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Last year’s runner-up silver ball sat in the Oakland weight room all season long. It was a reminder of what Houston did to the Patriots in last year’s Class 6A championship game and the fuel the lit their fire all season.
On Saturday the Patriots got their chance at revenge. They got it and then some.
Dismantling the Mustangs 42-20, Oakland proved that last year may have been just a fluke in the rain and that they’re still the kings of Class 6A winning their eighth state championship.
“Of course the weather played a factor last year as we laid the ball on the ground which is something we hadn’t done all year,” Oakland coach Kevin Creasy said. “They had six fumbles themselves in that game but recovered all six. Sometimes the ball just bounces your way and that kind of happened for us tonight.
…I give credit to our senior class. They went to work, they weren’t happy with that silver ball in the weight room and did something about it.”
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Early on, a 22-point victory for either side looked like it would have never been in the cards. It instead looked like we were in for a classic.
Houston scored first after pinning Oakland deep in its own territory and setting up with great field position. Then it was the Daune Morris show.
A long Kyler Creasy to TT Hill connection set up Morris for his first touchdown of the night. Then after a goal line stand on the one, the Patriots worked the ball up to their own 33 before the Tennessee signee busted loose on a fourth and two for a 67-yard touchdown.
Houston would score before the half but that’s all they would muster again until late in the fourth quarter.
Oakland outscored the Mustangs 21-0 in the third quarter to take control of the game. Hill accounted for two of those and Morris added another.
Junior standout and game MVP Craig Tutt would put the finishing touches on the win scoring from 21 yards with just over eight minutes remaining. Then the party was on.
“This year we won the second half,” Tutt said. “Last year we didn’t do that. When the second half came around we lost it and this time we didn’t want that to happen again.
…this was the last game for our seniors so we knew we needed to play for our brothers. That’s what we did and we got the W.”
