The Van Wert High School football team overcame a two touchdown deficit on its way to the first state championship in school history on Sunday.
That's just one of several big games we'll see down at lucas oil stadium next weekend..the i-h-s-a-a football state finals are now just five days away..meanwhile, ohio wrapping up its high school football season on sunday, as one of our local squads makes a little bit of history..???we make our way over to massillon... van wert taking on lake catholic in the division four state championship game..
???pick it up late fourth quarter... cougars driving down by a touchdown... owen treece buying all kinds of time... eventually finds a wide open nate jackson in the endzone..
The junior hauls it in... game tied at 28..
???ensuing possession... lake catholic with a chance to win it, but the pass is picked off by dru johnson..???cougars drive down the field again... and with less than 10 seconds to play, damon mccrcken gives the cougars their first state title in school history..
???van wert wins a thriller, 31-28 your final..
Congrats to the cougs!
It's time for a caffeine fix ...
A failed two-point conversation with 1:30 to play in the fourth quarter was the deciding factor in South Adams' loss to Covenant..
South Adams and Bishop Luers are both moving on to semi-state after claiming regional championships on Friday night.
