SATURDAY OF THE FALL SEASON, AND WITH THAT, WOULD BRING US THREE MORE STATE CHAMPS, ALL FROM THE GRIDIRON... IN DIVISION 3 .. LAST YEAR'S STATE RUNNER- UP POULTNEY LOOKING TO FINISH THE JOB THIS SEASON .. B-F-A FAIRFAX/LAMOILLE STANDING IN THE WAY .. = = = = = AFTER AN EARLY BULLETS FUMBLE .. BLUE DEVILS CASH IN .. LEVI ALLEN STRAIGHT UP THE GUT FOR THE TOUCHDOWN .. POULTNEY STRIKES FIRST .. 7-0 = = = = = 2ND QTR .. DEVILS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR .. CADEN CAPMAN LOOKS LIKE HE'S STOPPED SHORT .. BUT KEEPS HIS LEGS CHURNING .. HE'S IN FOR 6 .. POULTNEY UP 14-0 AT HALFTIME .. = = = = = 3RD QTR .. 4TH DOWN FOR THE DEVILS .. THEY BRING OUT RYAN ALT FOR THE FIELD GOAL .. WHO KNOCKS IT THROUGH THE UPRIGHTS .. TACK ON 3 POINTS .. 17- 0 = = = = = 4TH QTR .. BULLETS LOOKING FOR A SPARK ON OFFENSE .. AND THEY GET IT FROM JAXON SCHAARSCHMIDT (SHAR-SHMIT) .. TAKES OFF DOWN THE SIDELINES .. HE'S GONE .. 75 YARDS FOR THE SCORE .. FAIRFAX FINALLY ON THE BOARD .. 17-8 = = = = = BUT THEY STILL NEED MORE .. 4TH DOWN AND GOAL FOR THE BULLETS IN THE FINAL MINUTE .. AND THE DEVILS DEFENSE STANDS STRONG .. POULTNEY HANGS ON .. FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A DOZEN YEARS .. THEY HOIST THE TROPHY .. ..."WELL, WE KNEW IT WAS A TOUGH ONE, AND WE WERE REAL UPSET. THIS YEAR WE CAME IN, WE KNEW WE HAD TO BE PHYSICAL AND WE JUST WANTED TO PLAY THE BEST GAME THAT WE COULD. WE CAME TODAY AND WE FINISHED IT." "SENIOR CLASS LAST YEAR WAS A BIG PART OF WHERE WE ARE NOW. THEY PUSH US EVERY DAY AND WE STAYED HUNGRY, THAT'S ALL IT WAS"... POULTNEY CAPTURES ITS FIRST STATE TITLE SINCE A 2007 VICTORY OVER WINDSOR... GAME ONE OF THE DAY .. THE UNBEATEN BRATTLEBORO COLONELS ..TAKING ON RIVAL BELLOWS FALLS FOR THE D-2 TITLE .. = = = = = 1ST COLONEL DRIVE OF THE GAME .. THEY'RE BACKED UP ON THEIR OWN 2-YARD LINE .. HANDOFF TO CHRIS FROST .. WHO SHOOTS UP THE GUT .. PRACTICALLY UNTOUCHED .. AND HE'S OFF TO THE RACES .. NOTHING BUT TURF AHEAD OF HIM .. 98 YARDS TO THE HOUSE! .. THAT SETS THE TONE FOR BRATTLEBORO .. = = = = = AFTER A TERRIER TURNOVER .. COLONELS GET THE BALL BACK .. AND TAKE ADVANTAGE .. FROST AGAIN .. HIS 2ND TOUCHDOWN OF THE QUARTER .. BRATTLEBORO LEADS 14-0 = = = = = EARLY 2ND QTR .. BELLOWS FALLS RESPONDS .. JED LOBER (LOW-BER) BURSTS INTO THE END ZONE .. CUTS THE DEFICIT IN HALF .. 14-7 = = = = = THE COLONELS HAVE AN ANSWER ALL AFTERNOON .. THIS TIME TYLER MILLERICK TAKES THE SNAP .. KEEPS IT HIMSELF .. WEAVING HIS WAY IN FOR SIX POINTS .. = = = = = JUST BEFORE HALFTIME .. BRATTLEBORO ADDS ANOTHER SCORE FOR GOOD MEASURE .. MILLERICK .. TO HENRY THURBER .. COLONELS PUT UP 33 POINTS IN THE FIRST HALF .. THEY COAST HOME FROM THERE FOR THE D-2 TITLE .. CHRIST FROST/BRATTLEBORO RB: "YOU KNOW, IT'S HISTORY BEING MADE. IT'S INSANE. IT'S REALLY COOL AND IT'S SOMETHING DEFINITELY I'M GONNA BE LOOKING BACK ON IN 50 YEARS AND I'M SURE THE COMMUNITY IS AS WELL." TYLER MILLERICK/ BRATTLEBORO QB: "WE WENT OUT HERE AND, LIKE YOU SAID BEFORE, 46 YEARS SINCE WE'VE WON. NOW WE'VE GOT A CHAMPIONSHIP UNDER OUR BELTS. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET SOME MORE KIDS TO COME OUT AND PLAY FOOTBALL NE