SCORING
SUMMARY:
STJ
(1) ----- Redding 62
run
(Johnson kick) 7 - 0
ACA (2) ----- Shoemaker 9
run
(Baker kick) 7 - 7
STJ (3) ----- Aplin 30
run
(run
failed) 13 - 7
STJ (4) 3:25 Aplin 12
run
(run failed) 19 - 7
STJ (4) 1:53 Stevenson 1
run
(Johnson kick) 26 - 7
Highlights:
St. James shook off a very sluggish performance for
the first three quarters by scoring three touchdowns in the final
13 minutes of the game to
conclude its best regular season ever with
a 26 - 7 defeat of the homestanding Alabama Christian Eagles.
Johnny
Redding pushed his season total over 1300 yards rushing
with 149 yards
on 15 carries, 62 of those on an opening drive scoring romp.
Tommy Shoemaker's run before the half allowed the Eagles to tie the
score at 7 and the game
remained
tied until the last minute of the third quarter
when fullback Tommy Aplin broke loose for a 30 yard touchdown
scamper. He added a 12 yard run late in the
game, and after an
interception of the Eagles on the first play of their next drive, Jeff
Stevenson, replacing the injured Ben Gross, snuck in from the one for
the final margin of victory as the Trojans prepared for their first
trip ever to the Alabama High School State playoffs.