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11/29/2008
Bellmont completed a magical season capping it off with the 3A state championship following a 28-14 victory over Evansville Memorial at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
Three weeks after capturing the first sectional championship in school history, the Braves (14-1) rode the wave of momentum pocketing the school’s first football title.
Junior running back Nick Hall scored all four touchdowns for Bellmont including two in the first half. He scored from 27 yards out in the first quarter to give the Braves a 7-0 lead and then added a five yard score just :13 seconds before the half for a 14-0 advantage.
Memorial (12-3) wasted no time after the break racing downfield in three plays on its first possession ending with an 18 yard touchdown pass from Grant Gribbins to Bryce Lueken to make it 14-7.
But Bellmont answered on the very next possession with its own three play drive when quarterback Joel Bone found Hall wide open deep over the middle for a 61 yard score to make it 21-7.
After a Memorial punt, Hall finished the next Bellmont drive with a one yard run on fourth and goal for a 28-7 advantage with 2:56 to go in the third.
Evansville Memorial (12-3), which was also appearing in its first state championship game a week after knocking off two-time defending state champion and top-ranked Indianapolis Bishop Chatard, pulled within 28-14 with 7:25 to go when Gribbins found Jon Wandling for a 35 yard scoring pass.
Memorial recovered the on-side kick but gave it back to Bellmont four plays later on downs at midfield. Following a Bellmont punt, Memorial was poised to pull within a one score with a first and goal at the Bellmont seven yard line. But Bellmont’s Conner Emenhiser forced Wandling into a fumble after a four yard catch and Caleb Meyer recovered at the two yard line with 3:31 left to snuff out any chance of a rally.
Gribbens set a 3A game record with 241 passing yards and Wandling caught a game record nine passes.
Bellmont was coached by Toney Bergman and John Hurley was in his first year as Memorial’s coach.
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