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A Florida high school football state championship ended with a phenomenal finish for one team and absolute heartbreak for the other Saturday night.
Lake Mary High School was down six points with seven seconds left in the Florida High School Athletic Association Class 7A title game against Vero Beach. Noah Grubbs dropped back to pass and rolled to his right. He gained momentum and shot the ball, which deflected and was close to the goal line.
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A Lake Mary quarterback looks to make the FHSAA Class 7A state championship game on Dec. 13, 2025, at Pitbull Stadium in Miami. (CRYSTAL VANDER WEIT/TCPALM/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
As Vero Beach defenders attempted to keep receiver Barrett Schultz out of the end zone, Schultz’s teammate Tavarius Brundidge Jr. turned around and knocked the ball out of Schultz’s hands. Brundidge ran the ball into the end zone to complete the wild, chaotic play.
The touchdown tied the game and Lake Mary would score the extra point to win, 28-27.
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A Lake Mary player in the FHSAA Class 7A state championship game on Dec. 13, 2025, makes a catch at Pitbull Stadium in Miami. (CRYSTAL VANDER WEIT/TCPALM/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
“I was just hoping and praying like everyone else that he would come down with the ball and Barrett did,” Lake Mary head coach Scott Perry said, via TC Palm. “…We were going to keep fighting and fighting until the final whistle.”
Vero Beach tried to run out the clock as best it could. The team decided to take a safety with 12 seconds left and gave the ball back to Lake Mary.
A Vero Beach player is stunned after the FHSAA Class 7A state championship on Dec. 13, 2025, at Pitbull Stadium in Miami. (CRYSTAL VANDER WEIT/TCPALM/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images)
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It was Lake Mary’s first state championship in its history.
