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2001 Super Six State Championship Summaries

All Super Six games played in Birmingham at Legion Field.
2001 Class 4A State Championship Game
UMS-Wright vs. Cleburne County
UMS-Wright
 Site  PF   Opponent  PA   WLT  OT    
A 28   McGill-Toolen 14 W  
H 27   Robertsdale 14 W  
A 42   Opp 14 W  
A 35   Clarke County 8 W  
H 41   Andalusia 13 W  
H 38   Thomasville 16 W  
A 20   T.R. Miller 7 W  
A 34   Choctaw County 14 W  
H 24   Jackson 7 W  
H 46   St. Pauls 0 W  
H 61   Tallassee 7 W  1st Rd
A 23   Daleville 7 W  2nd Rd
H 33   Trinity 9 W  3rd Rd
H 33   T.R. Miller 7 W  Semi
N 28   Cleburne County 12 W  Finals
  
51315-0-0 149
Region Record  6-0
Cleburne County
 Site  PF   Opponent  PA   WLT  OT    
A 0   Lineville 26 L  
A 34   Emma Sansom 14 W  
H 21   Alexandria 13 W  
A 33   Childersburg 18 W  
H 31   Munford 0 W  
H 44   Cherokee 0 W  
A 49   Douglas 0 W  
H 16   Leeds 13 W  
H 30   Walter Wellborn 6 W  
A 34   Saks 21 W  
H 37   Central Florence 0 W  1st Rd
H 35   Lawrence County 28 W  2nd Rd
A 27   East Limestone 3 W  3rd Rd
A 28   North Jackson 23 W  Semi
N 12   UMS-Wright 28 L  Finals
  
43113-2-0 193
Region Record  7-0
Game Summary
UMS-Wright
0 15 6 7 -- 28
Cleburne County
0 12 0 0 -- 12
 
 Scoring Summaries: 
Cleburne: Richard Cantrell 14 yard pass from Terrence Prothro (David Diggs PAT no good) 11:52
UMS-Wright: Matt Pierce 12 yard pass from Barry Ballard (George Whitinger run) 9:36
Cleburne: Richard Cantrell 1 yard run (Josh Forrester pass failed) 2:49
UMS-Wright: Matt Pierce 26 yard pass from Barry Ballard (Taylor McMullen PAT) 0:29
UMS-Wright: Johnny Strada 20 yard run (Taylor McMullen PAT no good) 2:06
UMS-Wright: Matt Weinstein 1 yard run (Taylor McMullen PAT) 11:57
 
  UMS-Wright Cleburne
First Downs18 6
Rush/Yards37-139 32-58
Pass/Yards185 46
Pass att/com/int19-9-1 11-6-2
Total Yards324 104
Fumbles/Lost3-1 0-0
Punt/Avg.4-37.7 6-37.3
Penalties4-26 3-30
Time of Poss. 22:36 25:24
    
 
Individual Stats
 UMS-Wright 
 Rushing  Att.  Yds.   TD 
Johnny Strada16 83 1
Todd Dempsey5 31 0
Matt Pierce3 21 0
Jordan Jones7 15 0
Matt Weinstein2 -2 1
Team3-3 0
Barry Ballard1 -6 0
    
 Passing  Att/Comp/Int  Yds.   TD 
Barry Ballard19-9-1 185 2
     
    
 Receiving  No.  Yds.   TD 
Matt Pierce5 91 2
Johnny Strada2 44 0
Ashley Wright1 35 0
Matt Weinstein1 15 0
 Cleburne County 
 Rushing Att.  Yds.  TD 
Richard Cantrell14 34 1
Terrence Prothro9 25 0
Shalamar Heard5 19 0
Josh Forrest4 -20 0
     
     
     
    
 Passing  Att/Comp/Int  Yds.  TD 
Josh Forrest10-5-2 32 0
Terrence Prothro1-1-0 14 1
    
 Receiving  No.  Yds.  TD 
Landon Brown2 17 0
Terrence Prothro2 12 0
Richard Cantrell1 14 1
Shalamar Heard1 3 0
Game MVP: Matt Pierce, UMS-Wright
Records: UMS-Wright (15-0); Cleburne County (13-2)
Coaches: Terry Curtis, UMS-Wright and Michael Shortt, Cleburne County
Game: Thursday December 6, 2001 Legion Field, Birmingham
 
Summary:
           Barry Ballard threw two touchdown passes to Matt Pierce to provide the offensive spark and a swarming defense put the finishing touches on Cleburne County at Legion Field. Pierce, a senior who came into the game with 53 catches on the year, caught five passes from Ballard for 91 yards including touchdowns of 12 and 26 yards to give UMS-Wright a 15-12 lead at the half.
           Cleburne star athlete Tyrone Prothro had three punt returns for 29 yards, two kickoff returns for 55 yards, including a 32-yarder to start the second half, rushed for 25 yards and caught two passes for 12 yards. In the second half Johnny Strada ran 20 yards for the Bulldogs' third touchdown of the night in the third period. Less than two minutes later Bruner Binion intercepted a Cleburne County pass at the 6-yard line and Ballard ran for the last score of the evening to give UMS a 28-12 lead.
           Cleburne County quarterback Josh Forrest battled under a heavy rush from the Bulldogs all night. That pressure forced him into two interceptions.
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