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The same May night Tait Reynolds delivered the walk-off hit in extra innings to give Queen Creek its first 6A state baseball title, the Bulldogs were part of a spring football showcase in front of college coaches at Mesa Red Mountain.
“I sent him a text that said, ‘Hey, Tait, congratulations, I’m so proud of you,’ ” Queen Creek football coach Travis Schureman said. “He texted me right back and said, ‘Coach, how did tonight go for the boys?’ “
Schureman told him it went awesome, because a couple of the Queen Creek players got offered by college football coaches. Reynolds asked who they were, so he could call and congratulate them.
“Here’s a guy who should be on the highest level, and he’s worried about his guys,” Schureman said. “Tait would be happy with handing the ball off 50 times a game, and, if we won, he’d be happy about it.”
But Schureman and the Bulldogs know they need the junior quarterback to win games. Reynolds, who started his high school career leaning more toward baseball, has broken out big since committing to Clemson last July to play both sports.
He has helped lead the Bulldogs to an 8-1 record and is on the edge of making the eight-team Open Division state football playoffs. A win Friday night against Gilbert Highland (6-2) gets them closer and then can really stamp their ticket next week in the regular-season finale against ALA Queen Creek (7-1).
After he scored on runs of 72 and 22 yards in the final quarter to rally his team past previously unbeaten and then-No. 1-ranked AIA Open team Red Mountain last week, Reynolds has taken Queen Creek to a level maybe nobody but they felt they could reach this year.
Reynolds, 6-foot-4, 195 pounds, has passed for 1,475 yards and 16 touchdowns and run for 778 yards and 13 TDs on 74 carries. Last week in the 28-23 win over Red Mountain, Reynolds completed 18 of 26…
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Author : AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
Publish date : 2024-10-31 23:26:24
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