaks.

One tackle hymen stretches across the five.

About the four.

Giving five yards on the play.

Just how hard hymen runs have been?

The one thing that impressed me the most the last couple years watching him in Little Rock is listed at five 11185.

That might be a little generous to be honest, where it looks like up here, but he's not going to back down from anybody on any defense that he faces.

Second, in five Pfizer hands it to hymen, but the play is blown dead.

Full Start Offense 5 yard penalty still second down.

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5 yard penalty moves back to second and 10 ball just inside the 15 fake it to *****.

Pfizer looked like he was going to throw it.

Now he's scrambling, gets rid of it just out of the reach of John.

Mark charette.

You know they're not getting their West.

Yeah, when they bring that extra pressure when Pfizer rolls out.

But what that does is it?

It's not allowing the PA quarterback to set his feet.

He's having to throw the football on the run and he's been off the mark a few times as well.

Whitehall defender is slow to get up.

It's Kelton Thomas, a big defensive lineman for the Bulldogs, saying we've seen them with a three man front, maybe a four man front at times.

Thomas is up and he's walking it off.

Looks like he's going to be OK. Will see Thomas back in there.

Third and 10 now.

No, it's still here.

The first core.

This could be a big two down sequence here.

For the Whitehall defense and for the PA offense.

You know they don't get shut down on back to back possessions many times with Whitehall could get that stop if the confidence get the momentum going back to their direction after they turned it over the last time they had the football.

He's going to huddle, take a picture of this.

Yes legal or plastic.

Hey, huddle up, break the huddle quickly before anybody could take a picture.

Gottheimer next to Pfizer.

Bulldogs have four defenders down here on the near side on three PA.

Receivers may have a.

One on one coverage to your top with McKinney.

Fake it buys across the middle has his receiver, but Whitehall gets a hand in there and knocks it down.

I think that was hymen.

Wasn't it?

At the Haven was an intended target, but a great job by Brayland Johnson.

The defensive back for Whitehall got there the exact same time the football does makes the contact jars the ball loose, and prevents six points from being on the board.

Brayland Johnson saving a touchdown for the Bulldogs great play from Braylon.

Bring on the field goal units.

It's 4th and 10.

And Voncile it's coming here.

See likhit.

They kind of the icing field goal last week, Greenbrier scored to make it a one possession game late in the game.

They drove down, gave silica chance to ice it with the field goal he did and tonight he does it again, ceiling through the uprights.

PA takes an 11 to 7 lead.

Knocks out when home from about 30 yards.

You don't think of PA being a team that's going to kick the football much, but fourth and 10 in the red zone.

You're limited as far as their real estate you have.

I think it's a smart move.

Give yourself a four point lead.

Every point is precious.

In the state championship game, and I think that's one thing the the Bruins realize they've they've had some close playoff games, some closer playoff games from Greenbrier.

They won that by 10 and Harrison played him really well two weeks before that.

We're so used to seeing them roll through the playoffs and you mentioned it.

They beat Harrison by 15 in the first round last week as a 10 point win.

Magnolia put up 25 points on him, so this they haven't been as dominant as we've seen them in in seasons past.

There were still very good there.

Here for a reason, but maybe not quite as dominant as the PA teams that we've seen over the last decade, so we may see the helicopter here.

They got the ball flat on the ground, kicked the end of the ball and it just starts spinning towards the Bulldogs.

There's the Bruins get it.

For that time it hits the top, spin and kind of a a baby hop there, but right to the chest of the Whitehall would be receiver and he can't corral it, and Pulaski Academy, the records been well documented.

When they recover an onside kick.

Yeah, they're tough to beat, and it's number one Tyson Mccarroll who jumps on that loose football Johnny on the spot.

I mean, he was just coming down the field and he looked like the Bulldogs had it corralled.

No, I was going to be an easy recovery, but you mentioned it, the spin was too much to handle and Mccarroll.

Jumps on it, yeah, if you're Whitehall, you did everything there correctly on the onside kick, except for recover the onside kick.

Bruins back with the ball.

This is their their office, their game.

Fake it to hymen.

They're going to go deep.

They got the receiver but the pressure got to Pfizer and that's what one of those times PA ran a double move and they were going to have something deep.

But then the pressure came.

Pfizer had to put the ball down, tuck it and run their trial.

It's a pump and go.

You mentioned the double move and a great job by the Whitehall secondary to not bite on it and eventually nice play made there by the defensive fronts.

Shut him down for a 0 yard gain.

It's called the new game.

Or half full or half empty.

Kinda guy Pfizer Hymen Roland laugh he throws it has his receiver first down that's John Mark sure again.

His second catch.

I like the idea of moving the pocket there on an intentional rollout for Pulaski Academy.

Get Pfizer knows he's going to be throwing on the run, gets his shoulder square and a dart to his receiver and they're moving the sticks like two.

They they.

They're running with hymen and in the whole defense is focused on hymen as they should be and everybody just sucked.

Up and ensure it just runs in right behind them in a wide open area.

That's how a good running back and make it play action place so much more effective.

I'm in right up the middle fighting for yards.

He's going to get one, that's it.

You can tell that defensive front is really starting to settle in for Whitehall, as we're in the final ten seconds of this first quarter, but they they took that initial blow from PA and now they settled in nicely.

I'll see you if they can stop, get another stop when we come back.

That's the end of the first quarter.

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Second, nine first play of the second quarter.

Pfizer, with Hymen right behind him, fakes it to him across the middle to Charlie Barker.

He's got nothing but green grass touchdown Brewers simple pitching catch on the slant West and Barker does the rest.

He goes 33 yards for the score and that's what makes set of spread offense so effective.

If you miss a tackle one on one in space, odds are it's going to be a big play and he waltzes into the end zone.

Why is the middle so wide?

Open layups get to hymen right?

Everybody thinks hymens gonna run it up the middle.

Linebackers suck up and all.

That's all it takes what the linebacker takes one step and gets out of position, able to throw it right over the top of his head for the easy score.

Bruins going for two up 17 to 7 Pfizer in the backfield.

All alone Pfizer looking time to throw throws it across the middle is tipped up in the air and intercept it.

Can't do anything with it.

And in high school so.

No good, so the score will remain 17 to 7.

A great job there by Whitehall to shut it down, we'll take a break quickly.

When I say take a break, I mean catch my breath tackle break 7 seconds into the quarter.

Not really an ideal time to take immediate timeout, that's for sure.

Nice drive there and the first scoring drive for Pulaski Academy was all on the ground that time.

Charlie Fizer the the completion percentage.

Not real high, but four of 12 passing but effective enough.

In its opening some things up right now is what it's doing.

Your running game.

They ran the ball to set up the the pass and right now that you're getting some one on one opportunities, the receivers are and they're taking advantage of it.

Whether it's Barker or Charette.

And that was points directly or the result of a recovered onside kick, they get.

It's hard to.

It's hard to remember that, but those chances that's seven free points at Pulaski Academy essentially just got.

Their owner low nine point roll.

Right now they kicked the field goal.

Onside kicks scored the touchdown, didn't get the two point conversion but they're going to try another onside kick balls down rolling this time Whitehall he almost filled to that like a second baseman in Little League.

The way you teach get down on one knee, stay down under the ball and if you're but you know your glove misses at the ball, hit you in the leg and you still pick it up and you're fine.

Yeah, Caleb Taylor filled filled with that one perfectly.

Again, they tried that top spin.

You know it's kind of just hit the top of the ball and you're hoping for.

A bad hop or a big hop and that's I'm Taylor fielded nicely in the White House.

Got great field position to try to chip into this 10 point deficit.

Here Martinez in the Bulldogs will try to respond.

You see, Coach Bolding, head coach, offensive coordinator, special teams coach.

80 he said he's doing it all right now.

He's wearing a lot of hats while wearing no hat tonight.

Martinez hands it off.

Well, bad snap, yeah, high snap.

Kind of a weird exchange with Kane, but Kane is able to pick up two yards, throwing the timing off of that play.

Just a little bit and I think that was supposed to be a direct handoff and ended up being a direct snap.

Gains takes the ball out of the air and picks up two yards.

Taking a look at Dale Pinyo right pinyo he's been hurt and back for Pulaski Academy came back last week against Greenbrier.

Coached, Lucas said that that was big to get him.

Back then he had so much that defensive line.

Martinez in the shotgun.

But he's gonna throw it deep.

Bruins corner was right there.

Lay on the football.

Wasn't able to make the play and the Bulldogs receiver comes up with it.

Want to grab from Jordan Jackson honestly thought the Bruins were going to pick it off.

He left that one go and his receiver wasn't open, but he trusted his playmaker Jackson to go up and and make a play and he did exactly that.

A great job to adjust the football.

That was a little under thrown and he hauls it in for the the big gain up the sideline as he picks up 27 yards.

Who sing just Jordan Jackson went up and basically took it away from Bo Miller.

Both thought he had him a pick and Jackson made it just a fantastic play of high pointing the ball and grabbing it.

Martinez to Green green breaks.

One tackle gets across the 20.

It's kind of a theme tonight.

There are a lot of broken tackles in this game, or missed tackles.

However, way you want to look at it.

Give credit to the offensive player for breaking a tackle or.

The defense you blame them for missing a tackle.

You know, Whitehall's team that's traditionally about 65% run, but so far up to this point they've been pretty balanced.

I think what they're trying to do with is LightInTheBox.

Defensively, I think they're trying to throw the football to soften that defense up, and maybe create some more running lanes for the rushing attack played around the Bruins.

They're daring them to throw.

They've got eight in the box right now.

Handed off to Green green, this time going to be tackled short of the first down.

He falls forward to almost the 15 yard line.

It's going to be third in a long one.

You're just outnumbered there.

Well, when you're Whitehall, Pulaski Academy had eight defenders within five yards of the line of scrimmage inside the tackles, and it was eight on six right there, and the numbers are always going to benefit the defense.

When you've got two more defenders and then you do blockers.

Bulldogs looking over at the sideline once again.

There no hurry play klocksin 15 already.

Think they had the play in Alaska Academy probably hasn't seen 15 seconds on the play clock when they had the football season.

Whitehall coach Bobby Bolding maybe a little know it if they snap it with more than 15 seconds on the clock.

After hurry now they get it off the bad snap.

The Bruins are all over the cane, and the Bruins take advantage of a bad snap instead of third and one you're looking at 4th and about 20.

And coach Bowling is going to take a time out and he is not happy as those are the type of plays that can absolutely cripple you, especially in a big moment inside the red zone.

Set going to be a direct snap to the running back, charging.

That's a second air.

It's nap.

We saw on this drive and you can see Coach Bolding talking to his troops there.

Those are the type of mistakes.

But he's saying that we can't have tonight.

We have to don't have to play perfect.

We just can't give away free yardage like that free possessions.

And that's a huge huge error right there by the Bulldog offense, I see him talking to his center, Justin heared.

I'm trying to get it straight now.

It's gonna be 4th and I might have to do a little math here.

I gotta get all the way down to the 14 so 4th and twenty.

Wow what a bad mistake.

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It's one of those things West within the modern day.

Everybody runs the shotgun you overlook and you take it for granted.

That center quarterback exchange you think it's simple on a third one, you snap it directly to your quarterback to your running back.

Whatever the case may be, run forward, you get a first down but just a few feet one side or the other and it costs you big town.

19 yard loss there.

See what the Bulldogs do here on 4th and 20.

It's too long for a field goal and I don't think they want it.

They maybe they're gonna put.

No, they're not going to punt it, they're just gonna go for it.

Martina is going to be under center receiver to each side and a wing to each side.

Now the Bruins back out of the box.

They're going to.

It's a trick play.

What do they do with?

Was that the most was the Fumblerooski was they follow it?

Did there's a flag down?

Snap infraction offense.

5 yard penalty.

4th down.

Take a look at the replay there.

Yeah, see exactly what happened.

So now you think you're.

Yeah, I think that was the fun person.

The quarterback never even attempted to take the snap.

Maybe roll that back one more time.

We've got time for it.

Yeah, we got time.

It's like the punt team is going to come.

Yeah, so so he just snapped it and dropped it and I believe that what the wing back on the near side was supposed to pick it up.

That's the old school fumblerooski.

It just didn't work.

He didn't pick it up or wasn't able to.

They called.

Yeah they called the snap infraction and those those are the type of plays you work on all season and it is trash in my mad as a coach that he gets blown dead because of a penalty.

You work on it and work on it and use it once maybe and when you use it once the penalty.

Gate City Bulldogs get the pooch kick.

They're going down it inside the 20 yard line.

Be down at the 16.

The Bruins don't even attempt to return punts.

They really just sometimes.

They don't do anything.

They just stand there sometimes they'll kind of halfway rush the punter, just in case it's a bad snap and with some of the snapping issues so I don't know if it's the same snapper for you know, for the punch, I'm surprised they didn't at least run back there just in case it was a bad snap.

A lot of times coaches.

Let us take that when they line up the point like hey, we're getting the ball back.

We're not going to do anything to screw it up.

You know that all started with Kevin Kelly years ago and he had faith in his offense.

And you're exactly right.

Why muffled punt and I get the ball he wants the ball.

He wants his offense to run.

That's hymen.

When he got hymen, heck yeah, you want both the ball and you don't want to jeopardize anything across the 20 before he's popped.

That's another plane we've been calling out.

Brayland Johnson a lot, and Braylon makes the tackle for the Bulldogs.

Still five yards though, and Joe *****.

It's gonna hurt the average a little bit, but you'll take 5 yards on 1st down anytime.

See Braylon right there in the middle of the field.

Fake it.

Diamond Pfizer escapes the pressure out of the pocket.

He gets to about the 25.

I love how he stretched the ball out there trying to get every yard he can't be about a yard short and again we saw 41 and whites bearing down on Gray Shaner.

He's he's been right around that quarterback about every time he rolls out and he's showing up with bad intentions that time Pfizer this nice job but he's ducking out of bounds.

Avoids the contact urgent short.

I wonder if this is that play where Pfizer it's just going to keep back here I was wide open.

There it is.

I just got the first down and much more Middlefield, just wide open when when I'm smart enough to see it way up here.

I know the Bruins coaches are smart enough to see it and call that play, you know, and that may be an adjustment they're making at the line of scrimmage.

But there's nobody in the middle of field, three down lineman and no linebackers right there for Whitehall.

That's a simple read by a quarterback, and he runs it right up the middle as soon as you break that initial wave.

There's nobody within 10 yards of him.

A big Macs Gorman pulling, looking for somebody to be there was nobody for him to block.

The middle was wide open, so Pfizer picks up the first down moves the ball across.

The 40 and if you if you get a wide shot here and you're going to see the way at least white holes lined up defensively right now they have nobody in the middle of the field.

No 41 right there?

Shaner is kind of flirting with it a little bit and looks like PA is going to take a time out.

Will take a break with them.

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Here's Pfizer back to pass.

Looking across the middle.

Going deep to hymen.

It's over everybody's head, and that was Brayland Johnson again covering Hymen hymen a legit receiving threat.

He can, I've seen him make some outstanding catches that last two seasons.

That's a dangerous throw though.

They had hymen bracketed and Pfizer again just trusting his playmaker on the outside launches it deep, it overshoots everybody but Johnson, the closest player there at live action, Pfizer rolls out and just throws it away.

He was under pressure again, just doing a nice job of disrupting Pfizer.

4 of 14 passing very rarely.

You're going to see a completion percentage for for PA that low because their offense.

Is built on short, quick completions to move the chains and trying to get you out of a rhythm.

Defensively third and 10.

Bulldogs really need to stop here down 10 in the second quarter.

PA scored and went three straight possessions, now two looking for a third straight.

Pfizer fakes it to *****.

Throws it right coverage sideline and I'll tell you what I thought he was going to be.

A completed pass with the Bulldogs defender came in at the last second and broke it up.

Stephen Weston did a great job breaking on the football.

He saw his, his man, the receiver in front of him break out and he broke on it and he gets his hand in there in the left hand knocks it away at the right moments and forces a fourth down.

Seeing Weston making Nice catch on offense and now we seem to make it nice play on defense.

Closing speed is a leap that that's hard to coach.

You either have it or you don't.

Great play by Western 4th down in 10.

Pfizer well rolled his right look for receiver.

He's got a receiver wide open at the 35, first down for the Bruins.

To Hilo concept on the far side West and doubts about the sticks, they've hit that a couple times and you hit a corner route coming in right behind him in the safety.

Can't get over there to make the play and a great throw a great catch and a big time first down for the PA offense, Charlie Barker moves the sticks Bruins back with it you go see nice run from the Bruins 20 the 15th.

Still going that skinny Jordan Jordan inside the five to the five yard line.

George just kept those legs.

Moving he's in for Joe ***** and Lucy why they're so excited about the future.

For Kenny Jordan and the sophomore did a nice job there of letting the defense kind of breakdown and and dances his way to a big gain.

Its first and goal for the Bruins.

See Pfizer all alone.

Susan the White White House made a little bit of adjustment.

Not quite as open Pfizer is going to run it.

He goes up the middle and he scores.

It's made a little adjustment, but not in the numbers.

They were still outnumbered West Shore exactly right.

They had the five offensive lineman wide held at least that time, kept the linebacker in with his three down lineman and still five on four.

That's that's essentially fast break basketball, right there, he outnumbering the guy with the football.

The guy with the rock scores.

So Pfizer, although his completion percentage not what we're used to seeing what we are seeing spies or run.

With the ball and that was his name was after his ninth carry of the game already.

So on the season he's averaged he has 45 carries all season long and now close to double digits already here and we're just halfway home in the first C lick, the snap or the whole was off.

Timing was bad ceiling.

Tried to kick it and while he was already standing there and just kicked in the line drive into the back of somebody.

So the extra point is no good.

But the Bruins take a 23 to 7 lead and the holder just couldn't get it down and he he stopped his leg motion that time and then.

He owes a number 61 some tacos.

After the game, Max Gorman takes that one on the back of his arm and right now it feels fine.

But that one's gonna hurt tomorrow.

So Coach Lucas, in his first state championship game as the head coach.

Food spin with PA since well since he's seniors were in the 7th grade that that was his first team to coach awful.

Proud of these guys, he said these seniors have worked so hard to to become what they are right now and he wants to send them out the right way.

And he said the messages all week has been finished.

Yeah a lot of times you'll see an assistant not stick around.

It doesn't matter what school it is.

2A5A private school public school they're not willing to stick around it and wait for their opportunity to shine.

You've got to give Anthony.

Look a lot of credit.

He stuck with PA.

He believed in the system.

He knew eventually.

At some point he'd be ready to be a head coach.

I don't know.

I'm not sure even he would have thought it would have come this quickly with Kevin Kelly leaving last year early in the offseason last year, but he's taken the most of his opportunity.

Played a pretty big non conference schedule, some some big time private schools from the the region and he's got PA in in position to win another title.

Right, C lick will try the onside kick, this time a different form of the onside kick and the Bruins had a chance for it, I thought.

But it is going to be recovered by the Bulldogs at the ball was on the ground for a long time, covered a lot of real estate from the far has all the way to the nearest sideline and you know, nice job by Whitehall.

But there was plenty of time for PA to breakthrough and that's where the credit goes to that frontline the blockers, the designated blockers on the onside kick recovery team did their job and allowed again.

Number 10 Taylor Taylor to make the play and recover the onside kick you mentioned.

Coach Lucas sticking around and they have a great team there at.

Pulaski Academy with Adam Thrash as offensive coordinator and Madison Taylor is defensive coordinator and Jason White, the now the athletic director.

There they're a team and coach.

Lucas points that out as many times as he can, but it takes all of them and that team there.

He's proud of quick pass by Martinez and a broken tackle makes a big play into a bigger play.

First down and much more for the Bulldogs.

That great move there initially by Jordan Jackson, the receiver.

He makes the play and kind of steps.

Back just a touch of love the defender over.

Pursue great move there and picks up extra yardage.

The ball came out after he hit the ground reaching for more yards.

That's a big first down for the Bulldogs.

Ball came down when he hit the ground.

That's not a fumble.

The Bruins jumped on it and thought maybe it was a fumble.

Ever had to see it yet?

Well, of course we do have replay here in the state championship game.

I'll tell you there.

They looked at it just because there wasn't a timeout.

The replay booth is on it and there they've already looked at it and they've saw what we saw.

And they're not going to stop play.

They review all the kind of plays like that up in the Air Bulldogs almost come down with it double coverage that time on Stephen Weston when he wasn't able to haul it in.

I like the idea going up top.

You know Whitehall is a team that likes to run the football first, but you know right now that's the first incomplete pass.

8 rushing attempts 6 through the air.

They've been pretty balanced so far.

Have the Bulldogs offense.

Make it down in 10.

Bulldogs have it inside the PA 40.

They're at the 36.

Martinez with Zaire Green, right behind him.

Green shifts to his side.

Yeah.

I'm going to give it to green and greens quickly gobbled up and thrown to the ground.

The Bruins defense all over that Mason check.

The linebacker just came blitzing through the line Schick is going to walk on for the Razorbacks next year, and he read that perfectly.

Just unblocked off the edge and he asked.

He's in charge of contained there and the play came right in his lap and he makes it 6 yards deep in the backfield here.

I'm calling the hogs.

They know Masons walking off wants to be a Razorback.

Mason was a center last year, moved from center to linebacker.

He wanted to play.

He wanted to play defense.

It's an athletic offensive lineman.

Coach Lucas said he can't keep Mason **** out of the weight room loves working out, always working on his technique.

Martinez rolling left under pressure.

He gets rid of it, got a flag down probably in the area of holding on the offensive line and it started as a promising drive and likely to climb.

This woman resulted upon.

As Martinez was hit as he let that one go.

Looks like he was motioning for a chop block.

Talking to coach Lucas on the sideline trying to figure out what they want to do.

Top block offense.

Phillies decline be fourth down.

You're facing a fourth and 16 Orlando point accepting that penalty if your PA and Whitehall going something putting it on.

I think one thing W that's really lost.

Everybody talks about Pulaski Academy.

Of course, Joe High in the quarterbacks.

They've had how good the offense is.

The defense is really good and they're putting out a bad situation a lot of times.

With the onside kicks.

But yeah, honestly, it happens all the time.

They go forward on 4th down.

We saw it earlier, they they didn't get the 4th down.

It's a fake.

And the Bruins are there for it.

And once again it's ****.

Mason Chick was all over.

It comes in the Bulldogs try fake punt.

You normally don't see that against the Bruins because Bruins don't do anything except stand there.

Yeah, the play was a little slow developing.

You'd see that he's looking downfield looking for a target and ****.

This again, this Shuck comes off the blocker.

He shucks the the the would be protection and makes the easy play in the backfield just way too slowly.

Developing fake pot and now PS got the ball near midfield calling the hogs once again for Mason.

Bruins take over near midfield chance to really put their foot down here.

See Hymen next to Fisher or next to Pfizer.

Pfizer fakes it.

Those it out to.

McKinney makes one move.

Can't quite break the tackle quick enough.

He picks up the first down, they'll move the chains, but it's it's one on one coverage.

Just that's all the attention they're giving to Joe *****.

Fake it to ***** and throw it out to McKinney.

One on one makes the catch if he makes him miss right there.

It could be a touchdown.

It's a great job though.

Bye bye Western again.

We've called his name a bunch of Simon.

Takes the direct snap.

Absolutely nothing there.

The Bulldogs had that strong out.

It's gonna be hard to do a direct snap to the side because there's so many eyeballs on Joe.

If you're going to do it, it's going to be a quick hitter right up the middle.

We saw PA do that with the direct snap early on the first drive at that time.

Just so many eyes on Joe ***** he's the focus of on the defense.

He asked me, I think the one thing that really stood out to me in sure they're down by 16.

The speed of this Whitehall defense is impressive.

They'll toss it to Joe is coming near side to us trying to get to the outside and just nothing there.

He prime example of it right there?

I mean, they're going step for step.

TK Walker was the guy that's going stride for stride, with Heiman out of the backfield, and there's just nowhere to go for the future of Northwestern running back coach Bowden told me he basically plays three defensive lineman in one linebacker and then seven DBS.

He said they were fast and he said we got seven guys out there that run a four or five or better.

It shows in a couple of those DBS playing linebacker he said they'll hit you there there, there.

We play him at line.

Packer but there DBS that can really lay a lick on you.

Well, toss it to hymen again and hymen picks up two.

That's big but just the closing speed.

And sure, it's nice to have big bodies in short yardage situations, but when you're playing a team like PA or Little Rock, Chris do spreads it out.

You need to have speed at the linebacker spot, and that's why it's paid off for Whitehall.

And that's why this teams in the state championship game with 11 and two record.

Three straight runs from HIGHMAN produces 4 yards, so it's going to be 4th and six.

Bruins, now son, are taking their time and it kind of worked the clock in three straight runs here, maybe trying to the White House and methodical offense, and maybe they're thinking, hey, we don't want to leave them five minutes on the clock.

Yeah, after hour drive that's PA takes a another timeout clock management there from coach Lucas in the Bruins.

That's the game within the game.

The chess match between the two coaches and when you're playing a team like Whitehall that likes to ground it out.

So that's what they've done all season long.

You think?

OK, they need 4 minutes, maybe 5 minutes.

They go down and score to complete a drive and ypa you don't leave them 90 seconds.

Smart to milk that clock, Bruins take the time out.

See what they have drawn up on 4th down at 6 coming up.

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We've got an update on the former coach of the team here.

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Normal pH coach Kevin Kelly talked to Trevone Homes of Win and the Yellow Jackets.

That's all coming up on the five A state championship game and a half.

So, given the fact that these are grounds second broods, break the huddle facing 4th and six full backfield, at least right now with Pfizer hymen.

Like maybe Kenny Jordan over there to dive into the slot to the near side of your screen.

The bottom side.

A roll ride away from Hime and looking for hymen.

Nothing there goes across some McKinney up jump ball.

He can't bring it in.

Going to jail in McKinney and it looked like he had a step on his defender and had a chance to Holiday Inn.

Yes, that's just a 5050 ball.

Your trust in your receiver to go up and make a play.

But Stephen Weston again #4 for Whitehall there to make the play, knocks it down and Whitehall comes up the big defensive sand.

And now we'll see what they can do with two timeouts and 3:15 remaining here in this first half.

So everything closed the gap.

'cause it's important to remember Whitehall is going to receive the opening kickoff in the third quarter, so you get some points here.

Maybe go for that double dip and all of a sudden you're right.

Back in the contest.

Good looking man.

McKinney, their coach Lucas talking to him and had it in his hands for a brief second but could not bring it into his chest.

Secure it and make the catch.

So Whitehall takes over at the 37 you got three minutes and 15 seconds to work.

He a box just full Martinez will keep it.

Martinez almost gets out of there.

He picks up two.

It's the second carry for the quarterback for Whitehall.

He turned to whether there's gonna be a play fake or a hand off, and nobody was there behind him.

So he's trying to make the best of of nothing there and picks up a couple.

What about second down and eight?

Clock running.

Whitehall picking up the pace a little bit.

They break the huddle and they're at the line of scrimmage with 20 seconds on the play clock.

Martinez with it.

Not too big of a hurry.

I thought they'd pick up the pace a little bit.

I guess they don't want to.

In case I don't know, give the ball back to the Bruins.

That's green.

Green is bottled up, he'll move it a yard to the 40.

It might be a case where you're waiting to see if you pick up that initial first down.

So if you move the chains and that's maybe when you pick up the pace because you're right West, you don't want to leave too much time for PA to initially or potentially get the football back and go down and score.

Look at it here.

It's third down and seven.

They don't get the first down.

Here and they have to punt.

PA is going to have about a minute and a half to work within this offense.

Minute half is plenty yet with a stop the clock stopping after a first down.

You know one time out in a minute and a half is plenty to go 80 yards at the high school level.

Artines Quick Pass has receiver, but he's hit as soon as he tries to catch it.

The good job by the Bruins defender.

He's like Josh Katie.

It is Katie.

80 times it perfect and we've been complimentary of the Whitehall defensive backs.

Now you've got to tip the cap to PA, right there he gets there as soon as the football and and you see that left hand come down to swap the football out of the receivers hands at his textbook.

Defensive back play.

And that's going to give PA the football back what we were talking about and the worst case possible for Whitehall, as now P is going to get the ball at decent field position with plenty of time in the time out to go down and score before intermission.

Katie has seven interceptions on the year.

He didn't get an interception there, but he had a great PBO.

And now the Bruins will get the ball back around the 35 yard line.

Katie's a state wrestling champ.

You know he's already got a bunch of rings in football.

He's running out of fingers and looking for another ring in football tonight and coach Lucas said just one tough kid.

Wrestlers are built different.

You know, usually the best college lineman or high former high school wrestlers.

There's built a little different.

They like to get in there and and throw people around.

Speaking of wrestlers, I see one of the state's all time great wrestlers on the PA sideline.

Layne Hatcher, who's also know him as a quarterback, former a state quarterback, announced this week he was entering the transfer portal Portal lane before the game and he's excited about his future torch.

My UCA bears though this year.

Pfizer with it.

He's going deep.

Pfizer's got a receiver there and he makes the catch.

Pfizer connects with John Mark, sure at the big receiver, the soft War going way down the field and takes it to the 2542 yards and the ball felt like it is hung up in the air forever, but allows Charette to run underneath.

It makes the nice fingers catching.

Now P as in business.

Pfizer plenty of time.

He's going to give it to hymen hymen cuts back her job to stay at home.

Yeah, I thought maybe that play had a chance to work because they've been pursuing so well and they were trying to cut it back.

But walkers coming from that back so I don't know if he's coming on a on a pressure but either way he broke down.

So hymen on the counter play and it made a nice defensive stand.

Look at TK Walker.

Empty backfield for Pfizer bunch formation.

Preiser quick out of his hands he find his receiver breaks a tackle.

This time McKinney gets his touchdown.

What a spin.

Move from Box 3 defenders.

Would it look like the Kinney just put his foot in the ground in a little pirouettes and he's able to stroll into the end zone.

Here's a look at Jalen Mckinney's 14th touchdown of the year, gets hit, spins out of it.

And it's a highlight reel type touchdown catch right there for me for McKinney.

And you know a bad scenario just got worse for Whitehall you had a chance to score before the half score at the third quarter and maybe make it a two point game instead.

Now you're about to go into the half, potentially down by 23.

McKinney, with his second perception of the night.

Extra point is good came into the game with 69 catches, so that's 71 catches on the year for Jalen Mckinnie.

The Bruins increased their lead.

It's 30 to 7.

If you would have told Bobby Bolding, coach, you're going to hold down to 8 of 20 passing in the first half.

He says.

I'm taking that every day of the week, but instead those pathways have gone for 169 yards.

20 yards per completion.

What PA is averaging?

And it's those.

Those are the big players can't allow.

It's the run after the catch.

You can get.

You can handle giving up the pitch and catch it so that stuff.

Yet that rack yardage to run after the catch that you can't have and turns medium plays into big plays big plays into touchdowns in PA is getting plenty of those.

Right now PA now with 180 hundred 90 something yards on the ground, they've been able to run.

Joe ***** has 106 yards in the first half.

Pfizer has 51 yards rushing and Katie Jordan with that big run of 29 yards now has 35 yards, 361 yards of total offense for Pulaski Academy in the first half here.

Mace remember this right here?

You know, you're not going to see this very often.

PA kicking off deep when they jumped offsides.

They're not used to doing that.

The timing stone off you'll never work on this.

I'm sure they do, but yeah, that's a smart play.

There's 44 seconds kicking Team 5 yard penalty if you don't like if you don't get the onside kick then Whitehall has to go.

You know they've been getting around the 50 yard line so about a 50 yard 45 yard drive so go and kick it deep and make him drive the entire length of the field and it's one of those situations too.

If you see Whitehall lined up in a normal kickoff return, maybe do a surprise onside kick and that's the benefit of having a kicker who who maybe can.

So look at that.

Maybe look at the special teams coach 'cause this is not a traditional kickoff return.

Not going to be a great return for Whitehall.

At least you would think based on the formation.

I'm surprised they Whitehall didn't really adjust.

He's gonna Kick It Out of bounds, but I thought maybe Whitehall would wanna send somebody some more deep and try to return this.

They have a great return kit, and we've seen Brayland Johnson playing defensive back.

He's got six kickoff returns for a touchdown and several in the playoffs.

Yeah, he's also got five punt returns for a touchdown, but I was telling some of their folks you're not going to see him kick in returning kicks or returning punts tonight because OPA doesn't punt and then kick off is usually always an onside kick.

Yeah, that that were when you Kick It Out of bounds and it's not ideal, and I think Pine Bluff.

Or, assuming Whitehall did a smart job there of declining that penalty, making them kick it again, hurt at least excuse me accepting the penalty and and making up get rekick.

I'm surprised.

Honestly, they're not sending Brayland Johnson back.

He may be up here on the on the front with the hands team, Yep.

You see a number 24 out there I'm scanning.

Yeah, there he is.

He's standing on the 40 right on the 40.

He's got it.

You know that's the respect though.

That onside kick you you gotta think.

Well, just in case we need to have our hands guys up there 'cause if your PA right now and you look at the field to me you kick it to the far hash it about the 20 you make the the deep man for for Whitehall go chase it down and just dive on the football.

And if he didn't get over there quick enough, that's a loose ball liveball it's a line drive kick over his head that's gonna go into the end zone.

So you saw a little bit of a leg there from Celik boomed it.

So he talks about a lot there for nothing to happen, and head coach Lucas said, why did he do that the first time?

I get to, well, offsides.

Kick It Out of bounds, put it through the end zone ceiling.

Great kick.

Now your Whitehall you've got two timeouts.

Still 44 seconds.

Maybe you take one shot down the field and.

And then try to grind it out.

Or maybe you hand the football off here on first down and see what happens and assess from there.

You down 23.

You are getting the football to start the second half, so you don't want to.

You don't want to make it a 30 point deficit.

That's that's first and foremost.

Those two teams were tide at 21 at the half.

The first time they met.

Martinez under center.

It is going to hand it off to green and green is quickly tackled.

I think Green is going to either going to give him the line of scrimmage.

Joseph honestly aside, 99 tackles on the season.

Let's go and say he's got over 100 now under now he came into the game at 99, leading the team in tackles.

He also had six and a half sacks and it looks like Whitehall is going to be content with going to the half as they don't have to snap it again before we head to the locker room and middle back and go back to the drawing board and see what they can do to slow down.

This payoff ensues.

Putting up points and putting up huge yardage.

Good job on the PA defense.

Seven points holding Whitehall to seven.

They had a crucial turnover.

Then they had the they snuffed out the fake punt so the PA defense has stepped up and delivered.

When coach Lucas needed it.

I think if you're if you're PA, you've done everything right offensively.

Defensively recovering onside kick.

Call special teams, right?

Well, let's go down to the sideline and find out what's going through the mind of Anthony Lucas, Kyle.

We're not going to get to go down to Kyle and get the coach right now.

We'll try to get the coach a little bit later.

So in that first half though, 361 yards to compare to 103, you know for Whitehall you give up the early touchdown, yes, but you go down and score.

You get the defensive stop and you think, OK, we've got the momentum.

We've got the chance to go down and score, but instead you turn the football over on the first drive on the second drive.

After that turnover, and it all snowballs on you from there.

30 to 7 year halftime score.

Charlie Fiser 8 of 2000 and 69 yards and two touchdowns.

We'll take a look at some more stats later on.

We're going to take a break.

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It's halftime and the five A state championship between Pulaski Academy and Whitehall.

A couple of 5/8 central foes and Pulaski Academy leads this 1:30 to 7:00 at the half you look at this this matchup West and we thought it was going to be a slugfest.

We thought Whitehall was going to be able to go blow for blow with PA and much like they did in the regular season.

But how many times have we seen a rematch on the regular season from P A lot of times?

It's been a Little Rock Christian.

It was close in the regular season in PA. Comes out with a solid game plan and rolls in the finals.

At least in the first half.

It looks like it's happening again and the coaches at PA were really wanting to make some adjustments and they felt like some teams in Arkansas were trying to take the blueprint that the private school from Tennessee used on Pollasky Academy and it had given them some problems and so PA is seen this a couple of weeks now and so they're really trying to do something to adapt.

And that's what a good team does.

You know you gotta counter when somebody punches.

You gotta counter punch and that's what the Bruins are doing, and it looks like they found something had having some success offensively.

You gotta find the adjustment for the adjustment, right?

The coaches talk about it all the time.

A team is going to be able to handle it, make an adjustment for your initial game plan.

It's how do you change things in game?

How do you change things at halftime to fill that second bowl?

That third blow, and unfortunately for Whitehall in this first half, they could answer the second call.

Once again, kudos to this Pulaski Academy defense holding Whitehall to 7 points in the first half, and they had a key turnover.

PA was held offensively on 1/4 down.

Whitehall had great field position in the defense.

First play gets the turnover, forces the turnover.

A lot of it.

Because of the bad snap, the high snap but thirteen carries for just 14 yards in the first half for Whitehall, it's a team that's built on running the football.

If they can't do that, you take him out of rhythm.

You take him out of their base offense.

They gotta do things they're not comfortable doing.

And now that's why you've got down by 23 at that.

Think about the bad snap the the fake punt and the PA was all over that.

And that was a big loss for Whitehall.

Alright, well have the halftime show when we come back.

We'll be back here at War Memorial Stadium in a few minutes with some halftime stats, but stick around.

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Hello, I'm David Basil and welcome to the Arkansas PBS Sports halftime show sponsored by the Electric Cooperatives of Arkansas.

Coming to you from the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame in North Little Rock, it's halftime of our five, A state championship game.

But we don't want you to go anywhere because we've got a lot in store coming up a look at what coach Kevin Kelly has been up to since leaving Pulaski Academy and will also meet a dynamic student athlete from Win Arkansas Trayvon Homes.

But first.

Lee Lafollette, a junior high band conductor, exemplifies while ban sports and other extracurricular activities are so important to student development.

Her excitement and energy lays a foundation for a passionate school culture in Hot Springs.

And 123 let's go.

Music to me is like freedom opportunities.

It's fun.

Magical, sometimes just because you've been there when you've been like in the dumps and all of a sudden like your jam comes on and all of a sudden you get 10% happier than what you just were before that song came on.

Or that music.

That piece of music has started playing, or you find yourself all of a sudden doing Eric and talk with the broom.

We should be just sweeping the kitchen.

I mean, those kind of things happen, and that's what music is.

It's magic.

Second, so I've been teaching band for 16 years and I love it a lot.

I love it a whole lot.

Having a bunch of people come together that have never touched an instrument or they know about music and creating like a piece of something fun.

She's a really good teacher and I enjoy her teaching style.

She's inspired me in a lot of ways, honestly.

She's helped me to be overall more confident 'cause I am a very timid person.

She has helped me come out of my show a lot, 'cause as soon as I know they sound good in public, they're gonna eat it up and love it.

The big dam horns since they started were a ten piece person band, sometimes 12, sometimes 13 depend on who's in town.

I plan to experience a whole lot.

I'll say that just like all the other music life experiences that you get being in a non fombell things you never would have got to experience or go or meet people that you've never would have in your life have met.

But I've gotten from being in a rock band versus being in an education setting.

They're really interchangeable because you're in front of people.

Regardless, you're always in front of a group of people trying to get them to do something, whether it be dancing or whether it be motivating them to play something better or just have a good atmosphere and like give them some energy to do something.

So in an education setting with this age group of middle school, I am very used to being on and being silly like all of a sudden, I just may break out in the song.

And dance and just touch it to judge on this by the kids.

Sometimes like Kathy.

I feel like I do that in front of the adults that are at our shows because sometimes they don't, but they want to be silly, but there's no one that started, you know, like as I say, let's go warm up the dance floor, that kind of thing.

So I I find that those two things are interchangeable.

Remember, this is a dance floor.

This is a sanctioned area from what I understand.

Yes Sir, exactly just like there, just like it's really.

It's really good to know that she can do something like teaching.

I like a full time job and be part of the rock band.

For our Junior Academy kids to just be able to play and show off the hard work that they've done and show their parents like look.

This is what commitment looks like and this is what it sounds like to play something and be amazing.

I love that people see value in it and they enjoy it.

Second, what a great story.

Lila Fallon is bringing her personal passion of music to the sidelines and the stands there in Hot Springs rock.

Only up a young man with that same mindset is Trayvon homes of the win Arkansas Yellowjackets.

Trayvon has been key to the Yellowjackets success.

This season on both sides of the ball, let's learn more as Kyle Sutherland catches up with him and win.

Here we are just wrapping up your season your senior season in your career here in high school and it's been a pretty good one for you guys.

Only lost two games over the last two seasons.

You know you are almost really close to the last year.

Going to War Memorial and and justice recently lost the game to Nettleton.

But I know that's probably a big motivation for you guys heading into the playoffs.

So yes Sir, I feel like exactly what you said.

There may be kinda neat this loss.

Maybe like a wake up call 'cause we haven't lost.

A lot recently with special with my class and I feel like this is just gonna push us to make us better and unite us.

Not supposed to be looking into camera guy.

The life of Trey home broken hand.

I know this year you're playing with your younger brother.

You've also got a chance to play with your older brother as well.

There's not a lot of people that can say that.

Both of them, all of your siblings playing together.

What's that been like?

It's been great.

I played alongside my brother.

We were both on defense, so was like side by side within three feet 'cause he was a linebacker.

So if he make a play on right there, celebrating with him and I know you're a multi sport athlete, track, football, basketball, pretty much if it involves a ball or running you like to do it and which one of those do you prefer out of?

Out of all of that you participate in.

So I try to save my favorite sports whatever season going on.

I don't like try to attend to anything.

I love them all.

'cause I'm just a competitive person and you've done really well in the classroom.

3.6 GPA.

Also a 28 on the AC T. What are some plans that you have for college once your high school 10 years over?

Oh, I plan to go on in sports medicine and I want to be like a physical China and physical therapist so I would also do that and also get my strength and conditioning license.

You know what made you wanna go down that road?

Oh well, I always want to be with sports.

Whether it's playing or not, I just want to stay in sports.

I just little sports and I know your folks, probably if they're like mine.

They were definitely.

If you don't well.

And of course, if you don't make the grade you don't play, but I know they probably been on you and your brothers to make sure that you take care of work in the classroom as you, yes.

So my mom.

She's very strict on this.

Always been on my grades and for me personally like she makes sure that I'm doing on tile, specially with with my college class.

She's always on me and I remember one time we had a conversation.

She was like if it's ever too much you can talk to me because taking regular and.

AP classes on top of college.

They were kind of stressed sometimes and my greasy it kind of slipped, but through her I got him back up with her encouragement and her having the talk with me.

So you're in AP classes.

Keep us strong GPA.

You're a four sport athlete but you also work on a food truck.

How in the world do you balance all this as a teenager?

Well it is kind of stressful, but it's a lot of time.

Management always busy and I like being busy.

If you're not busy, you're like kind of bored and I feel like it just keeps it fast paced in my life.

And I also do have fun, though, even with all my rigorous schedule, is just, you know, being committed to what you're actually doing.

What kind of food truck is it?

I'm curious so we have barbecue, burgers, fish, you name it.

It's a family business.

Yes, Sir, it is time for catch trays.

Good talking with you.

Appreciate you taking some time out and good luck to you guys for the rest of this year.

Great work call and good luck.

Trayvon, that's it for our five at halftime show.

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Good look at War Memorial Stadium.

A little bit of a mist.

Falling tonight is a Bruins log back onto the field are actually jogged back onto the field after their little halftime break.

Bruins with a 30 to 7 lead over the Whitehall Bulldogs.

Westmore, Bobby Swofford with you.

Thank you for joining us tonight, and I don't wanna say it's been all Bruins because the Bulldogs marched down the first time.

They had the ball went down and scored, but since then it's it's been all brewing.

Yes, really since that fumble for Whitehall they they had the football up down 8 to 7 that second possession of the game they fumble the football and it's been all PA since that point.

They recovered the onside kick and then I'm good at the number wrong, but something they're like 1:45 and five when they were covering onside kick, some astronomical number and they recovered.

One got 7 to 3 points and now they're sitting on a 23 point advantage.

Think when they get two onside kicks they've only lost one time.

I believe it's a Little Rock Christian.

In that wild crazy game a couple of years ago, let's take a look at some of the first half highlights.

We have plenty of highlights to show you the Bruins.

Got on the scoreboard first.

That's Joe ***** had two big runs in the first half, 35 and 36, and that's the first one.

They got the ball across the 50 C. Layne Hatcher there on the sideline and that's a former PA quarterback and this is the current PA quarterback.

Pfizer with the touchdown run and then the Bulldogs responds.

I are green with the big run into Pulaski Academy territory then they get on the board there with a little dump off pass to TK Walker and it was eight to seven and we had a ball game early on after two drives.

This is the Bulldogs stuffing the 4th down play.

Joe Hymen doesn't get the first down then Bulldogs go to the air, try to get a big play and they do receiver goes up.

Takes it away.

Jordan Jackson with the big play.

That's a McKinney for the Bruins Jalen McKinney with the spinning touchdown and the Bruins lead it 30 to 7 at the half.

Let's go down to the sideline.

Check in.

Let's don't.

Well, maybe do that a little bit later.

You gotta find a way.

When you do.

If your Whitehall here if you're getting the football to start the second half, whatever you do you, 4 down territory wherever you.

You could recover the kick.

You gotta find a way to put points on the board.

So to make this a contest, stretch things out and maybe hope that Pulaski Academy starts to come back to you.

I'm not saying 23 points is insurmountable because it's definitely not in a half of football, but you got to put points up on this initial drive, get some confidence and get that big Whitehall contingent saying there behind you on the sidelines behind you and get them loud and try to rattle this PA off.

It's a good point because last week in the semifinals.

Whitehall was down at the half to Little Rock Christian.

They were down, I think 14 to nothing at one point and scored the last 24 points in the game.

You go into 24 hour run here.

You in a state championship and win this game 31 to 30 and I bet you that's something that Bobby Bolding's been telling them in the locker room and reminding them that guys we've been here.

We've done this.

We can do it again this year and we talked about it during the break at the halftime.

EPA is.

Excuse me, Whitehall's defense has been there.

Some now they gotta be there.

The whole app.

They've made three out of four plays, but it's set forth.

Play that PA's been able to hit for the big 1/8 of 20 passing in the first half.

But it's for 169 yards.

So when you're giving up 21 yards, a completion, that negates the fact that you forced more complete, twice as many incompletions as you have completions some numbers for Whitehall quarterback Matthew Martinez, five of eight passing 89 yards and one touchdown.

Touchdown we just saw the highlight of Zaire.

Green leads him in rushing a Carey's 36 yards.

It's about four and a half yards of carry during Cain.

Just one carried 2 yards.

Martinez just two carries for one yard and you know those three guys all over 750 yards rushing on the season tonight.

They combined for 39 yards in the first half.

Maybe the most surprising number is canes only got one carry, you know.

Maybe he's banged up, but maybe he's there's something that we don't know about but you're talking about it.

Player who had 752 yards up to this point led the team in rushing attempts.

Has 14 touchdowns.

He's touched the ball only one time in the first 24 minutes.

Get the ball to green.

Get the ball to Duran or excuse me the cane and you gotta fight.

You gotta find a chance to to get the ball to the guys who got you here.

You can't get away from the main game plan.

Then you gotta get some first downs.

You gotta move and then you can run the ball more.

They only have five first downs, 103 yards of total offense and you look at the the time of possession.

Mean just 11 minutes of ball control against the team who likes to go quickly.

PA is never want to win the time of possession, and you're talking almost 13 minutes more than half of that first half that PA had the football.

Well, that's an impressive staff for the Bruins in the first half, controlling the clock controlling the ball.

Receiving lives for Whitehall.

Jordan Jackson leads two catches for 43 yards.

But you know, first thing they gotta do.

You were talking bout Mouton, driving down, getting the touchdown here personally I gotta do is get this onside kick.

Yeah, you're exactly right in there they're bunched up there in the middle you see Pulaski Academy huddled up and Whitehall is ready for a potential.

Quick onside kick is PA fakes it now we'll see what they do here.

Whitehall gets it.

They're going to try to return this.

Try to set it up to that far sideline, but nothing there and the Bulldogs just fall on it and they'll start at the 43 yard line.

I've seen PA execute that several times this year, but Whitehall seen it too.

They've seen enough state and they there guys were ready for it and they had a defender there.

Or I guess I actually return.

Are there that was ready for it to go chase it down?

That was Caleb Taylor.

That got the onside kick and moved it out across the 40 to the 43.

And so that's step one of this.

Initial drive of the second half of Y .1 you take care of the onside kick now to now go out and execute.

When the play in front of you.

When the block when the assignment.

Whatever the case maybe find a way to put points on the board, get the ball in the end zone and then you got yourself a chance to make a comeback.

Martinez.

Gets the snap, gives it to desire green cross the 45 short pick up only two yards on the carry.

You see that PA defense there.

Hunt Harrison that defense there to keep green from getting much at all.

And.

We keep talking about what Whitehall needs to do, plus academies has fully like they played in the first half defensively.

When you're giving up a yard per carry, I mean you would have told PA that before the game there take that anytime.

Martinez gets the snap, hands it off, Green finds a hole and now he's got more green racing to the sideline to the 30 close to the 25 yard line.

That is where they'll mark him out.

Saier Green with maybe his biggest run of the night and nice job by green to bounce that to the outside, picks up 30 yards and a this drive already looks much more similar to that first drive at Whitehall.

Had to start the contest and that's what they have to do.

That's the recipe for success.

Rely on those those.

Two running backs that you talked about the top of the broadcast.

Your Thunder and lightning use those guys as much as you possibly can.

What are the biggest differences in the PA defense that we saw after that first drive was better tackling and we pointed that out and we just saw their green broke three tackles, had three defenders diving at his legs.

They could not bring him down and he gets another big run.

Martinez in the air throw into the corner of the end zone.

It's caught.

That's a touchdown for Whitehall.

Quick response from the Bulldogs.

Stephen Weston hauls it in and now it's 30 to 13.

A great concept there at.

The top of your screen, a cornerback corner route for Western and Martinez at a great job of putting it on him.

You see the end cut the corner route goes over the top and the safety can't get over there to make the plate just out of the reach of of Barker, the defensive back.

And now Whitehall is within 17 and looks like they may be trying to go for two.

He saw it's Charlie Barker that was trying to make the play.

Barker is in because Patton Wicker starting defensive back for Pulaski Academy is out of the game.

He broke his elbow.

Hurt his elbow last week and he is not playing a little jump pass for two big collision and that is knocked out.

It looked like they had that and I thought TK was going to bring it in TK Walker for the two point conversion.

But you see Bo Miller come in flying in.

Was that bohrs at Hunt Harrison that were showing him both?

Let's take a look at the replay and this big lick knocks the ball out.

He's wide open.

Just put a little too much air underneath it and you're exactly right.

Josh.

Katie is their number 8.

Not eight, I thought, was two you could do.

Maybe it's more Miller, yeah, they're tough to tell.

It could have been Katie.

Either way, it's a little too much air underneath the ball and allowed the defense time to collapse over and knock that one free.

And that's because you kicked the extra point there.

It's still two possession game at 16, and now it's still three score game as the margin sets, it's 30 to 13 feet holds onto it.

It's 30 to 15 you, you know, a touchdown and then a touchdown 2 point conversion.

You got it, tide?

So big play from the Bruins defense to stop the two point conversion limit the damage.

Now, Whitehall will kick off, and we've seen their kicker booted through the into the end zone a couple of times.

There's kyler.

Barnes puts his foot into it, and it's going to sail out of bounds and it'll give PA some better field position.

Let's go down to the sideline.

I think we've got everything fixed and we want to check in with Kyle Sutherland, Kyle.

Think about hey guys, can you hear me now?

Oh you're good.

Yeah, there we go.

I've had some issues there at halftime in a little after but I talked with coach Lucas and basically he was just saying about his defense.

They played really great but he just wants to see him finish.

They played real good in the playoffs so far and so really just about now.

It's just all about finishing that.

Now of course we saw a little Whitehall just did so you can't let him come back from their pompiers perspective there, but overall he's very, very satisfied with what they've done.

They just gotta finish it out.

Pfizer fakes it to Heiman quick pass out to Charette.

Sure it moves it almost to the 40.

The market down at the 38 so short game for PA on first down we haven't seen a lot of the screen game from Pulaski Academy in years past.

They've been a very heavy screentime.

We haven't seen it so much tonight.

Now we see it first player this third quarter they try to go to it.

But Whitehall is right there to shut it down for a four yard gain.

Pfizer empty backfield.

He's going to keep it and he's gonna run it.

Nothing there now he's gonna take it outside, tries to get outside but that speed of the Whitehall defense was very evident on that play in the first half we talked about the lack of numbers in the box for Whitehall at that time, but Bulldogs kept plenty of players in the tackle box and there was nowhere to run for Pfizer.

Nice job filling the hole, then you stretch it out and he's got to take a slide and you might have lost half a yard.

He saw Rodrico Bowen's number 43 right there, filling the hole and Pfizer's like I'm not going there.

It's a free man.

Pfizer and ***** standing side by side.

We've seen him snap it directly to him in a couple of times.

Safety, deep Pfizer.

He's looking deep.

He's going to Charlie Barker.

Barker goes up for it.

He's got it.

Barker inside the 15 knocked down at the 13 yard line.

Man the man across the board.

Three receivers were to the near side and the GO route.

No help over the top and Pfizer had all day to throw and he let's one fly in his playmaker on the outside of reels it in.

And just like that PA is back in the red zone.

Great adjustment by Barker.

Brings it in.

Directly snapped a hymen hymen.

Tries to fall forward.

He does picks up one.

Whitehall does a nice job.

They've done a nice job outside that initial drive of the contest to slow down hymens.

We've got to stop it with the Whitehall defender down, but they've done a pretty decent job of slowing down.

Will do it all.

Running back for Pulaski Academy, there's 15 touches, 108 total yards for hymen.

There's a look at the Bulldog defender.

That's down and he was in a little bit of a pain of an Shelton with senior defensive lineman.

He was pounding the turf with his fist.

Don't try to walk it off.

Marshall oh.

One of his own players kind of rolled up on us, his ankle or his right knee and.

Legs don't bend that way.

Hopefully he's alright.

Slowly getting off the field can't put all this weight on it.

It's a big loss for the Bulldogs.

Shelton, one of their main guys down inside.

OK, so the Bruins will have second in nine.

It's the referee signals to regain play.

He starts the clock.

And home and up by himself will be at the bottom of your screen.

The numbers really aren't there for a quarterback draw.

I'm gonna try it anyway.

Pfizer takes off.

He's coming to the near sideline.

Pfizer leaps into the end zone.

Either gonna say he was out of bounds.

He stepped out of bounds at the three that will be close to the first down marker.

Very close numbers weren't there between the tackles, but just the patients.

They can tell that's a run pass option.

Pfizer keeps his eyes downfield, smartly bounces out to the outside and picks up a few yards and did just step on the chalk before he reached for the pylon.

Great shot from our cameraman showing he stepped out of bounds right there at the three right where they marked him.

Good call from the official.

Pfizer and ***** look at the Bulldogs got nine guys in the box and I believe this is direct snap.

There you go.

Pfizer splits out.

Why they're just letting him go.

We've got two on one outside PA doesn't care.

They're gonna give it to *****.

***** gets it inside the one.

I'm going to try to find a way to get hymen in the end zone, so in the few times that he's been shut out in the first half, but he's just a yard away from it, I imagine they're gonna go quickly and run the exact same play.

You called it.

Did he get in?

He got in touch down Hymen second effort, Whitehall shut him down.

Initially, that second effort to the lungs by *****.

And that's a big response score.

We talked about how important it was for Whitehall to score initially and PA answers the bell back and pushes that lead back.

I was told that the one the certain school didn't think Hymen was big enough to play for them and.

I've said and looked at the two small there with that power and the second effort, as you pointed out, he's strong, strong young man.

We've seen players significantly smaller than him, be very successful at Heidi one school, so the argument that he's not big enough to play for us really doesn't fly with me unless you're talking about someone who's about the 4th grade.

Trailer Smith not the biggest guy there is no it's not in Milan, but last I checked he's pretty good.

Selix kick is up.

It's good tack on one more point for the Bruins.

3713 will take a break.

Bruins up 24.

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Bruins getting set for you.

Another onside kick.

They've been successful once tonight and it was big because they turned it into points.

Whitehall does a good job once again grabbing that knocking it down.

Caleb Taylor falls on it to Whitehall.

Players kind of collided there and Taylor got the wrong end of it, but he's still able to maintain the onside kick, and now again answer time.

Still three possession game, but it's the maximum 24 points for Whitehall.

Should be enough possessions.

I don't have to worry about watching the clock just yet, but can't let it get away from you.

So if we see a little bit more sense of urgency from the Bulldogs going a little faster, I don't think you need to yet.

Once you get to the final four minutes of the third quarter, and obviously in the 4th floor, I think when you really have to worry about the clock will start passing along some other playoff scores for you.

But first, this is I air green to the outside Greens brought down, but not until he picks up about 7 yards.

Number seven goes for seven.

He's the one that sparked the offense on that last possession.

They try to get him on the outside.

Toss out of the pistol, unimount in space and picks up 6.

Sitting down in Florida.

Bulldogs scored on their first drive in the first half.

They scored on their first drive of the second half.

Trying to keep it going here green once again.

Well, that's actually came.

They brought in the big back we saw Lightning hears Thunder and he's unable to get the first down.

But he picks up a yard.

So be third and I'll call it three maybe.

No, it's a four.

Three.

It's the second touch for Kane.

33 it's kind of gotten away from the Thunder and lightning.

They've went predominantly lightning tonight, 11 carriers to two between Green and Kane.

You gotta feel like this is 4 down territory so I won't be surprised we didn't still see Kane a couple times.

Martinez with the fake.

Snap fake, attempt to snap it.

Tried to draw PA offsides, didn't work, bringing pressure up the middle teen is going to keep it.

He gets the first down kind of called that you're gonna go to some of the backs.

Some of the backs and then Martinez later on keep it and pulls the defense and they were bringing pressure up the middle.

Martinez read it and with the play fake and able to get outside the tackle and cut it up and get a first down.

A much needed first down for the Bulldogs.

So Whitehall trying to answer that was a big answer for the Bruins.

You know, Whitehall had a little momentum.

They were getting excited, thinking they're getting back into this thing.

The Bruins marched down and get the touchdown.

You know, hand it off to the outside.

Here comes green.

Green gets the corner green to the 31.

He gets the first down.

Move the chains again no green doesn't have great size but he does a fantastic job of running through arm tackles, especially around the legs.

He tell he's been in the waiting room and he just runs through an arm tackle right here.

Picks up extra yardage and gets the first down and this might be a good chance right here at West we saw the big screenplay that went for the touchdown in the first half.

Might be time to dial that back up again.

If your coach Bobby Bolding will play action pass.

You got that PA defense thinking they're going to run the ball and hit him deep.

It's Stephen Weston.

#4 looks like he's going to be locked up man to man, you know?

Like his odds, one on one.

Just get about anybody in the state, but I only see if they try to take advantage.

He's gonna be at the top of your screen.

He does have one on one coverage.

I got double coverage on the other side.

May have been tipped.

Came it came out kind of weird, low and incomplete.

Coach Bolton in the background.

He was upset about something.

See here on the replay and indeed the big defensive tackle got a little pressure off the snap.

Gotta gotta paw up in the passing lane and knock that one down there but they saw exactly what we did.

One on one.

You know the defensive back was playing off and so they tried to little 5 yard hitch but the defensive lineman thwarted that effort.

You think you get it to him?

He breaks the tackle, he's gone.

That's a touchdown exactly right corner is on an island there gonna be on an island right here as well.

Man to man top of your screen.

Martinez, he's going to throw.

He's going deep.

Like his receiver kind of stopped on him.

It was going out of bounds anyway.

He was trying to hook up with Jordan, Jackson and Jackson kinda turned his route and stopped.

They saw the ball in the air and started running again and couldn't get over there to it and he might have decided he was going to throw the football two before he stopped there as he picked the one of the three receivers that was double teamed.

Him man to man coverage on the top of your screen to receivers 2 defensive backs and on this one he had a safety over the top and luckily that one went out of bounds.

If you're a Whitehall fan, Jackson does lead a Whitehall then receptions.

34 catches on the season, 572 yards.

He has a division to offer 'cause Bolton saying about three players with the two offers and Jackson is one of them, had two catches 43 yards tonight for Jackson Martinez is going to keep it.

He's not going to get much late flag very late fly.

That's the type of play call when you know you've got four downs you try to get about half of it back.

But now I have to check the laundry.

Makes me think it's either holding or it could have been a facemask late like that.

It's been a really clean game, only five penalties up to this point, and one of them was on a I guess two of them are on the kickoff 5 yard facemask defense, 5 yard penalty replay third down.

So the big the big thing about that penalty, Wes is you get the yardage of the rush, you get the five yards and you get the down back so you don't have to do either or so that ends up being an 8 yard play and now you're in 3rd and short.

Hey, your play that didn't happen right?

Your gift.

So third and two.

About halfway through this third quarter, B Martinez here at the football.

Dude himself, he called it.

He gets the first down, moves it across the 20 down to the 19th.

I'd like to say I'm a football guru, but when your only man in the backfield in 30 short odds are, you're gonna run it.

Nice job by the right side of the offensive line, the extra tight in a wing back.

Then move the move the line of scrimmage and pick up the first down easily.

Hunt Harrison on the tackle.

Got him around the legs.

You know what you're right.

I'd hold patient down 24 in the third quarter.

At 1110 seconds on the play clock just now breaking the huddle Martinez all by himself in the backfield.

He's going to go.

Will double move?

That's just incidental contact the Whitehall defender, or the Whitehall offensive player.

And that's a good look at the PA defender Charlie Barker.

They both were looking up in the air for the ball, and when they did, they just ran into each other.

Legs got tangled.

You see it right there.

That's a good note caught in my book.

Got out like a US logo, the slant and go.

He's angling out towards the pylon.

And you mentioned there the incidental contact.

I think that's a good no call.

It's Josh Katie.

I'm having problems with these numbers.

From way up here, but they're going to go back the same place Katie there box it down.

I told you earlier Katie's got 7 interceptions on the year and he almost had number 8 and he was a fraction of a step from picking that one off in stride and going 85 yards for a score.

They tried the quick hitch and Katie read it perfectly.

Lucky that one falls incomplete.

See what they're doing.

They're putting their best corner pH, putting their best corner in just saying you're all alone and we're going to give some help to our other corners on the other side.

But you, you're going to lock up whoever you got and you're not going to have any help.

That's how much they trust Josh Katie.

I've tried the combo routes, looks maybe see if they go back to that corner out.

Fake it now they're gonna throw it and there's Katie he's looking for it goes in the air.

It's a fight for the ball in the air and is incomplete.

Maybe Katie got it.

We may have a review here.

We haven't had one yet.

The officials are talking trying to figure it out now.

They say, touchdown.

Forced, this one will be reviewed.

They'll take a look at it, but the receiver for Whitehall and Jordan Jackson will be credited with the touchdown, but he's not getting up.

And here's here's going to be a look at it.

So of course, simultaneous possession goes to the offense.

Yeah, we're gonna have to take a look at that.

They're going to stop this one pretty quickly.

Jackson, still down on the turf and it looked like his his head might have banged off the turf.

I was hoping he just had the wind knocked out of him, but I think you and I saw the same thing on the replay.

Jackson still being looked at as they go and have already announced his play is under review, so they're up in the booth reviewing it right now and all scoring plays are automatically reviewed and then you have a play like this.

It could be a turnover.

They're going to review that so so I think the question is that did he have possession long enough or controlled the ball long enough to say it was completed?

Catch in high school you don't have to say OK.

He completed the process.

Of going to the ground, it's not crazy like it is in the NFL.

Here's another look at it.

Jackson has it.

And then Katie has to me that first look right there says that he made the catch going to the ground, not enough to overturn it.

I'm not going to say it's confirmed, but I don't think he can.

It's overturned it here.

It's a great low key, high point.

The ball he does make the catch initially and again since it was ruled touchdown West.

I just don't know if there's enough evidence there to send it the other way.

You see the ball come out once his head hits the ground comes out of his hand right there.

And it's just on the ground.

That's when Katie picks it up.

It's a great throw, a great job by Jackson to go up and get the football.

Might have got away with a little bit of a push off.

It's a great camera shot that's a touchdown to me.

I think the ball comes out after he hits the ground and I think the officials are going to say that's enough of a catch.

Maybe one of those were whatever and that let me say it be clear this.

The replace here to correct obvious mistakes, correct, obvious and you have to have clear evidence this isn't the NFL type rule they want.

It's got to be something that is clear cut, easy to fix, and to me this isn't one of those.

Yeah, I, I think there's just not enough there, and I think you may be right Wesson, here's the call.

Pass is incomplete before found in the 19, so they saw more than we did so, so we have.

I mean, these replay officials here are at the top of their craft.

They they are very good.

These aren't, you know, just your guys off the street.

I'll tell you what I. I know some of these guys and they do a fantastic job.

And you're right, they saw a little something there.

He didn't Sir, he didn't complete the catch as kind of how I'm going to translate that.

You don't have to do like the NFL had to survive the ground and come up and stand up with the football, but they're saying that he didn't maintain possession long enough and we couldn't see.

I could see it might with my angle.

The ball may have been on the ground and that's why it's not an interception and Katie didn't take it from his arms, he just took it from the ground.

Alright, so fork down big play for the Bulldogs.

Martinez keeps it.

He's scrambling trying to get up the middle, but he won't get through enough yards for the first down Bulldogs turn it over.

The Bruins celebrate as they come off the field.

Whitehall tried to overlie overload.

The right side of the defensive or the offensive formation and left side of the defense with a great job by the PA secondary to lock everything up and Martinez tries to scramble, but he can't get all the way there, and a big defensive stop.

Another big defensive stop for that.

Ruin D and think about on the 4th down situation where they're wanting to throw while you're without one of your top receivers.

If not your top receiver and Jordan Jackson, he had to leave the game.

Soapie takes over ball inside their own 15 long way to go.

Bruins handed off the hymen, a reverse coming back the other way.

That's McKinney with it.

McKinney picks up the first down.

He's up to the 25 yard line.

Initially it looked like Whitehall did a great job of staying home and was gonna snuff that out, but the credit goes to the downfield blocking on the perimeter from the receivers for PA allowed McKinney.

Just enough time to find a seam and they moved the chains.

This is a big drive for the Whitehall defense, because this is a potential put away dry for the PA offense.

Pfizer splits everybody out.

Four wide to his left.

He's looking to throw.

Pfizer scrambles, runs to his sideline.

He's got his receiver there.

Did he catch it in bounds?

No incomplete.

Tried to drag a dragon foot, but they're going to say that right foot landed out of bounds before he made complete possession of that catching ruled incomplete Little Hawkins tried to get that sideline catch.

Here's a good look at the replay as Pfizer tries to hit him right on the sideline.

Close, close.

Not quite coach Lucas could challenge that if you wanted to, but I think they will just slow his offense down and get him out of rhythm.

2nd 10.

Pfizer's just going to keep it right up the middle.

Good blocking picks up 4 yards on the play.

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Credit to that PA offensive line.

Alan Thomason Junior Charlie Fisher senior trapped the junior center Max Gorman, a senior Shannon McDaniel, right tackle he's a junior.

So three juniors and two seniors on that offensive line for PA, paving the way for Pfizer and Joe Heinemann to have big nights.

Pfizer back to pass Pfizer going deep, has a receiver but overthrows receiver incomplete looking for John Mark Sherrod again.

They go on you now.

One big play here for the Whitehall defense, you got a chance to give your offense great field position, but that's easier said than done as P as quickly on the football going to get this pulled down snap off quickly 4th and six and comes hymen back.

Kind of looking to see how that Whitehall defense is going to use Joe ***** or tried to defend Joe ***** when they sent him a motion and it looks like there's manned up.

No deep safety for the Bulldogs.

Rolling out Pfizer now under pressure, goes back to the other side, trying to get a block, finds a receiver, throws it, but it's out of bounds caught by McKinney.

But he was out of bounds and soapie turns it over on downs.

Whitehall's defense does the job.

Who made the play there?

And he's not going to get credit for it.

Was number 21 key on West and the sophomore defensive back the initial read.

There was a speed out right near the sticks and he had a completely locked down that forced Pfizer to reverse field and try something the other way.

And now this is a big opportunity for the Bulldogs.

They don't.

They missed the opportunity to score when they were the Reds or last time.

Now they're inside the 30.

A chance to get this back to a two possession game in the third quarter, and that would be huge.

Wanna give a little credit to Brayland Johnson too?

He came from that safety position just flew through their made Pfizer reverse field and just blew up the play handoff to green.

Green nothing there that PA defense stacked it up.

Faces now without Jackson on one side of the offense.

For Whitehall, you kind of believe that PA maybe stacking the box and forcing another player to make an impact other than green in the backfield.

Good look at Romello Bell bell.

Actually it's from Whitehall.

His family moved to Little Rock when he was in the eighth grade 9th grade, and this game means a lot to him.

He's got a lot of families still at Whitehall.

Bella Junior grew up hood size good sized Little League football at these guys.

I'm sure.

Good point.

From Ellabell with 11 1/2 tackles for loss this year.

2 sacks.

With a fake it, they're going to throw it.

He hates defense, missed the tackle, and still on his feet.

That's TK.

Take a Walker.

We've seen him score once already tonight.

He's tough to bring down that strength, and they run after contact their turn to a medium game to a big game.

Now they're knocking on the door of a first and goal type situation.

It's a little play action.

Pass leaky amount to the flat and he knows what to do with it lowers his shoulder.

I show what strength right there from TK Walker and he gets the ball to the 11-2 minutes 7 seconds in the third quarter.

Whitehall really needs a score here, down 24.

Good look there at Martinez.

Looks over the defense hands it off to the big back.

That's Kane.

PA defense putting some pain on cane and he loses yards and they're they're loading the box when it's in the game, and although that's a telltale sign, if he's in the game, that means it's they're going to run the football.

But PA selling out when canes in the backfield and that time they dumped him for a loss and gains not doing a whole lot.

Hill Pinot with the play there, Dale was being held and no call, even if he fought off the the hold and with one arm brought Kane down and just stopped the play.

Didn't see why coach.

Lucas was so happy no was back.

They go inside again and nothing there.

It's fourth carry for Kane.

He's got three arts just I can't get the big man going and greens been able to pick up some of the slack tonight, but just set the ground attack not there.

25 carries for about 80 yards.

Joseph Ozment that time.

Just four down territory.

You gotta believe less.

You gotta believe the PA defense.

Madison Taylor defensive coordinator Jason White and they're they're happy with this defense and the run defense.

What they've been able to do tonight.

There's no question about that.

We're at the hurry to get this one out play clock winding down.

Play clock at 5.

Artines coach Bolden wanted to time out.

He got it.

I didn't know if they were going to give it to him.

Ball had been snapped and they blew it dead.

Bernat, I'm out here in the third quarter, but I think that's a smart call by Coach bold and you want to make sure you roll your best play out there.

You know you've got to score every time you touch the football.

Now for the rest of the game and you got to get a two point conversion.

You want to make sure you're in the proper set.

You like the alignment.

You like the defensive look that you're getting from Pulaski Academy and go out there and roll the dice and try to make a play.

Coach Bolding visibly upset.

You didn't like what he saw there and was upset he had to take a timeout.

Bernal, when it come, it may be at some point this game a crucial time out, right?

Or she liked to save those and if any time you're trailing, you like to say save them for when you're on defense, so he's burning on offense.

You take away that opportunity to save 40 seconds at some point in the fourth quarter, like to send a big shout out to Ashley Media for helping us get the word out about the state football championship games.

We appreciate the support.

We've got plenty more of them over the next two weekends.

Eight man football game last night was a shootout 66 to 60 W was lucky he didn't have to expend the voice for three hours and 45 minutes.

Strong beat mountain pine and double overtime.

SEC Scoreboard Press gets up on my G30 to 14.

There's a minute 30 to go in the third quarter, so Prescott trying to get a little revenge on Maggie Martinez under pressure.

He gets rid of it and it's come for the touchdown.

Martinez delivers a strike to Steven Weston Martinez took a lick but he delivered and Weston gets it across the goal line.

What a play by Martinez.

He knew the hit was coming.

He stands in there and delivers a. Darts right at the goal line and Weston does a nice job using his body as a shield gets across the goal line for the score and now the Whitehall going for two to try to make this a 16 point game 3719.

That's a good point body.

Make it a two possession game.

Martinez has cane behind him now to his side.

Martinez going to throw it back in his receiver fell down.

They try to an offensive line throwback and alive and fell down.

And I'm all films falls harmlessly into turf.

And now it's an 18 point game.

And that's that's huge.

Is the number of possessions are going to be certainly limited, as we've got 36 seconds left here in the third.

Oh, may have been tipped also when they threw it back, tossed it back.

It's an offensive lineman catch the game tying touchdown 2 point conversion last night, pull out all the stops.

Wow well, eight man drama.

Last night was entertaining and if you haven't watched eight man football, get on youtube.com/arkansas PBS next week and watch that eight man game.

It was entertaining.

66 to 60.

I mentioned that as long as the game took.

66126 Dash 3420 strong final minute of the first half and it was 52 to 34 mountain pine and then it was tide at 52 and went on an 18 old run to close the game.

Did strong to close regulation.

I should say including a safety during that stretch.

Just got an update from Maggie Prescott now leads at 36 to 14 so they are 7 minutes away from punching their ticket to War Memorial Stadium to play in the three A state championship next weekend.

Pulaski Academy gets the kick off and they slipped down, so they're going to have bad field position for the first time tonight off of a kickoff.

That was Kenny Jordan running back, just slipped there.

Last check, Harding Academy was all over Boonville.

I haven't seen the score lately but look like they were in control and will be heading to War Memorial Stadium.

A chance for Harding Academy to repeat.

We don't let me three straight for the Wildcats and of course the curly wolves.

The Prescott they're looking to get back here.

Four dices just scored talking about team trying to repeat.

They take the lead over Clarendon.

It's seven to six in the fourth quarter, had been six to nothing, Clarendon for a long time.

Pfizer to throw quick pass out to his receiver.

That's that.

Was ***** ***** caught it but he was quickly brought down at the 20 yard line.

But still that'll be a gain of about 7.

Kind of like that play.

Throw it out and if I'm an breaks the tackle he's gone.

Yeah, just get him one on one and that's gonna do it for the third quarter chance to put it away for PA.

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Back at War Memorial Stadium and the Bruins facing a second and five visor with it and he throws it quick out, breaks a tackle and he's got room to run.

Will they be able to catch him?

That's Jalen McKinney.

They're not gonna catch him.

Touchdown Bruins, 80 yards West to the House and just one on one on the outside and speed to burn for McKinney.

And he knows what to do with it when he gets the ball in space in the junior, who likely going to be playing?

On Saturdays at some point, and he showed off the wheels.

Just a quick pass breaks the tackle and he's gone.

It's simple when he got one on one coverage and the cornerback misses the tackle.

There's nobody there.

Kenny goes 80 yards.

Bruins now got 43 on the board.

Cilik will try to make it 44.

That's just the risk you have to take when you're on defense.

You go man to man, no safety help over the top and one missed tackle in space as they tack on the P80 and you're going to be off to the races and Whitehall's done a nice job.

Well despite the 44 points haven't given up the big play that's on the big play might have broken their back.

That's got to be deflating.

Feel like you scored the touchdown you had Kenny Jordan slip on the kickoff return he had.

He had a pen deep.

He had a simple little 5 yard pass to Joe Heinemann.

They make the tackle on that one, but then they they go back and run a similar play to jail in McKinney and like they like the matchup.

I mean that's all that is that if that's the look that Whitehall is going to give them, they're just gonna go back to it.

Go back to it and continue to make that play in space, because odds are the teams players are getting tired at this point, and that then that's when the tackling starts to go and you see the two coaches there at that time, the chessmaster was won by coach Anthony Lucas.

We've had some missed throughout the night in the field, maybe a little slick.

And only you slip a little bit as a defender and you're not positioned to make a correct tackle.

The next thing you're reaching for it and he's gone.

It's a classic, and he's going to kick off deep.

And now when you've got a 25 point lead so you're up 4 possessions in the fourth quarter, there's no point in giving them a short field and go ahead and kick it deep.

This was going to go in the end zone.

It looks like close to it it does.

And now Whitehall may not get enough possessions, and they're certainly gonna start having to go no huddle and worry about the clock.

Well, we got two more state championship games tomorrow, but across the state tonight you had six games, two in each classification of 403 and two.

It's the semifinals and we're getting some scores scores.

Arkadelphia is knocking off Shiloh Christian right now.

Last check Arkadelphia let it 41 to 35.

Still in the third quarter, Joe T Robinson has already punched their tickets so the Senators will be coming back to War Memorial Stadium next week.

They knocked off worn 43 to 13.

That's impressive.

And what interesting Nugget I saw there.

The four semifinalists in class, full rate represented the last six state champions.

It's a shows you how powerful those four programs have been in that classification.

With Arkadelphia and Shiloh Christian, and then of course Joe T Exactly Warren.

That's a loaded field right there.

Martinez keeps it on first down, picks up about 3.

We mentioned the other the three.

A game with Prescott taking a lead over McGee well, Harding Academy has punched their ticket.

The Wildcats knocked off Boonville tonight 56 to 27, so Harding Academy will be back at War Memorial Stadium.

It's at the trends.

We see it a lot.

Teams coming to repeat and repeat all that.

Martinez quick.

Quick out to his receiver.

But you see the tackle there.

That was a good tackle by Bo Miller for the Bruins.

That prevents any kind of a big play.

Third down.

Need about 3.

I need to get to the 30.

Shut down 3.

Bulldogs getting the right personnel in Martinez is going to go under center.

We've got Kane behind a fullback.

We're going to give it to Cain, and Cain was just off the pad.

Defense got penetration and there's just nowhere for Kane to go.

He loses about two on the play.

That's going to bring up 4th and five for all the football fans out there today.

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The final from two way McCrory knocks off Poen.

20 to 18.

Wow, you gotta give a tip of the cap to the pole and you know the bracket kind of fell their way and.

He wants some games, man, that's all little short though seeing a note on Twitter as Whitehall go, they're going to go ahead and Punnett.

P of course, no one deep gets a great Whitehall bounce.

They're gonna let it roll inside the 30 to about the 28 yard line poem was driving late in the game, but were stopped on 4th and 12A bracket.

It's just it's.

It's been wild.

I mean you think that you're gonna go chalk Bigelow's the number one team.

I know they lost the controversial fashion they go down.

Clarendon was a team that a lot of teams stop by making another run.

I know desert, I believe they're playing tonight in the semifinals curtain.

If I may be wrong on that one.

The other semifinal's guide.

I just went blank, Fordyce.

Yes Sir, let's just took the lead over clear enough so it's it's a little madness in that 2A bracket.

It was definitely not shocked like you're used to seeing in some classifications.

McCrory had knocked off Dez Arc a little earlier.

They faked the pitch to him and now they're gonna go across the middle first down, throw and catch.

That's McKinney again.

McKinney was their most explosive wide receiver this season.

The junior came into the game leading the team in receptions with 69.

He already had 1245 yards receiving on the season and tonight now he's got 115, so it's going to put him a well over 1300 almost 1400 yards receiving this season.

He had 13 touchdowns.

Now he's got two tonight right?

So that's 15 touchdowns on the season for Jalen McKinney.

It's not bad for we want to call a Robin to Joe Hymens Batman going deep looking for John Mark shred.

He catches it across.

The middle threats inside the 35 marking down at the 34th, Pfizer's numbers are starting to get better.

He started.

It was a 413 passing.

Now he's improved to 14 of 29 well over 300 yards.

I may push him up actually close to 3:50, so the stats are updated and Pulaski Academy does not take the foot off the pedal by the way, and they've got a 25 point lead in the fourth quarter.

That doesn't mean they're gonna slow down.

Visor with four receivers to his left, one single receiver to his right.

He's looking to his right will fake pump and go, and had a little contact down there, but no flag.

Sometimes you run that little fake and go and you fake out the cornerback, but then when you go to go he's in your way and that's kind of what happened.

He just ran into the cornerback.

They're hoping the speed out they ran a couple times, including the big one the McKinney pop for a touchdown.

They were going to bite on that as a hymen, fake the out and went on the out and up.

And as you mentioned, the defensive back right there, slowed him down.

Phase is just going to keep it and take off with.

It makes one move and is able to get the ball to the 30 gain of about four.

So good with that.

If your pH is more importantly, that clock continues to run now we're within eight minutes and then claiming state title #7 in the last eight seasons, tackled by Gray Shaner, we've seen Shane are all over the field tonight.

From that middle linebacker spot, he's been putting a lot of pressure on Pfizer, and the time he made the tackle and kept Pfizer from picking up a much more than four yards IPA gonna start, bleed display, clock all the way down.

This majority of the way.

Pfizer on 3rd down.

Just a little high, could have been dangerous.

Charlie Barker was trying to bring it in look like it went through two of his receivers hands have been hiding in the slot and.

Isn't Kenny in the slot and marker behind him?

A couple years ago in state championship game, PA had it go through a receiver's hands and they had another receiver streaking down the field and it just landed in his lap and he went all the way for a touchdown times.

It just goes your way.

It's a lot of it's gone piese way tonight 7 1/2 minutes to go.

Bruins facing 4th and six.

Pfizer looking a lot of contact downfield, they're not.

They're letting him play Pfizer chunks at deep.

Those a Hail Mary to his receiver, and actually Charlie Barker did a good job of just breaking it up and he kind of played defense there for a second, but that'll be a turnover on downs.

He had a receiver.

He was looking to the top of his screen right there and the receiver did a double move and once again the cornerback just they ran into each other in the quarterback kind of basically grabbed him and stopped him.

But Nope, no flag was called and they turned the ball over on downs.

We'll take a break when we come back.

We'll finish it up.

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Whitehall with the ball now desperately needing some points and in a hurry.

Balls batted in the air that falls to the ground.

Bruins were trying to get an interception right there, but good job from the defenders getting their hands up.

You see, delpino again and White King plays white.

All tried the tunnel screen there and that's why they look like a mad dash to the quarterback.

Three defenders in the backfield and the Nice job getting the hand on the ball.

'cause that one gets through there.

And I made a big play on the outside and really good to see Jordan Jackson back out there.

Mason Schick was in there putting pressure on the quarterback.

Martinez got one back.

It looks like Cain Martinez.

Pose it to green.

Green makes it move green close to the first down they'll give him the first down.

Move the chains balls on the 40 we sell green in and Kane in the game at the same time and.

Green makes the catch.

This is not their Forte though.

West there they're not a team that likes to line up in the shotgun and spread it out, but I've gotta do something down 25 with just 7 minutes left in your season and and try to get this a little closer and make it a little more respectable, at least in the box score and you open up the newspaper tomorrow.

I assume people with paper pull it up on their laptop, it's right.

Martinez finds his receivers receivers open Jordan Jackson as you mentioned back in the game, he's just short of the 50, so it'll be second one.

Can you join on Harrison?

Stop #4 second charge now for Jackson.

6 minutes 15 seconds to go in this one.

Bulldogs get to play in.

Martinez quick pass out to receiver.

Great grab.

Steven Weston had to leap and catch that.

Little bit not on the same page, but he still makes the catch, moves the chains.

That's the first down and got a final Fordyce punches their ticket or red bugs, but coming back to Little Rock 7 to 6.

Over Clarendon, so we still have all of our defending champs alive.

Is that right?

Yeah, and that will be correct.

Bryant will play tomorrow.

Greenwood tomorrow, obviously PA tonight and then in four A you're going to have Shiloh Christian who's in a dogfight with Arkadelphia.

Shiloh just scored.

They have a one point lead 4241 and there in the fourth quarter.

RTA Harding Academy in 3A and I guess or Dyson toy.

And Mountain Pine won the unofficial eight man championship last year.

They were in the finals last night, but couldn't defend and I'm using air quotes there.

Even though last year wasn't a sanction of sporting event.

They did win a title.

Martinez quick pass out.

He finds his receiver, Caleb Taylor.

Now the new point system is going to be coming into play, but that point system won't be into play for the public.

Schools like a afford eyesore.

Like in the.

Greenwood and 6A or Bryant and 70.

Even though they're repeating and winning that and at numerous titles, it's just trying.

If you move up, they just moved to Texas 88.

Yeah, they forgot to text gotcha.

You go play down there.

Martina is under pressure, throws it up and he gets his receiver, makes a move and that's Jackson for you and Jackson is going to be.

They're gonna say he's down a ball came out after he attacked her, yeah, but yeah, you're exactly right.

It's still the Harding Academy, Pulaski Academy, Shiloh, Christian.

All moving up class next year.

So PA along with Little Rock Christian going to be in 6A to compete with the likes of the Greenwoods and the elders of the world.

Party that may have been coming out.

I tell you on that replay.

He was kind of.

Pierre Cardin timeout.

I wonder if Coach Lucas is going to challenge this.

That's how a challenge works here at the high school level you call timeout and you tell the officials, hey, I want you to challenge that and they may be taking another look at it.

I thought you were, you know, we both thought that he was down when the ball came out and on that last reply I just happened to look and was watching the replay and I think that ball was out and see if we can take another look at it.

I just found it.

Information sharing education coach Lucas knows if that's if that's the case.

I mean, it's pretty much over, but this would be the nail in it.

Yes, that's what he we could not hear him.

But PA is asked for the review.

So they're going to go and talk to the guys in the booth, and they're going to take a look at it and we'll see.

Here's a look at the replay.

Martina is under pressure.

This is second time.

That time it's Warmelo Bell putting all kinds of pressure on him.

It's clearly a catch.

I mean, takes several steps, so that's not the question.

And it's when he's going down right here.

They dive in from behind, Bam, and it comes out.

You got it and I think that ball is out now.

Where is there a clear recovery?

You know that?

'cause that the official kind of pointed to the ground and does look like PA does jump on the football.

There you can see the official there.

He points to the ground, but so that should be a fumble and a recovery that's hunt Harrison that causes the fumble.

Following the game, the presentation of awards, you see Harrison #9 come in and looks like helmet on Ball knocks it loose.

There was a fumble on the play recovered by Pulaski Academy first down coach Lucas uses the challenge and it pays off.

The Bruins celebrated the sideline with the turnover.

What was recovered, including Jordan for the Bruins Nasty Academy Bruins, will take over at the 16 yard line.

4 minutes and 22 seconds.

As we were talking before that fumble, the West just because of the new competition rule or private schools.

If you accumulate so many points over a four year span, you're going to automatically move up, and it's going to vary from sport to sport.

So your football is not going to affect your basketball etc.

But Pulaski Academy has been successful enough.

They're going to move to 6A.

Along with Little Rock Christian that would also been successful enough.

Now that you got Greenwood, El Dorado Lake Hamilton, who was in the finals last night and he had 68, is became murderers row.

CAP at that time and yeah, quickly got down.

There wasn't anything there and Pfizer wisely, no need to take another look at this point in the season.

He goes down.

So like Ron, so it's so Shiloh Christian will move up to five a they'll join the 58 W Harding Academy is going to move up to 4A.

All the teams we talked about or have a chance to repeat this weekend will be moving up a classification.

What also with that rule West and what I like about it, is if if you're one of those schools that with the multiplier and you have to move up, Simon breaks free again.

We get high and go down in bounds.

He got what he could and that was a big game for Joe.

Just a quick little pass they had.

He had so much of a cushion in the slot.

Eyes are just takes a snap, throws it quickly to Joe.

He makes one guy miss and he's off for the to the races to finish.

That thought though, if you're if you're a school that doesn't have so much success, you're actually going to get to play and move down.

You have the potential to move down as a private school, so I'll just use Subiaco Academy as an example.

They've had to play up in forming a four, a eleven man football for a long time and weren't competitive.

Will be honest about that, so now they've got a chance to play in the classification that they might be able to be competitive in.

Barker goes in motion.

They're going to give it to *****.

He's going over the far side.

He's got room to run.

Hymen crossed the 40 to the 35.

Really, you see a tired defense from Whitehall.

It's they've been running and been on the field a lot tonight chasing these Bruins and all the sudden hymen speed is able to get outside and it's and it's tough to finish these games emotionally when you hit a point.

So when you're down and you realize there's not a chance for you to come back it.

It's tough emotionally to to finish the game.

Give it everything you got, you empty the tank in that tank just may be empty.

Very similar play, we just saw a few minutes ago hiemenz out of the game, but they bring in their sophomore backup, Kenny Jordan and Jordan makes.

The catch.

Gets forward for about 7 yards.

It's almost like a run play, yeah?

I mean, it's just such a short pass to that receiver in the slot you're going to complete it and then you pick up 567 yards.

Or if you make a guy miss you can get a lot more like I'm and it's not your typical RPO which you're faking their run in the backfield.

That's either quarterback sweep or just a quick pitch off, depending on what that outside linebacker does.

If he comes up, you pitch it off.

If he stays back, you keep it as a quarterback.

Pfizer hands it off.

It's Kenny Jordan again.

Jordan picks up the first down don't move the chain stopped the clock briefly, but we're at two minutes and 18 seconds.

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And look at the score from around the state Shiloh Christian facing a 4th and goal at the one and it looks like they just punched it in extra point away about to take a 4948 lead over Arkadelphia.

About 6 minutes left.

So the Saints again trying to get back here to Little Rock, Joe T Robinson.

No dump off pass down to ***** *****.

No, it's McKinney got something important happening on about the 40 yard line on the sideline.

That's the bucket.

Watch out there.

They're getting the the Gatorade bucket ready.

See some of the ball boys over there for Pulaski Academy.

They're filling up a some of the Gatorade.

They got about a minute, 10 left and they'll be a dumping coach, Lucas, for the first time as a head coach.

One minute to go.

Pfizer completes, I thought he completely threw it behind.

His receiver was cutting into open area, ICD coach Lucas there.

He wasn't happy.

So this is where he's a rookie.

He's not used to being in that head on a swivel, and looking for the ice book at this time, his predecessor Kevin Kelly, knew it was coming and he also welcomed it.

It's coming.

They're only 45, walking his way smartly.

Gotta wait a couple more plays at the lid on it right now so he's safe for another player too.

Third and four.

Are you hand this one off?

I even gets outside.

He's got the first down and more.

There's a great finish to Joe Hymens great career.

He gets him another touchdown.

PA goes over the 50.

Mark ***** the Northwestern commit, one of the top players in the state of Arkansas.

No matter what classification, finishes it off.

A little icing on the cake is fitting.

You know his last touch in his high school career goes for a touchdown and I don't have the.

The career numbers in front of me, but I I'm imagine that's probably close to 100 career touchdowns for Joe *****.

If not 120.

I mean, he's he's putting the end zone from running the football as a receiver.

He's kind of done it all for Pulaski Academy the last few seasons.

8 plays 84 yards I'm and finishes it off with the 19 yard score.

Hymen now has 151 yards rushing on the night.

That's his second touchdown.

Charlie Fiser, 67 yards rushing.

He also had two.

Touchdown flushing, then jail.

McKinney Five catches 134 yards receiving two touchdowns including the 80 yarder that was kind of the.

And that was the end of it.

And it's icing on the cake.

And Pulaski academy's farewell tour to Class 5A state 7th state championship in eight years.

I mean, this is a dominant run that we haven't seen lesson in modern football.

At least.

I mean it's it's amazing what they've been able to do.

It's the third largest classification through the years, you know, Little Rock Christian had been in that same category with them, but they've been in a class of their own.

Pulaski Academy.

I'm talking about above everybody else, and they're going to give a. Fond farewell with the 51 point effort and another championship moving about.

What's that about 6 miles from here and going from Little Rock War Memorial to Pulaski Academy just few miles down the road, think about the pressure to it was on this coaching staff, not just coach Lucas, but the entire staff.

You'll lose a legend like Kevin Kelly and those are huge shoes to fill and they still expect to win state championships.

Even though Kevin Kelly is not there yet.

And I talked about this a little bit last night with strong who came into the game, expected to win.

There's a lot of pressure on you, but most people won't think it's like, oh, you can play easy as you're the favorite now that there's a target on your back.

Every time PA steps on the field and every time against an Arkansas opponent tonight or this season they were able to answer the call, you know, they've been tested a few times, played in a few more close contests, then they're probably used to, especially in the playoffs.

But they found a way to get it done and you just have to tip the cap.

Sure, 51 points is impressive, but defensively to hold.

Whitehall to 283 in really more importantly, just 81 yards on the ground for the Bulldogs and that front five or six for PA deserves a lot of credit for the success.

Tonight you mentioned it earlier, but it happens every year.

PA's defense gets overlooked because of what the offense does.

The Joe Heinemann.

The passing from Pfizer and it catches from Barker and McKinney.

Yeah, I mean, that's what you hear about all the time.

But this defense continues.

To get it done, holding Whitehall to 19 points.

I couldn't stand it.

I mean, it's impressive what they've been able to do consistently.

I mean, of course with modern football, everybody talks about the offense, but.

Yeah, the defense again for PA shows up in the biggest moment guys you may want to get on coach Lucas.

The ice bath it's coming and he's running.

He's coach.

Lucas is celebrating with the fans.

The students there from PA and here comes the ice bath.

Coach Lucas was running out to meet coach Balding but.

They only got him.

Last name brand new one.

And I got this tidbit from Walter Woody earlier tonight, so I got to give him credit, but with the wind.

Tonight, Anthony Lucas is the first African American head coach to win a state title in Arkansas since Lee Hardman did it at Pine Bluff Dollarway Way back in 1992.

That's hard to believe.

That's stunning if it would have been from Walter, I would have been like Are you sure about that?

And I know he knows says they're the only to win it.

Only two to win it, that's amazing.

Kudos to coach Anthony Lucas.

Those Bruins they earned every bit of it tonight.

See coach Lucas talking with the Bulldogs players.

Giving them their due respect because they did something that hadn't been done in Whitehall in a long time, and that's make it to the state championship game.

We got more celebration.

We'll hear from coach Lucas stick around.

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Back in War Memorial Stadium, the PA Bruins, the 5/8 state champions did look at Anthony Lucas winning.

His first title is a head coach.

So who's the MVP?

Title trophy?

Go to West.

You've got, you know, Charlie Fiser the quarterback throws for 386, three touchdowns didn't turn the football over.

Of course you got Joe ***** 2 catches, 33 yards, 151 yards rushing, 2 scores.

I'll take the Flyers or two touchdown runs may tip the balance to the quarterback.

I've been to the President of the Jill Hymen fan club for two years now and so it's hard for me not to give him the award, but I tell you what Charlie Fiser had played a heck of a game with 386 yards passing 3 touchdowns through the air, two rushing as you said five total touchdowns.

Hard not to give it to him.

Yep, it's I think your hymen makes the offense go.

He demands so much attention.

He makes life a little bit easier for everybody else.

You know when the quarterback puts up five total touchdowns and 440 yards or so of total offense, it's hard not to say, hey, you're the five A state championship game MVP.

Getting ready for the Whitehall Bulldogs get their runner up trophy and guys and baby blue not to take that title home.

7th time in eight years.

Then for the final time, at least for a while, in 5/8 at least four years, they're going to be in 6A and.

You know you gotta believe they're going to compete at that level too.

I mean, it's the difference is there between five and six a but it's Pulaski Academy is good enough to compete at the next level.

You see how?

How many times PA's been at the state championship game?

When as soon as the game was over they know what to do at the benches and brought him out onto the field because they knew they were going to need those benches to sit on to take a trophy.

They don't need to stand on those benches, so they've been here.

They've done that.

You know you talked about so many times about the experience in the championship game and what it means.

But it also means something for the postgame celebration because they effectively I mean as soon as it hits zero.

There was a group of kids and grab those ******* and pulled him out onto the field.

What she do as a coach.

We're really prepared.

You prepare for everything pregame.

How you load the bus.

And in Pulaski Academy's case, you prepare to celebrate.

And that's exactly what they did.

They've done it a lot when conference championships, and you see, coach Lucas there right there in the middle with the banner, you know.

And they've capped off another impressive season.

And you can do nothing but tip to cap is they didn't?

They're supposed to and they came out and won another title.

Well, the Bruins get it done and they go undefeated in the state of Arkansas.

Within the borders they lost outside the state.

But they are the class of five A once again, and the Bruins will celebrate another title for another year.

There is Charlie Fiser here, MVP 386 and three touchdowns through the air 67 rushing two more scores.

And he caps it off with a little hardware of his own to take home.

And it's an impressive performance, offense, defense, special teams.

They did it all, and that's why they're on the winning end.

Well, we're just getting started here at War Memorial Stadium.

It'll be a long day tomorrow, but a great day, the six A state championship, Eldorado and Greenwood at noon.

And then of course tomorrow night 630 start Bryant and Fayetteville.

If the weather is good tomorrow night West, I don't know.

I haven't checked the forecast.

I don't like the jinx it if it's good, would not be shocked to see 30,000 show up.

Bryant, Fayetteville really.

Yeah, I say I think that's the state has been ready to see Bryant play the conference champion from the West for four years now.

During this whole run, it's always been a team from their own conference.

I think they're ready to see that clash of the Fayetteville who's was the dominant team along with Bentonville in the mid 2000s.

The twenty 10s.

And now with this new start down and see that Buck James has got it.

Bryant, Bobby, you came down from Fayetteville and the Northwest Arkansas area.

They may be following you down tomorrow and we know Bryant just down the road and Celine.

County, they're going to have a bunch of fans here too, so it could be an electric atmosphere.

But if you can't make it out to the stadium tomorrow night, we encourage you to watch this right here on Arkansas PBS Sports.

That's going to do it for tonight.

First one was fun.

Bruins get it done again for Bobby Swofford, unless more.

Thank you for joining us and we will see you tomorrow.