State Champs Wheelersburg 21- Eastwood 14

[tomcat fan]

Congrats Burg

[mattash]

[BlizzardMan]

Congrats to.the Wheelersbutg Pirates!!! State champs!!!! Congrats to Gallia Academy alum Coach Rob Woodward!

[FANOSPORTS]

Will keep this short and sweet. To Burg Grad 77, yabbadabbadoo, Alabama Mike, and all of the rest of the Pirate faithful, congratulations! State Champions! Does not get better than this!

And to FANOSPORTS - thanks buddy, for your running commentary, it was some great stuff, that I have missed for a long time. Much appreciate your point-of-view.

THANKS STEELY DAN, I JUST TRY AND BRING A LITTLE DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE ON THINGS WHEN I'M NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE SCHOOLS ON HERE. I LOVE HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AND ALWAYS HAVE SINCE I WAS A LITTLE WHIPPER SNAPPER AND IT HELPS KEEP ME YOUNG UPSTAIRS. SOME OF THESE KIDS ON HERE WILL BE OLD ONE DAY AND I HOPE THEY DON'T GET THE GRIEF ON HERE THAT I DO BUT WHEN THEY GET MY AGE THEY'LL THINK DIFFERENTLY. I GUESS I SHOULD STOP TYPING IN ALL CAPS BUT MY EYES ARE GOING BAD SO I HOPE I DON'T OFFEND TO MANY PEOPLE.

[yabbadabbadoo]

Will keep this short and sweet. To Burg Grad 77, yabbadabbadoo, Alabama Mike, and all of the rest of the Pirate faithful, congratulations! State Champions! Does not get better than this!

And to FANOSPORTS - thanks buddy, for your running commentary, it was some great stuff, that I have missed for a long time. Much appreciate your point-of-view.

Thanks Steely Dan!!! Greatest HS football game I’ve ever watched. This was better than the 89 game.

[PantherPride]

Congrats to Wheelersburg from this Chesapeake fan.

[CGFAN#1]

Congrats Burg! Way to represent Southern Ohio.

[79Tiger]

Burg defense played lights out and the offense came up big when it counted. You not only deserved this victory, you earned it. Congratulations!

[LucasDavenport]

Best game I’ve seen in person.

Burg only had 2 drives where they moved the ball.

Down 6-0 and only having 7 yards on 16 plays with 5 punts they go length of field for the 7-6 lead.

Down 14-7 with :58 left. 74 yards away. 1 time-out.

Pass complete to own 44. Out of bounds.
Pass complete to Eastwood 25. Out of bounds.
Pass complete to the 13. First down stops Clock. Eastwood calls timeout. :23 left.

Run everyone into endzone and slip back into center of field at the 7. Runs it in. PAT good. 14-14 :17 left.

4 plays. 74 yards. 41 seconds. No timeouts used.
4 different receivers caught the 4 passes.

Goodness.

[Jolly P(irate)]

Idk what to even say at this point. These kids are gritty. Hard nosed. Relentless. What a freaking game. Way to go Pirates! STATE CHAMPS BABAY!

[Jolly P(irate)]

Where’s Westfan? He’s probably hiding in his basement sulking that it wasn’t West.

[seasick80]

Woohoo! Way to play Pirates! I was worried when Trent got hurt but the Oline and blocking back stepped up to keep pressure off and the Burg offense showed what it could do and what a comeback! And as for the defense, all 4 qtrs gentlemen, and then some huh!! Wow!!

[LucasDavenport]

Jaden Rayford #26 for Eastwood. 30 carries for 136 against a great defense and that poor kid will only remember the last one.

[Raider6309]

Congrats Burg from Athens

[LucasDavenport]

And just for the record : Paladin jumped on every State Final Thread and picked his winners.

He’s 0-3 and picked Mentor tonight.

Still time to put money on Pick Central.

[TravisHill22]

Congrats BURG!!!! What a great call on 4th and 1!!!

[greygoose]

WOW, congrats to Burg on bringing a State Championship not only to your school but to Southern Ohio. Listened to this one on the radio and man oh man was that a battle. Thought going in this one had the potential to be one of the better games of the weekend and it lived up to it. The Rayford kid played REALLY well against one of the toughest teams against the run also sounded like the DL who was all state for Eastwood really made his presence . Burg made plays when plays HAD to be made and Eastwood really made the plays when they needed to as well, including the huge 57 yard punt to flip the field at the end of the game but the fumble in OT is going to be the heart breaker in this one. Both teams were well deserving of being called champions but on this day only 1 team can prevail. CONGRATS TO WHEELERSBURG PIRATES YOUR 2017 DIVISION V FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSSSSSSS.

[mattash]

What about little Bosa #67 I think, man he was everywhere.

[Chieftain2009]

Congrats to Burg!

[The Nature Boy]

The BURG played like champions. Thanks for a great season! It was a fun ride. Now where can I get a Wheelersburg Pirate Division V STATE Football Champion tshirt?