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SUN & SKI SPORTS POLL: VYPE Texas Top UIL State MVP Performance
What a weekend in AT&T Stadium as Texas' best took the field for the right to be named the 2019 UIL State Champions.
Congrats to all of the winners:
1A Six-Man DI - Blum
1A Six-Man DII - Richland Springs
2A DI - Refugio
2A DII - Mart
3A DI - Grandview
3A DII - Gunter
4A DI - Carthage
4A DII - Pleasant Grove
5A DI - Shadow Creek
5A DII - Aledo
6A DI - North Shore
6A DII - Westlake
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It's time to vote for the top performance from the 2019 UIL State Championships.
The Sun & Ski Sports Poll of the Week – VYPE Texas Top UIL State MVP Performance is now live! Fans will have the chance to vote until Monday, December 30th, at 7pm.
***The nominees are based off each UIL Offensive and Defensive MVP selection***
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<a href="https://poll.fm/10481993">SUN & SKI SPORTS POLL: VYPE Texas Top UIL State MVP Performance Poll (Closes Sun. 12/29 at 7pm)</a>
INSTANT REACTION: Aledo Outlasts Ennis in Overtime
FRISCO - A gusty and stellar performance by running back Jase McClellan was almost spoiled at the Ford Center at the Star by Collin Drake and the Ennis Lions, as Aledo survived with a closer-than-expected 43-36 overtime win to win the 5A Division II Region II championship.
McClellan was iffy coming into the game but suited up and started off well for Aledo (13-1), scoring three first half rushing touchdowns. Turnovers, though, plagued Aledo in this one, as it coughed up the ball three times, resulting in 14 Ennis (12-2) points, which kept the game much closer than it should have been.
Twice in the third quarter, McClellan fumbled with one being inside the five yard line, leading to one of the Ennis touchdowns. Ennis' comeback charge was led by Drake, who threw for 287 yards and four touchdowns.
Aledo seemed to play things conservatively down the stretch as Ennis made its comeback. But when his team needed it, Aledo quarterback Jake Bishop put the game on his shoulders with a 17-yard touchdown run in the first overtime. Bishop scrambled right at first but could not find anyone, so he reversed field and saw nothing but daylight on the way to his second rushing score of the night.
For Ennis though, as well as Drake performed throughout the game, it needed him to get his fifth touchdown of the night to extend the game. On Ennis' lone overtime possession and facing fourth down, Drake had an open receiver on a slant, but Jo Jo Earle batted away the late pass and seal the game.
Aledo will play Lubbock-Cooper in the State Semifinals with the game most likely being played in Abilene next weekend.