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And that was the score at the end of the first half of action.

EBA quickly moved the ball down the field on their first drive of the second half. They moved the ball down and went in for the go-ahead touchdown with 8:49 left in the third quarter. RTCA's Edwards blocked the extra point, but EBA was on top 13-7.

RTCA got a couple of good runs by Toole on the next drive to get the ball across midfield, but the first penalty of the game was then called on RTCA. That pushed them back to the EBA 44-yard line. Mixon broke a big run on the next play down to the 12-yard line, but then two more penalties were called on RTCA pushing them back to the 20-yard line. Meeks was able to hit the 37-yard field goal to close the lead to 13-10 with 52 seconds left in the third quarter.

In the fourth quarter, EBA had the ball all the way to the RTCA 18-yard line with just over seven minutes left in the contest. EBA scored with 4:33 left in the game to take a 20-10 lead over the Crusaders.

But RTCA was not done yet. On their first play of the next drive Mixon connected with Toole sprinting down the sideline for a 78-yard pass all the way to the oneyard line. On the next play, RTCA was in the end zone for the touchdown. That closed the lead to 20-17 after the extra point from Meeks with 4:19 left in the game. RTCA went for the onside kick but did not get it as EBA took over just inside their territory. From there EBA worked the ball down the field on the ground as they began to run the clock out. RTCA ran out of timeouts to stop the clock and EBA took the win over the Crusaders, 20-17.

RTCA played a great final two games of the season in which they played two teams with far better records, but the Crusaders gave it all they had, defeating one, and nearly coming out on top in the State Championship. RTCA will lose six seniors off of this team, but they will look to come back next year and vie for another State Championship.