Fort Worth Covenant Classical gets last minute field goal to win six-man state title
Rex Platt hit a 40-yard field goal with 33 seconds left in the fourth quarter sending Fort Worth Covenant Classical to the TAPPS Six-Man Division 3 championship, 68-66 over Bulverde Bracken Christian on Thursday night at Waco ISD Stadium.
Covenant (12-2) wins its first state championship in program history. The Cavaliers started the football program in 2013 and have bounced back and forth in TAPPS and TCAF, a smaller league called the Texas Christian Athletic Fellowship.
The Cavs played in the TCAF state title game in 2019.
Nate Bennett intercepted a Bracken pass attempt after Platt’s field goal to seal up the victory.
Bracken (10-1) took a 66-64 lead with 1:39 left to play on a 1-yard TD catch from Caleb Brand. Covenant started the game-winning drive at its own 27 and moved the ball to the Bracken 12.
But then a sack pushed the Cavs to the 20 for a fourth-and-17 with 39 seconds left before Platt’s winning kick.
The Cavs tied the game at 38 at the end of the first half following a 51-yard TD pass from Lanham Briley to Bennett. Briley hit Whit Jewett for a 37-yard TD to make it 44-38 with 9:17 left in the third.
The teams traded the lead three times in the third quarter until Covenant went up 12 after a Luke Breedlove 49-yard TD run came with 8:30 left in the period. Then the Cavs went up 64-54 on a 44-yard scoring run from Josh Sapp with 7:03 left in the fourth.
Brand’s 8-yard TD pass pulled Bracken within 64-60 with 5:51 to go.
Covenant turned the ball over 90 seconds later that led to the go-ahead score from Bracken.
Briley was 31 of 42 for 477 yards and six touchdowns for the Cavs. Sapp rushed eight times for 110 yards and two scores.
Bennett caught seven passes for 190 yards and two TDs while Sapp added 115 and three TDs. Jewett had 86 on five catches and one score.
Briley led the defense with 19 tackles while Bennett and Blake Schroeder each picked off a pass. Sapp and Schroeder made nine tackles apiece and Bennett and Logan Clifton chipped in eight tackles each.
This story was originally published December 2, 2021 at 11:40 PM.
