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MHS Athletic Notes by Tod McLemore
sportslinestringerservices@yahoo.com

Chiefs Fall to Washington in State Championship

The Magnolia Heights Chiefs traveled to Mississippi College’s Robinson Hale Stadium in Clinton, MS for a Friday afternoon state championship game against the Washington School Generals from Greenville.

Both teams had glided into the championship game with decisive victories. MHS tore into Presbyterian Christian School with a score of 41-16 while Washington blasted Lamar School 42-7.

The earlier, regular season meeting between MHS and Washington had resulted in a 28-7 MHS win.

The Generals scored first when offensive lineman Preston Bates recovered a MHS fumble in the end zone at the 3:21 mark in the first quarter. The point-after attempt that followed was no good, resulting in a Generals 6-0 lead.

With the score 6-0 at halftime, the Chiefs had outrushed the Generals 90 yards to 64 yards. Both teams aerial game was extremely ineffective in the first half, with both teams having less than 15 yards passing over the first two quarters.

Washington would add six points in the 3^rd quarter when Generals’ RB Kevin Buford rushed for 73 yards and followed with a five yard rush into the end zone to increase the Generals’ lead to 12-0 with 8:20 remaining in the third quarter.

MHS scored their only points with 3:09 left in the 3^rd quarter when Cameron Lawrence dived into the end zone from the two yard line. Ricky Lawrence’s extra point was good, and MHS briefly cut the lead to 12-7 in the 3^rd quarter.

Washington responded to the MHS touchdown in the 4^th quarter when Rob Koestler completed a pass to Ryan Elliot, increasing the General lead to 19-7.

The Generals would put the icing on the cake with 2:39 left in the 4^th quarter when Kevin Burford scored his second TD of the game on a 6 yard rush. Burford’s touchdown would lead the final score of 26-7.

The Chiefs end their season 11-2 as the North AAA Division II Champions.