Leroy 28, Coosa Christian 21: Live updates recap from Alabama 1A high school football championship
Leroy and Coosa Christian face off Thursday for the right to hoist the AHSAA Class 1A high school football state championship trophy.
The game between defending champ Leroy and challenger Coosa Christian is scheduled to kick off at 3 p.m. Central time Thursday, Dec. 7, at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa.
Follow our live updates below to keep tabs on how the Alabama Class 1A high school football state championship game is going.
Read below for a live-updates recap from the game.
FINAL: Leroy 28, Coosa Christian 21
FOURTH QUARTER UPDATES
TURNOVER ON DOWNS! Pass is broken up on fourth down, and Coosa Christian has only one timeout left with 1:09 remaining, so that should do it. Leroy is in victory formation.
TOUCHDOWN LEROY! Ja'Kavien Collins gets his second 1-yard TD run of the night to make it 28-21 Bears with 2:01 left.
TOUCHDOWN COOSA! The Leroy punt is blocked and eighth-grader Kylen Johnson recovers in the end zone for Coosa Christian. The call was originally a safety and then overturned. It's 21-21, 6:26 left.
INTERCEPTION! Jason Byrd grabs an overthrown ball in the end zone and it's Leroy ball again, leading 21-14 with 8:13 left in the game.
TOUCHDOWN LEROY! Jaquan Scott makes a leaping catch on a short screen and races the distance on fourth and 18 to give Leroy a 21-14 lead early in the fourth.
THIRD QUARTER UPDATES
All defense in that quarter. The fourth will start second and 8 for Leroy at the Coosa Christian 20, tied 14-14.
Sawyer Sullivan's phenomenal third-down tackle forces a Coosa Christian punt. Leroy ball on the Coosa 33, 1:19 left, tied 14-14.
TURNOVER ON DOWNS! Leroy goes for it on fourth and 4 from the Coosa 6 and the pass falls incomplete. Three drives this half, three turnovers on downs. Coosa Christian ball with less than three minutes left in the quarter.
TURNOVER ON DOWNS! Coosa Christian tries a fake punt but the pass falls incomplete. Leroy Ball on its own 39, 7:33 left, tied 14-14.
TURNOVER ON DOWNS! Coosa Christian stuffs QB Brayden Huebner on fourth down and starts in Leroy territory.
Second half kickoff coming soon! Leroy will start with the ball in a 14-14 tie.
SECOND QUARTER UPDATES
Radley Mays' sack for Coosa Christian ends the half. We're tied 14-14.
FUMBLE! Jaquan Scott gets the strip sack plus recovery and it's back in Leroy's hands, 57 seconds left, 14-14.
Big third and 9 coming up for Coosa Christian just inside the Leroy 30, 1:05 left.
TOUCHDOWN LEROY! Taylor Crumedy zips in for a 2-yard run and it's 14-14 with 5:51 left.
Coosa Christian with the first punt of the game after Damian Phillips made a nice play on defense for Leroy. Phillips had left with an injury earlier in the quarter. Big play right away on offense for Ja'Kavien Collins and the Bears are back in Coosa territory with about eight minutes left.
TOUCHDOWN LEROY! Ja'Kavien Collins plunges in from 1 yard out after Taylor Crumedy's 82-yard kickoff return set up a two-play, 1-yard drive. It's 14-7 Coosa Christian leading with 10:28 left.
TOUCHDOWN COOSA! Kanon Wilson gets his second rushing touchdown of the game, this time on fourth and goal from the 1. It's 14-0 Conquerors with 11:31 left in the half.
FIRST QUARTER UPDATES
Quarter ends with Coosa Christian second and goal on the 5 leading 7-0. A hard count forced an encroachment penalty to get the first and goal.
INTERCEPTION! Clete O'Bryant leaps for the pick and it's Coosa Christian ball on the Leroy 22 with 1:44 left. The ball was tipped at the line of scrimmage.
TOUCHDOWN COOSA! Kanon Wilson shakes loose for the game's first score from 38 yards out. Conquerors lead 7-0 with 2:34 left in the quarter.
FUMBLE! Josh Hester recovers and it's Coosa Christian ball near midfield.
4:12 left in the quarter and Coosa Christian has only one timeout left. Still 0-0, Leroy driving.
MISSED FIELD GOAL! Leroy holds and takes over with 7:10 left after the 35-yard kick goes wide left.
We're off! Coosa Christian's first possession starts on its own 42.
PREGAME UPDATES
Coosa Christian wins the toss and wants the ball first.
Kickoff coming soon!
PREGAME READING
Though Coosa Christian's official record is 9-5, the Conquerors had to forfeit four wins early this season after the AHSAA ruled they had used ineligible players.
Coosa Christian enters the state championship game riding an eight-game win streak.
The Conquerors made it to the state semifinals last year, its longest run in the playoffs since becoming an AHSAA program in 2005.
Leroy, the defending state champion, is 13-0, and the Bears have looked like a team on a mission to repeat.
They average more than 38 points per game and have held all but one opponent to 18 points or fewer.
(Feature photo by Gary Cosby Jr./Tuscaloosa News / USA Today Network)
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-- Mike Swanson | swanson@scorebooklive.com | @sblivesports
