I wouldn't have considered it an upset. Newman has a really good team. We might have went to this one if it hadn't been at Newman. It's a terrible place to watch a game unless you get there early enough to get in the home stands. The visitor seating is small and has a terrible sight line. If you're not standing on the top row, you're not going to see much. We moved to the end zone fence to watch the one time we were there, and it was covered with ads, so you couldn't see through it, and my wife was just tall enough to see over it.
Good crowd in The Fort for this one in which FPC never trailed. It was 12-3 at the half with FPC having a balanced attack with the run and QB Drew LePlant hitting some passes across the middle, including a 23 yard crossing route to JJ Hill who made a nice grab at the goal line while getting nailed by the safety. I thought the key play of the night was when Jensen faced a fourth and 18 at the FPC 38 in the middle of the 3rd down 12-3 and decided to go for it, even though they had problems all night with pass protection. The result was a 7 yard sack, and on the next play, FPC hit a 55 yard TD pass to make it 18-3 and that was basically it. Jensen cut it to 18-11 on their next drive early in the 4th, but FPC answered with 2 more TD to make it 32-11 before Jensen returned the kickoff back to cut it to 32-18 with a little over 4 minutes to go, but they never got the ball back. FPC finishes up with Centennial and Westwood in the Battle of The Fort, and stands a good shot at finishing 9-1. It's by FAR the best team that FPC has had since we've lived here.
They were lucky to be in a bad class and weak bracket. They didn’t have to play a team in the state top 15 at all the whole playoffs.
Their semi final opponent wasn’t even top 25, and the finals opponent was 19th. Which is generous for both.
And they barely beat Southridge.
in the top classes (4A-7A) West Boca in 6A had by far the easiest path to a title
Vero has a HUGE OL and they have a great play caller.
We’re good, no injuries and we got to see some things against a much better team. The team played better than the score indicates