Back on December 14th at Liberty University in Lynchburg, the Lake Taylor Titans stormed out to an early lead and never looked back in beating the Tuscarora Huskies for the VHSL Class 4 State Football Championship. We take a closer look at the game below...
Class 4 State Championship: Lake Taylor Titans 34, Tuscarora Huskies 14
The Lake Taylor Titans exploded for 34 points to defeat the Tuscarora Huskies and claim the Class 4 State Championship.
Tuscarora, notorious for possessing one of the stronger defenses in Northern Virginia, yielded a surprising 21-0 advantage to Lake Taylor by the second quarter. QB Jeff Foster connected with WR Darious Speight late in the first quarter and early in the second to put the Titans ahead 14-0.
A three and out by the Huskies led to another Lake Taylor scoring driving, this time capped off by RB Malik Newton's 31 yard reception. Tuscarora finally scored later in the first half when senior QB Ethan Gick ran the ball in from 33 yards out to cut the deficit to two scores before the half.
Foster and Speight connected once again in the third quarter to give the Titans a 27-7 lead, thus shutting down any momentum the Huskies were trying to build. Malik Newton scored his second touchdown of the game to put the game out of reach, 34-7 in favor of Lake Taylor. Newton's scoring run also put him over the 2,000 yard mark for the season.
Tuscarora did manage one last scoring drive in the fourth quarter around the five minute mark. After finding junior WR Ryan Upp for a 25 yard completion, Gick carried the ball in himself from a couple of yards out to score the final points of the game.
