Final Scores & Highlights: Week 15 High School Football Games

Elizabeth City vs Upperman Friday night against Greeneville, the 2- time defending state champion Elizabethton Cyclones were hoping they still had a little left in the tank when they hosted Upperman from the Nashville area in the semi-final round of the state playoffs.... The Bees coming off a dominating performance against Red Bank... === Elizabethton knocking on the door in the first...Upperman buckles down so the Cyclones settle for a field goal from Sean Smithdeal... === A muffed kick gives the ball right back to Elizabethton...Bryson Rollins makes the most of the mistake, floating this over the top to Jake "The Snake" Roberts...10-0 Betsy... === Rollins goes back to the Roberts well again, looking for the wideout in the corner...but Carter Shanks snatches it away from the snake, keeping it a two- score game...but the Cyclones led 16-0 at the break... === Upperman finally finds some life in the third quarter...Ty Dutchess calls his own number...the senior moving more like a king on this field...he slices through a couple of defenders, picking up some big blocks on his way to the endzone...the two-pointer was no good...Elizabethton led 16-6 after the third... === These teams were trading possessions the whole fourth quarter, but the Cyclones deliver that knockout blow...Bryson Rollins trudges his way in to put this game on ice...Elizabethon is heading back to state with a 23-6 win... Hampton vssdale County Jut excited for our players, excited for our players, excited for our town. Happy for our families, it's really hard to get to this point, it's really hard to win." " This year means a little bit more because we lost early in the season and everyone wrote us off, so now to get back to state like that, it's pretty cool." "Honestly it means, the world, but with Elizabethton and Elizabethton Cyclones, it's kind of expected for us, but were just blessed." Just down the way in Hampton .. Conor Jones and the Bulldogs looking to make history in the 2-A semifinals against Trousdale County Q3 ... after a long Yellow Jacket touchdown run ... visitors kickoff ... kick fielded by Chance Point ... but he has it punched out ... scooped up by Bryson Claiborne ... who takes it in for a TD ... in a matter of seconds ... Yellow Jackets up 20-8 But back come the Dogs in Q4 ... Levi Lunsford ... inside the 5 -- gets the call and falls into the endzone ... 20-14 with just under 7 minutes to play After a big defensive stop ... Hampton gets it back ... methodically works down the field ... and Conor Jones stretching in for a score ... 49 seconds on the clock ... but it's tied at 20 ... Coach Lunsford is going for 2 Who else ... Jones -- thru a wide open hole for the lead ... Point would seal the win with a late interception ... For the first time in school history ... Hampton is headed to the state championship ... 22-20 Highlights "I couldn't be prouder of them. I just wanted to get these boys - this bunch is the hardest-working bunch I've ever been around. They never quit, they never flinch, they play the next play. I could not be prouder of this group of kids. I'm so proud of them." "It's a great feeling. This is for the community - this is for the community, you know. Make my community proud because they always have my back." "Oh, it's a big deal - especially on the last play. It helps out my team a lot and my confidence and my community." On Roan Mountain ... a clash between Cloudland and South Pitt -- winner to the 1A title game... Cloudland with the ball first ... Seth Birchfield on the carry ... but has it punched out late ... and after a scrum near midfield ... the Pirates come out with the ball But -- just two plays later De'andre Kelly has it jarred loose ... and Birchfield recovers ... so the score remains zeros Then the Highlanders doing what they've done all year ... grinding out a long drive ... capped off by a Caleb Sluder touchdown ... 6-0 after a failed 2-pt This one looked like Cloudland's for the taking ... but the Pirates snatch a victory late in this one ... 30-22... In the Virginia playoffs Jamie Harless an Abingdon native and former player at Emory & Henry brought his Cavs of Lord Botetrout to Falcons stadium for the Region 3-D finals ==== Lord Botetourt went up 14-7 with a quarterback keeper from K.J. Bratton in the 3rd quarter. ==== Abingdon would tied it up when Cole Lambert throws this 50 yard TD pass to WR Haynes Carter. ==== Lord Botetourt special team's got a block on the extra point keeping them ahead it 14-13. ==== But it was a big night for Special Teams. Falcon's Carter had a massive night blocking and then recovering this punt. ==== Carter kept it going. Here's his final TD on the night. 28-14 was the final. Region 1-D game between unbeaten Holston and Patrick Henry... This is the 2nd playoff meeting between the Washington Co. rivals ==== Holston Cavaliers had home field advantage tonight....Both teams moved were determined to move the ball on the ground tonight. ==== Quarterback Ben Belcher would get a few looks at receivers.....But it was the Cav's night. ==== Gage Quina tips this to himself......That set up an RB Adam Johnson for an easy run-in... the first TD of the game. ==== Holston would put 24 points up. The Rebels couldn't answer...Cavs stay unbeaten and win 24-0