Mainland High School wins state championship game

MULLINAX FORD. HELLO, EVERYBODY. I’M DAREN STOLZFUS WITH THE MAINLAND BUCCANEERS. WE’RE ABSOLUTELY HEARTBROKEN. A YEAR AGO WHEN THEY CAME UP JUST SHORT OF THE SCHOOL’S SECOND FOOTBALL STATE TITLE. BUT TODAY THEY THEY WERE BACK IN THAT THREE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME LOOKING TO BRING BACK VOLUSIA COUNTY’S FIRST STATE CHAMPIONSHIP IN 20 YEARS. BUCK PRIDE NEVER DIES. HEAD COACH TRAVIS ROLAND GETTING TO SEE THAT FIRSTHAND TODAY. THEY WERE GOING TITLE HUNTING AGAINST SAINT AUGUSTINE. UNDEFEATED YELLOW JACKETS START OUT HOT OPENING KICKOFF. TRENTON JONES 93 YARDS TO THE HOUSE, SEVEN NOTHING QUICKLY BLOCKED FIELD GOAL FOR A TOUCHDOWN MADE IT 13 NOTHING BUT FOURTH QUARTER BUCS DOWN ONE IT IS DENNIS MURRAY JUNIOR ON FOURTH AND TWO GOING 44 YARDS FOR THE GO AHEAD SCORE TWO BACK COME THE YELLOW JACKETS THOUGH COULDN’T BE THAT EASY LACHLAN HEWLETT TO CARL JENKINS FROM 53 YARDS OUT JUST LIKE THAT YELLOW JACKETS BACK IN FRONT THIS ONE COMES DOWN TO THE FINAL TWO SECONDS ON THE CLOCK THAT’S WHEN JACOB GETTMAN GETS THE GAME WINNER. AS TIME EXPIRED AS A MOMENT, 20 YEARS IN THE MAKING, MAINLAND, THE BUCS STATE CHAMPS AGAIN, A YEAR AGO, HEAD COACH TRAVIS ROLAND AND THE MAINLAND BUCCANEERS STOOD ON THIS STAGE AT THE FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS AND EXPERIENCED THE DEEPEST TYPE OF AGONY GOING HOME WITH A ONE POINT LOSS. TONIGHT, THOUGH, A DIFFERENT STORY. THE BUCCANEERS COMPLETING AN INCREDIBLE SECOND HALF COMEBACK TO BE CROWNED STATE CHAMPIONS. AS CLICHE AS THE WORD FINISH IS, WE JUST HAD TO FINISH. WE DIDN’T FINISH DRIVES AND THAT’S ALL IT WAS. YOU SAW OUR COACHING STAFF STICK TOGETHER AND NOT BLAME EACH OTHER, NOT CHANGE DETER FROM WHAT OUR PLAN WAS. WE JUST HAD TO FINISH IT AND WE DID IT TONIGHT. THE WAY THEY SCORE, WE KIND OF KNEW THAT IT WASN’T NECESSARILY WHAT THEY WERE DOING GOOD. IT WAS JUST SELF-INFLICTED WOUNDS, YOU KNOW, WE JUST CAME OUT THERE. WE KNEW IT WAS GOING TO MOVE THE BALL ON THEM, AND WE JUST DID JUST THAT. OUR DEFENSE DID EXACTLY WHAT WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO DO, YOU KNOW, AND LOOK AT US. BALL STATE CHAMPS COACH, WHAT DOES A WIN LIKE THIS SAY ABOUT MAINLAND AND MAINLAND’S FOOTBALL PROGRAM? IT SAYS THAT MAINLAND IS MAINLAND AND IT SAYS THAT YOU CAN WRITE US OFF ANY TIME YOU WANT. WE’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE. WE’RE GOING TO BE FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME. THE LAST TIME THE BUCCANEERS ACTUALLY WON A STATE TITLE WAS BACK IN 2003 WHEN COINCIDENTALLY, TRAVIS ROLAND WAS ON THE ROSTER. HE SAYS THAT NOW HE CAN GIVE UP THOSE BRAGGING RIGHTS. IT’S THIS TEAM’S TURN T