Richmond rallies for 4-AA title
Published: Mon, Dec. 15, 2008 12:30AM
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closeCHAPEL HILL -- In a wild game of comebacks between Richmond County and Fayetteville Britt, the final one was the most improbable.
Tedarrious Wiley threw for 325 yards and four touchdowns to help Richmond County beat Fayetteville Britt 38-35 on Sunday for the N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 4-AA football championship.
Wiley completed 20 of 25 passes and earned MVP honors for the Raiders (12-3-1), who trailed 35-24 with just over five minutes remaining before scoring a touchdown, recovering a fumble and going ahead on Wiley's 4-yard touchdown pass to Lovell Joy with 53 seconds left.
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"Definitely Raider Magic is alive and well tonight," Richmond coach Paul Hoggard said of the phrase associated with Richmond, which won its seventh title.
Wiley rushed for 68 yards and Gabe Love caught two touchdown passes and had 112 receiving yards for Richmond, which won its seventh state title.
For Britt, Everett Proctor threw for 215 yards and had 79- and 58-yard touchdown passes to Curtis Maheu. Tremale France ran for three touchdowns for the Buccaneers (14-2), who are 0-2 in championship games.
Britt rallied from a 10-point deficit with three fourth-quarter touchdowns.
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