By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
The Hoover defense had just denied McGill-Toolen Catholic three times after the Yellow Jackets had first and goal at the Hoover 9. A field goal would pull the team from Mobile to within a competitive eight points and the game could have gone either way.
Eighteen seconds later, the floodgate opened and Hoover was on its way to a 48-20 win and the Class 7A Alabama High School Athletic Association championship in Bryant-Denny Stadium at the University of Alabama.
Hoover led 14-6 when its defense barred McGill-Toolen from the end zone. On the first play of its ensuing possession, Hoover senior quarterback Jalen Parker faked a jet sweep to the left before finding Shedrick Jackson on a wheel route to the right that yielded a 70-yard TD pass.Back to Back #champs pic.twitter.com/LYyC4KThK0
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