Friday, November 20, 2020

American Heritage Ends Miami Northwestern Title Run

     The Miami Northwestern Bulls fell to the American Heritage Patriots 12-3 at Heritage Field in a Class 5A regional quarterfinal on Friday night. It was a playoff rematch between both teams from last year. 
     Miami Northwestern had their Class 5A championship reign ended by American Heritage. The Bulls also had their three-year championship run, which included two Class 6A titles in 2017 and 2018, stopped by the Patriots.  
     Points went up on the scoreboard just once in the first half. Miami Northwestern(3-2) moved ahead 3-0 on a field goal with 2:05 to go in the first quarter.
     American Heritage(7-2) took over in the third quarter at the 8:23 mark of the third quarter to go up 6-3. Quarterback Blake Murphy plunged up the middle from one yard away. 
     The Patriots added a field goal by Chris Maron with 6:24 remaining in the third and led 9-3. Maron booted a 40-yard field goal with 2:31 left in the fourth quarter to put the game away. 

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