Final football Friday sees multiple back-to-back champions
Updated: 10:44 PM CST Nov 18, 2022
BY HY-VEE. HEY, GUYS. SCOTT REISER JEFF DUBROF WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, RIGHT? THAT’S THE SONG. NOT ME, BUT THESE GUYS. YEAH. GUYS. ALL RIGHT LET’S SEE THAT BANNER. LET’S SEE THAT BANNER. THERE IT IS. SOUTHEAST BALL, 49 OF 40. WOW, THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE. YEAH, THIS WAS A DOMINANT PERFORMANCE WIRE TO WIRE. THESE GUYS DESERVE IT. LET’S CHECK OUT THE HIGHLIGHTS, HOW WE GOT HERE. SOUTHEAST HAWK CLAIMING ITS SECOND TITLE IN AS MANY YEARS AND IT WAS DOMINANT FROM THE START, TAKING ON A VALLEY TEAM, KIND OF PLAYING THE WOLVES CINDERELLA, THE 14 SEED COMING INTO THIS GAME, THIS DAY WAS ABOUT ABUSE, SOME UNHEALTHY ALREADY UP SEVEN NOTHING IN THE IOWA STATE COMMIT WHAT ARE A 66 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN FROM SHARMA THE RAMS TAKE A 14 NOTHING LEAD THREATENED TO TAKE A 21 NOTHING LEAD WATCH THIS DEFENSE CONNER MOBLEY HITS CARSON ROBBINS BUT THE DEFENDER FOR VALLEY ISAIAH PINK STRIPS IT IN THE END ZONE. COLSON AND BIRD RECOVERS IT IN THE END ZONE VALLEY STILL IN IT, BUT NOT FOR LONG AFTER THAT. BECAUSE OF WHO? SHARMA PUTTING ON ONE OF THE BEST PERFORMANCES, YOU WILL EVER SEE IN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. 7D3 YARDS. NOT EVEN CLOSE TO GO ON THE DAY RAMS WOULD TAKE A 21 TO NOTHING LEAD INTO THE LOCKER AND THEY WERE FEELING GOOD. SCOTT OKAY, START OF THE THIRD QUARTER. JEFF AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW I TEASED EVERYONE. I SAID, I’LL TELL YOU HOW MANY YARDS HE FINISHED WITH. WHAT DID YOU JOIN US LATER IN SPORTS? I HOPE YOU DIDN’T HATE ME WHEN YOU’RE WATCHING AT HOME. BUT HERE’S ANOTHER WITH 63 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN, GET A 28 NOTHING. ALL RIGHT. YOU READY FOR THE NUMBER? ARE YOU READY FOR THE NUMBER? 24 CARRIES 372 YARDS AND SIX TOUCHDOWN. A TITLE GAME RECORD 372 AND THE DEFENSE JUST AS GOOD FOR SOUTHEAST COAST DRAYMOND WOODS NEXT UP PROVENZA IT WAS 35 NOTHING FOUR VALLEY SCORED TWO POINTS IN THE FINAL SCORE. 49 TO 14. AND ONLY ONE THING LEFT TO DO. JEFFREY YEAH, LET’S SEE THAT TROPHY CELEBRATION RIGHT NOW. SEE IT GOING AFTER IT? WE SAW IT. YOU KNOW, WHEN THEY’RE UP 35 TO 7, THEY’RE POINTING AT THEIR FINGERS SAYING NUMBER TWO AND THEY’RE INCHING CLOSER AND CLOSER SAYING, GIVE ME THAT TROPHY, CADEN PROCTOR LEADING THE WAY, KIND OF IN THE LEADER. ONE OF THE FEW LEADERS ON THIS TEAM, ONE OF THE SENIOR LEADERS, THEY GET THAT TROPHY FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR. THEY ROLL. SCOTT, 49 TO 14 IS THE FINAL, NOT THE ONLY GAME WE TODAY WE ALSO HAD VAN METER TAKING ON VAN METER TAKING ON LSU FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT YEAR, LOOKING TO GET THAT TITLE ONCE AGAIN. BULLDOGS OPEN DRIVE WITH A PERFECT SET. ALWAYS. IT’S GOING TO BE CAPPED OFF WITH A BEN GILLILAND TOUCHDOWN PASS TO DOERFLINGER BULLDOGS TAKE A SEVEN NOTHING LEAD THEY WOULD ADD ON IN THE SECOND QUARTER THIS TIME IT’S GILLILAND GOING TO KEEP IT ON HIS OWN. BOB BARELY GOING TO BREAK THE PLAYING, BUT IT IS A TOUCHDOWN. VAN METER ROLLING TO A 14 NOTHING LEAD DEFENSE LOOK SOLID ALL FIRST HALF THEY PITCHED TO SHUT OUT THE SECOND HALF BEGINS RIGHT WHERE THEY LEFT OFF IT’S GOING TO BE A PICK SIX BY A NET IN THE BULLDOGS 32 SEVEN ONCE AGAIN VAN METER BRINGING HOME A TITLE TWO YEARS IN A ROW BACK TO BACK. SENIOR YEAR. I MEAN I MEAN I MEAN YOU DON’T YOU DREAM OF WINNING SENIOR YEAR I MEAN IT’S BEST WAY TO AND YOUR FOOTBALL CAREER SO YEAH YEAH IT’S SPECIAL FOR SURE YOU ALWAYS THINK YOU’RE GOING TO WIN A STATE TITLE, BUT YOU KNOW, THERE’S ALWAYS I THOUGHT IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD LIKE, OH, WE LOST A LOT OF GUYS. YOU KNOW, WE DON’T EALLY HAVE THE FIREPOWER THERE. NO, WE HAVE. BUT, YOU KNOW, THAT’S BEEN TRUE. AND OBVIOUSLY THEY SAW IT BEFORE WE DID. YOU KNOW, THEY THEY WERE JUST TRYING TO STAY THE COURSE, KNOW GOOD THINGS ARE GOING TO HALF RIGHT? YEAH, I’D SAY GOOD THINGS HAPPEN. ALL RIGHT. A BLOWOUT WIN FOR VAN METER. WE SAW THE BLOWOUT WIN FOR SOUTHEAST POLK, BUT IT WASN’T ALL LIKE THAT. OH, WE GOT SOME PEOPLE SCREAMING THERE. LUNGS OUT FOR SAUDI SMOKE. BUT HERE’S THE HAND. THAT WAS NOT A BLOWOUT. WHAT AN AMAZING FINISH. SHANNON EARHART WITH THE HARLON STATE CHAMPIONSHIP EFFORT AGAINST MT. IN CLASS THREE. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I EXPECTED OUT OF A STATE FOOTBALL GAME. JUST ABSOLUTE MADNESS. IT WAS DEFINITELY AN UNFORGETTABLE ONE. HONESTLY, I BOTTLE THIS GAME UP AND I WANT TO SEE IT A LOT. SO LET’S JUMP TO THE THIRD QUARTER THOUGH. 16 SECONDS LEFT IN THE THIRD AFTER GETTING STOPPED TWICE. GASPAR BALL RESTORED TO JACOB BIRCH IN THE END ZONE. HIS SEVENTH RECEPTION FOR A D ON THE SEASON IN OVER 4 MINUTES, 59 YARD DRIVE. IT’S 2315. WE’RE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, 432 LEFT IN THE GAME. HARTLAND HAS THE BALL. CASPER BAUER LAUNCHES IT OVER THE TOP. SEARS, HE GETS IT. JUST SENSATIONAL CONTROLS THE BOLAN MANAGES NOT TO ROLL THE OVER IN THE PROCESS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. THEY’RE GOING FOR IT. BIRCH WITH THE EXCLAMATION POINT, IT IS ALL TIED UP. 23, 23 MALEC FOR THE THREE AND OUT AND GETS THE BALL BACK WITH JUST 2 MINUTES REMAINING THIS YEAR HE’S JUST A HUMAN HIGHLIGHT REEL HE RUNS THE POST PATTERN AND CASPER BAUER HITS HIM IN STRIDE. HE IS GONE WITH THE EXTRA POINT, THE SCORE, IT’S 30, 23 AND THAT’S ALSO 23. UNANSWERED POINTS. HOW ABOUT THAT FOR CYCLONE POWER? IT WAS IT WAS CRAZY. I MEAN, EVERYONE WAS JUST WE WERE ALL KIND OF SHAKEN A LITTLE BIT, YOU KNOW, JUST FEELING THE NERVES. BUT YEAH, IT WAS JUST CRAZY. IT WAS AWESOME. NO BETTER FEELING IN THE WHOLE WORLD THAN THAT. I MEAN, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CELEBRATE? I’VE WORKED SATURDAY FIVE CLOCK, SO I’VE GOT TO MAKE SOMEHOW HARLAND THEY JUST DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOSE IT IS IN THEIR NATURE. THEY PENCIL IN THEIR 40 CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE TO THEIR NAME AND IN MOST POSTSEASON WINS IN IOWA, HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL HISTORY. FROM THE UNIFORMS I’M STANDING NEAR OF vlog, IOWA SPORTS LEADER. WOW. AND IN CLASS TO A CENTRAL LION GEORGE LITTLE ROCK A LOT OF NAMES AND THEY GET A TITLE 1006 OVER WILLIAMSBURG YEAH. WE ALSO HAVE SOME GAMES ON THURSDAY EIGHT PLAYER FOOTBALL RIMS IN SAINT MARY’S 3816 THEY’RE A WINTER CLASS, A GRUNDY CENTER SHUT OUT WAS HANCOCK BRITT 27 NOTHING CLASS FOR A CLASSIC GAME CEDAR RAPIDS XAVIER FINISHES OFF THAT INCREDIBLE SEASON BEAT THE DEFENDING CHAMPION LOUIS CENTRAL 4530. TWO QUICK THINGS BEFORE WE GO. I WANT TO THANK OUR INTERNS FOR THE NIGHT. WE GOT MATTHEW TRUE LINGER AND JONAH FRYE. THE LIGHT GOT TURNED OUT ON US. THERE YOU GO. THESE GUYS ARE HARDCORE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, 4914. TELL THESE FOLKS WE’RE GOING TO END THIS SEASON OF FOOTBALL FRIDAY NIGHT BY LETTING THE RAMS CHEERLEADERS DO THEIR THING. GOODNIGHT, EVERYBODY. THEY I THINK FRIDA
Final football Friday sees multiple back-to-back champions
Updated: 10:44 PM CST Nov 18, 2022
The final football Friday of the 2022 season saw three back-to-back state champions crowned.In class 3A, Harlan overcame to 23-7 4th quarter deficit to defeat Mt. Vernon to claim its second straight title and its 14th title in school history.In class 1A, Van Meter dominated from start to finish to claim its trophy. The Bulldogs defeated West Sioux in the title game for the second straight year. The final score was 30-7.Rounding out the night was defending champion Southeast Polk taking on the Cinderella story Valley Tigers. The Rams won 49-14.Southeast Polk was led by Iowa State commit Abu Sama as the Rams cruised to their second title in program history and second title in as many years. Sama had 24 carries, 372 yards and six touchdowns; breaking the all-time record for touchdowns and rushing yards in a title game.Sports Director Scott Reister, Jeff Dubrof and Shannon Ehrhardt breakdown all the action that was from championship Friday.
CEDAR FALLS, Iowa — The final football Friday of the 2022 season saw three back-to-back state champions crowned.
In class 3A, Harlan overcame to 23-7 4th quarter deficit to defeat Mt. Vernon to claim its second straight title and its 14th title in school history.
In class 1A, Van Meter dominated from start to finish to claim its trophy. The Bulldogs defeated West Sioux in the title game for the second straight year. The final score was 30-7.
Rounding out the night was defending champion Southeast Polk taking on the Cinderella story Valley Tigers.
The Rams won 49-14.
Southeast Polk was led by Iowa State commit Abu Sama as the Rams cruised to their second title in program history and second title in as many years. Sama had 24 carries, 372 yards and six touchdowns; breaking the all-time record for touchdowns and rushing yards in a title game.
Sports Director Scott Reister, Jeff Dubrof and Shannon Ehrhardt breakdown all the action that was from championship Friday.