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Heartbreaking loss
Kick in last second dooms Blue Devils
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Statesboro High linebacker Brenden Williams is inconsolable after Chattahoochee kicker Ammon Lakip sent the game winning field goal through the uprights as time expired for a 22-21 victory in Friday's AAAA State semi-final.
It was a heck of a ride, but things came to an end a couple of games too soon for Statesboro. The Blue Devils gave it their best shot, and looked like they would take home another victory, but Chattahoochee rallied to erase a 21-13 fourth quarter deficit and Ammon Lakip’s 27 yard field goal wobbled – just barely – through the uprights to give the Cougars a 22-21 win in the Class AAAA semifinals Friday night at Womack Field. Chattahoochee advances to take on Starr’s Mill – a 20-19 winner over Tucker in the other semifinal – next Friday at 8 p.m. to decide the state champion.