Metamora Takes Home 5A Title

5A title Redbirds' first in 32 years

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By News 25 Staff/AP Wire

Story Published: Nov 24, 2007 at 3:33 PM CST

Story Updated: Nov 24, 2007 at 8:29 PM CST

It's been a long time between first-place football trophies for Metamora. The Redbirds needed a 26-yard field goal from freshman Brennen VanMieghem with 27 seconds left to beat Morris, 17-14, to win the Illinois High School Association Class 5A title Saturday at Memorial Stadium.

Metamora won the Class 3A title in 1975, the first year the
school qualified for the playoffs. Since then, the Redbirds qualified for the playoffs 23 times and made it to the title game seven more times, losing six before Saturday's victory.

Adam Duvendack picked off a pass and ran it 29 yards to the Morris 18 with 1:37 left in the game. Four plays later, VanMieghem kicked a ball that traveled end over end and was hooking left.

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