Bulldogs score 21 in the 4th to win state title

Tim Betros' 33 yard TD run seals the comeback victory

Published On: Dec 10 2011 10:19:50 PM EST  Updated On: Dec 11 2011 09:02:32 AM EST
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Photo by Kathryn Bonfield

The Bolles Bulldogs hoist the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 4A championship trophy after their come-from-behind victory over Booker T. Washington in the Citrus Bowl on Saturday night.

ORLANDO, Fla. -

The Bolles Bulldogs scored 21 fourth-quarter points to rally from a 13-point deficit and shock Miami Booker T. Washington 33-25 on Saturday night in the Citrus Bowl.

The win earns Bolles the Florida Class 4A championship --the Bulldog's 11th state football title.

Booker T. Washington (12-2) led 25-12 after Treon Harris scored on a 5-yard run in the third quarter.

Bolles (13-1) battled back with a bruising ground game led by junior Tim Betros, who scored the go-ahead touchdown with 3:52 remaining in the game.

Cody Boswell recovered a Washington fumble on the ensuing kickoff for and ran two yards for a touchdown to push Bolles' lead to 8 point.

Washington's final drive pushed them to the Bolles 5 with 30 seconds remaining, but his fourth-down pass was tipped and incomplete and the Bulldog celebration began.

BollesWins-withCheerleaders Milton Revell and D.J. Stewart scored touchdowns for Bolles. Betros finished with 117 yards on 14 carries.

The win gives Bolles 11 state titles -- 10 under head coach Corky Rogers. It was also Rogers' 70th playoff win, a state high school record.

Bolles won dispite five fumbles -- three recovered by Washington -- and being outgained 367 to 293 by the Miami team.

“That’s kind of the way it’s been. It hasn’t been easy for us in a lot of games this year,” Rogers told GatorCountry.com “But when you play hard, good things happen to you.”

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