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Wellington High School football coach Travis Peeples embraces Eli Lavelle after losing the CHSAA Class 2A state football championship to The Classical Academy at Dutch Clark Stadium in Pueblo Colo. on Saturday, Nov. 30, 2024.
PUEBLO — “Our town. Our team. Our time,” read one fan’s poster.
Two out of three in this case was well beyond half bad.
It wasn’t quite Wellington football’s time in the Colorado 2A football state championship game, as No. 3 Classical Academy finished an unbeaten season and took the title 42-36 behind a controversial no-fumble call in the final seconds Saturday at Dutch Clark Stadium.
Wellington’s valiant effort fell gut wrenchingly short.
The Eagles grabbed their first lead all game in the final minutes on quarterback Tanner Gray’s short scoring run and Cyle Kisner’s 2-point rushing conversion.
TCA responded, driving down the field. With around 40 seconds left, a Titans ball carrier appeared to fumble near the goal line into Wellington hands.
But officials ruled the runner down. And despite replays shown on the field’s video board and captured by TV cameras near the end zone that seemed to show a clear fumble, no review is possible in Colorado high school football and the call stood.
The Titans (13-0) ultimately scored two plays later on Andrew Brown’s fifth touchdown pass, this one to Elijah Wright from four yards out.
“It’s upsetting. Usually the ball don’t lie, but not this time, I guess,” Gray said.
Boos cascaded from the stands, with Wellington fans distraught at the no-call and its seismic implications.
“There’s more than that one play. That one hurts because it was the visual one, the last one,” said Wellington coach Travis Peeples.
“The refs are the refs. Sometimes they get it right, sometimes they don’t. But we controlled our own destiny with a million other things.”
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Author : The Coloradoan
Publish date : 2024-12-01 04:26:00
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