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11/28/2008
Heritage Christian’s defense came up big late in the game to hold off Cass, 17-14, in the Class 2A state championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Heritage Christian (14-1) held off a late scoring attempt when the Kings got the ball back on their own 26 yard line with 3:26 remaining. The Eagles’ defense sacked Cass junior quarterback Damon Foreman three times in the last drive to force a turnover on downs and preserve the win.
It was the first football state championship for the Eagles after a state runner-up finish a year ago. Cass (13-2) was making its first appearance in a state championship game.
Quarterback Jackson Kirtley connected on 18 of his 27 passes for 218 yards and two third quarter touchdowns for Heritage Christian. Trailing 7-3 at the break, he connected with Austin Olvey on an eight yard strike to give the Eagles a 10-7 lead on their first possession of the second half and followed up on the next drive with a 10 yard pass to Morgan Cook for a 17-7 lead.
Cass pulled within 17-14 with 4:39 to go in the game when Foreman found Kyle Moore for a 21 yard touchdown ending a seven play, 80 yard drive that took only 1:30.
Heritage Christian took a 3-0 first quarter lead on Alex Butterworth’s 36 yard field goal. Cass got on the board with 8:22 to go before halftime when Colton Zeck scored from three yards away.
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