When his moment came, Jake Minter made the most of it. The senior receiver gathered in a 15-yard pass over the middle from quarterback Sam Thomson, turned upfield and sprinted for the goal line, shaking off two defenders before a full-length dive over the pylon for a 54-yard touchdown with 20 seconds left that vaulted Huntington Beach Edison to a 21-14 triumph over Fresno Central in the CIF Division 1-A state championship bowl game.
This is a culmination of everything we've worked for. The play call was perfect, I made a couple moves, finished it and scored. It doesn't feel real ... it feels like a dream.
What a huge accomplishment for our program. It was a defensive battle, that's a terrific team over there and fortunately we found a way to win at the end.
A sack by defensive lineman Devyn Blake on the Grizzlies' final possession sealed Central's fate and when the clock ran out two plays later near midfield, Edison players poured onto the field to celebrate the program's first state title.
Collection
[
|
...
]