The secret to beating St. James is to keep Luther Ambrose in check, and John Curtis did that all night, with the exception of one play to win the 2-A state football championship.
Ambrose broke lose one time for a long touchdown, but that was about it in the game that saw 7 fumbles and an interception in the first half alone. Five of the fumbles were recovered by the other team.
I didn't care who won the game, but was kind of glad when I sat on the John Curtis side after remembering that St. James boos so loudly when the other team comes onto the field for the first time. After all, they booed my Cavaliers. So much for the "spirit of the game" the LHSAA so often reminds us about.
I had always heard that John Curtis brings a small following, and even though I have been to the dome more times than I have fingers on my hand, I never noticed their crowd. After tonight's game, I must disagree with what I had heard. JC had the home side almost packed on two levels.
It was hard to figure out if John Curtis was more happy to win the state championship, or to get revenge for their 16-14 loss to St. James in the regular season. I mean 22 state championships can kinda get boring; or can it?
In the second game of the night, Parkview managed a 1-point win over a tough, stubborn Westlake group. I had no preference in that game either, but was impressed by the masses of orange T-shirts all over the city from the Westlake fans.
Parkview had some monsters on the line, and I mean humongous monsters! Westlake tried to psych out the fans and Eagles when they sent out players in pre-game warm up that were about the size of normal sixth graders. They then sent out the big boys that were almost as large as Parkview's linemen.
Westlake's Vincent Collins may be the second-coming of Jacob Hester.
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