Ravenwood flag football erases 25-point third-quarter deficit, wins TSSAA championship
Ravenwood rallied from a 25-point deficit to beat Mt. Juliet 27-25 in the first TSSAA Class AA girls flag football championship.
MURFREESBORO − The bar has been set pretty high for future TSSAA girls flag football championship games. Ravenwood made sure the inaugural Class AA state championship will be a hard one to beat. The Raptors scored 27 unanswered points in the second half and came from down 25 to defeat Mt.
Juliet 27-25 to capture the state title May 15. "We never gave up hope," said Ravenwood senior quarterback and championship game MVP Caroline Merville. She was 20-of-28 for 212 yards and three touchdowns while adding 38 yards rushing and a TD.
She also had an interception. "After that first touchdown, we knew we could go out and score three, and that's what we did. " Ravenwood (21-2) won last year's TSSAA invitational tournament championship and has won 20 consecutive elimination games.
"Any time their season could end in a game, they were 19-0 coming into this game," said Ravenwood coach Ricky Rodriguez, who also guided the Raptors football team to a BlueCross Bowl runner-up finish. "That was my message to them. 'Ignore the scoreboard.