By Marla Jones, Sports Editor
marla@southerntorch.com
Elba 36-Fyffe 22
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.— For the second year in a row, The Fyffe Red Devils met the Elba Tigers in the Class 2A State Championship game. Elba earned the 36-22 victory over Fyffe to avenge last year’s championship game in which Fyffe won.
Fyffe controlled the ball most of the first quarter. The Devil’s struck first with an 11-play, 53 yard drive that ran 5:19 off the game clock. Dilan Kilpatrick, scored on a 1-yard run. The kick by Andrew Dunston was good, to give Fyffe their only lead of the game. Fyffe had possession of the ball for 6:07 of the first with Elba having possession for 5:53.
Elba struck late in the second quarter with a 54-yard pass from Elba quarterback, Ramsey Rigby to Cavoseaa Stinson that set up great field position on the Fyffe 17-yard line. Rigby ran in 5-yards for the score with 2:31 left in the half. Going for the point after try, the ball was deflected into the arms of Blaine Hudson who ran the ball in for two. Hudson is a 6-foot-5, 305 pound offensive tackle. Fyffe had possession of the ball for 9:37 of the second quarter with Elba only having the ball 2:23. Going into the half, Elba led Fyffe, 8-7.
Elba took control of the game in the third. With only 36 seconds into the third quarter, Ramsey Rigby ran the ball in for 20-yards to score. The two point conversion was good. With 2:42 left in the third, Dilan Kilpatrick scored for Fyffe on a 8-yard run. The kick by Dunston was good. With only :27 left in the third, Stefan Caldwell scored for Elba on a 15 yard run. They would convert the two-point conversion to make the lead 24-14.
Dilan Kilpatrick scores for Fyffe with 8:32 left in the fourth. The point after attempt by Dunston was successful. Elba answered back with a 3-yard run by Stefan Caldwell and went for 2 successfully with 6:46 left in the game. With 2:46 left in the game, Elba scored once more on a 36-yard run by Blake Edwards, The two-point conversion failed. Final Elba 36, Fyffe 22.
Dilan Kilpatrick finished the night with 117 yards on 31 carries and three touchdowns for Fyffe. Seth Benfield had 53 yards on 12 carries. Fyffe controlled the ball for 30:17 of the 48 minutes.
