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Across the nation in high-school sports (November)

Alabama

Pelham High (5-1) won its own Thanksgiving girls basketball tournament, taking a 30-16 haldtime lead and holding on for a 52-40 win over Birmingham Oak Mountain High. Pelham's Lindsey Young led all scorers with 17 points, making 5-of-6 free throws down the stretch, while Jordin Mauk added 10 points. Lauren Miller led Oak Mountain with 13 points and Natasha Hill added 11. Erin Jackson sank a 17-foot jumper with 33 seconds remaining to power Trussville Hewitt-Trussville High past Birmingham Briarwood Christian Svhool 44-40 in the third-place game. Mountain Brook High beat Columbiana Shelby County High 57-52 for fifth place and Oxford High downed Calera High 48-29 for seventh place.

Alaska

Logan Thomas scored midway through the third period to highlight a three-goal outburst and Anchorage Robert W. Service High survived seven shorthanded sitautions over the first two periods to beat Anchorage A.J. Dimond High 4-2. Kory Roy added an empty-net goal to seal the win with 16 seconds left. Dimond's Adam Treptow scored 1:52 into the third period to give the Lynx a 2-2 tie before Thomas scored the game winner on an assist from Nick Murdock. Cody Gongora stopped 23 shots for Service, which had 17 third-period shots. Dimond got 26 saves from Mickey Geraghty.

Arizona

Chandler Valley Christian High got three field goals – from 29, 26 and 37 yards – from Nick Longnecker to advance to the Class 2A championship game, beating Phoenix Christian High 9-6 in semifinal play. Phoenix Christian opened the scoring on quarterback Naje Singleton’s 25-yard touchdown pass to Rocky Gingg in the first quarter, but missed the extra point. Longanecker’s winning field goal came with 5:27 left in the third quarter. The victory advanced Valley Christian to the title game against Thatcher High, which has won 10 in a row.

Arkansas

West Fork High (3-1) hit a total of seven 3-point shots went on to post a 51-21 mercy-rule win over Harrison High. Brittany Cone had five treys, including one that ignited an 11-2 second-quarter run, and finished with 15 points. Jordyn Ferrell added 14 points. The Lady Tigers, 12 for 14 from the free-throw line, opened the third period with a 7-0 run and closed it with a 9-0 streak to lead 41-19 after three quarters. Tia Young, Harrison’s top scorer last season, was held scoreless in the game. Alanna Shaver had 8 points to top Harrison (0-1).

California

With leading rusher Ricky Pemasa on the sidelines with a knee injury, senior quarterback Aaron Corp took matters into his own hands for Santa Ana Orange Lutheran High (10-1), No. 1 in the Orange County Register Top 10. In the first round of the playoffs, Corp, who is committed to Southern California, rushed for 162 yards and passed for 320 more as Orange County smashed San Clemente High 49-20. Corp ran 44, 64 and 20 yards for touchdowns and was 18-of-24 passing, throwing a 43-yard touchdown pass to Nick Rodieck. Josh Ferrell ran for 174 yards and three scores for San Clemente (8-3).

Colorado

Limon High (11-1) saw its 50-game winning streak, the longest in state history, come to an end, 21-16 to Lyons High in the Class 1A state semifinals. It was the three-time defending state champion’s first loss since Nov. 2, 2002, also to Lyons. Despite the low score, Lyons’ offense dominated, holding the ball for 35:10 – a 3-to-1 edge in time of possession – and held edges in plays, 76-34, and total offense, 316-107. Trey Mullen (29 carries, 127 yards) ran for two touchdowns and Sam Stall threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Eric Kelly for Lyons (11-1). Joe Stone returned the opening kickoff 92 yards for a Limon touchdown, but the Badgers didn’t score again until the closing minutes.

Connecticut

Marcus Cooper atoned for a fumble that led to a Windsor High touchdown by catching his second touchdown pass of the game, a 28-yarder from Keenen Orie with 8:44 remaining as Bloomfield High beat Windsor 13-8 in the first-ever Thanksgiving Day game between the Central Connecticut Conference West rivals. The victory gave Bloomfield (9-1, 5-0) the outright CCC West title and secured a Class S playoff spot for a program that had won six state titles between 1997 and 2003 but posted losing records the past two seasons. Cooper also scored on a 34-yard reception of a screen pass in the first quarter.

Delaware

Larry Wheeler recorded his 500th career victory (baseball and football combined) when his Newport Delaware Military Academy football team defeated Princeton Day School 26-20 in its season finale. Wheeler achieved most of those wins coaching football and baseball at Claymont High, which closed in 1990. In 27 seasons, Wheeler has coached three schools to 376 baseball victories, 14 at Claymont, winning a state title in 1973, and 12 at Wilmington Brandywine High, reaching the state finals in 2001. His 1984 Claymont football team reached the state finals. He was on the coaching staff when Brandywine won the title the following year. This will be his second season at Delaware Military Academy.

Florida

Three state records were set in the Class 1A state meet. Miami Gulliver Preparatory School senior Julianne Lago (54.41) broke the 100-meter butterfly record set by her sister Jennifer (55.06) two years ago. In the 500 freestyle, Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest High senior Yoelvi Pedraza swam 4:23.48, breaking a 24-yard record. The third record time was turned in the Jacksonville Bolles School 200 freestyle relay team of Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace, Victoria Richmond, Rebekah Epley and Caitlin Geary (1:34.53). Bolles claimed both team titles, the 19th straight for the boys and 16th straight for the girls.

Georgia

Albany Monroe High opened its season with a 70-48 win over Albany High in the annual Tip-Off Classic. Senior Wilbur Lake scored 15 points and DeJuan Shannon added 12 to lead Monroe, which got scoring from nine different players. Fred Williams led Albany with 12 points. In the preliminary game, Albany Westover High’s girls broke open a tight game in the second quarter and got past Albany Dougherty High 49-37 as Kendra Berry scored 19 points and Dominique Bryant posted 14. Tiffany Anderson led Dougherty with 16 points.

Hawaii

Kaimuki High rallied from a 21-point fourth-quarter deficit but failed on a two-point conversion attempt with 31 seconds remaining, allowing Honolulu Iolani School (6-5-1) to hold on for a 41-40 victory in the opening round of the Division II playoffs. Dolly Ainu'u scored on a 41-yard run with 11:52 left in the game, but the extra-point attempt was blocked. Kaimuki then closed to 41-34 with 5:16 left after Maua Tuitele's 1-yard TD run and a two-point conversion pass from Kapono Kaiwi-Barrionuebo to James Bower, and Kaiwi-Barrionuebo's 6-yard touchdown pass to Stephen Harris on fourth-and-goal remaining made it 41-40 before a conversion pass failed.

Idaho

Two-time defending Class 4A champion Boise Bishop Kelly High (9-3) was dethroned 30-0 by Pocatello High in the state final. Senior running back Geoff Roberts ran for 81 of the Indians' 247 yards on the ground and scored the first two touchdowns of the game on runs of 2 and 17 yards. Pocatello (11-2) gave coach Tom Harrison his 10th overall state title, his third at Pocatello after seven crowns at Blackfoot Sanke River High. . Thomas Robison and Bryndon Belnap also ran for Pocatello touchdowns. The loss spoiled the final game for Bishop Kelly coach Tim Brennan, who is moving to Pittsburgh after 15 years at the helm.

Illinois

Dan Dierking, a 5-10, 180-pound senior running back at Wheaton Warrenville South High, was named Player of the Year by the Chicago Sun-Times. Dierking broke the great Red Grange’s records at the school, rushing for 5,785 yards and 86 touchdowns in his career. Grange, who played at the former Wheaton High from 1917-21, scored 75 touchdowns, but his rushing yardage was not recorded. Dierking has 2,100 yards and 30 touchdowns this season in leading the unbeaten Tigers to the Class 8A semifinals. He is committed to Purdue, the same school his father, Scott, attended before going on to star for the NFL’s New York Jets.

Indiana

Indianapolis Cathedral High (38-2) defeated Muncie Central High (33-7) in four games to capture the Class 4A state volleyball title. The turning point occurred in the third game of the match when the Irish outlasted the Bearcats 27-25, thanks to a block from sophomore middle hitter Christiana Gray and senior setter Emily Burke. Cathedral won the final game 25-18 for its fifth state title. Gray led the Fighting Irish with 18 kills and one service ace. Senior outside hitter Lauren McIntyre and senior hitter Yvonne Marten chipped in with 17 and 14 kills, respectively. It was the third time in four years the two schools had met in the championship match, Cathedral winning in 2003 and Muncie Central in 2004.

Iowa

Junior Morgan Hamner, in her first game since tearing knee ligaments midway through last season, scored 16 points to lead defending Class 4A state champion Des Moines Roosevelt High past Runnells Southeast Polk High 57-45 to open the season. Southeast Polk's Emily Guenther scored a game-high 27 points, including 6-of-9 3-point shooting as the Rams drew within 48-44 with 3 minutes left. Roosevelt had a 43-25 rebounding edge, with Emma Van Winkle pulling down 13 boards, and forced 15 Southeast Polk turnovers while committing only seven. Freshman Riley Norman added 13 points and seven rebounds as five Roughriders scored in double figures.

Kansas

Garden Plain High junior Logan Dold rushed for 279 yards and four touchdowns, leading the visiting Owls to a 31-26 victory over Hillsboro in the Class 3A semifinals. Dold, who had 41 carries, scored on runs of 17, 6, 2 and 29 yards and Nick Matzen also ran for a touchdown as Garden Plain (12-1) piled up 533 total yards, 486 on the ground. Hillsboro (9-4), which took a 7-0 early lead on Jacob Yoder’s 32-yard touchdown run, got three touchdown passes from quarterback Spencer Brown, who passed for 219 yards. The win advanced Garden Plain to the title game against Silver Lake High.

Kentucky

Nick Petrino, son of University of Louisville coach Bobby Petrino, threw two touchdown passes to Kyle Flynn in the last 5:36 to erase an 11-point deficit and Agyei Williams made a game-saving tackle at the 1 as time expired to lift visiting Louisville Trinity High (12-1) past top-rated Louisville Male High 38-34 in a battle of Class 4A's top teams. Petrino (18-of-31, 393 yards) passed for four touchdowns and also found Flynn for a two-point conversion to narrow Male's lead to 34-31. Male quarterback Corey Gainey passed for 366 yards and three touchdowns. Douglas Beaumont caught 12 passes for 111 yards and two scores for Male (11-1), also scoring on a 1-yard run.

Louisiana

Two New Orleans teams, Jesuit High and Mount Carmel High, swept the boys and girls Division 1 state swimming meets, respectively. Jesuit, which had an 18-year winning streak snapped by Baton Rouge Catholic High last year, outscored Catholic 423-302 on individual titles from Michael Collins (50 freestyle), John Tortorich (100 butterfly) and Marc Dorsey (100 backstroke). Mount Carmel, unable to defend its 2004 title last year due to Hurricane Katrina, outdistanced defending champion Baton Rouge St. Joseph’s Academy 377-295. Two Slidell Northshore High girls were double winners: Colleen Donovan (200 individual medley, 100 freestyle) and Heather Winn (200 and 500 freestyle).

Maine

Quarterback Andy Shorey threw touchdown passes of 66 yards to Justin Staires and 47 yards to Devin Roberts to rally Rumford Mountain Valley High (12-0) from a 10-point halftime deficit for a 24-16 victory over Winslow High in the Class B state championship game. The game was a rematch of the 2004 state final, also won by Mountain Valley, 21-7. Winslow (10-2) took a 16-6 halftime lead on touchdown runs by John Goulette and Justin Lindie and a safety. Roberts also ran 6 yards for a first-half touchdown and Matt Laubauskas added insurance with a 3-yard scoring run.

Maryland

Quarterback Leon Kinnard ran for 76 yards and three first-half touchdowns and threw for 141 more at Baltimore Loyola High shut out Baltimore Calvert Hall College Preparatory 26-0 in the schools’ 87th Turkey Bowl. The win earned Loyola (10-1) a share of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A Conference title. Terence Garvin rushed for 76 yards and Kory Kapinos added 57 yards as the Dons outgained the Cardinals, 352-180. Bubba Harris returned an interception for a touchdown, one of four turnovers committed by Calvert Hall (1-8).

Massachusetts

Everett High (10-0) clinched its 12th consecutive Great Boston League championship, beating Cambridge High 44-22 in a rainy Thanksgiving Day game. Everett had a pair of backs rush for more than 100 yards. Senior Nick Parker (19 carries, 118 yards) ran for one touchdown and junior Isaac Johnson (12 carries, 102 yards) added two scores as the top-ranked Crimson Tide scored 23 third-quarter points to turn a 21-16 halftime lead into a rout. Everett has scored 400 points this season, their most since 1914. They will face Westwood Xaverian Brothers High (8-3) in the Division 1 playoffs.

Michigan

After trailing Grand Rapids Forest Hills Central High by two strokes after the first day, Saline High posted a concluding 311 to win the state championship by 23 strokes. Senior Spencer Slade (74-79-153) finished third overall. Sophomore Phil Gieseker shot 79-76-155 and finished fifth, junior Matt Paterini 81-77-158 and senior Johnny Kozlowski 80-79-159 for the Hornets, who returned their top four golfers from last year’s state runnerup team, didn’t lose a match all season. Forest Hills Central’s Drew Preston (76-74-150) made up a four-stroke first-day deficit to win medalist honors, beating Zak Kozuchowski of Warren DeLaSalle High on the third playoff hole.

Minnesota

Micah Koehn scored on an 8-yard run with 54 seconds remaining, capping a 13-point fourth quarter and giving Fridley Totino-Grace High (13-0) a 20-16 victory over New Prague High in Class 4A semifinal action. Aaron Hildebrand rushed for 92 yards and a touchdown, Pierce Lubinski added 103 ground yards and Jordan Marshall scored on a 10-yard run as Totino-Grace rushed for 72 yards. New Prague quarterback Ross Sklucazek (16-of-25, 227 yards) threw touchdown passes of 18 yards to Aaron Weiers and 34 yards to Tony Kubes, who also kicked a 27-yard field goal. Totino-Grace faced Mendota Heights St. Thomas Academy in its bid for a third state title in four years.

Mississippi

Playing without two offensive starters, Batesville South Panola High (13-0) still extended its state-record winning streak to 58 games, beating Clinton High 28-14 to advance to the Class 5A semifinals. Senior quarterback Leroy Diggs rushed for 135 yards and a pair of touchdowns and threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Lee in the third quarter that gave the Tigers the lead for good, 14-7. Montez Austin returned an interception 47 yards for the game’s final score. South Panola, ranked No. 16 nationally by USA Today, will play its semifinal game at Olive Branch High, where they won 12-7 on Sept. 29, the closest call during the 58-game streak.

Missouri

Harrisonville High (13-0) survived a 14-point fourth-quarter comeback, getting a 22-yard touchdown pass from Sean Ransburg to Donnie McLeod in overtime for a 28-21 victory over Kansas City St. Pius X High in the Class 3 semifinals. Harrisonville’s defense stopped running back Spencer Sobba on fourth down at the 2 in St. Pius’ overtime possession to preserve the win. Ransburg ran for touchdowns on three consecutive third-quarter possessions to turn a 7-0 deficit into a 21-7 Harrisonville lead. But St. Pius scored touchdowns less than 90 seconds apart late in the fourth quarter, on John Danaher’s 4-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Mackin and Jesse Pena’s interception return for a touchdown.

Montana

Defending Class C state volleyball champion Chinook High was eliminated in the Northern Divisional tournament, finishing fourth. After beating Geyser High in the first round, the Sugarbeeters took the first game from unbeaten Simms High, 25-23, in the quarterfinals before losing the next three, 25-9, 25-12, 25-20 despite Kayla Dugan’s 10 kills and a block. They beat Big Sandy High 14-25, 25-21, 25-18, 25- 12 as Erin Eslick had eight kills and seven digs and Dugan added seven blocks. Valier High ended Chinook’s season 27-25, 25-21 and 25-17 in the third-place match.

Nebraska

Taylor Stacy scored the game’s only goal on assists from Jake Rocke and Badum Maaloo with 27 seconds remaining to give Lincoln East High (18-0) the Class A state soccer championship, 1-0 over Omaha Millard South High in a battle of the state’s top-ranked teams. The victory made East the first Class A team to go unbeaten in a season and the first team to repeat as champion since Omaha Creighton Prepararatory School in 1999-2000. Junior goalkeeper Anthony Reichwaldt earned his 10th shutout of the season. Millard South (14-6), playing in the finals for the first time since 1998, lost to the Spartans for the third time this season.

Nevada

Reno Galena High (9-3) won its first Northern 4A Regional football title, 23-20 over Reno Bishop Manogue High, and will host Las Vegas Palo Verde High in the semifinals. Senior kicker Chris Ewald, who beat Sparks Edward C. Reed High the previous week with a field goal with one second to play, kicked a 37-yard field goal with 4:03 remaining to snap a 20-20 tie. Jimmy Sargent ran for a touchdown and Jacob Anderson threw touchdown passes of 2 yards to Jake Hess and 14 yards to Jesse Snodgrass for a 20-7 lead before Manogue (10-2) scored a pair of touchdowns to tie the game.

New Hampshire

Manchester Central High junior tailback Mike LeClerc, who had to be talked into playing football this season, had a Thanksgiving Day game to remember, rushing 26 times for 279 yards and touchdown runs of 55 and 23 yards as Central (8-4) downed Manchester West High 31-14. LeClerc nearly outgained West’s 293 total yards by himself. Muzafer Aku (13 carries, 65 yards) ran for a touchdown, Joe Robinson threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Pat McHugh and Kris Butler added a 35-yard field goal as Central regained Queen City crown it lost to West (6-5) last year.

New Jersey

Middletown South High (10-1) tuned up for its Group 3 Central sectional final appearance by shutting out crosstown rival Middletown North, 20-0 in a driving Thanksgiving Day rainstorm. Dave Dosil scored on a 3-yard run for a 6-0 lead in the second quarter and Matt Martino (86 yards rushing) scored a pair of touchdowns on runs of 5 and 59 yards. Patrick Campbell’s two-point conversion pass to Brian Meeker after Martino’s first touchdown gave South a 14-0 halftime lead. North (0-11) was led by Jim Trancucci’s 70 rushing yards.

New Mexico

Given a chance for some key injuries to heal after the settlement of a lawsuit filed by Las Cruces High forced the delay of the start of the Class 5A state playoffs one week, Albuquerque Rio Grande High advanced with a 24-14 victory over Rio Rancho High. Backs Jeff Acosta and Austin Ramirez both returned from October leg injuries to lead the offense, combining for three touchdowns. Acosta rushed for 173 yards and kicked a field goal. Adrian Baca added 77 yards and quarterback Chris Brito was 7-of-13 passing for 147 yards for Rio Grande, which dresses just 31 players.

New York

Unbeaten Montrose Hendrick Hudson High (23-0) rebounded from a 22-19 first-game deficit and went on to sweep two-time defending Class A state volleyball champion Burnt Hills Ballston Spa High 25-23, 25-18, 25-22 in the title match. Amanda Begin finished with 16 kills and Erin Little had eight kills for Burnt Hills, and both were named to the all-tournament team. Hendrick Hudson’s Nicole Tamburri also was named to the all-tournament team after dishing out 38 assists. Burnt Hills (25-2) had ended Hendrick Hudson's season three of the past four years -- in the regionals in 2002 and 2003, and in the state championship match in 2004.

North Carolina

Charlotte Country Day School kicker Thomas Cavaleris set a school record with his 11th field goal of the season and quarterback Matthew Miller rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns and added 140 passing yards and another touchdown and two interceptions as a defensive back. They weren’t enough as 6-foot-6 quarterback Braden Hanson’s 9-yard touchdown pass to Brenton Bersin on the second play of overtime gave Charlotte Latin School a 28-25 victory and its second consecutive Independent Schools state championship. Cavaleris kicked field goals of 39 and 24 yards to break former San Francisco 49ers kicker Mike Cofer’s 1981 record. Justin Curtis rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown for Latin.

North Dakota

Courtney Sluke had 19 kills, 10 in the first game alone, and Ashley Coffin added 13 kills as Minot High advanced to the Class A state championship match with a 25-23, 25-23, 25-21, victory over Fargo North High. Danny Luetzen added 39 assists and Jordan Lawson had five service aces and 12 digs. Courtney Fettig had five aces in the final six points of the match as Bismarck Century High closed out Fargo South High 25-23, 17-25, 32-30, 25-22 in the other semifinal. Fettig also had eight kills and five blocks, while Dana Asplund had 12 kills and three blocks and Andrea LaFrance 10 kills and two blocks. Amy Stroup had eight kills, seven blocks and 24 digs for Fargo South.

Ohio

Cuyahoga Falls Walsh Jesuit (21-2) won its first state soccer title since 1990, getting strong goalkeeping from senior Matt Weigand in a 2-0 victory over Kettering Alter High in the Division 2 title game. Weigand braved rain and strong winds to make seven saves, most of them in the second half, for his 13th shutout of the season and the offense scored both goals in the first half. Michael Nanchoff’s direct kick led to fellow senior Jacob Milli’s third goal of the season in the match’s seventh minute. Nanchoff scored off a give-and-go corner kick play with junior Justin Mancine in the 26th minute.

Oklahoma

Senior Justin Glenn, the reigning Class 5A state heavyweight champion, rushed for 118 yards and five touchdowns to power unranked Enid High (8-4) past Mustang High 55-7 for its first eight-win season and first Class 6A semifinal since 1991. Enid’s defense also forced seven Mustang turnovers, including six interceptions, four by Corbin Bigheart, to give them a school-record 34 interceptions. The 6-foot-1, 245-pound Glenn had rushed for 161 yards in Enid’s second-round upset of No. 3 Tulsa Washington the previous week. Quarterback Austin Box ran for 68 yards and a touchdown and passed for 201 yards and another score as Enid piled up 477 total yards.

Oregon

Hillsboro High (17-1-1) captured its first-ever Class 5A soccer state championship and its first title in any sport since 1993, beating Bend High 5-2 despite playing a man short for the final 68 minutes of the game. At the time of the ejection, Hillsboro led 1-0 on Fidel Izquierdo’s goal, and Izquierdo converted a steal into a cross to Brent Wong for a 2-0 lead in the 24th minute. After Connor Mitchell scored for Bend (16-1-1) to make it 2-1 at intermission, Juan Garcia scored twice and Danny Morato sealed the win with the fifth goal with five minutes remaining.

Pennsylvania

Jeannette High (12-1) won its first Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League Class AA championship since 1983 with a 24-14 win over the Greensburg Central Catholic High. Quarterback Terrelle Pryor ran 23 times for 146 yards and touchdowns of 1 and 70 yards, also completing 7 of 13 passes for 179 yards against a Greensburg Central Catholic defense that had only allowed 103 points in its first 12 games this season. Jerry Harris also ran for a touchdown as Jeannette pulled away in the second half. Ranked No. 1 in the WPIAL and the state entering the season, Greensburg Central Catholic (11-2) lost to Jeannette for the second time this season. The Jayhawks also prevailed 7-2 in the regular-season finale.

Rhode Island

Cranston East High’s boys soccer team overcame two forfeited victories due to an ineligible player and suspensions resulting from a September bench-clearing brawl to win its first state title since 1974, shutting out top-seeded Providence Central High 2-0 in the Division 2 title game. Cranston East, which finished 1-12-3 just two seasons ago, entered the tournament as the No. 10 seed due to the forfeits, and won four straight over higher-seeded teams. Tournament MVP J.T. Madonna scored on an assist from Donald Flores with 11:34 left in the second half to break a scoreless tie, and Prince Tahyor added a late insurance goal.

South Carolina

Senior quarterback Malcolm Long passed for 204 yards and two touchdowns in the first half and Gaffney High ended Duncan James F. Byrnes’ 33-game winning streak, 26-15 in a battle of unbeatens. With the victory, Gaffney (9-0) took over first in Region 2-4A. Long threw touchdown passes of 7 yards to Terry Barnes and 23 yards to Tyson Petty in the first half and the running game took over in the second half as Jeremiah Cochran (5 yards) and Steffen Foster (3 yards) ran for touchdowns. The Gaffney defense intercepted Clemson-bound quarterback Willy Korn three times and also forced him into a lost fumble.

South Dakota

Fresh off its state cross country tournament sweeps, Yankton High took a 10-stroke lead after the first day and held on to win the Class AA boys golf championship, 624-628 over Sioux Falls Washington High. Senior Preston Carda (78-75-153) finished seventh for Yankton, sophomore Marc Gubbels (72-82-154), the first-day leader, 10th and senior Adam Walsh (76-79-155) 13th. Freshmen Dillon May and Gabe Messler each shot 166. Senior Phil Henzlik of Rapid City Stevens High shot 73-74-147 to win by one stroke. Lead-Deadwood High edged Vermillion High 651-653 to win the Class A title, with Jefferson Dakota Valley senior Nate Barbee (73-69-142) winning the individual crown by five strokes.

Tennessee

Smyrna High (11-2) beat rival Murfreesboro Riverdale High 9-7 Nov. 17 for the first time in 18 tries to advance to the Class 5A semifinals for the first time. Junior quarterback Sonny Gray’s 60-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Josh Crouch with 20 seconds remaining in the third quarter was the winning score. Riverdale (11-2), which led 7-3 on a 7-yard touchdown run by senior quarterback Scott Thomas in the second quarter, lost a pair of second-half fumbles and missed a 34-yard field goal for the lead with 2:30 remaining. With the victory, Smyrna also avenged a 49-0 loss to Riverdale on Oct. 13.

Texas

Southlake Carroll High (12-0) won its 44th consecutive game, scoring on quarterback Riley Dodge’s 2-yard run with 37 seconds left to beat Euless Trinity High 22-21 in a battle of unbeatens and the past two Class 5A champions. The second-round playoff game drew 46,339 to Texas Stadium, the second-biggest crowd to witness a high school game in Texas and the biggest since 1977. Lading 21-16, Trinity (11-1) gambled on a fake punt with 2:30 remaining and was thrown for a three-yard loss on a pass play, giving Carroll the ball at the Trinity 35. Dodge, who passed for 330 yards, hit Anthony Ford for 14 yards and Blake Cantu for 15 yards to set up his touchdown run.

Utah

Salt Lake City Brighton High (30-1), ranked No. 9 nationally, won its first Class 5A state volleyball title, pounding Highland Lone Peak High 25-14, 25-20, 25-19 in less than an hour. Santa Clara commitment Krista Kelley had 19 kills for Brighton and Cassandra Ricketts added 10 kills. Brighton also won its semifinal matches in three game, over Plain City Fremont High. Kelsey Price added five kills for Brighton and junior Missy White chipped in 41 assists. Salt Lake City Cottonwood High won its first state crown in 30 yards, beating Murray High 25-23, 27-25, 21-25, 25-11 in the title match.

Vermont

A pair of St. Johnsbury Academy cross country runners led the Vermont contingent into the Foot Locker Northeast Regional Championship. Juniors Kyle Powers and Ken Bunnell qualified at the USA Track and Field Junior Olympic Cross County Championship regional race in Queensbury, N.Y. Powers finished second in the age 17-18 division, covering the 5-kilometer course in 16:12. Bunnell (16:17), the Division 1 state champion, took second in the age 15-16 division and sophomore Adron Pitmon (17:52) of two-time defending state champion Jericho Mount Mansfield High finished seventh. Mekenzie Krause of Bennington Mount Anthony High finished fourth in the girls age 15-16 division.

Virginia

With his team trailing 7-0 at halftime, Kevin Whaley returning the second-half kickoff 81 yards for a touchdown and unbeaten Virginia Beach Salem High (12-0) rallied past Chesapeake Oscar Smith High 33-7 for its first Group 3A Division 6 region title. Salem quarterback Rick Kresinske, who threw interceptions on his team’s first three possessions and fumbled on the fourth, ran 3 yards for a touchdown and passed for 185 yards, throwing touchdown passes of 38 yards to Jamel Conley and 45 yards to Leon Johnson. Freshman quarterback Phillip Sims passed for 249 yards, including a 69-yard touchdown pass to Jamal Wilson, for Oscar Smith (10-2), which lost in the regional final for the third consecutive year.

Washington

Quarterback Marshall Lobbestael, given a reprieve when a personal foul penalty wiped out his apparent game-clinching interception, threw a 40-yard pass to Jeff Lamont on the next play, setting up Tonly Thulin’s 4-yard touchdown run with 38 seconds remaining that gave Oak Harbor High a 26-22 Class 4A quarterfinal victory over previously-unbeaten Vancouver Skyview High. Lobbestael, committed to Washington State, threw touchdown passes of 18 yards to Lamont and 80 yards to Rodrick Rumble and ran 13 yards for another score. Micah Lape rushed for 148 yards and three touchdowns, finishing with over 2,400 yards this season for the best Skyview team (11-1) in school history.

West Virginia

Unbeaten Parkersburg High (13-0) smashed two-time defending Class 3A state champion Morgantown High 42-14 to advance to the championship game. Leading 20-14 at halftime, Parkersburg dominated the second half with three scoring drives. Junior quarterback Dave Thomas, also a two-time state wrestling champion, scored on runs of 3 and 13 yards and also was 6-of-9 passing for 101 yards and two touchdowns – 42 yards to Charlie Taylor and 6 yards to Kyle Smith. Matt Lindamood (21 carries, 193 yards) also ran for two scores.

Wisconsin

Stratford High nearly blew a 12-point lead in the final two minutes of the game, but held on to beat Deerfield High 26-24 in the Division 6 final, becoming the first Wisconsin team to win four consecutive state football titles. Pinned deep in its own territory and leading 26-14, Stratford opted to take a safety rather than punt. Deerfield’s Jeremy Roach returned the ensuing free kick 64 yards for a touchdown and added a two-point conversion run to make it 26-24. But Jordan Bauman recovered an onside kick and Stratford ran out the clock. Stratford's Chris Olson ran for 82 yards and two touchdowns, one year after his older brother Matt ran for 293 yards and four touchdowns to win last year's title.

Wyoming

With Klinton Krieger (69-72-141) taking individual honors by one stroke, Cheyenne Central High shot 299 the second day, overtook first-day leader Cody High and romped to the Class 4A boys golf championship, shooting 601 for a 15-stroke victory. Also scoring for Cheyenne Central: Josh Creel (76-73-149), Derek Francois (76-75-151) and Cameron Ross (81-79-160). Sheridan High also came from behind to win the girls title, 546-549-511 over Casper Kelly Walsh High and Cody, respectively. Green River High’s Kelsey Podlesny blew away the field with an opening-round 75 and shot 159 for a 10-stroke victory.