Highlights and headaches from Aledo’s 20-19 loss in championship game

An eigth state championship was in reach for the Aledo Bearcats.

But in a game of this magnitude, against a team as hungry for its own glory as College Station was, mistakes were going to be extra costly... and they were.

Aledo fell to Cougars, 20-19, in the Class 5A Division II state championship at AT&T Stadium on Saturday.

The Bearcats missed two extra points amongst various other miscues, overthrows and 114 yards worth of penalties included.

Here are some of those moments as well as a collection of others from the state championship thriller:

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Aledo, trailing 20-19, faced a third-and-long with just over 60 seconds left. They had a chance to move it deep inside the CS red zone when this happened...

College Station’s DaDa Anderson gave the Cougars the lead back with 9 seconds left in the third quarter with this TD run from 6-yards out.

Aledo star Jase McClellan gave the Bearcats their last lead at 19-13 with 1:49 left in the 3rd. Cole Daniels missed his second straight extra point though.

This 18-yard touchdown pass from Jake Bishop to Money Parks gave Aledo an early 7-3 lead with 8:24 left in the second quarter. A flag was thrown for holding but was later picked up.

You won’t find punts any better than this one from Aledo, which set College Station up inside its own 1-yard line.

This story was originally published December 23, 2017 at 3:32 PM with the headline "Highlights and headaches from Aledo’s 20-19 loss in championship game."