Piedmont to semis
- Updated: November 22, 2024
Piedmont comes up with two key stops, including two-point conversion try in overtime, edges Fyffe to reach Class 3A semifinals. (Includes scores, semifinal matchups for area teams)
Football quarterfinals pairings
FRIDAY, Nov. 22
CLASS 6A
Oxford 28, Fort Payne 26, FINAL
CLASS 5A
At Faulkner University
Catholic-Montgomery 21, Central-Clay 9, FINAL
CLASS 4A
Cherokee County 21, Brooks 14, FINAL
West Morgan 50, Anniston 20, FINAL
CLASS 3A
Piedmont 30, Fyffe 28, FINAL (OT)
CLASS 1A
Wadley 67, Berry 26, FINAL
Semifinal matchups
CLASS 6A
Oxford at Parker
CLASS 4A
West Morgan at Cherokee County
Class 3A
Piedmont at Mars Hill
CLASS 1A
Hackleburg at Wadley
Fyffe-Piedmont
–Kickoff, 7 p.m.
–Piedmont wins the toss, defers to seccond half. Fyffe will receive opening kickoff.
FIRST QUARTER
–Snap over the QB’s head, and Fyffe QB Blake Dobbins kicks out of end zone for a safety at 3:57. PIEDMONT 2, FYFFE 0
–Holding penalty wipes out Ryder Gipson’s 84-yard TD run at 2:50.
SECOND QUARTER
–Fyffe’s Jesse Martin misses a 24-yard field goal try at 6:23, wide left.
–Cole Wilson’s middle screen pass to Hayes Gunn on third and 14 goes 17 yards for a TD at 3:19. Wilson’s PAT kick is blocked. PIEDMONT 8, FYFFE 0
–Gipson’s 13-yard run around left end gets Fyffe on the board at 51.2, and he takes an option pitch for the conversion to tie the game. PIEDMONT 8, FYFFE 8
THIRD QUARTER
–Piedmont moves the ball through the air on the quarter’s opening drive, ending in Cole Wilson’s 10-yard TD pass to Ishmael Bethel. Wilson’s PAT kick is good at 10:14. PIEDMONT 15, FYFFE 8
–WIlson finds Pinto over the middle, and Pinto makes a move, takes the turn and finishes off a 23-yard TD connection, Wilson’s PAT is good at 5:11. PIEDMONT 22, FYFFE 8
–A kick return to midfield sets up a TD drive, with Gipson carrying the final two yards for the score at 2:26. Martin’s PAT is wide right. PIEDMONT 22, FYFFE 14
–Pinto returns the ensuing kickoff to the Piedmont 47, but Fyffe’s Ryder Smith intercepts a Wilson pass at the Fyffe 10 at 1:02.
FOURTH QUARTER
–Add a 1-yard TD run for Gipson at 8:51, and he plunges in for the conversion to tie it. PIEDMONT 22, FYFFE 22
–On fourth and goal from the Fyffe 5, Maddox Doss intercepts a Wilson pass in the back of the end zone. Fyffe takes over at its 20-yard line.
–On fourth down and 1 from Piedmont’s 30, Fyffe flagged for false start with 1:06 to play.
–On fourth down and six from Piedmont’s 35, Piedmont’s Bentley Chander stops Gipson one yard short. Piedmont takes over at its 30 with 57 seconds left.
–Wilson completes a pass to Isaiah Young to the Fyffe 8 as regulation time expires.
OVERTIME
–Piedmont will get the ball to start OT.
–Hayes Gunn with a 1-yard TD run. Piedmont calls timeout before the PAT. Wilson passes to Kaden Doyle for the conversion. PIEDMONT 30, FYFFE 22.
—Simon Hicks in with a 3-yard TD run, and Fyffe calls timeout. Piedmont’s Kale Austin leads the pack that stops Hicks. Game over.
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