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CLASS 2A CHAMPIONSHIP CAPSULE

Started by BarclayAlmanac, December 14, 2017, 12:23:49 pm

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MOUNT IDA LIONS (14-0)
Head coach: Mike White
(114-41 overall and in 13 years at Mount Ida)
Playoff appearances: 25
Playoff record: 26-22
State championships: (2) 2016, 2007
State championship games (3rd)
2016 defeated Hampton, 27-26
2007 defeated Bearden, 17-16
FEARLESS FACTS: White is a Mount Ida graduate. ... Mount Ida is playing in just its second-straight state championship game and third overall. ... The Lions have been decided underdogs in its two previous state championship games, beating Hampton, 27-26, last year, halting a two-point conversion with 1:55 left, and beating Bearden, 17-16, in 2007 in one of the biggest upsets in state championship game history with a 22-yard field goal with 22 seconds left. ... Both of Mount Ida's championship wins were on sunny Saturday afternoons. ... With 40 wins, this is the winningest senior class in school history. ... Nine weeks ago, Mount Ida beat Foreman, 36-7, and went on to win the 2A-7 with the win. ... In that game, neither team completed a pass with Foreman misfiring on all six attempts while Mount Ida did not attempt a pass while rushing 62 times for 395 yards and five touchdowns. ... The Lions run the ball with 5,014 yards and 77 touchdowns on the ground while passing for just 426 yards and six scores. ... Jonathan Lagrange leads Mount Ida's rushing attack with 1,279 yards and 26 scores.

FOREMAN GATORS (12-1)
Head coach: Mark King
(53-45 overall in 9 years, 20-5 in 2 years at Foreman)
Playoff appearances: 14
Playoff record: 10-13
State championships: none
State championship games (1st)
FEARLESS FACTS: King is in his second year at Foreman after spending four years as head coach at Horatio and three at Parkers Chapel. ... The Gators are making their first appearance in a state championship game after winning its first semifinal game ever as well last week over Salem. ... Foreman has won 12 games this season, which is the most since the 1956 team won 10. ... This group of seniors won just one game as sophomores. ... Like Mount Ida, Foreman prefers to run the football, rushing for 4,743 yards and 72 touchdowns in 13 games while throwing for just 473 yards and five scores. ... Quarterback Kyren Batey guides the Flexbone offense with 1,832 yards and 32 touchdowns on just 138 carries. ... C.J. Green has added 860 yards and nine touchdowns on the ground while Isaac Carver has run for 752 yards and 11 touchdowns. ... Foreman has committed just 11 turnovers this season while forcing 24.


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