Coaches: Terry Burt, Elmore County and Jackie Ferguson, Hazlewood
Game: Played Friday December 1, 1978 at Town Creek
Summary:
The Hazlewood Golden
Bears fell one point short of a state championship as the Elmore
County Panthers won the Class 2A state championship by a score
of 7-6. The two teams fought to a scoreless first half before
Eufaula got on the scoreboard in the third period.
Pierre Leonard
intercepted a Rocky Odell pass at the Bears 22-yard line to set
up the Panthers in scoring position. Four plays later Alvin
Freeman scored on a one yard run to give the Panthers a 7-0
lead.
Hazlewood's lone score
came when Lynwood Fuqua returned a fumble 48 yard for a
touchdown early in the final stanza. Place kicker Thomas Jones
missed the all-important PAT and Elmore County still led 7-6.
With 19 seconds remaining, Hazlewood had a potential
game-winning 44 yard field goal blocked.
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From 1947 until his retirement in 1992 Glenn Daniel's teams won 302 games at Pine Hill and Luverne. He was the winningest coach in state history until 2010.